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Introduction to Exchange Server 2016 Backup and Recovery
There’s plenty of excitement to be had when it comes to backup and recovery of Exchange servers. The excitement isn’t so much in the setting up and day to day operations of the backups, it’s more in...
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Backing up Exchange Server 2016 Using Windows Server Backup
In this article in the series on Exchange Server 2016 backup and recovery we’ll look at backing up Exchange Server 2016 using Windows Server Backup. For this scenario I’m using a single Exchange 2016...
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Exchange Server 2016 FAQ: Can I Re-Use My Existing SSL Certificate?
Q: Can I re-use the existing SSL certificate on my Exchange 2010 or 2013 servers for my new Exchange 2016 servers? A: Yes. There are three basic requirements of your Exchange 2016 SSL certificate: The...
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Restoring Exchange Server 2016 Mailbox Databases
When an Exchange Server 2016 database has failed you may need to restore it from backup. As an example of this let’s look at a scenario where the volume on the server that hosts the database file has...
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Podcast Episode 7: Office 365 Groups with Justin Harris
My guest for this episode is Justin Harris. Over the past 18 years, Justin has worked with a global customer base to deliver enterprise-level messaging, unified communications, and cloud-enabled...
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Restoring Exchange Server 2016 Mailboxes and Items Using a Recovery Database
In Exchange Server 2016 a recovery database allows us to mount a copy of a regular mailbox database on an Exchange server for performing a restore of a mailbox or mailbox items. Recovery databases can...
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Troubleshooting Email Delivery with Message Tracking
After you’re sure that SMTP connectivity to the Exchange server is working, and that the Exchange server is accepting the inbound email, you can begin troubleshooting in the transport pipeline. The...
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Recovering a Failed Exchange Server 2016 Server
At some point in your career as a hard-working IT professional you’re likely to encounter a scenario in which an Exchange 2016 server has completely failed. For example, you might have a physical...
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Podcast Episode 8: The Preferred Architecture with Mike Crowley
My guest for this episode is Mike Crowley. Mike is a 6 time Exchange Server MVP, and works as an Executive Consultant for Baseline Technologies in the Washington DC Metro area. This episode of the...
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Will Exchange Server 2016 be the Last On-Premises Version?
At IT/Dev Connections in September I participated in a Q&A panel discussion on the final afternoon. One of the questions from the audience was whether we thought there would be another on-premises...
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Introducton to Exchange Server 2016 Database Availability Groups
For Exchange Server 2016 the high availability building block is the database availability group (DAG). Exchange 2016 DAGs are very similar to Exchange 2013 DAGs however there are some new features and...
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Installing an Exchange Server 2016 Database Availability Group
In this tutorial I will walk you through the installation of an Exchange Server 2016 database availability group. For this example a DAG with two members in the same site is being created, with a third...
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Podcast Episode 9: Running Exchange in the Real World with Phoummala Schmitt
My guest for this episode is Phoummala Schmitt. Phoummala has a broad range of experience that focuses on Microsoft software, VMware, and enterprise storage. She regularly writes for Petri.com, The...
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Managing Database Copies for an Exchange Server 2016 Database Availability Group
When you first deploy an Exchange Server 2016 database availability group, or any time later when you add a new member to the DAG, there will be some steps required to manage the database copies within...
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Office 365 for Exchange Professionals at Microsoft Cloud Roadshows
This week my fellow MVP and co-author Tony Redmond announced that Microsoft has selected our book Office 365 for Exchange Professionals as part of the Microsoft Cloud Roadshows. I’m pleased to let you...
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Test-ExchangeServerHealth.ps1 V1.15 is Now Available
With the release of Exchange Server 2016 a minor update to my Test-ExchangeServerHealth.ps1 script was necessary to fix a version detection bug with Exchange Server 2016. If you run Exchange Server...
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Reseeding a Failed Database Copy in an Exchange Server 2016 Database...
When you’re operating an Exchange Server 2016 database availability group you’re going to eventually encounter a failed database copy. The most likely cause is a storage hardware issue, but there are...
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Podcast Episode 10: Office Online Server with Bhargav Shukla
My guest for this episode is Bhargav Shukla. Bhargav is a director of technology for strategic alliances at KEMP. Bhargav is also an Exchange Server MVP, and holds dual Microsoft Certified Master...
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Managing Exchange Server Mailbox Quotas
Back in 2010 Microsoft published their Large Mailbox Vision whitepaper for Exchange Server 2010 to explain how customers could leverage improvements in the platform, as well as the declining cost of...
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Exporting and Importing Exchange Server 2016 SSL Certificates
It is a recommended practice when you have multiple Exchange servers providing high availability for client access namespaces that you configure the same SSL certificate on each of those Exchange...
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