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MX Records for Exchange Hybrid Deployments
A reader emailed to ask: During a Hybrid deployment, where should the MX records point for mail flow? This question is asked quite often during customer projects, and the answer is really “it depends”....
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Office 365 Book Recommendations
If you’re trying to learn about Office 365 and books are your preferred way to learn new skills, then you face a bit of a problem. Office 365 is a rapidly changing service. Most of the books written...
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3 Ways to Plan an Identity Model for Your Office 365 Deployment
When I speak to customers about their Office 365 plans they generally fall into one of two categories: A brand new business starting with Office 365, or a “green field” deployment (this is the...
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Podcast Episode 11: Office 365 Migrations with Steve Goodman
My guest for this episode is Steve Goodman. Steve is the Head of Messaging & Unified Communications at Content and Code, a leading Microsoft Gold Partner in the UK. He’s also a Microsoft MVP, and...
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PowerShell Function to Connect to Exchange On-Premises
Connecting to Exchange on-premises using PowerShell remoting is a simple task, and means that you do not need to go the trouble of installing the Exchange management tools on your computer just to...
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Getting Started with Hybrid Exchange Deployment
A Hybrid Exchange configuration provides integration between an on-premises Exchange organization and Exchange Online (Office 365), allowing the two organizations to appear as one for end users and...
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Exchange Server 2016 Management Tools
Exchange Server 2016 has two management interfaces that you will be making use of in your day to day administration: The Exchange Admin Center, a web-based management console accessed via your web...
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Repairing a Failed Content Index in Exchange Server 2016
On your Exchange 2016 databases you may encounter a situation in which the content index fails. A failed content index will impact Outlook on the web (OWA) users trying to search their mailbox...
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A Sender Policy Framework (SPF) Primer for Exchange Administrators
Email spam continues to be a huge problem for organizations these days, and it usually falls on the Exchange administrator to do something about it. Aside from the usual anti-spam measures we can put...
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Podcast Episode 12: High Availability with Michael Van Horenbeeck and Steve...
This episode is the final for 2015 before I take a break over the holiday period. I plan to bring back the podcast with new episodes in 2016 as well. Please take a moment to fill out the Exchange...
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Performing a Like for Like Exchange Server Migration
Very often I receive a question about migrating from one Exchange server to another at the same version of Exchange – or what I refer to as a “like for like” migration. The common reasons for this type...
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Exchange Server Pro Reader Survey for 2015
Every couple of years I run a survey here on Exchange Server Pro to get some feedback from readers like you about what content you would like to see in the coming year. With so much happening in the...
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Exchange Server 2013 Cumulative Update 11 Released
Microsoft has released Cumulative Update 11 for Exchange Server 2013. From the Microsoft Exchange Team blog: The release includes fixes for customer reported issues, minor product enhancements and...
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December 2015 Updates for Exchange Server 2010 and 2007
Microsoft has released updates for Exchange Server 2010 and 2007 for December 2015. Update Rollup 12 for Exchange Server 2010 SP3 contains a time zone calculation fix and a number of other fixes rated...
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New Updates to Office 365 for Exchange Professionals
As the relentless pace of change in Office 365 continues, so too does the updating of Office 365 for Exchange Professionals. We’ve just released new eBook files for existing customers of the September...
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Is 2016 the Year That You Eradicate PST Files?
This is a short excerpt from a new eBook that I worked on with QUADROtech, creators of the PST FlightDeck solution for identification, migration, and elimination of PST files. You can download a free...
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2015 Year in Review for Exchange Server Pro
Usually at this time of year I write one last blog post to wrap things up before I take a few weeks off to enjoy a summer holiday down here in Australia. This year, for something a little different, I...
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Exchange Best Practices: Keeping Servers Updated
Maintaining your Exchange Servers with the latest updates is a best practice. Staying up to date with the new builds of any software product is generally a good idea, because it means you’re receiving...
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Event ID 9041, An exception has been thrown: Microsoft Exchange Assistants...
I recently encountered a mail flow problem between two of my test lab environments that was being caused by the DNS configuration on the receiving server’s network interface. While I was trying to send...
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Exchange Best Practices: Client Access Namespaces
When deploying Exchange Server 2013 or 2016 there are some best practices to be aware of for your namespace configuration. Servers within an Active Directory site should have the same namespaces...
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