Author: Marco Schiavon

Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. Senior Network and System Engineer, with twenty years experience in the design and delivery of complex infrastructures. Certifications Vmware VCP DCV 3-4-5.5 and 6.5, Citrix, Watchguard.

Migrate from Exchange 2013 to Exchange 2016 – Part three

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At this point we have : one Exchange server 2013 one Exchange server 2016 all the virtual directory and mailboxes are still on the 2013. Now we have to : move all the mailbox from the Exchange 2013 to Exchange 2016 switch the A internal and external records and the move the mailbox. decommissioning …

Migrate from Exchange 2013 to Exchange 2016 – Part two

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Now we have installed our first Exchange 2016 and all virtual directories are still pointed to the old Exchange 2013. Before we will able to migrate same mailboxes to the new one, I’ll go through some tests to avoid any problems for my users. FIRST – External TEST Our public record are: mail.labincloudres.com =>52.137.10.9 …

Migrate from Exchange 2013 to Exchange 2016 – Part one

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This is a simple and synthetic guide to implement your first Exchange 2016 into your current Exchange 2010-13 organization. Step 1 ” prerequisites” Basically, you need : Forest Level and AD at 2008 R2 A windows 2012R2 to install the Exchange Here the complete list from Microsoft Now install your Windows 2012 and prepare …

ISS ARR on Windows 2016 and Exchange

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Lab environment: One Exchange 2013, One Windows 2016 not joined to the domain. Prepare your server with : Import-Module ServerManager PS C:\Users\adminlab> Add-WindowsFeature Web-Static-Content,Web-Default-Doc,Web-Dir-Browsing,Web-Http-Errors,Web-Net-Ext,Web-Http-Logging,Web-Request-Monitor,Web-Http-Tracing,Web-Filtering,Web-Stat-Compression,Web-Mgmt-Console,NET-Framework-Core,NET-Non-HTTP-Activ,NET-HTTP-Activation Now install URL Rewrite before install the ARR From Microsoft : ARR depends on URL Rewrite. Ensure URL Rewrite is installed prior to installing ARR. Alternatively, use the Microsoft Web Platform …

Request and assign a wilcard certificate to Exchange 2013-2019

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A simple guide to request and generate a wilcard cert to your Exchange Server trough power shell. In the case, this is the official Microsoft guide. Get-ExchangeCertificate | select Thumbprint, Services, NotAfter, Subject, CertificateDomains | where {$_.Services -match “IIS”} | fl Now we need to generate a new cert request. this is the command: New-ExchangeCertificate …

Connect to whole Microsoft’s cloud services. Microsoft 365 Admin Center, Azure Active Directory, Skype for Business Online,Teams, SharePoint Online, Security & Compliance Center, Exchange Online – Updated!

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First install the Windows Management Framework 5.1 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=54616 Microsoft 365 admin center First, download “Microsoft Online Services Sign-In Assistant for IT Professionals RTW” from this link:   https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=41950   Install it. Now, if you want to connect to “Connect with the Microsoft Azure Active” do this: Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned Install-Module MSOnline If you have a warning …

Back Pressure and Exchange stop delivering

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Usually Exchange stops delivering becouse the system runs down of resources.. This is the Microsoft reference “https://docs.microsoft.com/it-it/exchange/mail-flow/back-pressure?view=exchserver-2019” This is an example of Event: “Microsoft Exchange Transport is rejecting message submissions because the available disk space has dropped below the configured threshold…” Command to check the “pressure” : [xml]$bp=Get-ExchangeDiagnosticInfo -Process EdgeTransport -Component ResourceThrottling; $bp.Diagnostics.Components.ResourceThrottling.ResourceTracker.ResourceMeter Ok We …