Change the default location for Exchange 2016 Queue Database The default location for the Exchange Queue Database is in the Exchange install directory under TransportRoles. The location of the queue database and the queue database transaction logs is controlled by keys in the %ExchangeInstallPath%Bin\EdgeTransport.exe.config XML application configuration file. This file is associated with the Exchange Transport service….
Office 365 Hybrid Emails Stuck in Queue: target host responded 421.4.4.1 connection timed out mail-onmicroosft.mail.protecion.outlook.com. You receive the following error after running the Hybrid Configuration wizard, all emails are building up in the Exchange Queue. To resolve this issue, follow the below steps. Make sure that the all your exchange servers are added to the…
Exchange 2016 Uninstall Fails on Mailbox Server Role: Client Access Service Recently I battled with this headache of an Uninstall of an Exchange 2016 server. In the Exchange Install Logs this is the error that you are seeing. ERROR ( message:Cannot find GLOBAL MODULE object with identifier “exppw:) To resolve this error, you can follow…
The Connection to the Server could not be completed Migrating to Exchange Online Use receive the following error when migrating from Exchange On-Prem to Exchange Online. After receiving this issue, I decided to look further into the MigrationEndPoint using PowerShell for EXO. Get-MigrationEndpoint -Identity mail.o365lab.com |fl Here I can see that the user who created…
Apply Exchange 2013/2016 License Key using PowerShell. Let’s first have a look at what the current license status is by running the following. Get-ExchangeServer EX16 | Format-Table Edition,*Trial* As we can see from the below image, the server has not been licensed yet and is still running as a Trial. To set the license key,…
Exchange 2016 Installation Fails with the following error. An attempt was made to load an assembly from a network location which would have caused the assembly to be sandboxed in previous versions of the .NET Framework Navigate to the folder with the Exchange Files using PowerShell and run the following to unblock all the Setup…
Create and Complete new Exchange Certificate Request. The post will cover a quick guide on how to create a new Exchange Certificate Request as well and Completing the certificate request. To get started, the request file can be created from the Exchange Admin Console by following steps. From the EAC Click on Servers – Certificates…
Error Removing Exchange 2016 Mailbox Database: The mailbox database contains one or more mailboxes. You receive the following error when trying to remove an Exchange 2016 Mailbox Database. You have done the following already. -Move Arbitration mailboxes -Move User Mailboxes -Move Monitoring Mailboxes But yet you still receive the following error. To resolve this, we…
Remove Exchange Mailbox Database This post, will provide details on How to remove an Exchange 2016 Mailbox Database. The Exchange Admin Console (EAC) and PowerShell, will be used to remove the the Mailbox Database in this post.. To Get started we will first look at how we can remove a Mailbox Database using the Exchange…
Export Exchange Online Transport Rules In this post, I will focus on how to export Exchange Online Transport rules using PowerShell. To get started we first need to establish a connection to Exchange Online or Office 365. Connect to Exchange Online PowerShell $UserCredential = Get-Credential Then $Session = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https://outlook.office365.com/powershell-liveid/ -Credential $UserCredential…
Create mailbox message restrictions Exchange 2016 Message restriction can be useful to control who can send messages to users in your organization. For example, you can configure a mailbox to accept or reject messages from certain users or only to accept messages from your Exchange organization. Message restriction can be configured using EMC or the…
Creating Exchange 2016 Distribution Group Naming Policy. What is Group naming policy? Group naming policy lets you standardize and manage the names of distribution groups which are being created by users in the organization. The policy can prevent users from using specific words as well as help with preventing inappropriate group names. You can require…