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,…
Enable MFA without assigning Global Admin Privileges to support staff The purpose of this post is to provide an alternative method of enabling MFA on user accounts without assigning Global Admin Permissions to all support staff. Please take note that this solution is based on Azure AD Conditional Access. This option can be used to…
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…
Bulk Enable Exchange Online Archiving This below script simply just enables the Online Archiving Mailbox for users in Exchange Online. The script needs to be run from the On-prem Exchange environment. $list = Import-Csv “C:\Scripts\EnableArchive\enablearchive.csv” foreach($entry in $list) { $User = $entry.User Get-RemoteMailbox -id $User |Enable-RemoteMailbox -Archive } Csv Sample. Simply has the users Alias…
Upload PST files to Office 365 “You can use the network upload option and the Office 365 Import service to bulk-import PST files to user mailboxes. Network upload means that you upload the PST files a temporary storage area in the Microsoft cloud. Then the Office 365 Import service copies the PST files from the…
Enable Mailbox Archiving Exchange Online The focus of this post is to look at two ways on how Mailbox Arching can be enabled in Exchange Online. What is Archiving? Archiving in Exchange Online (called In-Place Archiving) provides users with additional mailbox storage space. Archive mailboxes also provide an alternate storage location in which to store historical…
Assign Import Export Permission in Office 365 To assign the new permission, do the following. Launch the Exchange Online Admin Console Click Permissions Admin Role and select “Organization Management” Click the “pen” to edit the role From within the Organization Management Role, click on + under roles. Click on the Mailbox Import Request, Then click…
Exchange 2016 Hybrid Configuration A hybrid deployment is a combination of on-premises applications and cloud-based services. For example, Exchange hybrid solutions could include using an Exchange Server on-premises and Exchange Online in Office 365. There are multiple ways to configure mail routing with a hybrid organisation, but for the purpose of this blog post, the focus will be on a non-centralised mail routing. What…
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…