Exchange 2013 Uninstall Failed : Setup can’t continue with the uninstall because the RFExchConn (2236) has o pen files.
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Exchange 2013 Uninstall Failed : Setup can’t continue with the uninstall because the RFExchConn (2236) has o pen files.

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Setup can’t continue with the uninstall because the RFExchConn (2236) has o pen files. Close the process, and then restart Setup.   During the uninstall process i was presented with the following error message. To try and resolve this , lets have a look at the log which was been generated . looking at the…

Exchange Mailbox has “Empty HomeMDB attribute”
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Exchange Mailbox has “Empty HomeMDB attribute”

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Exchange Mailbox has “Empty HomeMDB attribute” After doing an Mailbox Move one of Mailboxes ran into an issue where it lots its “HomeMDB” attribute. How do we resolve this ? There is a quick and easy fix to resolve this , to start we need to open “ADSI Edit” . Select “Default naming context” Once…

Error Removing Mailbox Database
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Error Removing Mailbox Database

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Error Removing Mailbox Database: This Mailbox database contains one or more mailboxes. When you try and remove an “Exchange Mailbox Database” you received the following error: “This mailbox database contains one or more mailboxes, mailbox plans, archive mailboxes, public folder mailboxes or arbitration mailboxes. To get a list of all mailboxes in this database, run…

Remove-Mailbox Database Exchange 2013
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Remove-Mailbox Database Exchange 2013

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How to remove Exchange 2013 Mailbox Database using PowerShell In this post i want to share something that’s very common but i thought i’ll share some steps on removing a mailbox database. This post will focus only on doing these steps using Powershell. Firstly run the following command to get a list of all Exchange…

Create Exchange Mail Contact using Powershell
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Create Exchange Mail Contact using Powershell

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Create Exchange Mail Contact using Powershell How to create an Exchange Mail Contact using Powershell one liner. To create the new Mail Contact run the following in Exchange Shell. New-MailContact -Name “Lazy-Mails” -ExternalEmailAddress “LazyAdmin@Gmail.com” -OrganizationalUnit “OU=Contacts,DC=LazyAdmin,DC=com”   Quick and easy . #ThatlazyAdmin

Exchange Mailbox Move Request Stuck on ‘Queued’
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Exchange Mailbox Move Request Stuck on ‘Queued’

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Exchange Mailbox Move Request Stuck on ‘Queued’   Recently i started doing bulk Mailbox Moves to New DB’s, during this process i found that all the new move-request jobs i started are all stuck on ‘Queued’ status. To resolve this i did the following. List all Move-Request (just to make sure they still all in…

Remove Exchange Mailbox Move-Request
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Remove Exchange Mailbox Move-Request

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Remove Exchange Mailbox Move-Request using PowerShell   Lets look at how to remove Exchange Mailbox Move-Request with PowerShell. Get-MoveRequest This will list all current Mailbox Move-Requests InProgress and Completed. To remove run : Remove-MoveRequest -Confirm:$false Lets looks at combining the “Get” option and only show “Completed” Move-Requests and then remove the “Completed” Move-Requests. Get-MoveRequest |Where-Object…

Set Receive and Send size limits Exchange PowerShell
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Set Receive and Send size limits Exchange PowerShell

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Set Mailbox Max Send and Max Receive limits Lets have a quick look at a one liner to set user mailbox send and receive size limits in Exchange Powershell.   Set-Mailbox Shaun.Hardneck -MaxReceive “15 MB” -MaxSend “15 MB” Now lets look at finding all users with “MaxSendSize” limits greater than “5 MB” Get-Mailbox -ResultSize Unlimited…

Add and Remove Distribution Group Members Powershell
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Add and Remove Distribution Group Members Powershell

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Add and Remove Distribution Group Members Powershell   Lets look at some quick Powershell one liners to Remove and Add Distribution Group Members. Add DistributionGroup Member: Add-DistributionGroupMember -Identity LazyAdmins -Member ShaunH Remove DistributionGroup Member: Remove-DistributionGroupMember -Identity LazyUsers -Member John.Long   Quick and Simple One liners.   #ThatLazyAdmin

Remove Exchange 2010 Inbox Rules
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Remove Exchange 2010 Inbox Rules

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Remove Exchange Inbox Rules using PowerShell Lets look at a quick way to view , remove and disable user inbox rules. First lets get  list of inbox rules for a user by running the below: Get-InboxRule -Mailbox Shaun.Hardneck To disable one of the Inbox Rules run the following: Disable-InboxRule -Mailbox shaun.hardneck -identity <rule name> Next…

Set Office 365 Out Of Office using PowerShell
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Set Office 365 Out Of Office using PowerShell

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Set Office 365 Out Of Office Messages using PowerShell Connect to Office 365 PSSession using a script a created to simplify the connection :Connect-Office365-PSSession   #This Script was created to assist HelpDesk staff to configure Out Of Office Messages for Staff #Twitter: Shaun.Hardneck #Web: http://thatlazyadmin.com $user = Read-Host “UserName” $sdate = Read-Host “Example of Date…

Creating Retention Tags and Policies Office 365
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Creating Retention Tags and Policies Office 365

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In this Post we will cover how to create a Retention Tag and Retention Policy in Exchange Online. Launch the Exchange Online EAC and navigate to Compliance and Retention Tags. Create a Retention Policy to Automatically move all Mailbox Items from 1 Year to Archive. Click (+) Tab then Click apply automatically to entire mailbox…