PowerShell Script to Check Active Directory System Requirements
A PowerShell script to check the Exchange Server 2013 system requirements for Active Directory.
March 10, 2014
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Review of Z-Hire Employee Provisioning App
A review of Z-Hire Employee Provisioning App, which automates the IT account creation process for Exchange mailbox, Active Directory, Lync accounts and Office 365 cloud deployments.
July 11, 2012
Exchange 2007 ADPrep Error Executing Ldifde.exe to Import Schema File
When you are preparing an Active Directory Forest for Exchange Server 2007 installation you may encounter an ldifde.exe error importing the schema file.
May 22, 2011
Exchange 2010 Setup Error – The Exchange Server is in an Inconsistent State
Exchange Server 2010 setup may return an error message that the server is in an inconsistent state if there is an existing Exchange server object in Active Directory.
August 8, 2010
Exchange 2000 and Windows Server 2008 Domain Controllers
A reader emailed me to ask how they can go about upgrading their current environment without breaking Exchange.
June 3, 2010
Exchange 2010 Deployment: Preparing Active Directory
How to update the schema for Exchange Server 2007 SP2 and Exchange Server 2010 prior to deploying Exchange.
May 14, 2010
Exchange 2010 Planning: Verifying Your Existing Network Environment
Before you can deploy Exchange Server 2010 into an existing Exchange organization you must verify that your existing network environment meets the pre-requisites.
May 10, 2010
Security descriptor error during Exchange Server 2007 schema extension
During Exchange Server 2007 schema extension you may encounter a security descriptor error which will cause setup to fail.
February 25, 2010
Preparing for an Exchange Server 2007 Transition
Before you begin the transition to Exchange Server 2007 you must first verify that your existing network environment is ready for Exchange Server 2007, deploy a Windows server to host Exchange Server 2007, and download the essentials software and tools for an Exchange Server 2007 transition.
August 18, 2009
Windows Server 2003 32-bit R2 media needed to prep a non-R2 domain before first 64-bit R2 DC can be promoted
In one of life’s “chicken and egg” situations I recently encountered the issue of promoting a Windows Server 2003 64-bit R2 server to be a Domain Controller in an environment with only Windows Server 2003 32-bit (non-R2) servers as existing Domain Controllers. DCPromo will tell you that the Forest has not been prepared for the […]
February 19, 2009
Problem accessing Active Directory for Exchange 2007 OWA users
Recently I posted about one cause of Outlook Web Access errors that users may experience after their mailbox is migrated from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007. Users are presented with a browser error containing the message: Exception type: Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Storage.StoragePermanentException Exception message: There was a problem accessing Active Directory. In addition to that common cause I […]
September 26, 2008
Users unable to access Outlook Web Access after mailbox moves
Some users may report that they are not able to access OWA after their mailbox has been moved to the Exchange Server 2007 server. Check the properties of the account in Active Directory Users & Computers and verify that in the Security tab the account is configured to inherit permissions. If the tick box is […]
July 28, 2008