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Updating Multiple Send Connectors in Exchange 2016/2019 with PowerShell
Introduction to Send Connectors in Exchange In Microsoft Exchange 2016 and 2019, send connectors are critical in managing email flow from Exchange servers to external domains. These connectors are essential for delivering outbound emails, ensuring that messages are routed effectively to their intended recipients across the internet or other mail systems. Administrators configure send connectors to…
Updating Mailbox Quotas in Exchange 2016 and Exchange 2019 with PowerShell: Excluding Custom Quotas Over 10GB
Introduction to Mailbox Quotas in Exchange 2016 Mailbox quotas play a vital role in managing storage resources within Exchange 2016. They serve as limitations imposed on the amount of data that users can store in their mailboxes. By defining these quotas, organizations can effectively monitor and control the consumption of storage resources, ensuring that users…
Exchange 2016 uninstall fails on Language Step
Uninstalling Exchange 2016 should be a straight forward process but sometimes you run into issues such as the one below: The error is a bit misleading as it goes on to say that "Access is Denied", however another server I was working on uninstalled just fine. I rebooted the server and once I logged in again, I used the command line to uninstall but this gave me the same error: …
Stellar Toolkit for Exchange: The Ultimate Solution for Seamless Recovery and Conversion
The Stellar Toolkit for Exchange is an advanced suite of tools designed to address a variety of Exchange Server challenges, including mailbox recovery, database repair, and password management. I recently had the chance to evaluate this toolkit, and I must say it lived up to its reputation as a robust, user-friendly solution. This review highlights my experience with the toolkit…
Quickly Manage Mailbox Quotas with PowerShell: Setting and Viewing Quotas
Introduction to Mailbox Quotas in Exchange Mailbox quotas are essential components of Microsoft Exchange, serving as crucial controls that manage the storage capabilities allocated to individual mailboxes within an organization. In environments like Exchange 2016 and Exchange 2019, mailbox quotas are implemented to ensure efficient use of storage resources, which is vital for maintaining overall…
Preparing Your Exchange Environment for Exchange 2019 CU15: What You Need to Know for 2025
Introduction to Exchange 2019 CU15 Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 CU15 is coming out next year and it brings new features but also one that was taken away a few CU's ago, the ability to request a new certificate from the EAC. Along with support from Transport Layer Security (1.3), the coexistence section is where many are going to fall short because they have not upgraded to…
Upgrading Exchange 2019 November Security Update from v1 to v2
Introduction to Exchange 2019 Security Updates Microsoft Exchange 2019 received security updates in November 2024 as announced by the Exchange Team, however the release was quickly pulled due to Exchange Services not wanting to start etc. I noticed that in my environment, the POP/IMAP services would not start and on some servers the Active Directory Service would not start. This update affected transport…
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Quickly use PowerShell and Log Parser to analyze RCA Logs in Exchange 2016
Introduction to Log Parser and RCA Logs in Exchange 2016 Tracking Outlook Versions being used in your Exchange 2016 environment is always something that is asked by management as they need to know what legacy versions of Outlook are being used and to plan for upgrades. In this article we will show you how to copy all the RCA Exchange Logs to a central location so that we can run it through Log…
Resolving the ‘Get-MgServicePrincipal: Insufficient Privileges’ Error in PowerShell
Understanding the Error The 'get-mgserviceprincipal: insufficient privileges to complete the operation' error is a common issue encountered by users of PowerShell, particularly when handling Microsoft Graph service principals. This error primarily indicates that the account executing the command does not possess the necessary permissions to access or manipulate certain resources linked…