After completing Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2010 migration, couple of users stopped receiving emails on their mobile devices. iPhone would go through account verification successfully, but when trying to pull actual emails would show an error “connection to the server failed“ Exchange client access server application logs were recording following error: Source: MSExchange ActiveSyncEven ID:…

Trying to move Exchange mailbox (via Console or Shell) fails with error: Active Directory operation failed on [domain-controller-name]. This error is not retriable. Additional information: Insufficient access rights to perform the operation. This may happen because inheritable permissions are disabled for the user (which is normal for domain admins). I experienced this issue with some…

It’s pretty easy to customize look and feel of Exchange 2010 Web App to fit your requirements. To change logon / logoff logo edit file lgntopl.gif which by default is located in C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14\ClientAccess\Owa\14.X.XXX.X\themes\resources To change header logo (and other graphical elements) edit file csssprites.png which by default  is located in C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14\ClientAccess\Owa\14.X.XXX.X\themes\base…

This issue can occur if you are migrating an organisation from Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2010 and this organisation had previously been migrated from Exchange 2003. Public folders refuses to replicate from Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2010. Following error is recoded in Application Logs on Exchange 2010: Level: ErrorSource: MSExchange Store DriverTask Category: MSExchangeStoreDriverDescription:The store…

Microsoft Exchange 2003 databases (Mailbox and Public Folders) refused to mount after a hard shutdown caused by a power cut. Trying to mount mailbox and public folders stores following error popped up: An internal processing error has occurred. Try restarting the Exchange System Manager or the Microsoft Exchange Information Store service, or both. Examine the…

Faced this issue while running eseutil.exe in repair mode (eseutil /p) on Microsoft Exchange 2003. First of all repaired mailbox database: Opened command prompt Changed folder to C:\Program Files\Exchsrvr\bin\ run: Eseutil /p D:\EXCH\priv1.edb Repair was successful. Then tried exactly the same steps for public folder database: Opened command prompt Changed folder to C:\Program Files\Exchsrvr\bin\ run:…

Connecting from Windows 7 client to Windows server console session vis Remote Desktop (Terminal Services): To connect to Windows Server 2003mstsc -v:<server_name> /F /consoleThis allows to connect to session 0 which is physical console session. To connect to Windows Server 2008mstsc -v:<server_name> /F /adminWindows Server 2008 changes to architecture means that session 0 is only…

On Windows Small Business Server 2008 (or Windows Vista) you may get above “access denied” error when trying to manually add a new network printer. This happens because of insufficient permissions. To resolve right click on Add Printer and select Run as administrator

Windows Small Business Server 2008 (SBS 2008) Group Policy can manage Windows XP and Windows Vista workstations. Although Windows 7 is supported, Windows 7 specific Group Policy entries are not present by default. They can be easily added from any Windows 7 machine: On any up to date Windows 7 workstation open folder:C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions Copy all…

If you haven’t decommissioned old DHCP servers properly they may appear in DHCP snap-in even after removing them from Active Directory.You can normally remove such servers by running following command:netsh dhcp delete server FQDN IPe.g. netsh dhcp delete server svr-dc3.contoso.com 10.4.0.2

Even during times of terabyte(s) sized hard drives you can come across situations when C: drive if full and you have to free-up some space no matter what. Besides obvious solutions such as deleting large files from desktop and so on, you can try following: Warning: Some of these tips are not for beginners and…

If you try to download and install Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 on Windows Server 2008 R2 installation will fail with error: “You must use the Role Management Tool to install or configure Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1“. This is because .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 in included Server 2008 R2 and only needs to be…