Questions tagged [exchange-2010]

Exchange 2010 was a Microsoft collaboration server product offering e-mail, calendar, and other functions. It was released to general availability on November 9, 2009, and reached End Of Life (EOL) on October 13, 2020.

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Email hoarder intervention and education - (Exchange environment)

Throughout my career, I've encountered quite a few users who were email hoarders... I'm managing a 100-user environment where users previously had 100mb quotas and a basic Cyrus IMAP/Postfix solution....
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SBS 2011 - Is Store.exe High Memory Usage Normal?

We have a SBS 2011 server with 16GB memory that runs Exchange, WSUS and File Sharing for approx 20 users. The server also gives 2GB memory to a virtual machine running in Hyper-V so 14GB left for the ...
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Demoting a DC which also runs Exchange 2010

Initially when setting up Exchange 2010 CAS I ran into problems with permissions. I got around them by promoting the server to be a DC with a GC. The Server was initially installed with 2008 R2 ...
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Migrate from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2016

I’ve inherited a setup where Exchange 2010 is installed on Windows Server 2008 R2, I want to upgrade to Exchange 2016 and Windows Server 2016. I’ve read Microsoft does not support upgrading OS when ...
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Exchange 2010 some users mailboxes have a green arrow

when we look at our Exchange Server and all the mailboxes we notice that some users have green arrows pointing right over their icon. This does appear to only be on older users on our system so I just ...
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Can Exchange 2010 high availability be achieved with only 2 servers?

In Exchange 2010, you can define Database Availability Groups and have your mailbox database(s) automatically replicated between multiple servers, and you can have mailbox server which are members of ...
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Experiences in Upgrading from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010

I'm currently running Exchange 2003 SP2 Cluster on a Server 2003 AD Forest (in native 2003 mode), and we beginning to plan the upgrade to Server 2008 AD and Exchange 2010. We have two main sites, one ...
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Connecting to Exchange PowerShell from a Linux machine

We currently have a Python script that automates user creation tasks on our servers. This script provisions users in OpenLDAP and ActiveDirectory by using python-ldap. Now, I want to modify some ...
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Reset Search Index in Exchange 2013

I have corrupted indexes in my Exchange 2013 server and I have having trouble figuring out how to reset them. I found information on how to do it here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/...
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Issue creating Exchange 2013 Default Profile using Office Customization Tool

My company is in the process of migrating from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2013 -- currently the environment is mixed, OWA is up and running, and AutoConfig is working properly. For our Exchange 2007 ->...
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SSL/TLS for SMTP on Exchange 2010 but not using STARTTLS

I am forced to use an old legacy system that apparently is never going away which requires an SSL/TLS connection but then transmits the information through the TLS tunnel plain text. The most common ...
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Outlook SSL Error after New Certificate Installation

Recently replaced the SSL cert on our Exchange 2010 box with a new wildcard cert. Assigned services, reconfigured all URL's for external and internal access to be identical (previous cert was a SAN ...
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Can you reply to every email with a "this mailbox is no longer in service" mail?

I was wondering if it is possible, in Exchange server 2010, to disable a mailbox account, lets call it mailuser and if anyone sends a E-mail for [email protected] then it will send a mail back with ...
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How to configure exchange 2010 to be used as an external smtp relay? [closed]

I'm currently trying to configure our exchange 2010 to be used as a external smtp relay. What I'm trying to do is allow certain websites that we manage to send email using our exchange server smtp ...
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how to disable remote wipe for Exchange 2010 ActiveSync?

When connecting android mobile devices to Exchange ActiveSync some require granting device administrator privileges which permit an exchange administrator to remotely wipe the phone. The warning ...
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How do I audit user's mailbox actions performed via IMAP in Exchange 2010?

I read through the Technet article on Mailbox auditing but it seems to only be working for MAPI access. I perform the following cmdlet to enable auditing of the owner: > Set-Mailbox -Identity "Mr....
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Domain rename with Exchange 2010

I have taken over all IT responsibilities for a company that is using Active Directory (2008 R2 native level) and Exchange 2010. I have come to find out that their internal Active Directory domain ...
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If an AD user is disabled and another user has full access to their mailbox, will they still be able to access the mailbox?

In Exchange 2010, if an AD user is disabled but another user has access to their mailbox, will they still be able to access the mailbox or does that user need to remain enabled for this functionality ...
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Best practice for Exchange 2010 HA topology considering 6 x Exchange licenses and TMG 2010

What would be best topology considering that: 6 x Exchange 2010 Standard Licenses 2 x Separate locations that are supposed to support redundancy in case of link problems 4 x Forefront TMG 2010 with ...
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How to reconcile user with both on-premise and cloud mailboxes?

We are in the middle of hybrid coexistence migration from Exchange 2010 on-premise to Office 365. That means we have ADFS and "Dirsync" (now called Windows Azure AD Sync) running. We are more than ...
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How do I reconfigure Exchange Autodiscover?

So I've had issues for a long time with out of office, i believe my exchange has been setup incorrectly. When running tests on testexchangeconnectivity it connects to http://mydomain.com/autodiscover ...
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Exchange 2010 Out of office doesn't show original senders email address

When one of our users is on holiday they will set their Out of office message and change the Out of office rule to forward all emails received to a colleague. This has always worked very well for us ...
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How do I remove an orphaned Exchange 2010 server from the organization?

We properly uninstalled Exchange 2010 from a server but it is still appearing within the Exchange Management Console of the other Exchange 2010 server. How can we remove this server from the Exchange ...
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Event ID 9331 MSExchangeSA & Event ID 9335 MSExchangeSA

I get this two Exchange 2010 Global Address book related event IDs: Event ID 9331 MSExchangeSA OABGen encountered error 80004005 (internal ID 50101f1) accessing the public folder database while ...
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Delivered to internal network by a host with no rDNS

Recently our emails started going to spam for recipients at Gmail and Yahoo mail. I ran a SpamAssassin test, and have found the following: pts rule name description 0.0 ...
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Migrating Mailstore from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010 in a new domain

Proposed project ahead, and a whole lot of documentation and options out there, so I was looking for opinions or advice. I'm creating a brand new domain and installing Exchange 2010 in the ...
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How can I configure a "catchall account"?

I have an Exchange Server 2010, only on one machine with a total of 5 mail boxes. I want to create a catchall email account. Any email to non existing user should go there. I've searched the internet ...
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wildcard ssl certificate - exchange 2010 - POP/IMAP problem

previously we have requested a wildcard ssl certificate from godaddy for our major domain. one of the reasons was the new established exchange server 2010. usually you require following names included ...
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Preventing email blasts with Exchange 2010 IP Throttling (or any other technology)

We need to slow down the rate email spam is sent through the Exchange system from our developers' buggy applications. How can I throttle email messages in Exchange 2010 by Source IP, or sender, so ...
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Exchange 2010 Outlook Anywhere (RPC over HTTP) not working (The EXCH provider section is missing from the Autodiscover response.)

A bit of backstory... network exploded, rebuilt. This AD has survived people not knowing what they are doing, Exchange 2007 (installed and removed a few times), Exchange 2010 (current in use and re-...
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Clarifying terminology: MAPI vs RPC/HTTPS vs Outlook Anywhere

Will someone correct or verify my understanding of the following terms: MAPI (sometimes referred to as TCP) The on-the-wire RPC protocol format that Outlook uses with Exchange server. The client ...
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Exchange 2007 and 2010: Weekly report of internal email needed

I have two Exchange mailbox servers. One running 2007 the other 2010, both Standard edition. I've looked at 3rd party solutions to get email statistics, and I'm sure they'll work fine. I like ...
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New-InboxRule to autoreply, or always autoreply

My client is in the process of being divested from a parent company, and users have already been migrated to a new AD forest and Exchange org. On the parent company, they want autoreplies for the ...
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Authenticating to Exchange 2010 smarthost?

I have a postfix mail server that should relay all outgoing mail to an Exchange 2010 server (the Exchange box is my smarthost). I have administrator access to the Exchange 2010 system, but I'm not ...
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How to unassign self-signed cert from SMTP on Exchange 2010?

We have a GoDaddy wildcard certificate that we have installed into Exchange 2010 and is successfully used on IIS connections for OWA. We have assigned this certificate to the SMTP Service as well as ...
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Exchange 2010: Outlook clients refusing to update to new CAS server

I recently installed the CAS role on an internal mail server in an attempt to move CAS to that server instead of an outward facing web server (which also happens to be the DC). After installing CAS ...
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Exchange 2010 on VMware - can I expand a partition with databases on it?

I have an Exchange server at a remote office that has a database partition that has grown considerably. It is running on VMWare vsphere 4.1. Normally on most VMs I would shut down the VM, and ...
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Outlook Anywhere asking for password

I've tried to set up outlook anywhere using Exchange 2010 and it works well except when Outlook is first opened, the user is asked to enter their windows login password. Once it has been entered ...
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Considering MIME Expansion bloat, how does that affect settings for Exchange 2003/2007/2010 message size limits?

Since the mime encoding can increase a message's size by 33%, what is the correct math I need to do to filter messages larger than 45Mb? Is the math needed at all? Does the math change among ...
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ExRecipNotFound; not found after disabling / recreating mailbox in exchange - x500 not working

We had an issue with some mail boxes and I have had to recreate some user mail boxes (not a Move Request). After doing this, people can't send to the new mail boxes. I have read about the x500 record ...
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Can't access public folders after upgrade to Exchange 2010

After upgrading a domain from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010, I cannot access the public folders from Outlook 2003 or Outlook 2007. I can access the public folders from OWA. The error message in ...
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Outlook/Exchange certificate errors after setting clientaccessserver, etc... properties

After updating exchange 2010 using the commands for Set-ActiveSyncVirtualDirectory, Set-ClientAccessServer, Set-ECPVirtualDirectory, Set-OABVirtualDirectory, Set-OWAVirtualDirectory, & Set-...
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Exchange mail users cannot send to certain lists

First of all, everyone's on Exchange 2010 using OWA I have a dynamic distribution list that contains all users in my domain called 'staff'. I can send to this list, other people can send to this ...
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Distribution list with external email sent from outside

I have Exchange Server 2010 in my environment and I have the following problem with Distribution Lists. I have created one Distribution List which includes email addresses from our company and ...
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My DAG has failed over, but Outlook clients won't connect

My company have two exchange 2010 server(Mail1 & Mail2) with DAG configuration. One day my Mail1 server down and the Mail2 auto take over! My question is now the end user can't access the mail2 ...
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OutVariable is broken for Exchange 2010 cmdlets

It seems that OutVariable is broken when using the Exchange 2010 cmdlets. Is it just my server or is this the case for everyone? I observed the following -- get-mailbox jdoe -OutVariable asdf | out-...
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some PDF's to iPhones via ActiveSync are corrupt

we have two server applications (one .NET/ASP web app, the other a native Windows app) that generate PDF's that are then emailed to our users on Exchange 2010. the apps deliver the emails to the ...
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What is the importance of "RpcClientAccessServer" on a database in an Active/Active stretched DAG?

I have two sites with a stretched DAG between them. By "sites" I mean two AD sites that correspond with different physical and network circuits. When I take an individual mailbox database and move ...
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How can I route a SMTP message by FROM domain (not To, CC, or BCC)

I'm handling email for many different companies. Each company needs me to route all outbound email through a specific SMTP relay based on From address. What software configuration or technology ...
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Upgrading from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010, routing works in one direction only

I'm in the process of upgrading an Exchange 2003 server to Exchange 2010, and have installed the prerequisites and Exchange 2010 on the new hardware I've purchased. We use postfix on the perimeter to ...
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