How to speed up the smtp log refresh on exchange 2010
By default, if you enable the verbose log on SMTP receive or send connectors the files are updated with a certain slowness (5 minutes) and, if you need to troubleshoot, is a little’ uncomfortable not having logs in real time. To decrease the update time you have to make a change to the configuration file […]
How to activate licenses for a RDS server remote desktop services Windows 2012 R2- RD Session Host server has not been configured with any license server
Recentemente ho visto questo warning su un server windows 2012 R2 RDS (remote desktop services) with the license service "on board": “Remote Desktop Session Host server is within its grace period, but the RD Session Host server has not been configured with any license server” Per attivare le licenze o meglio per agganciare […]
How to install .net framework 3.5 on Windows 2012 R2
It would seem extremely simple to install .net framework 3.5 on Windows 2012 since it is among the features to be installed (exactly as in Windows 2008 R2); in fact if you try to install the installation will fail because it can not find the source to be installed because the default are not copied during the installation of the HD but I know there are still […]
Exchange winmail.dat attachments and RTF format
Often you receive email, from users who use exchange as mail server, with a winmail.dat attachment unreadable by most mail clients. Often to read it the simplest thing is to use the webmail or some software that can open it and interpret it correctly. The cause of the problem is the format in which […]
Create microsoft cluster on Dell Vertex VRTX, shared disks problem
I've had to create a microsoft cluster on a Dell Vertex (or VRTX), I do not know if you know exactly what it is, is a low-cost blade integrated infrastructure with the server part, networking and storage. The peculiar thing of the storage part is that it is run by a raid controller which is normally 8 perc […]
How to properly uninstall a clustered Exchange 2003
Here are the steps to follow to uninstall a clustered Exchange 2003 in a correct way as simply as possible: 1) Go to the passive node and from add / remove programs remove exchange 2003, when you will be asked if it is the last node you have to answer NO. N.B. You'll need the CD / ISO to uninstall the software. 2) Go to the node […]
How to renew the self-signed certificate from ADFS and Office365 and how to enable the auto renewal
If you have set up ADFS (active directory federation services) to authenticate the users of your domain in Office365 you know that to maintain communication between your adfs service and Office365 you need a certificate that is trusted from both servers / services / sides. Obviously you can use certificates generated from a public CA, Also returning […]
Exchange 2003: “One or more users currently use a mailbox store on this server”
Hands up who has managed to migrate an Exchange 2003 without getting an error of some resource (mailbox, public folder, oab generator ) still present on the legacy server being uninstalled. What I speak about is a typical error, and indicates that there is still some user whose mailbox resides on […]