Exchange

Script to validate your Office 365 DNS records

Get-Office365DNSRecords.ps1 is a simple script for Office 365, that makes you quickly validate if your have configured your DNS records for use with Office 365 services. It creates two report, one listed directly within the PowerShell prompt and a more detailed report which is saved to a file. Example of the prompted report for e.g. contoso.com: No autodiscover record found for contoso.com MX Records found for contoso.com SIP TLS Records found for contoso.com SIP Federation TLS …

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Setup Wizard for Exchange Update Rollup ended prematurely

The issue is well-known, but I never got around to share it myself and just recently saw it once again at a customer, who experienced the problem. This blog post will cover how to install and the Exchange Rollup Update successfully without getting the “Ended prematurely” error. The Setup Wizard for Update Rollup fails with the error “ended prematurely”. It has been the same issue for Update Rollups for both Exchange 2007 and Exchange 2010. …

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See you at MEC 2014

There is only one month (March 31 – April 2) till Microsoft Exchange Conference (MEC) in Austin, Texas. I will be attending the conference and is looking forward to this great Exchange event and catching up with everyone in the community, both MCMs and MVPs. Microsoft has announced over 100+ sessions at MEC and if you are interested, there should still be tickets available – go register at iammec.com If you are attending and want …

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Exchange 2013 sessions from TechEd 2013 North America

As I have done the previous years, I have compiled a list of all the Exchange 2013 related sessions from TechEd Europe 2012, which was held last week in New Orleans (June 2-6). As usual they are all available as on-demand recordings (webcasts) and slide decks are also online. Here is the complete overview of the Exchange 2013 related sessions: Understanding Compliance in Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint, and Office (Speaker: Bharat Suneja) Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 …

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Reserve the dates for MEC 2014

Last week Microsoft announced the dates and the location for the Next Microsoft Exchange Conference (MEC). The next MEC will be March 31st to April 2nd 2014 in Austin, Texas. For more information on the upcoming conference, follow the official site: iammec.com and the twitter for the hashtag #iammec. There is also an mailling list on IamMEC.com, sign up and be sure to get the news. See you in Austin, Texas next year.