Released: December 2015 Quarterly Exchange Updates

The Exchange team is announcing the availability of our latest quarterly update for Exchange Server 2013 as well as updates for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 3 and Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3. Cumulative Update 11 for Exchange Server 2013 and UM Language Packs are now available on the Microsoft Download Center. Cumulative Update 11 […]

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How to Convert SID to User Name using PowerShell

Some time we will be having requirement to convert SID to Group/User Name or Group/User Name to SID. Here I will show you simple way to do that using PowerShell. How to Convert Group/User Name to SID: Syntax: $Name = “Group or User Name”   (New-Object System.Security.Principal.NTAccount($Name)).Translate([System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier]).value Example: $Name = “Trace-Restriction”  (New-Object System.Security.Principal.NTAccount($Name)).Translate([System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier]).value How to Convert  SID to Group/User […]

Exchange Server 2013 Cumulative Update 11 Released

Cumulative Update 11 contains the latest set of fixes and builds upon Exchange Server 2013 Cumulative Update 10. As per Microsoft December 2015 Quarterly Exchange Update Notes, Cumulative Update 11 for Exchange Server 2013 and UM Language Packs are now available on the Microsoft Download Center. Cumulative Update 11 contains the latest set of fixes and builds […]

Exchange Server 2010 Servicepack 3 Update Rollup 12 Released

Update Rollup 12  for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 3 (SP3) was released on December 15, 2015. Microsoft  released Update Rollup 12 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 3 (KB3096066). The Exchange Server 2010 update includes a DST update as well as a collection of important fixes. From the Microsoft Exchange Team blog: This update fixes the issues that […]

Part 1: AD RMS Installation and Configuration in Server 2012 R2

In this Article, I am going to cover how to install Active Directory Rights Management Services(AD RMS) in Server 2012 R2 by using Windows Integrated Database. First Up All we need to create Service Account for the AD RMS. Normal Domain Account is fine for this and doesn’t required any additional rights. Open Active Directory […]

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Part 2: Creating AD RMS Template and Publishing to Domain users in Server 2012 R2

In this multi Part Articles,I have been covered in part 1 how to install and configure AD RMS. Part 1: AD RMS Installation and Configuration in Server 2012 R2 In Continuation to that, First we need to enable the Anonymous Authentications. Open IIS Manager Console  Under the Default Web Site–> _wmcs–> Authentication–> Click on Anonymous Authentication and […]

Part 3: How to enable IRM( AD RMS) in Exchange 2013

In this multi Part Articles, I have been covered how to installing,Configuring,creating templates and publishing it using SMB Share to domain users. Part 1: AD RMS Installation and Configuration in Server 2012 R2  Part 2: Creating AD RMS Template and Publishing to Domain users in Server 2012 R2 Here we will see how to integrate […]

How to Deploy Web Application Proxy in Server 2012 R2

How to Deploy Web Application Proxy in Server 2012 R2

What is Web Application Proxy (WAP)? WAP is new feature introduced with Server 2012 R2. It was first introduced as ARR( Application Request Routing) in Server 2012. As you know, Threat Management Gateway (TMG) and Unified Access Gateway (UAG) have a definitive end of life. ARR is a web farm extension meant for publishing web sites, […]

Not able to move Mailbox from one Database to another Database

Came across an issue that when you try to move few mailboxes from one Database to another database, It is given an error Error details: MapiExceptionNoAccess: Unable to query table rows. (hr=0x80070005, ec=-2147024891) It happened with Exchange 2010 SP3 RU8 and even it reoccurred post upgrading Exchange SP3 RU9 Error Message: Couldn’t switch the mailbox into Sync […]

CA is issuing Certificates only for three years

Below is the issue faced by one my client last week that they are not able to provide the certificates with more than 5 years validity even though certificate template is issued with 5 Years. Above Template shows that certificate Validity period 5 Years but when it is issues the certificate provides the certificate validity only […]