Released: September 2016 Quarterly Exchange Updates

Microsoft released Quarterly release for the September month-2016, Below are the important updates for Exchange. Note: This release majorly supports for Exchange 2013 and 2016. There is no Updates for Exchange 2010 in the release. Which clearly indicates that Microsoft significantly reduced investing for further developments and there will be a plan to deprecate the […]

Released: Exchange Server Role Requirements Calculator 8.3

Microsoft released an updated version of the Exchange Server Role Requirements Calculator. This release focuses around two specific enhancements. As with everything else in the calculator, you can turn the automatic calculation off and manually select the number of Mailbox servers and DAGs you would like to deploy. For all the other improvements and bug […]

Migration -Part 1: AD Installation

Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2016 Migration -Part 1: AD Installation

Introduction: In this series of articles, I will walk you through how to migrate from Microsoft Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2016.i have covered how to install and configure Active directory, Exchange 2010, Configuring Outlook anywhere, configuring Certificates and outlook client configuration and testing the connectivity. After that Migration to Exchange 2016 by installing and configuring […]

Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2016 Migration-Part 2: Exchange 2010 Installation and configuration

In this Part 2 article, We will see how to install Exchange 2010 and configure the services. If you would like to read the part 1 in this article series please go to Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2016 Migration -Part 1: AD Installation Install Windows features by running the below command, Install-WindowsFeature Telnet-Client,RSAT-ADDS, RSAT-Clustering,Web-Server,Web-Basic-Auth,Web-Windows-Auth,Web-Metabase,Web-Net-Ext,Web-Request-Monitor,Web-Static-Content,Web-Mgmt-Console,Web-Lgcy-Mgmt-Console,Web-WMI,WAS-Process-Model,Web-Asp-Net,Web-Client-Auth,Web-ISAPI-Ext,Web-ISAPI-Filter,Web-Http-Errors,Web-Http-Logging,Web-Http-Redirect,Web-Http-Tracing,Web-Digest-Auth,Web-Dir-Browsing,Web-Dyn-Compression,NET-HTTP-Activation,RPC-Over-HTTP-Proxy –Restart […]

Namespace Models: Bounded vs Unbounded

1. Bounded Model: Deploying the dedicated namespace for the each site in the site resilient pair. In above diagram, Bangalore and Chennai Sites has it’s own Namespaces called webmail.windowstechpro.com (Bangalore site) & Webmail2.Windowstechpro.com(Chennai Site). In public DNS both are pointed to the respective Data center VIP#(Virtual IP Address). Advantages: Disadvantages: 2. Unbounded Model: In an unbound […]