While attempting to update to the latest CU for Exchange 2016 (on a Windows 2016 server), the process failed several times with an error (‘Cannot start service MSExchangeServiceHost on computer’) and I could not understand why. I still don’t understand why, but I did find a workaround that I felt important to share. During the…
The following is the list of services installed by default for an Exchange 2013 server (mailbox and client access roles) and the startup type for each. SERVICE NAME STARTUP TYPE 1 Microsoft Exchange Active Directory Topology Automatic 2 Microsoft Exchange Anti-spam Update Automatic 3 Microsoft Exchange DAG Management Automatic 4 Microsoft Exchange Diagnostics Automatic…
There is nothing like trying to wade through the TechNet articles and decipher the instructions that are given. Don’t get me wrong, I love TechNet and all it provides but sometimes (most of the time) the documents lack clarity–but, maybe that’s by design. Currently, I’m working on configuring Exchange 2013 public folders (on premise) to be accessible with…
In many Exchange transition projects, there is a need to migrate some receive connector settings used in an existing SMTP relay connector to the new servers being stood up in preparation for decommissioning legacy servers. Also, in most cases, there are several remote IP addresses assigned to existing relay connectors that need to be assigned to the…
