The following is the list of services installed by default for an Exchange 2016 server (mailbox role) 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 Compliance Audit Automatic 4 Microsoft Exchange Compliance Service Automatic 5 Microsoft…
Lately, it seems as if I run across some new issue or anomaly on a weekly basis after implementing Exchange 2016 for one customer or another. It’s quite frustrating but it does wonders for building a personal knowledge base. One of the latest issues I’ve experienced has been with an Outlook client (2010 or newer) not connecting to…
During a recent project to transition Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2016 when we cutover mail flow from Exchange 2010 (the legacy system) to Exchange 2016, messages were queuing up with “451 4.4.0 DNS query failed” errors. On the Exchange 2016 server, we found there were two NICs–one was disabled. We then confirmed that working…
Since it was released in June, I’ve installed Exchange 2016 Cumulative Update 2 (CU2) a few times. After the past 2 installs, I’ve had issues connecting to the admin center and OWA and greeted with a “500 – Internal server error”. In both cases, I could not find a simple resolution and needed to re-install Exchange (from…
