Category Archives: Exchange 2013

Fixing a “FailedAndSuspended” content index for an Exchange 2013 database

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Tony Redmond

For space reasons, this text is another bit that was cut out of my Exchange 2013 Inside Out: Mailbox and High Availability book. FWIW, here it is… Imagine my annoyance when I ran the Get-MailboxDatabaseCopyStatus cmdlet on a test Exchange 2013 server … Continue reading →

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Exchange/Office 365 MVP sessions at Ignite

Posted on April 10, 2015 by Tony Redmond

Many people have asked me to recommend some sessions to go to at Microsoft Ignite (a good planning tool to build your own schedule is available online). With nearly 800 sessions to select from over five days, there’s enough going … Continue reading →

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PowerShell to the rescue to control Exchange 2013 logging

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Tony Redmond

I’m sure that you, like me, pay close attention to Microsoft’s stated requirements to install Exchange 2013.  It is, after all, gripping reading of the kind that is guaranteed to lull the reader into a deep sleep within 22 nanoseconds. … Continue reading →

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Zombie health mailboxes and EAS probes

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Tony Redmond

When I discussed how some corrupt health mailboxes came about following my flattening of an Exchange 2013 server, I called them “zombie mailboxes”, which might have seemed unkind to some. In fact, it’s an accurate reporting of the fact that … Continue reading →

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Exchange Unwashed Digest – February 2015

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Tony Redmond

February might be the shortest month but that’s no reason not to have lots to discuss on my “Exchange Unwashed” blog on WindowsITPro.com. Here’s what happened during the month – a lot about the new Outlooks apps and Delve, but … Continue reading →

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Corrupt health mailboxes from a flattened Exchange server

Posted on February 23, 2015 by Tony Redmond

I flattened an Exchange 2013 server the other day. I don’t mean that I took the physical computer out into the parking lot and drove a large vehicle over it to reduce the server to so many random bits of … Continue reading →

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Synchronizing the Exchange 2013 public folder hierarchy across public folder mailboxes

Posted on February 16, 2015 by Tony Redmond

For space reasons, this text is another bit that was cut out of my Exchange 2013 Inside Out: Mailbox and High Availability book. FWIW, here it is… As you’re probably well aware, public folders are scrubbed and polished to become bright, new, … Continue reading →

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Why Exchange 2013 doesn’t need the Microsoft Office Filter Pack

Posted on January 26, 2015 by Tony Redmond

For space reasons, this text is another bit that was cut out of my Exchange 2013 Inside Out: Mailbox and High Availability book. FWIW, here it is… If you’ve ever installed Exchange 2010, you’re probably aware of the need to install the … Continue reading →

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Using the Exchange 2013 cmdlet extension agent to populate mailbox settings

Posted on January 14, 2015 by Tony Redmond

For space reasons, this text was cut out of my Exchange 2013 Inside Out: Mailbox and High Availability book. I only found it again recently, so here it is… Many properties can be set to control exactly how a mailbox … Continue reading →

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