Active Directory Forest Functional Levels for Exchange Server 2016
Our September 2016 release blog included a statement that is causing some confusion with customers. The confusion relates to our support of Windows Server 2016 with Exchange Server 2016. The blog...
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Change in behavior for delicensed Exchange Online users
Several weeks ago, we enabled a new Office 365 feature to some tenants where the removal of the Exchange License didn’t immediately mail disable the user and disconnected the mailbox. The new behavior...
View ArticleConfigure rich document collaboration using Exchange Server 2016, Office...
This post explains the configuration steps needed to get rich document collaboration working between Exchange Server 2016, SharePoint Server 2016, and Office Online Server, in your On-Premises...
View ArticleUpdate on Windows Server 2016 and Exchange Server 2016
We wanted to raise your attention to an issue that some customers have reported running Exchange Server 2016 on Windows Server 2016. Crashes of the IIS (W3WP.exe) process have been reported causing...
View ArticleMulti-Factor Authentication in Exchange and Office 365
Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), which includes Two-factor authentication (2FA), in Exchange Server and Office 365, is designed to protect against account and email compromise. Microsoft has...
View ArticleHelp us test Exchange public folder migrations to Office 365 Groups
If you are using Public Folders (legacy or Modern) and would like to migrate some of them to Office 365 Groups, we are working on a solution for that. We are starting with the migration of Calendar...
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New Exchange Online migration options
We are in the process of rolling out a new migration experience that will greatly simplify your journey to Office 365 and Exchange Online. This new experience will help any customer running at least...
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Modern public folder deployment best practices
Introduction Since the release of Microsoft Exchange Server 2013, we have heard questions regarding the sizing and deployment of modern public folders. It is important to plan migrations for public...
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Released: December 2016 Quarterly Exchange Updates
Today we are announcing the latest set of Cumulative Updates for Exchange Server 2016 and Exchange Server 2013. These releases include fixes to customer reported issues and updated functionality....
View ArticleCertificate-Based Authentication (CBA) for Exchange Online is Generally...
Many organizations have been using certificate based authentication for Exchange Online while the feature was in preview. Today, we are excited to announce that the feature is generally available in...
View ArticleMicrosoft Graph Preview for Exchange 2016 customers
We are interested in working with Exchange 2016 customers or partners to help us validate Exchange hybrid scenarios using Microsoft Graph. This will be a self-paced development project where your...
View ArticleReleased: Exchange Generate Message Profile Script v2.0.
Greetings Exchange Community! Today, I am pleased to announce the release of a major update to the Exchange Generate Message Profile script. This release primarily focuses on two enhancements. The...
View ArticleReleased: Exchange Server Role Requirements Calculator 8.4
Today, we released an updated version of the Exchange Server Role Requirements Calculator. This release focuses on bug fixes with the DAG auto-calculation functionality that was introduced in 8.3, as...
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Send-as and Send-on-behalf of for groups in Outlook
Today, we are excited to announce the ‘Send-as’ and Send-on-behalf of feature for groups in Outlook, which brings you one step closer to turning your email into a great customer support solution. With...
View ArticleAn update to "Important notice for Office 365 email customers who have...
Since we posted this blog post, we have received positive responses from many of our customers, who have proceeded with changing their connectors (as per instructions in the post), thereby protecting...
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Analyzing Exchange Transaction Log Generation Statistics – Revisited
Almost 4 years ago, I wrote a script called GetTransactionLogStats.ps1, and originally blogged about it here. At the original time of writing, the primary purpose of the script was to collect...
View ArticleExchange 2007 reaches end of life on April 11th. What’s your plan to move?
On April 11, 2017, Exchange Server 2007 will reach End of Life. If you haven’t already begun your migration from Exchange 2007 to Office 365 or Exchange 2016, you need to start planning now. End of...
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Multi-Factor Authentication for the Hybrid Configuration Wizard and Remote...
You can now use an Administrator account that is enabled for Multi-Factor Authentication to sign in to Exchange Online PowerShell and the Office 365 Hybrid Configuration Wizard (HCW). In case you are...
View ArticleAnnouncing the availability of modern public folder migration to Exchange Online
We are happy to announce the availability of public folder migration from Exchange Server 2013/2016 on-premises to Exchange Online! Many of our customers asked us for this, and the full documentation...
View ArticleReleased: March 2017 Quarterly Exchange Updates
With this month’s quarterly release we bid a fond farewell to Exchange Server 2007. Support for Exchange Server 2007 expires on 4/11/2017. Update Rollup 23 for Service Pack 3 will be the last update...
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