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Exchange Webinar 18 juni 2014

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Op 18 juni 2014 heb ik voor Kemp Technologies een Nederlandstalig webinar gegeven over Load Balancing. De insteek was meer Load Balancing in het algemeen en daarna een insteek richting Exchange.

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Ik heb geprobeerd wat te vertellen over Load Balancing technieken zoals One Arm vs Two Arm, persistence, VIP en Real Server en Layer-4 versus Layer-7. Daarna heb ik een vertaalslag gemaakt richting Exchange 2010 en Exchange 2013.

De presentatie kun je hier downloaden http://bit.ly/KempExWebinar. Het webinar is ook opgenomen, maar ergens in een omzettingsproces verloren gegaan en is dus niet beschikbaar, da’s jammer.

Heb je nog aanvullende vragen of onderwerpen voor een toekomstige blog, je kan me vinden op Twitter via @jaapwess of mail me op mail[at]jaapwesselius.com.

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Exchange 2003 Support comes to an end

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With all the buzz going on about end-of-support for Windows XP (April 8, 2014) I suddenly realized there are more Operating Systems and (Server Applications) that are about to hit the end-of-support date.

Exchange 2003

On this side of the pond a lot of customers are still running Exchange 2003. Exchange 2003 Extended support will end on April 8, 2014 as well, just like Windows XP. This means that from this date on Exchange 2003 is no longer supported, and (critical) security fixes will not be released by Microsoft. The product won’t stop working, but personally I think the time is right to start working on an upgrade. Continue reading Exchange 2003 Support comes to an end →

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Balance Mailbox databases in a DAG

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If you have a DAG with multiple Mailbox servers and a lot of Mailbox databases it’s a good practice to regularly have a look at the distribution of the Mailbox database.

When you reboot a Mailbox server for example all active copies of Mailbox databases are moved to other Mailbox server but they are never moved back to their original location.

Continue reading Balance Mailbox databases in a DAG →

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ISE, Remote PowerShell and Exchange 2013

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Last TechEd in Madrid I got an interesting question about Exchange 2013 supportability in the PowerShell ISE (Integrated Scripting Environment). This gentleman was using the Remote PowerShell functionality in ISE and was wondering if this was a supported solution.

It took some time to get a confirmation, but these are the supported scenarios:

  • Exchange Management Shell (which is running Remote PowerShell) – supported
  • Regular PowerShell connecting to Exchange via Remote PowerShell – supported
  • Powershell ISE connecting to Exchange via Remote PowerShell – supported

Regular PowerShell or PowerShell ISE simply loading Exchange snapins is not supported unless Technet specifically calls out that you must run local PowerShell for a specific cmdlet.

Remote PowerShell can be activated like this:

$Session = New-PSSession –ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange –ConnectionUri http://ams-exch01.contoso.com/PowerShell -Authentication Kerberos
Import-PSSession $Session

This can be done in a normal PowerShell window or in the ISE:

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A Microsoft knowledgebase article was released recently regarding an issue with Remote Powershell, ISE and Exchange Server 2010 SP3:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2859999 – Some cmdlets fail in PowerShell ISE after an upgrade to Exchange Server 2010 SP3