Exchange Server

This week, Microsoft re-released the November 2024 Exchange Server security updates, now known as November 2024 SUv2. The first release didn’t go so well. The original updates, which went out on November 12, 2024, caused issues with data loss prevention (DLP) rules and transport rules, leading to disruptions in on-premises email flow. You can find…

Microsoft has paused the roll out of a security update that was released for Exchange Server 2016 and Exchange Server 2019 on November 12. The company has warned that the patch could break transport rules for select customers. “We are aware of customers having an issue with the Transport rules stopping periodically after this update…

Microsoft has issued a reminder that extended support for Office 2016 and Office 2019 will officially end on October 14, 2025. Following this date, users of these versions will no longer receive security patches, bug fixes, or technical assistance. Microsoft has warned that customers using Office 2016 and Office 2019 may expose themselves to security…

In this guide, you will learn about Outlook OST and PST files, why you might need to convert OST files to a PST, and how to convert OST files to PST format. What is an OST file? An OST file, or Offline Storage Table file, is a data file that is created by Microsoft Outlook…

Any time that I think about server migrations, I always have to cringe a little bit. I’m not anti-progress or anything, it’s just that my memory always reflects the way that we used to do migration at a company that I worked at in the early 1990s. Although it was a large, enterprise environment there…

Sometimes, situations arise when an Exchange Server administrator needs to mount an Exchange database on a different server. Here are a few examples: Now, let’s look at how to mount an Exchange database on a different server. Process for mounting an Exchange database on a different server Start by making sure that the integrity of…

Microsoft has revealed that Exchange Server 2016 and Dynamics 365 Project Service Automation (PSA) will reach the end of their support lifecycle in 2025. While Exchange Server 2016 already reached end of mainstream support in October 2020, its extended support phase will end on October 14, 2025. Microsoft will stop providing technical support, bug fixes,…

In this article, Bharat Bhushan shows you how to recover deleted emails in Exchange Server. This article is sponsored by Stellar Info. Key takeaway It is simple to restore deleted emails from the Deleted Items folder in Outlook and Outlook on the Web (OWA). Follow these steps: Users may delete emails or other mailbox items…

When mounting a database on Exchange Server, you may face a situation where the database does not mount and an error message appears, saying, “Failed to mount the database.” An Exchange database may fail to mount for various reasons. In this article, we will be discussing the reasons that may lead to the ‘Exchange database…

In this guide, Bharat Bhushan shows you how to diagnose and resolve an Exchange dirty shutdown error and help you to bring the Exchange database back to a clean shutdown state. Thanks to Stellar Info for sponsoring this post. The Exchange Server logs serve as the backbone of data integrity and disaster recovery in Exchange…

How can I use the ESEUTIL utility to detect file header damage in Exchange 2000/2003? MS KB 825088 has more info: Exchange 2000 and 2003 use a checksum procedure to confirm the data integrity of pages that are in the database. The ESEUTIL tool in Exchange 2000/2003 includes a /K switch that you can use…