Pat Spencer

How Anonymous Relay works in Exchange 2013 http://www.shudnow.net/2013/06/04/how-anonymous-relay-works-in-exchange-2013/ Summary of commands: $server = "LAB-EX2013" $ReceiveConnector = "MyRelay" New-ReceiveConnector -Name $ReceiveConnector -Usage 'Custom' -Bindings '0.0.0.0:25' -RemoteIPRanges '10.10.10.7' -Server $server -TransportRole FrontendTransport Get-ReceiveConnector $ReceiveConnector | Add-ADPermission -User “NT AUTHORITY\ANONYMOUS LOGON” -ExtendedRights “Ms-Exch-SMTP-Accept-Any-Recipient” Get-RecieveConnector $ReceiveConnector | select Tarp*,Conn*,Max* Get-ReceiveConnector -Identity $ReceiveConnector | Set-ReceiveConnector -TarpitInterval 00:00:00 -ConnectionTimeout 00:30:00 -ConnectionInactivityTimeout 00:20:00 -MaxAcknowledgementDelay 00:00:00 -MaxInboundConnection 10000 -MaxInboundConnectionPercentagePerSource 100 -MaxInboundConnectionPerSource unlimited Also see: Incorrectly Adding New Receive C...

Installing Exchange 2013 CU's in a MultiSite,MultiServer environment. I recently attempted to install Exchange 2013 CU7 in an environment with 4 Exchange servers spread across 2 Sites.  The servers were at Exchange 2013 SP1 (CU5?). It did not start out well until I found this set of instructions from Paul Cunningham. http://exchangeserverpro.com/exchange-2013-installing-cumulative-updates/ In summary, perform the following: Choose a server in the site that contains the AD FSMO Roles. (This may only apply to Exch2013 SP1, since there is a bug that CU7 fixes, in which you cannot launch ECP on a server that is in a remote site to the user's Mailbox.  I suspect this also applies to the FSMO role of PDC. The install initially failed the pre-requisite check with a bunch of nonsensical errors saying that the user ID was not a member of the required groups, etc.) Perform the following to prepare the Exchange Server for upgrade: $server = "ThisServer" Set-ServerComp...