Pat Spencer

Recreate and enable missing arbitration user accounts and mailboxes in Exchange Serve These are a couple of article explaining the process of recreating and enable missing arbitration users and mailboxes. It addresses the issue of lost or deleted system mailboxes and how to get them back.   How to recreate missing arbitration user accounts in 2010 http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/5317.recreate-and-enable-missing-arbitration-user-accounts-and-mailboxes-in-exchange-server-2010.aspx How to recreate System Mailbox , FederatedEmail & DiscoverySearchMailbox in Exchange 2010 http://careexchange.in/how-to-recreate-system-mailbox-federatedemail-discoverysearchmailbox-in-exchange-2010/

Beware of Disk with 4-Kilobyte Sector Size! Microsoft reference: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee832792(v=exchg.141).aspx Support requires that all copies of a database reside on the same physical disk type. For example, it is not a supported configuration to host one copy of a given database on a 512-byte sector disk and another copy of that same database on a 512e disk. Also be aware that 4-kilobyte (KB) sector disks are not supported for any version of Microsoft Exchange and 512e disks are not supported for any version of Exchange prior to Exchange Server 2010 SP1. Hyper-V gothcha: http://jeffreypersson.wordpress.com/2014/04/17/microsoft-exchange-server-2010-dag-on-vhdx/ "Continuous replication - block mode has been terminated. Error: the log file sector size does not match the current volume's sector size (-546)" Turns out that the issue is that the VHDX files are the default settings of 4096 PhysicalSectorSize. But it is not sup...

Reference Article:  how to export import remoteipranges from receive connectors on exchange http://www.exchangedictionary.com/solutions/how-to-export-import-remoteipranges-from-receive-connectors-on-exchange-2007-2010-2013-servers

Exchange Server Supportability Matrix http://technet.microsoft.com/library/ff728623%28v=exchg.150%29.aspx

Script: Set-Exchange2010RedirectSSL.ps1 – Redirecting the Root Web Site to /owa and Forcing SSL in Exchange 2010 http://www.ehloworld.com/186

Use the following site to audit and assist in the creation of a valid SPF record for your email domain: http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/safety/content/technologies/senderid/wizard/

Exchange 2013 Info  Exchange 2013 Build Numbers and Release Dates http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh135098%28v=exchg.150%29.aspx   Display Current Build (including CU) Display HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Microsoft Exchange V15\DisplayName Example "Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Cumulative Update 2" Client connectivity in an exchange 2013 coexistence environment http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2014/03/12/client-connectivity-in-an-exchange-2013-coexistence-environment.aspx Some CAS Transistion exxamples http://msexchangeguru.com/2012/10/23/e2k7-to-e2010-cas-transition/ Exchange 2013 Procedures: Exchange 2010 and below Build Numbers http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/240.exchange-server-and-update-rollups-build-numbers.aspx Installing Cumulative Updates for Exchange Server 2013 http://exchangeserverpro.com/exchange-2013-installing-cumulative-updates/   Hybrid configuration wizard fails on parameter AntiSpamF...

Public Folder Migration Exchange 2003 to 2010 Replicate Public Folders to 2010 Server. http://www.petenetlive.com/KB/Article/0000426.htm FAQ on Migrating Public Folders to 2010 http://itmel.wordpress.com/2012/12/01/microsoft-exchange-2013-and-public-folders/   Also, Form 2007/2010 to 2013, here are the Microsoft tools: Migrate Public Folders to Exchange 2013 From Previous Versions http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj150486(v=exchg.150).aspx ... 

Microsoft Virtual Labs http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/virtuallabs/bb499043 Microsoft Virtual Academy http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com Blogs http://smtp25.blogspot.ca/ http://www.msexchangegeek.com Exchange 2013 Exchange 2003 Prerequisites http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb691354(v=exchg.150).aspx Here is a great link to setting up an Exchange 2010 DAG. http://www.exchange-genie.com/2009/04/database-availability-group-dag-exchange-2010/ Certs: http://www.msexchangegeek.com/2009/05/13/exchange-2010-emc-and-certificates-management-part-1/ Exchange 2010 Service Pack and CU Release Dates http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh135098(v=exchg.141).aspx