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Attempting to mount Exchange Server 2016 DAG database with 1 of 2 nodes down throws the error: “Error: An Active Manager operation failed. Error: An Active Manager operation encountered an error. To perform this operation, the server must be a member of a database availability group, and the database availability group must have quorum. Error: Automount consensus not reached (Reason: ConcensusUnanimity does not allow auto mount. (IsAllNodesUp: False)).”

August 24, 2017

Problem You have two Exchange 2016 mailbox servers configured as a DAG and one server providing witness servers. One of the mailbox server experiences an issue and goes down so the remaining mailbox server continues to service mailbox requests and has the databases mounted. The

Attempting to export an Exchange Server mailbox to PST throws the error: “Couldn’t locate a database suitable for storing this request.”

August 23, 2017

I’ve noticed that many of my colleagues and clients have asked me about the following error that is thrown when they attempt to export an Exchange Server mailbox to PST so I thought it would be a good idea to quickly write a post about

Exchange 2010 users are no longer able to connect via Outlook Anywhere while migrating to Exchange 2016

August 22, 2017

I’ve recently had to migrate a client from Exchange 2010 to 2016 and quickly noticed that Outlook Anywhere no longer worked after redirecting Outlook Anywhere and other services such as autodiscover and webmail to the new server. Outlook Anywhere continued to work for users migrated

Attempting to migrate mailboxes from Exchange 2010 to 2016 stalls with StatusDetail: StalledDueToTarget_MailboxCapacityExceeded

July 3, 2017

Problem You’re in the process of migrating mailboxes from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2016 with both a live as well as an archive mailbox and while some mailboxes successfully move to the new databases, you noticed that others remains in Syncing status indefinitely: Expanding the

Exchange 2016 EAC displays a blank page upon login after updating SSL certificates

July 1, 2017

Problem You’ve recently updated the certificates for your Exchange 2016 servers: You notice that the ECP / EAC page no longer load properly upon successfully logging in after reassigning the new certificate, deleting the old certificate and restarting the server: Reviewing the event logs show

Setting up Get-ExchangeEnvironmentReport.ps1 PowerShell script in Task Scheduler to automatically run daily

June 8, 2017

One of the scripts I’ve often used when trying gather information about a current Exchange environment prior to performing a migration is the Get-ExchangeEnvironmentReport.ps1 PowerShell script written by Steve Goodman. The information provided by the report provides great information that would allow me to get

Unable to delete Exchange 2016 mailbox database

June 1, 2017

Problem You attempt to delete an Exchange 2016 mailbox database but receive the following error: error This mailbox database contains one or more mailboxes, mailbox plans, archive mailboxes, public folder mailboxes or arbitration mailboxes, Audit mailboxes. To get a list of all mailboxes in this

Setting up Test-ExchangeServerHealth.ps1 PowerShell health check script in Task Scheduler to automatically run daily

May 30, 2017

One of the scripts I’ve used a lot over the past few years is the Test-ExchangeServerHealth.ps1 PowerShell health check script written by Paul Cunningham. The red, yellow and green colour coded report generated by this script allows me to easily review the status of critical

Blocking a URL subdirectory and redirecting to request to the root with Citrix NetScaler

May 5, 2017

I’ve been asked several times in the past about how to block subdirectories when a website is published with a NetScaler and the most recent request was for blocking Exchange Server 2016 /ecp access. As most Exchange administrators are aware, Exchange 2013 and 2016 allows

Attempting to run Test-ExchangeServerHealth.ps1 throws the error: “Mail flow test: WARNING: Connecting to remote server webmail.domain.com failed with the following error message…”

May 1, 2017

Problem You attempt to run the Test-ExchangeServerHealth.ps1 health check script found at the following Microsoft TechCenter: Generate Health Report for an Exchange Server 2016/2013/2010 Environmenthttps://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/office/Generate-Health-Report-for-19f5fe5f … but notice that the report generated is indicating that the mail flow test is failing for your Exchange servers:

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Attempting to export an Exchange Server mailbox to PST throws the error: “Couldn’t locate a database suitable for storing this request.”

Exchange 2010 users are no longer able to connect via Outlook Anywhere while migrating to Exchange 2016

Attempting to migrate mailboxes from Exchange 2010 to 2016 stalls with StatusDetail: StalledDueToTarget_MailboxCapacityExceeded

Exchange 2016 EAC displays a blank page upon login after updating SSL certificates

Setting up Get-ExchangeEnvironmentReport.ps1 PowerShell script in Task Scheduler to automatically run daily

Unable to delete Exchange 2016 mailbox database

Setting up Test-ExchangeServerHealth.ps1 PowerShell health check script in Task Scheduler to automatically run daily

Blocking a URL subdirectory and redirecting to request to the root with Citrix NetScaler

Attempting to run Test-ExchangeServerHealth.ps1 throws the error: “Mail flow test: WARNING: Connecting to remote server webmail.domain.com failed with the following error message…”

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