About Michel de Rooij

Michel de Rooij, with over 25 years of mixed consulting and automation experience with Exchange and related technologies, is a consultant for Rapid Circle. He assists organizations in their journey to and using Microsoft 365, primarily focusing on Exchange and associated technologies and automating processes using PowerShell or Graph. Michel's authorship of several Exchange books and role in the Office 365 for IT Pros author team are a testament to his knowledge. Besides writing for Practical365.com, he maintains a blog on eightwone.com with supporting scripts on GitHub. Michel has been a Microsoft MVP since 2013.

Exchange 2013 Cumulative Update 8

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Michel de Rooij

Today, Cumulative Update 8 for Exchange Server 2013 was released by the Exchange Team (KB3030080). This update raises Exchange 2013 version number to 15.0.1076.9.

This Cumulative Update introduces changes in the following areas:

Calendar and Contact Modern Public Folders favorites added in Outlook are now accessible in OWA.
Batch Migration of Public Folders to 2013 improves migration throughput and PF migration experience.
Increased support limits for Public Folders with Exchange on-premises deployments (500,000 for co-existence, or 1,000,000 for CU8-only deployments). Number of supported PF mailboxes stands at 100 though, with a per-PF mailbox limit of 100,000 Public Folders.
Supported EAS clients are now redirected to Office 365 upon successful Hybrid migration.

Next to DST corrections, this Cumulative Update introduces the following fixes:

3045301 SMTP is not transported over TLS 1.1 or TLS 1.2 protocol in an Exchange Server 2013 environment
3040681 MapiExceptionTimeout error during a hierarchy synchronization process of multiple public folders in Exchange Server 2013
3037417 Outlook cannot download an OAB file in an Exchange Server 2013 environment that mixes Exchange Server 2010
3037291 Can’t add members to Outlook contact group by using MAPI over HTTP
3036952 Mailbox quota warning messages are not sent out after you migrate from Exchange Server 2010 to Exchange Server 2013
3036374 Incorrect NDR size limit message is displayed for German localization in an Exchange Server 2013 environment
3036365 “The specified address is not recognized or does not exist” error message in an Exchange Server 2013 environment
3032153 Recurring events in Calendar over DST are not adjusted on all ActiveSync devices in all Exchange Server environments
3031133 Default folders are duplicated after you migrate mailboxes to Exchange Server 2013
3031069 Mails are spoofed in Office 365 or in an Exchange Server 2013 environment
3030629 Outlook cannot open a shared folder on which a group you attend has the Reviewer permission in Exchange Server 2013
3018518 Garbled text in the Japanese “From” field in a forwarded DBCS message
3016440 Public folder mailbox quarantined
3012266 Update to increase availability address spaces to 200 in Exchange Server 2013
3011579 SaveChanges fails and generates a MAPI_E_NOT_FOUND error message on a large message body in Exchange 2013 CU6
3006861 “The SMTP address has no mailbox associated with it” error when you access a user’s mailbox by using EWS application
3003974 Improved support for MSG files in an Exchange Server 2013 environment where OPENTEXT products are used
2988060 Cannot see the auditing results for an HttpModule-based extension for MAPI over HTTP protocol in Exchange Server 2013
2986941 “An Active Directory error 0x51 occurred” error when you run the “Setup /PrepareAD” command from a DC in Exchange 2013
2961741 Exchange Server 2013 delegated setup fails when the setup account is a member of Domain Admins

Notes:

When using Exchange hybrid deployments or Exchange Online Archiving (EOA), you are required to stay current.
Previously released CU7 introduced changes to prevent restoration of pre-CU7 databases. Pre-CU7 users are advised to perform a full backup post-upgrade to CU7 or later.
Previously released CU7 added support for hierarchies containing 250,000 modern public folders. Consult this article for co-existence scenarios.
Previously released CU5 introduced OAB architectural changes which are documented here. If you are affected, it is recommended to update CAS servers prior to Mailbox servers.

This Cumulative Update does not include schema or Active Directory changes when compared to Cumulative Update 7. If you have deployed a version earlier than CU7, make sure you run PrepareSchema /PrepareAD. If you want to speed up the Cumulative Update installation process, you can temporarily disable certificate revocation checking as described here.

Note that Cumulative Updates can be installed directly, i.e. no need to install RTM or Service Packs prior to installing Cumulative Updates. Note that once installed, you can’t uninstall a Cumulative Update nor any of the installed Exchange server roles. The order of upgrading servers is irrelevant, unlike with previous generations of Exchange.

Finally, and I can’t emphasize this enough: For any Hotfix, Rollup, Service Pack or Cumulative Update, I’d recommend to thoroughly test this in a test and acceptance environment first, prior to implementing it in production. When you lack such facilities, hold out a week or two and monitor the comments on the release article or TechNet forum for any issues.

You can download Exchange 2013 Cumulative Update 8 here; UM Language Packs can be found here.

Exchange 2010 SP3 Rollup 9

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Michel de Rooij

Today the Exchange Team released Rollup 9 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 3 (KB3030085). This update raises Exchange 2010 version number to 14.3.235.1.

In addition to DST changes, this Rollup contains the following fixes:

3032153 Recurring events in Calendar over DST are not adjusted on all ActiveSync devices in all Exchange Server environments
3029667 SMTP is not transported over TLS 1.1 or TLS 1.2 protocol in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
3017297 Event ID 3091 is logged and public folder replication fails in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
3011892 Exchange ActiveSync client displays an incorrect email address in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
3004486 A default application pool becomes unresponsive in Exchange Server 2010 that has more than 64 multirole servers

Notes:

If you want to speed up the update process for systems without internet access, you can follow the procedure described here to disable publisher’s certificate revocation checking.
If you got a DAG and want to properly update the DAG members, check the instructions here.
Rollups are cumulative per service pack level, i.e. they contain fixes released in earlier update Rollups for the same product level (RTM, SP). This means you don’t need to install previous Rollups during a fresh installation but can start with the latest Rollup package.
Exchange 2010 is in extended support.

As with any Hotfix, Rollup or Service Pack, I’d recommend to thoroughly test this rollup in a test and acceptance environment first, prior to implementing it in production.
You can download Exchange 2010 SP3 Rollup 9 here.

The UC Architects Podcast Ep50

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Michel de Rooij

Episode 50 of The UC Architects podcast is now available. This episode is hosted by Pat Richard, who is joined by John A Cook and Ståle Hansen. Editing was done by Andrew Price.

Some of the topics discussed in this episode are:

Network ports for clients and mail flow in Exchange 2013
iOS 8.2 has been released
Using the Hybrid Configuration Wizard in Exchange Server 2013 (Part 2)
How and when to decommission Exchange Hybrid
The Office 2016 Mac Preview is here!
The Exchange Server 2013 Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager has been updated
A Guide to PowerShell for Lync and Exchange Online
Be the first to learn what’s next for Exchange and Office 365 at Microsoft Ignite
Free Load Balancer – KEMP Virtual LoadMaster
Use Windows PowerShell cmdlets to enable OneDrive sync for domains that are on the safe recipients list
Office 365 for Exchange Professionals
Office 365 Partner Admin app
Making Clutter in Office 365 even better
Azure AD Premium (and EMS) available for partner use
Getting rate limiting warnings for auto-discovered partners on your #Lync edge (event id 14603)
March 2015 update for #Lync for Mac 2011 14.0.11 (KB3037358)
How do I control the Lync and Skype UI with the Skype for Business client
Managing the Skype Client UI in Skype for Business
Set up Two-Armed Kemp VLM as Reverse Proxy/HLB for Lync 2013
Latest Visual C++ 2012 update (11.0.61030) won’t let #Lync Resource Kit or Debugging Tools install
March 10, 2015 update for #Lync 2013 (KB2956174)
Lync Monitoring Reports Decoder
Updates Lync Server 2013 Management Pack
LS Storage Service event 32054 after you enable Lync 2013 Mobility in an Exchange 2010 environment
Measure your conferencing adoption today with SQL
QoS Calculator v1.2
Update to Lync 2013 mobile app (v5.8, secure app settings, bug fixes)
Lync 2012 Database Mirror Manager update
Being a UC Superhero with Lync QoE Superpowers
LyncPro: Call Monitor Pro for Skype for Business & Lync: Enhancements and Extensibility
Book – Lync Server Cookbook
Ignite
EventZero/The UC Architects party at Ignite
LyncDay becomes SkypeDays
UCBUG meeting 05/13/2015
UCDAY UK meeting 09/28/2015

More information on the podcast including references and a link to download the podcast here or you can subscribe to the podcasts using iTunes, Zune or use the RSS feed.

About
The UC Architects is a bi-weekly community podcast by people with a passion for Unified Communications; our main focus is on Exchange, Lync or related subjects.

iOS 8.2 fixes Exchange-related issues

Posted on March 11, 2015 by Michel de Rooij

Today, Apple released an update for iOS which supposedly fixes, amongst other things, some Exchange-related issues. The release notes of iOS 8.2 mention the following Exchange-related fixes:

Fixes stability of Mail
Addresses an issue that caused certain events in a custom reoccurring meeting to drop from Exchange calendar
Fixes an certificate error that prevented configuring an Exchange account behind a third-party gateway
Fixes an issue that could cause an organizer’s Exchange meeting notes to be overwritten
Resolves an issue that prevented some Calendar events from automatically showing as “busy” after accepting an invite.

However, some existing complaints are not resolved by this update, such as the WiFi performance issue.

It is a natural law that for every bug that is fixed, new ones are introduced. So, some organizations may therefor want to test and accept this iOS update before giving it the green light for their Exchange environment. To block a specific version of iOS, consult this page.

More information on current issues with Exchange ActiveSync and 3rd party devices can be found in support article KB2563324.

The UC Architects Podcast Ep49

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Michel de Rooij

Episode 49 of The UC Architects podcast is now available. This episode is hosted by Steve Goodman, who is joined by Dave Stork, Pat Richard, John A Cook and myself. Editing was done by Andrew Price.

Some of the topics discussed in this episode are:

PIN lock and other updates to Outlook for iOS and Android
Exchange 2013 and Exchange 2010 Coexistence with Kerberos Authentication
Training Course: High Availability for Exchange Server 2013
Broken IMAP on Exchange 2013 and how to fix it
Windows Mobile does not support your new SSL certificate
Introducing New-ExchangeWebsite for Exchange 2013
A quick look at the Sunrise Calendar app
RBAC Manager R2 for Exchange
BitTitan offers Nuix-as-a-service
PowerShell for MigrationWiz updated
Sign in page branding and cloud user self-service password reset for Office 365
A better way to recover a mailbox
Automated Hybrid Troubleshooting Experience
Shared Mailbox Sent Items Changes Coming to Office 365
How Groups could be so much better
Using the Hybrid Configuration Wizard in Exchange Server 2013
Office 365: Deployment Content Moving
Azure AD Sync Service Updated
Pausing Music When On A #Lync Call – Using the Client SDK
Lync Client 2013 – Disable Customer Experience Improvement Program
New update for Lync Environment Report now supports custom Word document templates
Lync Server 2013 Control Panel crashes when you access the Route tab under the Voice Routing tab
Lync client may connect to a non federated partner, even if you though it should not
Persistent Chat – December 2014 CU – 500 Internal Server Error
Lync / Skype for Business Photo Editor Version 1.0 available now!
Do you need a Lync Server license for every Lync Server role–or is this just a Lync licensing myth?
Enabling Group Paging on Polycom VVX Phones for Lync or Skype
Issues with Unified Contact Store in combination with Lync on-premises & Exchange Online
Deep Dive into Set-CsPinSendCAWelcomeMail
Skype for Business and Lync troubleshooting 101
Update to Skype for Business / Lync Validator KHI reader. Longer list of counters + graphs
Book – Deploying and Managing Exchange 2013 HA
Book – Exam Ref 70-342 Advanced Solutions of Microsoft Exchange Server 2013
Book – Lync Server Cookbook
Ignite
Stale Hansen – Speaking at Ignite
UCBUG Meeting May 13th
UCDAY UK – 28th Sept by by Andrew P, Steve, Jason Wynn, Iain Smith, Adam Gent and Tom A

More information on the podcast including references and a link to download the podcast here or you can subscribe to the podcasts using iTunes, Zune or use the RSS feed.

About
The UC Architects is a bi-weekly community podcast by people with a passion for Unified Communications; our main focus is on Exchange, Lync or related subjects.