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Windows Phone 8 sync issue with Microsoft Exchange Error code: 80070057

  By Remigiusz Szatkowski | 27/12/2012 - 05:05 |
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When you have Geek users and they have mobile phones (devices) with Windows Phone 8, some of them can have problems with syncing mailbox with device.

During synchronization Windows Phone 8 device with Microsoft Exchange using Microsoft ActiveSync synchronization can fail and user can get following error:

We’re having a problem synching your information. Try again later.
Last tried x seconds ago.
Error code: 80070057

Mailbox is not snchronized to the device.

This error is caused by mailbox folder which conatins an ASCII code that is smaller than 32  for example, a tab, a carriage return line feed (CRLF) break, or a new line.

As a workaround you can use one or both of the following methods:

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Exchange 2010 Event ID 4999 Msftefd.exe process crashes

  By Remigiusz Szatkowski | 26/12/2012 - 03:03 |
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When you work with Microsoft Exchange 2010 SP2 with Rollup 4 or a later update rollup that is earlier than Update Rollup 6 installed, you can meet with Event ID 4999.

If you get following events on mailbox server:

Source: MSExchange Common
Date: Date
Event ID: 4999
Task Category: General
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: Computer
Description:
Watson report about to be sent for process id: Process ID, with parameters: E12, Build Type, Version Number, ExMSFTE, M.E.Search.ExSearch, M.E.S.Crash.CrashNow, M.E.Common.FailFastException, XXXX, Version Number.
ErrorReportingEnabled: False

Log Name: Application
Source: MSFTESQL-Exchange
Date: Date
Event ID: 64772
Task Category: MSFTESQL Service
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: Computer
Description:
The filter daemon process MSFTEFD exited unexpectedly.

Log Name: Application
Source: MSFTESQL-Exchange
Date: Date
Event ID: 1053
Task Category: MSFTESQL Service
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: Computer
Description:
The system exception c000010a was raised at 000007FEF99D0F16.

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Exchange 2010 SP2 RU5 installation issues

  By Remigiusz Szatkowski | 21/12/2012 - 13:07 |
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Because installation of Rollup 5-v2 for Exchange 2010 SP2 sometimes can be painful, we present list of tips how to install RU5 for Microsoft Exchange 2010 SP2.

First read  KB 2785908

Don’t use WSUS to install Rollup 5. Just download it manually from Microsoft Download Center.

Before installation of Rollup 5-v2 make sure you don’t have installed  KB2506146 and KB2506143. Uninstall them.

Backup your customized Outlook Web App files. Rolllup will updates the Outlook Web App files if they are required and any customizations of logon.aspx file will be overwritten.

When you install this update RU5 on computer without internet connection, you may experience long installation times. To install fast clear the Check for publisher’s certificate revocation in the Security section of Internet Option (IE).

if you have deployed CAS-CAS proxying,please apply the update rollup on the Internet-facing Client Access servers before you apply the update rollup on the non-Internet-facing Client Access servers

 

Exchange 2010 SP2 RU3 move mailbox speed up

  By Remigiusz Szatkowski | 19/12/2012 - 11:14 |
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If you are using RU3 for Microsoft Exchange 2010 SP2 you can have issue with mailbox move.
When you move mailboxes between databases you will have an issue with long time to finish move mailbox. It’s caused by some sort of cleanup tasks which have to be finish before move mailbox is marked as completed.

When you have RU3 this “cleanup task” is repeated for 5 times every 30 seconds for each mailbox. This is caused by RU3 which change parameter maxCleanupRetries and set it for 5.

To resolve this issue you have to uninstall RU3 or change parameter maxCleanupRetries.

So on every CAS Exchange Server you need to open folder:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14\Bin\

find file MSExchangeMailboxReplication.exe.config

edit and find parameter maxCleanupRetries

Next you need to change value from 5 to 1.

When you save this file after modification you need to restart  MSExchangeMailboxReplication Service

 

Exchange 2010 configure Site Scope for Autodiscover

  By Remigiusz Szatkowski | 18/12/2012 - 04:05 |
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In Exchange 2010 environment with many Active Directory Sites we have to provide access for clients connecting from multiple sites to our Exchange Server.

When our Exchange and Active Directory environment is spreads across country or world, we often use AD Sites. Then we have to make sure that every AD Site is supported by ours Exchange CAS servers Autodiscovery.

So we need to add AD Sites to AutoDiscoverySitesScope in our Exchange CAS Server.

First we should check existing configuration of CAS servers. To do this we can write below command:

Get-ClientAccessServer | fl Name, AutoDiscoverSiteScope

 

We will get list of all Exchange CAS with AutoDiscoverSiteScope.

If we don’t know what AD Sites are in our environment we can get list of AD Sites using:

Get-AdSite

When we want to add AD Site to Exchange CAS we need to use Set-ClientAccessServer CMDlet like below:

Set-ClientAccessServer -identity MXCAS01 -AutoDiscoverSiteScope "Location Site 1, Location Site 2"

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Exchange Server 2010 create dynamic distribution group from security group members

  By Remigiusz Szatkowski | 17/12/2012 - 08:36 | ,
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When you have Active Directory Security Group which add permissions to some share or other resources, sometimes you need to send email to all group members to inform about some changes.

You can choose all users from Security Group but what if this group has more than 100 users.

You can create Exchange Dynamic Distribution Group.

When you want to create Exchange Dynamic Distribution Group, and add all members of security group to this dynamic group, it’s not so easy.

You can’t do this using Exchange Management Console.
Because when you want to create dynamic distribution group from Exchange Management Console you can choose Users with Exchange Mailboxes

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Exchange 2010 SP2 Rollup 5-v2 installation error 80070643

  By Remigiusz Szatkowski | 14/12/2012 - 12:21 | ,
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If during installation of Rollup 5-v2 for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 SP2 you receive error 80070643, it’s caused by WMF 3.0 (Windows Management Framework 3.0).

Windows Management Framework 3.0 is installed with following windows updates for Microsoft Windows 2008 or Windows 7  (KB2506146 and KB2506143)

So before installation of Rollup 5-v2 check and uninstall these KB2506146 and KB2506143 and WMF 3.0

 

Also remember to run installation of any Rollup with  elevated privileges Run as Administrator

 

Exchange Server 2010 and 2007 Issues with Windows Updates KB2506146 and KB2506143

  By Remigiusz Szatkowski | 14/12/2012 - 12:01 | ,
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Watch for Windows Updates KB2506146 oraz KB2506143 and error

Exchange Server 2010 or Exchange 2007

 

Microsoft recently released updates KB2506146 and KB2506143 for operating systems Microsoft Windows 2008, 2008 R2 and Windows 7.

If you have Microsoft Exchange 2010 or Microsoft Exchange 2007 don’t install these updates.

Exchange Server 2010 and Exchange Server 2007 have some issues with these updates KB2506146 and KB2506143.

These updates will install Windows Management Framework 3.0 with PowerShell 3.o which is not supported by Exchange Server 2010 nor 2007.

You can read about updates here:

  • KB2506143 is the WMF 3.0 update for Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 and Windows 7 SP1;
  • KB2506146 is the WMF 3.0 update for Windows Server 2008 SP2.

 

After you install these updates, your Exchange Server 2010 or 2007 system can be unavailable or unusable. It also include workstations with Windows 7 and Exchange Management Tools.

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Rollup 8 for Exchange Server 2010 SP1 (KB2787763) and Rollup 9 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3 (KB2746157)

  By Remigiusz Szatkowski | 12/12/2012 - 09:35 |
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Microsoft released new updates for Microsoft Exchange 2010 SP1 and Microsoft Exchange 2007 SP3

 

Rollup 8 for Microsoft Exchange 2010 SP1 you can download here:

Update Rollup 8 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1 (KB2787763)

Update rollup information:

Description of Update Rollup 8 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1

 

 

Rollup 9 for Microsoft Exchange 2007 SP3 you can download here:

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