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Exchange Server 2010 SP3 installation on Microsoft Windows Server 2012

  By Remigiusz Szatkowski | 19/02/2013 - 06:24 | ,
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Below we will shortly present how to install Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 SP3 on Microsoft Windows Server 2012.

Installation is quite simple.

First we need to install Microsoft Windows Server 2012 on server.

After installation get all updates from Microsoft provided for Windows Server 2012.

When you are sure that server has installed all updates, you need to install all required Windows Features for Exchange Server 2010.

Run Powershell console and write or paste:

Add-WindowsFeature NET-Framework-Core,RSAT-ADDS,Web-Server,Web-Basic-Auth,Web-Windows-Auth,Web-Metabase,Web-Net-Ext,Web-Lgcy-Mgmt-Console,WAS-Process-Model,Web-Mgmt-Tools,Web-ISAPI-Ext,Web-Digest-Auth,Web-Dyn-Compression,NET-HTTP-Activation,Web-Asp-Net,Web-Client-Auth,Web-Dir-Browsing,Web-Http-Errors,Web-Http-Logging,Web-Http-Redirect,Web-Http-Tracing,Web-ISAPI-Filter,Web-Request-Monitor,Web-Static-Content,Web-WMI,RPC-Over-HTTP-Proxy -Restart

 

This will install all features provided for Exchange Server 2010. After installation server should be restarted.

Next you need to install:

both of them are required for Exchange 2010 SP3.

 

Now when Windows Server 2012 is prepared for installation of Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 SP3 you can go on.

Installation of Exchange Server 2010 SP3 can be run from setup.exe, then you will use Installation Wizard, or you can open CMD as a Administrator, go to Service Pack 3 folder and run command like below:

setup.com /mode:install /r:ca,ht,mb

 

This will run unattended installation of Exchange Server 2010 SP3 with roles CAS, HT, and mailbox server.

 

 

Microsoft Exchange 2010 SP3 (Service Pack 3) installation

  By Remigiusz Szatkowski | 18/02/2013 - 01:01 | ,
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Most of us will want to install Service Pack 3 for Microsoft Exchange 2010, mainly because it allows the coexistence with Microsoft Exchange 2013.

Unfortunately coexistence with Microsoft Exchange 2013 will be possible only after the release Cummulative Update 1 for Microsoft Exchange 2013 which is expected in the Q1 of 2013, but sooner or later it is worth to install SP3 for Microsoft Exchange 2010 to be prepared for the upcoming changes.

As usual, we should first install SP3 in test environment, not in production right away, because you never know what to expect when you install Service Pack 3.

Below we show the installation of SP3 for Microsoft Exchange 2010, on the server with Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2.

What you need to know before installation of Service Pack 3 for Microsoft Exchange 2010:

  1. SP3 require Active Directory schema update
  2. Exchange 2010 SP3 is listed as including all security bug fixes up to SP2 UR5-v2. It actually includes all security and bug fixes up to SP2 UR6
  3. SP3 you can only install on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2, Microsoft Windows Server 2008R2 or Microsoft Windows Server 2012
  4. coexistence with Exchange 2013 will be possible after installation CU1 (Cummulative Update 1) for Exchange 2013

 

Servers Upgrade order:

Exchange servers should be upgraded in the following order:

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Exchange Server 2010 SP2 Rollup 6 error: make sure enough disk space is available KB2746164

  By Remigiusz Szatkowski | 16/02/2013 - 09:41 |
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When you install Rollup 6 for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 SP2, you can again meet with well-known problem that has performed well for Rollup 4 and Rollup 5.

 

However, in the latest version that is updated Rollup 6 generates a new error message:

Rollup6_error

 

When setup wizard checks for system requirement you can get error:

“…Check to make sure enough disk space is available….”

Of course, after checking the amount of free space on the server, it appears that there is quite a lot, so what caused this error?

As usual, the problem are installed updates:

  • KB2506143 – for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
  • KB2506146 – for Windows Server 2008 SP2

 

We have already written about them many times and the problems they caused during the installation of Rollup 4 and Rollup 5 for Exchange Server 2010 SP2.

However, this time we write about them again because of the new specific error message about the problem when you install Rollup 6 for Exchange 2010 SP2.

Of course, there is one solution:

uninstall both updates and re-install Rollup 6

 

 

Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft Outlook Standards Documentation

  By Remigiusz Szatkowski | 15/02/2013 - 03:24 |
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On Microsoft Download Website you can find new version of documentation describing Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft Outlook standards.

ExchangeOutlook_Standards

 

 

This documentation describes how Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft Outlook support industry messaging standards.

You will find informations about iCalendar, IMAP (Internet message Access Protocol), POP3 (Post Office Protocol).

You can download this documentation in one .zip file (3,8MB):

Exchange_Standards.zip

 

Microsoft Exchange 2010 Service Pack 3 (SP3) KB2808208 released

  By Remigiusz Szatkowski | 13/02/2013 - 21:47 |
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Finally Microsoft released Service Pack 3 for Microsoft Exchange 2010.

Installation of SP3 for Microsoft Exchange 2010, will rising the Exchange version number to: 14.3.123.4

 

Exchange2010SP3

 

Service Pack 3 for Microsoft Exchange can be downloaded here:

Microsoft Exchange 2010 SP3

And description of SP3 you can find in this KB articles KB2808208:

Microsoft Exchange 2010 SP3 description

 

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Update Rollup 6 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 2 KB2746164

  By Remigiusz Szatkowski | 13/02/2013 - 06:52 |
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Today 02/12/2013 Microsoft released Rollup 6 for Exchange Server 2010 SP2

After you install this Rollup 6 you will update Exchange Server 2010 SP2 version number to 14.2.342.3

This update resolves issues that were found in Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 2 since the software was released.

 

Ex2010RU6

This is a cumulative rollup as always so you don’t need to install previous versions.

This update rollup is highly recommended for all Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 2 customers.

Rollup 6 for Exchange Server 2010 SP2 is available here:

Update Rollup 6 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 2 (KB2746164)

 

List of all build numbers of Microsoft Exchange Server you can find here:

Microsoft Exchange build and version numbers

 

As always we recommend do not install new Rollups in production environment, you should test it first in LAB.

For a list of changes that are included in this update rollup, see:

Description of Update Rollup 6 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 2 (KB2746164)

 

Update Rollup 10 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3 KB2788321

  By Remigiusz Szatkowski | 13/02/2013 - 06:44 |
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Today 02/12/2013 Microsoft released Rollup 10 for Exchange Server 2007 SP3

After you install this Rollup 10 you will update Exchange Server 2007 SP3 version number to 8.3.298.3

This update resolves issues that were found in Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3 since the software was released.

 

Ex2007RU10

 

This is a cumulative rollup as always so you don’t need to install previous versions.

Rollup 10 for Exchange Server 2007 SP3 is available here:

Update Rollup 10 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3 (KB2788321)

 

List of all build numbers of Microsoft Exchange Server you can find here:

Microsoft Exchange build and version numbers

 

As always we recommend do not install new Rollups in production environment, you should test it first in LAB.

For a list of changes that are included in this update rollup, see:

Description of Update Rollup 10 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3

 

 

iOS 6.1 and Exchange 2010 apid growth in transaction logs, CPU use, and memory consumption KB2814847

  By Remigiusz Szatkowski | 12/02/2013 - 08:42 | ,
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Finally Microsoft published article about problems with iOS 6.1 and Microsoft Exchange Server.

 

When user with mobile devices with iOS 6.1 syncs mailbox Microsoft Exchange Server resources are consumed, transaction logs growth becomes excessive, memory and CPU use may increase significantly,a nd server performance is affected.

You can read about it here:

Rapid growth in transaction logs, CPU use, and memory consumption in Exchange Server 2010 when a user syncs a mailbox by using an iOS 6.1-based device

 

Right now, Apple and Microsoft are investigating this issue. When they find any fix, it will be published as soon as it will becomes available.

If you have such problems in your Exchange environment you should open case with Apple Support.

Now Microsoft recommend only Workarounds:

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Devices with iOS 6.1 cause Exchange excessive transaction log growth

  By Remigiusz Szatkowski | 11/02/2013 - 00:35 | ,
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apple_wormNew upgrade for Apple devices like IPhone or IPad to iOS 6.1 can couse Exchange Admins headache.

With new version of iOS (iOS 6.1) we have new problems, users connecting to Microsoft Exchange mailboxes using mobile devices with iOS 6.1 can generate excessive transaction logs.

This is caused by syncing mail and calendar services, devices with iOS 6.1 seemed to go into a loop and ended up by generating some 50GB of transaction logs.

This situation can be dangerous for Microsoft Exchange server, because when free space for transaction logs will end, then Exchange will dismount mailbox database.

Upgrading Apple devices to new iOS to fast is not recommended.

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Exchange 2010 remove disabled users from distribution group

  By Remigiusz Szatkowski | 08/02/2013 - 06:25 |
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To keep Exchange Distribution Groups in order, we recommend to “clean” members of those groups.

We should remove all disabled users from distribution groups.

When we have a lot of Distribution Group we can use powershell script like below to do this.

This script gets all Distribution Groups from Exchange Organization, then will check every group for users which are disabled and they have Active Directory account in specified OU.

This script will also export all informations to a .csv file, where you can find following informations:

 

  • Name of distribution group
  • user DisplayName
  • SamAccountName
  • path in Active Directory to user account

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