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Exchange ApplicationImpersonation != SMTP Impersonation

Recently I was troubleshooting an issue where a service account was granted the Exchange RBAC ApplicationImpersonation role for another account. The following PowerShell cmdlets were used to configure the impersonation permissions: New-ManagementScope -Name "Generic Mailboxes" -RecipientRestrictionFilter "DisplayName -like 'Generic*'" New-ManagementRoleAssignment -Name "Impersonate Generic Mailboxes&

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The case of the missing Meeting Room

I was working recently on an issue where a small number of meeting room mailboxes needed to be hidden from the Global Address List in Exchange Online. This is normally accomplished by setting the HiddenFromAddressListsEnabled attribute on the mailbox to $True and within a short period of time it is

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Exchange server and EMS startup issues

"So I just installed Exchange on my server and I'm unable to connect locally via Exchange Management Shell (EMS) or Exchange Control Panel (ECP). Here is the error that I get in EMS.Do you have any ideas?" This is a question that I get frequently enough I

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Useful Commands - Pt 3.

In this installment of useful commands we will look at checking SSLBindings, viewing installed software and checking Exchange Transport Rule update times. Command 5 Recently while working on a issue where IIS certificate bindings were getting reset on Exchange. When working on a single server this isn't too hard but

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Useful Commands - Pt 2.

In this installment of useful commands we will look at monitoring Mailboxes for item counts and size as well as managing wireless LAN profiles. Command #3 Getting a count of how many items are in a mailbox can be accomplished very easily using Exchange PowerShell. Get-MailboxFolderStatistics -Identity testuser | Where-Object {$_.Identity

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Ensuring Exchange services are running in a lab

In my job having access to a fully functional Exchange environment is highly beneficial as it allows me to test out various things in a non-production environment. Unfortunately this presents a bit of a challenge though as I need to balance out functionality as well as personal cost. Last summer