Tag: Exchange Server

New MCSE certifications available

Update 11/18/216: There is a living FAQ from Microsoft Certification Program-Team on their Born To Learn blog.

Hey all,

I just sat outside GWCC to get my mind free after a Microsoft Ignite morning full of networking, hands-on labs and expertise exchange as an email from Microsoft Certification Program team reached me. As of now I’m recognized as a Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert: Productivity (Charter) and Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert: Cloud Platform and Infrastructure (Charter). But what’s the deal with that?

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Mailbox migration the other way round – How to migrate mailboxes from Exchange Online to Exchange 2013 OnPrem

Currently, I’m often asked to migrate mailboxes or entire IT infrastructures from local data centers into the cloud. But sometimes, you’ll have to buck the trend and do something quite different. With this blog post I’m trying to explain how you can migrate your mailboxes from Exchange Online/Office 365 into your on-premise datacenter without having a hybrid configuration in place. Continue reading “Mailbox migration the other way round – How to migrate mailboxes from Exchange Online to Exchange 2013 OnPrem”

Exchange Server and .Net Framework 4.6.1

Microsoft recently published .Net Framework 4.6.1 as an inplace upgrade to the .Net Framework versions 4, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2 and 4.6. You can obtain the package via WSUS or Windows Update – but do not install it on an Exchange server.

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Thoughts on using Azure VMs as DAG witness in Exchange 2013

About two weeks ago Microsoft announced official support for using Azure VMs as DAG witness in Exchange Server 2013 as of now. But what is it good for and why should I move critical applications to the cloud? Continue reading “Thoughts on using Azure VMs as DAG witness in Exchange 2013”