A more elegant solution than ‘unjoin rejoin domain’: reset computer machine password

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It's commonplace that one is tempted to unjoin and rejoin a computer from an AD domain in the belief this will resolve an issue.  Or there are error messages related to domain membership and it's believed unjoin+rejoin is the only solution.  Here is an example of one of those errors "trust relationship cannot be established". Fortunately there is a much more elegant solution to specifically address the domain relationship problem without having to unjoin, reboot, rejoin, reboot.  Also unjoin+rejoin Read more [...]

Attempting the FolderSync command, Exchange ActiveSync returned an HTTP 500 response (Internal Server Error)

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Here what the error looks like in Exchange Remote Connectivity Analyzer: Verify that both Basic and Integrated Windows Authentication are selected: Open the Exchange System Manager.Expand the Servers node.Expand the server node.Expand the Protocols node.Expand the HTTP node.Expand the Exchange Virtual Server node.Right-click on the Exchange node and select Properties.Click on the Access tab.Click on the Authentication button.Make sure Basic Authentication and Integrated Read more [...]

MigrationWiz Error “Your migration failed while checking destination credentials. Http POST request to ‘autodiscover-s.outlook.com’ failed – 401 Unauthorized”

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When migrating from to Office 365 you may receive the following error on the destination:"Your migration failed while checking destination credentials. Http POST request to 'autodiscover-s.outlook.com' failed - 401 Unauthorized" Diagnosis: Try logging into the Office admin account specified in MigrationWiz, and look for any prompts or requirements that you have to click through, any of these will prevent MigrationWiz from connecting to Office 365 with the account. One example is the following Read more [...]

MigrationWiz Error: “Your migration failed while checking source credentials. The request failed. The remote server returned an error: (404) Not Found.”

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When migrating from Exchange 2003 to Office 365 you may receive the following error on the destination:"Your migration failed while checking source credentials. The request failed. The remote server returned an error: (404) Not Found." Diagnosis: If you're using a single master source admin credential for the Migration, the most common scenario, then you should test access to each problem mailbox using the admin credential and following URL format: https://mail.example.com/exchange/user@example.com If Read more [...]

Renew SSL Certificate on Exchange 2010

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The first step is to create a certificate request ("CSR") by using the renewal tool in Exchange Management Console: Open Exchange Management ConsoleGo to the Servers node, CertificatesSelect the existing certificate that is expiring and click 'renew' Next you will purchase a new certificate credit or 'renewal' from your third party certificate authority (GoDaddy, etc) and provide the CSR from the Exchange server to your certificate authority. Use the 'renew' option in your third party certificate Read more [...]