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Exchange 2013 CU6 Released

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Exchange 2013 CU6 (Cumulative Update 6) was released on 8-26-2014.  Note: CU6 has been replaced, click here for CU9. Microsoft has made significant progress in resolving the public folder limitations of Exchange 2013 in CU6 by increasing the public folder limit to 100,000 folders. Public folder migration processes may be streamlined/improved in CU6 CU5 does not fix the bug requiring IIS app pools to be recycled to allow ActiveSync connections after mailboxes are moved to Exchange 2013 Read more [...]

Download the latest version of Exchange 2013

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The latest version of Exchange 2013 is currently 2013 CU15, also known as Cumulative Update 21, the next and final release being CU22 which will likely come out next quarter. You can install Exchange 2013 directly from the CU15 media, which is much better than installing the base RTM and then subsequently upgrading to Exchange 2013 CU15 on top of that. Here is a link to download 2013 CU21 from Microsoft. If this is a new install, make sure you have installed and configured the Exchange Read more [...]

Exchange 2013 DAG Latency requirements and considerations

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According to Microsoft, Exchange DAG replication latency should be below 500ms roundtrip. This DAG latency requirement has limited my deployment options in the past to very specific WAN scenarios like MPLS, Point to Point Wifi, etc.  Many customers wishing to deploy a DAG across a VPN didn’t meet the latency requirements.  In other words, I haven't implemented an Exchange DAG that is replicating across the internet. From Microsoft: "Regardless of their geographic location relative to other Read more [...]

can’t receive email after mailbox migration “MapiExceptionMaxObjsExceeded”

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Issues: One user can't receive email after being migrated to Exchange 2013 and senders receive bounce messages that contain "STOREDRV.Deliver.Exception:StoragePermanentException.MapiExceptionMaxObjsExceeded; Failed to process message due to a permanent exception with message Cannot set search criteria in SearchFolder."  Note: the entire bounce message can be found at end of this article). Symtom's: Application log error "StoragePermanentException: Cannot set search criteria in Search Folder...": You Read more [...]

assign certificate to Exchange 2013 services (IIS, SMTP, POP, IMAP)

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These steps will walk you through assigning an existing third-party SSL certificate to the Exchange services such as IIS, SMTP, POP, IMAP and UM.  These steps assume you have already completed a certificate request and installed your SSL certificate on Exchange 2013. Step 1: open Exchange Admin Center (EAC) and click servers > certificates. select your SSL certificate, and click the edit button . Step 2: click "services" and then place check marks next to the services that you would Read more [...]