IIS manually specify new ssl cert

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Issue: you need to manually specify a new certificate in IIS Background: by default IIS picks the certificate it think is best, in some cases this could lead it to choosing an old cert or a self signed cert rather than the cert you would prefer) Solution: Manually specify your preferred SSL certificate for the Default Website or whichever IIS Website you would like to assign your certificate. 1) Open IIS Manager, expand the web server, expand sites 2) Right click Default Website or the website Read more [...]

How to delete old ssl certificate IIS

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Issue: you need to delete an old or expired certificate from an IIS Web Server (IIS 7 through IIS 8). Solution: 1) Open Internet Information Service (IIS) Manager 2) Select Web Server > Click Server Certificates 3) Right click the certificate and click Remove The above steps will remove the certificate from the server's personal certificate store.  It's important to note that your IIS server may still be serving the old certificate despite it being deleted. Read more [...]

Exchange: How to anonymous relay outside domain

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Issue: You are creating an "anonymous relay connector" to allow unauthenticated devices and software to relay mail outside your organization.  This is commonly done to allow copiers/scanners and network alerting system to relay mail outside the organization.  Often this capability is permitted based on the sending devices IP address. Solution: The following powershell command will allow an existing anonymous relay connector to relay mail outside the organization for unauthenticated senders. Read more [...]

Copy existing Receive Connector to Exchange 2013

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Issue: You want to copy an existing receive connector to a new receive connector.  This is helpful when you need to create a new "anonymous relay connector" and want to avoid manually entering the a long 'IP allowed' list, from a receive connector on a legacy Exchange server. Solution: Create new Exchange 2013 receive connector and copy IP list from existing legacy Receive Connector using Exchange Management Shell: New-ReceiveConnector -Name “Relay Connector MAIL2013” -Server MAIL2013 -Usage Read more [...]

Create new Receive connector copying IP list from existing connector

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You may be building a new Exchange server and you'd like to copy a receive connector from an Existing Exchange server.  This is common when you want to create a new Anonymous Relay Connector and keep the long allowed IP address list from an existing connector so you don't have to type all the IP addresses in again.  Note: if you already created the new Receive Connector, here are steps to copy the IP list from an existing receive connector to your new receive connector. Create new receive connector Read more [...]