Outlook Web Access is in the wrong language for one user

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After moving mailbox's from Exchange 2003 to 2010, one remote user reported their OWA was in Spanish. This can be fun to try and walk them through changing the OWA language options over the phone when the options are in spanish so I opted to fix it via the Exchange Management Shell: [PS] C:\Windows\system32>Set-MailboxRegionalConfiguration -Identity jsmith -Language en-us [PS] C:\Windows\system32>get-mailboxregionalconfiguration -identity dlogsdon |fl RunspaceId : 8d5eecb9-1952-4605-876f-c08c540d96a8 DateFormat Read more [...]

The Checkbox of Doom

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There are many issues that come up in exchange which are fixed by an undocumented checkbox procedure (see very bottom of post for an examples of issues).  I call this checkbox, The Checkbox of Doom as it is responsible for many failed move-mailbox requests as well as causing mobile devices to stop receiving mail after mailboxes are migrated (iPhone mail shows as connected to server but inbox is empty). 2021 Update: "The Checkbox Polymorph'ed Self" You find yourself in a dungeon and your head hurts. Read more [...]

Domain Controller no longer replicating Pt. 1 “Replication has been explicitly disabled”

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Issue: Domain Controller in Los Angeles site hasn’t replicated for over a month The first step is to run DCDIAG from the command prompt (right click run as administrator).  Amongst other errors DCDIAG reveals that Inbound and Outbound Replication is Disabled: Testing server: LosAngeles\STAR Starting test: Replications [Replications Check,STAR] Inbound replication is disabled. To correct, run "repadmin /options STAR -DISABLE_INBOUND_REPL" [Replications Check,STAR] Outbound replication Read more [...]