Exchange Server 2013 Hyper-V vs Physical Server & SMB3.0 vs SAN

Looking for advise on installing Exchange Server 2013 in a virtual (Hyper-V) environment or dedicated physical server installation. Also, when setting up the data storage, what's the best practices for using SMB3.0 vs direct storage SAN. We're
leaning to shared storage using SMB3.0 rather the SAN (very costly) and can use a dedicated 2012 Server with 4TB of storage (RAID 10) with (shares).
Thank you,
William

Have you tried Storage Calculator? search it on TechNet site an input the values .. If you want me to give your the specs then I'd ask
Total Send/Receive Capability / Mailbox / Day
Average Message Size (KB)
Mailbox Size Limit (MB)
Personal Archive Mailbox Size Limit (MB
If you already have an existing Exchange 2010/2007 then you can also calculate the above input.
Let me know ..
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Exchange Server 2013 failover design

Hello:
I'm designing a failover Exchange Server 2013 solution. I only need mail and calendar services.
I'm planning to put two physical servers with Windows Server 2012 R2 with (or without) Hyper-V to run one virtual machine in
each physical server.
I don’t have external storage device, I like to use database replication
Also, I have a physical third party anti-spam firewall
The questions:
I need one VM for Mailboxes and a separate one for CAS (4 VMs in total) or I can install 2 VMs with MBX+CAS in each VM server?
I need a third server to avoid brain duplication, or isn’t needed?
Exchange Server 2013 supports POP3 connections?
Thanks for your time, and sorry for my bad English!
Un saludo! Juan Segura

The questions:
I need one VM for Mailboxes and a separate one for CAS (4 VMs in total) or I can install 2 VMs with MBX+CAS in each VM server? - Definitely you can go for multi-role servers
to combine MBX+CAS and in fact that's
recommended except couple scenarios.
I need a third server to avoid brain duplication, or isn’t needed? You need a witness server but that can be non-Exchange server too. You need to add Exchange trusted subsystem
in Local Admin group of that server
Exchange Server 2013 supports POP3 connections? - Yes, you can have POP3 connections
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Cannot connect to an Exchange account in Outlook 2013 using "Microsoft Exchange Server or Compatible Service"

Dear All,
I cannot connect to my Exchange account in Outlook 2013 using "Microsoft Exchange Server or Compatible Service".
First I would like to present my network environment, I have 4 physical servers;
The first one is holding the Domain Controller 1, IP@: 192.168.1.10
The second server is holding the additional Domain Controller which it is DC2, IP@: 192.168.1.11
The third server is holding the Exchange 2013 Mailbox, IP@: 192.168.1.15
And the last server is holding the Exchange 2013 CAS-HT, IP@: 192.168.1.16
I am doing the steps below:
1-Creating a new profile in outlook and start configuring the exchange account by entering the IP address of the Exchange-CAS Server, 192.168.1.16
2-entering the account name: [email protected]
3-Go to "More Settings" > "Connection" > "Connect to Microsoft Exchange using HTTP" > and entering the "Exchange Proxy Settings"
4-type the exchange CAS Server URL, https://192.168.1.16
5-Check the "Connect using SSL Only"
6-Authentication Settings: "NTLM Authentication", and pressing Apply
7-When I press the "Check Name" button, a message occurred> "The action cannot be completed. The connection to Microsoft Exchange is unavailable. Outlook must be online or connected to complete this action".
8-I go back to the "Exchange Proxy Settings" and I Uncheck the "Connect using SSL Only" and pressing Apply
9-i press the "Check Name" Button, a small window occurred to enter a Username and Password, so I enter the Administrator username and the administrator password and pressing "OK", but nothing is changed, I tried to enter my
username and password in the small window and I still got the same result.
I cannot verify the account name and I cannot complete the process.
I appreciate you kind assistance.

Hi,
To narrow down the cause, I’d like to recommend the following troubleshooting:
1. Try to login the test account through OWA.
2. Check the Autodiscover settings: get-clientaccessserver |fl autodiscoverserviceinternaluri
3. Check the result of directly accessing the following URL:
https://autodiscover.domain.com/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml
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Exchange Server 2010 - DAG - Physical and Virtual

Hi All,
we are trying to configure Exchange Server 2010 SP1 DAG with TWO Servers, we are getting the error sector size on log file header was mismatch
1) Physical Server - when we check the sector size on log file - 512 bytes   (RAID5)
2) Virtual Server - when we check the sector size on log file - 4096 bytes
is there any workaround to solve this issue or do i need to re-install the physical server with 4096 sector size..
When i check the Volume details on both machine
1)
Bytes Per Sector :               512
Bytes Per Physical Sector :       <Not Supported>
Bytes Per Cluster :               4096
Bytes Per FileRecord Segment    : 1024
2)
Bytes Per Sector :               512
Bytes Per Physical Sector : 4096
Bytes Per Cluster :               4096
Bytes Per FileRecord Segment    : 1024
MCITP

Hi Jared,
I've got a question regarding your answer.
We have an existing Exchange 2010 DAG configuration with 3 mailbox servers in NL and 3 in the UK.
2 for normal databases at each site and 1 for Archive databases at each site.
The current Mailbox servers for the Archive databases are Hyper V 2008 R2 based VM's with a passthrough for storing the databases.
We now want add 1 new Mailbox server for storing archive databases at each site and add them to the DAG.
Can we use Windows 2012 Hyper-V hosts and create the new VM's with 4k sectorsize vhdx files for the new mailbox servers ?
Regards
Misha Verhoeven

Exchange Server 2013 - Sizing

Can some please provide me Exchange server 2013 sizing for 180 Mailbox users with mailbox profile size 10 GB With 1 DAG with two mailbox servers.
Please provide for Exchange Server in Virtual environment.
I have already created a setup on Environment going through test mode.
Existing Environment
2 X CAS servers - 2 Core - 4 GB Memory - 500 GB Hard disk space
2 X Mailbox Server - 2 Core - 12 GB Memory - 1.5 TB disk space
Theses servers are build on VMWare hosted on ESX server
Please provide your feedback for best practice and solution to support 180 Mailbox profile with Mailbox size limit 10 GB
Thanks in adavance
Benhur
benhur007

Hi Benhur,
we have over one thousand mailboxes ( inc. room,shared,calendar and so on).We only have 2 servers With Mailbox and CAS role.No need to seperate those roles if you really dont have to.2013 CAs only Proxy/redirect requests and nothing is stored (other that
daily performance log and iis log).C: drive for Exchange install i recomend 70gb on each server.
When it comes to mailbox database,are you planning to use Public folders?In 2013 Public folders can be stored on seperate databases.
Also it is not recomended to have Exchange and mailbox database on same physical disk,so you should seperate those out and expand over time without taking Down the server.
In easy sample the server can look like this:
C: Install Exchange 70GB
D: Database files 1GB ( here you map multiple databases in different folders,so it look like D:\DB01,D:\DB02,D:\DB03 and so on.And each folder is an own 300 gb disk that you Mount into one of these folders at time.Path and name have to be identical on both
servers when setting up DAG.)
E: Log files 1GB ( here you map multiple databases in different folders,so it look like E:\LOG01,E:\LOG02,E:\LOG03 and so on.And each folder is its own 70 gb disk that you Mount into one of these folders at time.Path and name have to be identical on
both servers when setting up DAG.)
Approx 300GB each database and 70 gb each log(for each database) should be fine.
10gb database pr user can cause performance issue if they are working online (Citrix or other apps),if cache locally it might take time if they are not inside worknetwork.
Dont forget that you should also have your own replication network or it will consume bandwidth when you move over multiple users to different databases.
Hope this helps!
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Issues trying to recover failed Exchange Server 2013 in a DAG

Having several issues attempting to recover a failed Exchange Server 2013. To start out, the failed server was mounted on a virtual server using hyper-v. The virtual server failed due to some hard drive partition issues and would no longer boot. As there
really was no purpose to having Exchange on a Virtual Server I decided to rename the host to the same name as the virtual server. I reset the name in AD and proceeded to rename the server. Then made sure all the necessary things were installed and proceeded
to do a recovery installation. I neglected to properly delete the old databases belonging to that server. I simply deleted the files off the hard drive instead of doing it properly. I should mention this is a two node plus witness server installation.Now,
it seems I cannot delete the former server in either ECP or command line. I have attempted to clean up the mess with the old databases but there is one that was mounted only on the failed server that I cannot remove. It seems until I can remove that, I cannot
remove the failed server from the DAG and do a recovery install. The steps shown in the tech net articles to remove a failed database have also failed. At this point I am wondering if I should just give up on the server name and do an install on a new server
name or if someone can give me some information on how to clean up the mess, that would be better I am sure. Here is a list of the things I have tried.
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd876880(v=exchg.150).aspx and in this article, the item mentioned is not in ADSIedit.
http://exchangeserverpro.com/unable-remove-failed-server-dag-exchange-server-2010/
http://exchangeserverpro.com/exchange-2013-how-to-remove-dag-member/ This
article describes one of the problems I am having but the solution is not there.
Thanks to any and all who can offer advice.
Ronald C. Pope

Thank you for your answer. Running that command results in the following:
[PS] C:\Windows\system32>Remove-MailboxDatabase "Mailbox Database 0939719168"
This mailbox database contains one or more mailboxes, mailbox plans, archive mailboxes, public folder mailboxes or
arbitration mailboxes. To get a list of all mailboxes in this database, run the command Get-Mailbox -Database"Mailbox Database 0939719168". To get a list of all mailbox plans in this database, run the command Get-MailboxPlan. To get a list of
archive mailboxes in this database, run the command Get-Mailbox -Database "Mailbox Database 0939719168" -Archive. To get a list of all
public folder mailboxes in this database, run the command Get-Mailbox -Database "Mailbox Database 0939719168" -PublicFolder. To get a
list of all arbitration mailboxes in this database, run the command Get-Mailbox -Database "Mailbox Database 0939719168" -Arbitration.
To disable a non-arbitration mailbox so that you can delete the mailbox database, run the command Disable-Mailbox
<Mailbox ID>. To disable an archive mailbox so you can delete the mailbox database, run the command Disable-Mailbox
<Mailbox ID> -Archive. To disable a public folder mailbox so that you can delete the mailbox database, run the command
Disable-Mailbox <Mailbox ID> -PublicFolder. Arbitration mailboxes should be moved to another server; to do this, run
the command New-MoveRequest <parameters>. If this is the last server in the organization, run the command
Disable-Mailbox <Mailbox ID> -Arbitration -DisableLastArbitrationMailboxAllowed to disable the arbitration mailbox.
Mailbox plans should be moved to another server; to do this, run the command Set-MailboxPlan <MailboxPlan ID>
-Database "Mailbox Database 0939719168".
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (Mailbox Database 0939719168:DatabaseIdParameter) [Remove-MailboxDatab
   ase], AssociatedUserMailboxExistException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : [Server=EX01,RequestId=69b60793-fc4f-4dac-beb9-8c9afe381a36,TimeStamp=1/26/2015 6:28:34
   PM] 2BA41E0C,Microsoft.Exchange.Management.SystemConfigurationTasks.RemoveMailboxDatabase
    + PSComputerName        : ex01.<domain>com
I was able to disable the one mailbox that was listed for the database. I got the following error when attempting the command Get-Mailbox -Database"Mailbox Database 0939719168"
[PS] C:\Windows\system32>Get-MailboxPlan Database "Mailbox Database 0939719168"
Get-MailboxPlan : The term 'Get-MailboxPlan' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or
operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try
again.
At line:1 char:1
+ Get-MailboxPlan Database "Mailbox Database 0939719168"
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (Get-MailboxPlan:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException
the public folder and archive switch simply return a command prompt leading me to believe that there are no public or archive boxes on that database.
Ron

Exchange Server 2013: no send/receive after failed CU1- CU2 and machine restore

Hi!
For several reasons, I decided to fully restore my Exchange Server 2013 machine today.
The machine is virtualized on Hyper-V.
I rebooted the server and recovered from backup and Exchange seems to be working fine. However, I cannot receive or send mail. If I try to send a message it goes to the "drafts" folder. OWA and EMC is working. I can not send mail between interna mailboxes
either. Outlook says disconnected.
When running the Exhchange Connectivity Analyzer, I get the following:
- Receive: Connection was successful but no banner was received.
- Send: Successfull. However when trying to send mail to external mailbox it does not reach that mailbox.
Mailflow was working perfectly at the time of the backup.
Help is much appreciated!
UPDATE 1: When telnet on local server i get SMTP banner. But not on other computers in same subnet.

OK. After fiddeling around in ADSIedit and trying to rebuild my Exchange environment I ended ut breaking it completely.
I then restored both my DC (Exchange schema CU2) and my EX (Exchange schema CU1). Scema Versions where the inconsistent as stated.
Then I uninstalled the KB2874216 successfully. After that i tried to Upgrade Exchange to CU2. The Upgrade failed at Mailbox Role: Mailbox Service With error Message:
The following error was generated when "$error.Clear();
          if (($RoleIsDatacenter -ne $true) -and ($RoleIsDatacenterDedicated -ne $true))
            if (test-ExchangeServersWriteAccess -DomainController $RoleDomainController -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)
              $sysMbx = $null;
              $name = "SystemMailbox{e0dc1c29-89c3-4034-b678-e6c29d823ed9}";
              $dispname = "Microsoft Exchange";
              $mbxs = @( get-mailbox -arbitration -Filter {name -eq $name} -IgnoreDefaultScope -resultSize 1 );
              if ( $mbxs.length -eq 0)
                $dbs = @(get-MailboxDatabase -Server:$RoleFqdnOrName -DomainController $RoleDomainController);
                if ($dbs.Length -ne 0)
                  $arbUsers = @(get-user -Filter {name -eq $name} -IgnoreDefaultScope -ResultSize 1);
                  if ($arbUsers.Length -ne 0)
                    $sysMbx = enable-mailbox -Arbitration -identity $arbUsers[0] -DisplayName $dispname -database $dbs[0].Identity;
              else
                if ($mbxs[0].DisplayName -ne $dispname )
                   set-mailbox -Arbitration -identity $mbxs[0] -DisplayName $dispname -Force;
                $sysMbx = $mbxs[0];
              # Set the Organization Capabilities needed for this mailbox
              if ($sysMbx -ne $null)
                  Write-ExchangeSetupLog -Info ("Setting mailbox properties.");
                  set-mailbox -Arbitration -identity $sysMbx -UMDataStorage:$true -Force;
                  # No RetentionPolicy assigned to E-Discovery arbitration mailbox currently, we need to set it here.
                  # This can be remove after BUG(O15#2555914) is fixed.
                  if ($sysMbx.RetentionPolicy -eq $null )
                     $arbitrationRetentionPolicy = @(Get-RetentionPolicy -DomainController $RoleDomainController | where {$_.Name -eq 'ArbitrationMailbox'});
                     set-mailbox -Arbitration -identity $sysMbx -RetentionPolicy $arbitrationRetentionPolicy[0].Identity -Force;
              else
                Write-ExchangeSetupLog -Info ("Cannot find E-discovery arbitration mailbox with name=$name.");
            else
              write-exchangesetuplog -info "Skipping creating Discovery Arbitration Mailbox because of insufficient permission."
        " was run: "Database is mandatory on UserMailbox. Property Name: Database".
Seems the problem was corrupted arbitrary system mailboxes from previous Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2013 migration.
The solution for me was to restore the corrupted arbitrary mailboxes using this
LINK. It is for 2010 but Works on 2013.
I am now currently on Exchange CU2 on both my EX server and on my DC. Now I have to check mail flow and will report back.

SOFS support for Exchange Server 2013

Hi all,
I am aware of the following factors:
1. Exchange only supports block-level storage
2. Using SoFS as DAG FSW is not supported.
But may I confirm whether Microsoft supports the scenario below?
==============================================
My client has one set of Windows 2012 R2 Scale-Out File Servers to support their hyper-V farm. Storage is Dell MD3000 with Windows 2012 R2 Storage Space. Is it supported by Microsoft to run Exchange Server 2013 and Exchange Server 2010 in the virtual machines
which are running on SoFS? Assume IOPS has been properly sized.
==============================================
Regards,
William
William Yang

Hi,
There is no official documents talked about whether the Windows server 2012
Scale-Out File Server is supported for Exchange 2013 and Exchange 2010.
Generally, the supported storage configuration in Exchange 2013 is listed in the article below:
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee832792(v=exchg.150).aspx
Hope it helps.
Regards,
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Error in Installing Exchange Server 2013 (w SP1) Mailbox Role on Windows Server 2012 R2

Hi Team,
Need urgent help in resolution of following error:
Environment Details: VMware ESXi 5.5 (vMotion)
Migration from Exchange Server 2007 (SP3 + RU13) to Exchange Server 2013
Exchange Server: Exchange Server 2013 with SP1 (Latest Installation Media)
OS: Windows Server 2012 R2 - Standard (Latest Installation Media)
Exchange 2013 Roles: Seprated (Mailbox and CAS on Different VMs)
Prerequisites: Installed
Error: Installation gives Error at Step 10 during installation of Mailbox Service
Error Details Below:
Error:
The following error was generated when "$error.Clear();
if ([Environment]::OSVersion.Version.Major -ge 6)
$WsbBinPath=$RoleInstallPath+"bin\wsbexchange.exe";
$reg= join-path (join-path $env:SystemRoot system32) reg.exe;
$servicecmd = join-path (join-path $env:SystemRoot system32) sc.exe;
if ((get-service wsbexchange* | where {$_.name -eq "wsbexchange"}))
if ((get-service wsbexchange).Status -eq "Running")
Start-SetupProcess -Name:"$servicecmd" -Args:"stop wsbexchange";
Start-SetupProcess -Name:"$servicecmd" -Args:"delete wsbexchange";
Start-SetupProcess -Name:"$reg" -Args:"add `"HKCR\CLSID\{D8A2E312-3B17-4293-B71E-CD72A7C04BF3}`" /t REG_SZ /d `"CExchangeHelper Class`" /f";
Start-SetupProcess -Name:"$reg" -Args:"add `"HKCR\CLSID\{D8A2E312-3B17-4293-B71E-CD72A7C04BF3}`" /v AppId /t REG_SZ /d `"{D8A2E312-3B17-4293-B71E-CD72A7C04BF3}`" /f";
Start-SetupProcess -Name:"$reg" -Args:"add `"HKCR\CLSID\{D8A2E312-3B17-4293-B71E-CD72A7C04BF3}\LocalServer32`" /t REG_SZ /d `"$WsbBinPath`" /f";
Start-SetupProcess -Name:"$reg" -Args:"add `"HKCR\APPID\{D8A2E312-3B17-4293-B71E-CD72A7C04BF3}`" /t REG_SZ /d `"CExchangeHelper Class`" /f";
Start-SetupProcess -Name:"$reg" -Args:"add `"HKCR\APPID\{D8A2E312-3B17-4293-B71E-CD72A7C04BF3}`" /v LocalService /t REG_SZ /d `"wsbexchange`" /f";
Start-SetupProcess -Name:"$reg" -Args:"add `"HKCR\APPID\{D8A2E312-3B17-4293-B71E-CD72A7C04BF3}`" /v LaunchPermission /t REG_BINARY /d `"010004806000000070000000000000001400000002004c0003000000000014001f000000010100000000000512000000000018001f000000010200000000000520000000200200000000180003000000010200000000000520000000270200000102000000000005200000002002000001020000000000052000000020020000`"
/f";
Start-SetupProcess -Name:"$reg" -Args:"add `"HKCR\APPID\wsbexchange.exe`" /v AppId /t REG_SZ /d `"{D8A2E312-3B17-4293-B71E-CD72A7C04BF3}`" /f";
Start-SetupProcess -Name:"$reg" -Args:"add `"HKLM\Software\Microsoft\windows nt\currentversion\WindowsServerBackup\Application Support\{76fe1ac4-15f7-4bcd-987e-8e1acb462fb7}`" /v `"Application Identifier`" /t REG_SZ /d
Exchange /f";
Start-SetupProcess -Name:"$reg" -Args:"add `"HKLM\Software\Microsoft\windows nt\currentversion\WindowsServerBackup\Application Support\{76fe1ac4-15f7-4bcd-987e-8e1acb462fb7}`" /v CLSID /t REG_SZ /d `"{D8A2E312-3B17-4293-B71E-CD72A7C04BF3}`"
/f";
Start-SetupProcess -Name:"$reg" -Args:"add `"HKLM\Software\Microsoft\windows nt\currentversion\WSBAppExchangeHelper`" /v AutoMarkDbRecoverable /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f";
Start-SetupProcess -Name:"$reg" -Args:"add `"HKLM\Software\Microsoft\windows nt\currentversion\WSBAppExchangeHelper`" /v AutoMountOnPITRecovery /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f";
Start-SetupProcess -Name:"$servicecmd" -Args:"create wsbexchange binpath= `"$WsbBinPath`" type= own start= demand error= ignore obj= LocalSystem DisplayName= `"Microsoft Exchange Server Extension for Windows Server Backup`"";
Start-SetupProcess -Name:"$servicecmd" -Args:"description wsbexchange `"Enables Windows Server Backup users to back up and recover application data for Microsoft Exchange Server.`"";
" was run: "Process execution failed with exit code 1.".

Resolved ! :)
Root Cause: The user account I was using had all the required privileges for Exchange Installation but was not having access to edit the registry of the server. Enable access to registry edit tools and you are good to go.
As an alternate you can also try installing using Domain Administrator account if in case there is an IT Policy constraint in the former method.
Thanks to all.

Exchange Server 2013 Client Mail are Return.Error is [0x80040305-0x0004de-0x00054a]

Hi,
We are using Exchange Server 2013.we have Outlook 2007 SP3 and 2010 SP2 client .Some clients inform mails are return.
Return massage
"This message could not be sent. Try sending the message again later, or contact your network administrator. Your server administrator has limited the number of items you can open simultaneously.
Try closing messages you have opened or removing attachments and images from unsent messages you are composing. Error is [0x80040305-0x0004de-0x00054a]"
Thanks,
Gayan

1) Disable TCPChimney and RSS on CAS and Mailbox Servers by running below commands
netsh int tcp set global chimney=disabled
netsh int tcp set global rss=disabled
2) Disable unwanted Add-Ins in outlook that may open many sessions
3) If above steps doesnt resolve, you can delete existing outlook profile and create new Outlook online profile

How can I clone a completed Exchange Server 2013 in a Lab Enviroment?

I was having great time with my Exchange Server 2013 until I tried to clone it to avoid fresh installation of another Exchange 2013 server. Steps taken
(1)Clone the Exchange1 and turn it off
(2) Brought the Clone Exchange2, renamed it, change the IP configurations,
(3) Re-ran the ADprep/Doamin prep
(4) Checked the ASDIedit to verify the Schema/configuration in AD
(5) Restarted I and was able to logon to the Exchange2
(6) Brought up the Exchange1, but unable to logon because the name was no longer in AD database
What I did to fix this:
(7) Rejoin the Exchange1 to the domain - and was able to logon
(8) Unable to access ECP or OWA of any of the two servers.
(9) Errors received - Fix the configuration file of the application
My Question - How to I fix the configuration file as suggested (via powershell or GUI or ASDIedit.msc)?

Unless you are cloning an entire environment, and then bringing it up in a seperate isolated environment, it is not supported to simply clone an Exchange Server, and then bring it online in an existing environment and rename it to save on setup and configuration
time.
You can script the setup and configuration of Exchange through Powershell, either with scripts or with another product controlling it - something like
System Center Orchastrator.
From the script side of things there are many available on peoples blogs. Check
here.
Edit: and to be clear, there is no need to re-run any prep tasks against Active Directory when installing a new Exchange Server, unless you are installing into a new domain as part of your Forest.
Oliver
Oliver Moazzezi | Exchange MVP, MCSA:M, MCITP:Exchange 2010,Exchange 2013, BA (Hons) Anim | http://www.exchange2010.com | http://www.cobweb.com | http://twitter.com/OliverMoazzezi

Outlook 2013 with Exchange Server - Changed custom form for contacts is not shown

Hello,
Our infrastructure:
Exchange Server 2010
Outlook 2010
Outlook 2013
Windows 7 Pro, Windows 8 Pro and Windows 8.1 Pro
The situation:
We've used an old custom form for contacts, worked perfectly fine
I've updated the form (adding some new custom fields and checkboxes) using Outlook 2013 and publishing the form (with a new name) to the Exchange folder
I've set the form as default form in our contacts folder
I've used this Script to set the new form for the existing contacts and the name of the new form is saved correctly
BUT if I open a contact in our Exchange contacts folder, Outlook 2013 (Outlook 2010) still shows the old form
Steps I've taken so far:
Cleared Outlook forms cache
Repeated the above steps 1-4 in Outlook 2010
Switched Cached Exchange Mode off and back on
Allowed Scripts in Trust Center Settings
Used a new clean Windows installation with a new Outlook 2013 installation
Used different Exchange users on different systems, but some behavior when opening contacts
I'm out of options I can think of, so maybe somebody else has some new view on this problem.
Thank you very much in advance!
Greetings,
Karl

Hi,
Is the Exchange folder in which the custom form is published available to all users?
From the description, the script used to work for the old custom form, correct? Which version of Outlook did you use with the old custom contact form? Outlook 2010/Outlook 2013 or an earlier version? If you used the script with an earlier version of Outlook,
we can't make sure it will still work with Outlook 2010/Outlook 2013.
In addition we may also try creating a new contact form and test the steps to see if it will work.
Please let me know the result.
Regards,
Steve Fan
TechNet Community Support
It's recommended to download and install
Configuration Analyzer Tool (OffCAT), which is developed by Microsoft Support teams. Once the tool is installed, you can run it at any time to scan for hundreds of known issues in Office
programs.
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Exchange Server 2013 and Remote Access VPN on a single server running Windows Server 2012?

Just by way of background, I have been installing and administering network servers, e-mail systems, VPN servers, and the like for many years. However, my involvement with Exchange and Windows Server has been mostly on the forensics and data recovery
level, or as a (sophisticated) user. I have never tried to deploy either from scratch before. My deployment experiences have been mostly with Linux in recent years, and with small private or personal "servers" running such cutting edge
software as Windows XP back when it was new. And even NetWare once.
When a client asked me if I could set up a server for his business, running Exchange Server (since they really want Outlook with all of its bells and whistles to work, particularly calendars) and providing VPN access for a shared file store, I figured it
could not be too difficult given that its a small business, with only a few users, and nothing sophisticated in the way of requirements. For reasons that don't bear explaining here, he was not willing to use a vendor hosting Exchange services or cloud
storage. There is no internal network behind the server; it is intended to be a stand-alone server, hanging off a static IP address on the Internet, providing the entirely mobile work-force of about 10 people with Exchange-hosted e-mail for their computers
and phones, a secure file store, and not much else. If Exchange didn't need it, I would not need to install Active Directory, for example. We have no direct need for its services.
So I did the research and it appears, more by implication than outright assertion, that I should be able to run Windows Server 2012 with Exchange Server 2013 on a server that also hosts Remote Access (VPN only) and does nothing else. And it appears
I ought to be able to do it without virtualizing any of it. However, I have spent the last three or four days fighting one mysterious issue after another. I had Remote Access VPN working and fairly stable very quickly (although it takes a very
long time to become available after the server boots), and it has mostly remained reliable throughout although at times while installing Exchange it seems to have dropped out on me. But I've always been able to get it back after scrounging through the
logs to find out what is bothering it. I have occasionally, for a few minutes at a time, had Exchange Server willing to do everything it should do (although not always everything at the same time). At one point I even received a number of e-mails
on my BlackBerry that had been sent to my test account on the Exchange Server, and was able to send an e-mail from my BlackBerry to an outside account.
But then Exchange Server just stopped. There are messages stuck in the queues, among other issues, but the Exchange Administration Center refuses now to display anything (after I enter my Administrator password, I just get a blank screen, whether on
the server or remotely).
So, I am trying to avoid bothering all of you any more than I have to, but let me just begin with the basic question posed in the title: Can I run Exchange Server (and therefore Active Directory and all of its components) and Remote Access (VPN only) on
a single Windows Server 2012 server? And if so, do I have to run virtual machines (which will require adding more memory to the server, since I did not plan for it when I purchased it)? If it can be done, can anyone provide any pointers on what
the pitfalls are that may be causing my problems? I am happy to provide whatever additional information anyone might like to help figure it out.
Thanks!

An old thread but I ran into this issue and thought I share my solution since I ran into the same issue. Configuring VPN removes the HTTPS 443 binding on the Default Site in IIS for some strange reason; just go and editing the bindings, add HTTPS and things
should be back to normal.

Error when try to install exchange Server 2013 in windows server 2008 R2 Sp1

Hi
I'm getting these errors while trying to install Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 on my Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 the user i'm using is the Administrator and it is already a member of "Enterprise
Admins" and "Schema Admins"
in my organization there is 6 Exchange server 2013 in 3 site windows server 2012 in this case
I have to install exchange 2013 in windows Server 2008 r2 sp1
the functional level 2008 R2 I getting these errors please help.
Errors:
This computer doesn't belong to a valid Active Directory site. Check the site and subnet definitions.
For more information, visit: http://technet.microsoft.com/library(EXCHG.150)/ms.exch.setupreadiness.InvalidADSite.aspx
Error:
A reboot from a previous installation is pending. Please restart the system and then rerun Setup.
For more information, visit: http://technet.microsoft.com/library(EXCHG.150)/ms.exch.setupreadiness.RebootPending.aspx
Error:
There is a pending reboot from a previous installation of a Windows Server role or feature. Please restart the computer and then run Setup again.
For more information, visit: http://technet.microsoft.com/library(EXCHG.150)/ms.exch.setupreadiness.PendingRebootWindowsComponents.aspx
Error:
You must be a member of the 'Organization Management' role group or a member of the 'Enterprise Admins' group to continue.
For more information, visit: http://technet.microsoft.com/library(EXCHG.150)/ms.exch.setupreadiness.GlobalServerInstall.aspx
Error:
You must use an account that's a member of the Organization Management role group to install or upgrade the first Mailbox server role in the topology.
For more information, visit: http://technet.microsoft.com/library(EXCHG.150)/ms.exch.setupreadiness.DelegatedBridgeheadFirstInstall.aspx
Error:
You must use an account that's a member of the Organization Management role group to install the first Client Access server role in the topology.
For more information, visit: http://technet.microsoft.com/library(EXCHG.150)/ms.exch.setupreadiness.DelegatedCafeFirstInstall.aspx
Error:
You must use an account that's a member of the Organization Management role group to install the first Client Access server role in the topology.
For more information, visit: http://technet.microsoft.com/library(EXCHG.150)/ms.exch.setupreadiness.DelegatedFrontendTransportFirstInstall.aspx
Error:
You must use an account that's a member of the Organization Management role group to install or upgrade the first Mailbox server role in the topology.
For more information, visit: http://technet.microsoft.com/library(EXCHG.150)/ms.exch.setupreadiness.DelegatedMailboxFirstInstall.aspx
Error:
You must use an account that's a member of the Organization Management role group to install or upgrade the first Client Access server role in the topology.
For more information, visit: http://technet.microsoft.com/library(EXCHG.150)/ms.exch.setupreadiness.DelegatedClientAccessFirstInstall.aspx
Error:
You must use an account that's a member of the Organization Management role group to install the first Mailbox server role in the topology.
For more information, visit: http://technet.microsoft.com/library(EXCHG.150)/ms.exch.setupreadiness.DelegatedUnifiedMessagingFirstInstall.aspx
Error:
Setup encountered a problem while validating the state of Active Directory: Could not find information about the local site. This can be caused by incorrect configuration of subnets or sites or by replication latency. See the Exchange setup log for more
information on this error.
For more information, visit: http://technet.microsoft.com/library(EXCHG.150)/ms.exch.setupreadiness.AdInitErrorRule.aspx
Error:
Either Active Directory doesn't exist, or it can't be contacted.
For more information, visit: http://technet.microsoft.com/library(EXCHG.150)/ms.exch.setupreadiness.CannotAccessAD.aspx

I think it's from subnet in site and services
have 3 site A,B,C and new site is "D"I have problem in "D" site
A subnet is 10.33.50.0/24 AD 2012 ,exchange 2013
B subnet is 10.35.50.0/24 AD 2012 ,exchange 2013
C subnet is 10.36.50.0/24 AD 2012 ,exchange 2013
D subnet is 10.100.100.0/25 AD 2008 ,exchange 2013 error when install it
find event error
The description for Event ID 6 from source MSExchange CmdletLogs cannot be found. Either the component that raises this event is not installed on your local computer or the installation is corrupted. You can install or repair
the component on the local computer.
If the event originated on another computer, the display information had to be saved with the event.
The following information was included with the event:
test-SetupPrerequisites
{Roles={LanguagePacks, Bridgehead, ClientAccess, UnifiedMessaging, Mailbox, FrontendTransport, Cafe}, LanguagesAvailableToInstall=True, DomainController=, CustomerFeedbackEnabled=True, ExchangeVersion=15.0.847.32, LanguagePackDir=D:\Exchange
Server Software, SufficientLanguagePackDiskSpace=True, ADInitError=Setup encountered a problem while validating the state of Active Directory: Could not find information about the local site. This can be caused by incorrect configuration of subnets or sites
or by rep, ScanType=PrecheckInstall, LanguagePackVersioning=True, HostingDeploymentEnabled=False, TargetDir=C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V15, SetupRoles={LanguagePacks, AdminTools, Bridgehead, ClientAccess, UnifiedMessaging, Mailbox, FrontendTransport,
Cafe}}

Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Cumulative Update 7 Setup - Active Directory Topology service on server 'TopologyClientTcpEndpoint (localhost)' returned an error - Set-SharedConfigDC

What am I trying to do?
I have tried installing Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Cumulative Update 7 Setup on a fresh install of Windows Server 2012 R2 but it gets stuck when running the setup exe on Step 8 of 14 “Mailbox Transport Service” I have included full
error logs at the bottom of the page but the basics are in order it will throw which loop around are:
[01/20/2015 17:13:20.0084] [2] Beginning processing Set-SharedConfigDC
[01/20/2015 17:13:20.0178] [2] The call to Microsoft Exchange Active Directory Topology service on server 'TopologyClientTcpEndpoint (localhost)' returned an error. Error details No Minimal Required Number of Suitable Directory Servers
Found in Forest mydomain.com Site Default-First-Site and connected Sites..
[01/20/2015 17:13:20.0178] [2] No Minimal Required Number of Suitable Directory Servers Found in Forest mydomain.com Site Default-First-Site and connected Sites.
Exchange is currently running in the envirmonet on 2010 Sp3 I am installing 2013 CU7 fresh so I can migrate the databases over.
What am I running?
2 X DC on domain and forest functional level 2008R2 both writable
1 X fresh install of Windows 2012 R2 which is domain joined
What have I tried?
Checked Ipv6 is enabled on all DC NICS and Existing Exchange Servers
Rebooted every server
Run setup as Administrator
My account is part of the domain Enterprise Admin group
Tried adding "Exchange Server" or "Exchange Enterprise Servers" to the group policy and doing the relevant gpupdate /force and reboot :
Computer Configuration Windows Settings
Security Settings + Local Policies
User Rights Assignment Mange auditing and security log
Turned off firewall on DC and Exchange Server even stopped the service
Turned off all AV on the DC and Exchange Server
Checked I could telnet to global catalog servers on port 3268 which I can
Checked the global catalog records existed in DNS which they all do
Done the obvious ping tests all round which confirms connectivity
Schema has been prepared using appropriate commands before running the setup exe
setup.exe /PrepareSchema /IacceptExchangeServerLicenseTerms
Making sure the following path has full permissions:
EXCHANGE14:\Current\Release\Shared\Datacenter\Setup
Restarted Microsoft Exchange Active Directory Topology service
DcDiag all looks good
What have I noticed that is suspicious?
Microsoft Exchange Transport service will not start even though both of its dependences services have started:
Microsoft Filtering Management Service
Microsoft Exchange Active Directory Topology Service
It will eventually error with
“Windows could not start the Microsoft Exchange Transport Service on local computer
Error 1053: This Service did not respond to the start of control request in a timely fashion”
This error is from the GUI wizard itself:
Error:
The following error was generated when "$error.Clear();
$maxWait = New-TimeSpan -Minutes 8
$timeout = Get-Date;
$timeout = $timeout.Add($maxWait);
$currTime = Get-Date;
$successfullySetConfigDC = $false;
while($currTime -le $timeout)
$setSharedCDCErrors = @();
try
Set-SharedConfigDC -DomainController $RoleDomainController -ErrorVariable setSharedCDCErrors -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue;
$successfullySetConfigDC = ($setSharedCDCErrors.Count -eq 0);
if($successfullySetConfigDC)
break;
Write-ExchangeSetupLog -Info ("An error ocurred while setting shared config DC. Error: " + $setSharedCDCErrors[0]);
catch
Write-ExchangeSetupLog -Info ("An exception ocurred while setting shared config DC. Exception: " + $_.Exception.Message);
Write-ExchangeSetupLog -Info ("Waiting 30 seconds before attempting again.");
Start-Sleep -Seconds 30;
$currTime = Get-Date;
if( -not $successfullySetConfigDC)
Write-ExchangeSetupLog -Error "Unable to set shared config DC.";
" was run: "System.Exception: Unable to set shared config DC.
at Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.Task.WriteError(Exception exception, ErrorCategory category, Object target, Boolean reThrow, String helpUrl)
at Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.Task.WriteError(Exception exception, ErrorCategory category, Object target)
at Microsoft.Exchange.Management.Deployment.WriteExchangeSetupLog.InternalProcessRecord()
at Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.Task.<ProcessRecord>b__b()
at Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.Task.InvokeRetryableFunc(String funcName, Action func, Boolean terminatePipelineIfFailed)".
Exchange logs which have been written:
**The error will loop around for 8 minutes on trying to set-sharedconfig DC whatever this is trying to do ??
[01/20/2015 17:13:20.0084] [2] Active Directory session settings for 'Set-SharedConfigDC' are: View Entire Forest: 'True', Configuration Domain Controller:mydomain.com', Preferred Global Catalog: 'mydomain.com', Preferred Domain Controllers:
'{ mydomain.com}'
[01/20/2015 17:13:20.0084] [2] User specified parameters:
-DomainController:mydomain.com' -ErrorVariable:'setSharedCDCErrors' -ErrorAction:'SilentlyContinue'
[01/20/2015 17:13:20.0084] [2] Beginning processing Set-SharedConfigDC
[01/20/2015 17:13:20.0178] [2] The call to Microsoft Exchange Active Directory Topology service on server 'TopologyClientTcpEndpoint (localhost)' returned an error. Error details No Minimal Required Number of Suitable Directory Servers
Found in Forest mydomain.com Site Default-First-Site and connected Sites..
[01/20/2015 17:13:20.0178] [2] No Minimal Required Number of Suitable Directory Servers Found in Forest mydomain.com Site Default-First-Site and connected Sites.
[01/20/2015 17:13:20.0178] [2] The call to Microsoft Exchange Active Directory Topology service on server 'TopologyClientTcpEndpoint (localhost)' returned an error. Error details No Minimal Required Number of Suitable Directory Servers
Found in Forest mydomain.com Site Default-First-Site and connected Sites..
[01/20/2015 17:13:20.0178] [2] No Minimal Required Number of Suitable Directory Servers Found in Forest mydomain.com Site Default-First-Site and connected Sites.
[01/20/2015 17:13:20.0178] [2] Ending processing Set-SharedConfigDC
[01/20/2015 17:13:20.0193] [2] Beginning processing Write-ExchangeSetupLog
[01/20/2015 17:13:20.0193] [2] An error ocurred while setting shared config DC. Error: The call to Microsoft Exchange Active Directory Topology service on server 'TopologyClientTcpEndpoint (localhost)' returned an error. Error details
No Minimal Required Number of Suitable Directory Servers Found in Forest mydomain.com Site Default-First-Site and connected Sites..
[01/20/2015 17:13:20.0193] [2] Ending processing Write-ExchangeSetupLog
[01/20/2015 17:13:20.0193] [2] Beginning processing Write-ExchangeSetupLog
[01/20/2015 17:13:20.0193] [2] Waiting 30 seconds before attempting again.
[01/20/2015 17:13:20.0193] [2] Ending processing Write-ExchangeSetupLog
[01/20/2015 17:13:50.0195] [2] Beginning processing Write-ExchangeSetupLog
[01/20/2015 17:13:50.0273] [2] [ERROR] Unable to set shared config DC.
[01/20/2015 17:13:50.0273] [2] [ERROR] Unable to set shared config DC.
[01/20/2015 17:13:50.0288] [2] Ending processing Write-ExchangeSetupLog
[01/20/2015 17:13:50.0288] [1] The following 1 error(s) occurred during task execution:
[01/20/2015 17:13:50.0288] [1] 0. ErrorRecord: Unable to set shared config DC.
[01/20/2015 17:13:50.0288] [1] 0. ErrorRecord: System.Exception: Unable to set shared config DC.
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.Task.WriteError(Exception exception, ErrorCategory category, Object target, Boolean reThrow, String helpUrl)
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.Task.WriteError(Exception exception, ErrorCategory category, Object target)
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Management.Deployment.WriteExchangeSetupLog.InternalProcessRecord()
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.Task.<ProcessRecord>b__b()
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.Task.InvokeRetryableFunc(String funcName, Action func, Boolean terminatePipelineIfFailed)
[01/20/2015 17:13:50.0288] [1] [ERROR] The following error was generated when "$error.Clear();
$maxWait = New-TimeSpan -Minutes 8
$timeout = Get-Date;
$timeout = $timeout.Add($maxWait);
$currTime = Get-Date;
$successfullySetConfigDC = $false;
while($currTime -le $timeout)
$setSharedCDCErrors = @();
try
Set-SharedConfigDC -DomainController $RoleDomainController -ErrorVariable setSharedCDCErrors -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue;
$successfullySetConfigDC = ($setSharedCDCErrors.Count -eq 0);
if($successfullySetConfigDC)
break;
Write-ExchangeSetupLog -Info ("An error ocurred while setting shared config DC. Error: " + $setSharedCDCErrors[0]);
catch
Write-ExchangeSetupLog -Info ("An exception ocurred while setting shared config DC. Exception: " + $_.Exception.Message);
Write-ExchangeSetupLog -Info ("Waiting 30 seconds before attempting again.");
Start-Sleep -Seconds 30;
$currTime = Get-Date;
if( -not $successfullySetConfigDC)
Write-ExchangeSetupLog -Error "Unable to set shared config DC.";
        " was run: "System.Exception: Unable to set shared config DC.
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.Task.WriteError(Exception exception, ErrorCategory category, Object target, Boolean reThrow, String helpUrl)
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.Task.WriteError(Exception exception, ErrorCategory category, Object target)
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Management.Deployment.WriteExchangeSetupLog.InternalProcessRecord()
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.Task.<ProcessRecord>b__b()
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.Task.InvokeRetryableFunc(String funcName, Action func, Boolean terminatePipelineIfFailed)".
[01/20/2015 17:13:50.0288] [1] [ERROR] Unable to set shared config DC.
[01/20/2015 17:13:50.0288] [1] [ERROR-REFERENCE] Id=AllADRolesCommonServiceControl___ee47ab1c06fb47919398e2e95ed99c6c Component=EXCHANGE14:\Current\Release\Shared\Datacenter\Setup
[01/20/2015 17:13:50.0288] [1] Setup is stopping now because of one or more critical errors.
[01/20/2015 17:13:50.0288] [1] Finished executing component tasks.
[01/20/2015 17:13:50.0304] [1] Ending processing Install-BridgeheadRole
Windows Event Viewer:
Process Microsoft.Exchange.Directory.TopologyService.exe (PID=5276) Forest mydomain.com. Exchange Active Directory Provider couldn't find minimal required number of suitable Global Catalog servers
in either the local site 'Default-First-Site' or the following sites:

Hi apl228,
1. Please make sure the IPv6 is enabled.
2. Please make sure the account that install Exchange server has Administrator permission.
3. Please make sure DNS has been configured correctly.
Thanks
Mavis Huang
TechNet Community Support

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