We are upgrading from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2016. In order to prevent issues with Autodiscover, etc. I am considering creating dedicated deployment AD sites. Question: Am I required to have a domain controller within this AD site? I am referencing the following article: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/exchange/2015/11/18/exchange-active-directory-deployment-site/

We are migrating from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2016. I am planning to deploy the first mailbox server. Does anyone have a checklist of items I need to watch out for and what I need to do, like Autodiscover, free/busy, URL changes? Thanks.

I have WSUS Server 2012 which I am syncing with Microsoft website. It is showing that WSUS server is synced but when I verify the download folder no update is there. How to fix this? This is very urgent

Event ID:364
Error: Content file download failed. Reason: Error calling [kernel32.dll]:CreateDirectory(E:\WSUS1\WsusContent\B6) Source File:  Destination File: .
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Dears  

I faced a problem. I installed a n exchange server 2016 on windows server 2012 r2 and exchange server 2016 Edge transport role on another windows server 2012 r2 . i did export the edge subscription file and i was gonna  transfer it to my exchange by exact below command :

New-EdgeSubscription -FileData ([byte[]$(Get-Content -Path "C:\Data\EdgeSubscriptionInfo.xml" -Encoding Byte -ReadCount 0)) -Site "Default-First-Site-Name"
i received an error :

The version of the Edge subscription doesn't match any of the Hub Transport servers in the subscribed site.
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [New-EdgeSubscription], InvalidOperationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : [Server=EXCHANGE-SRV,RequestId=fd2e90fc-b499-4df6-a8cc-51c3745e1a75,TimeStamp=9/17/2017
   4:46:33 AM] [FailureCategory=Cmdlet-InvalidOperationException] 2C2631D1,Microsoft.Exchange.Management.SystemConfig
  urationTasks.NewEdgeSubscription
    + PSComputerName        : exchange-srv.Mydomain

i would highly appreciate all of you f you could help me in this regard.

thank you

Hello, could you please recommend a good reporting solution for Exchange 2016/Exchange 2013? I would like the product to be able to perform mail flow analysis including message rate, top delivery destinations, etc. Thanks.

Hi,
I am testing the deployment of BITLOCKER via GPO.
For the moment I want to just encrypt the fixed drives without using TPM
I have created a TEST OU and moved a single computer to it.
I have created a GPO and edited/activated the following
Computer Configuration>Administrative Templates>Windows Components>BITLOCKER encryption
I have activated the following
Control the use of BITLOCKER on fixed drives:ACTIVE
Configure the encryption on the hardware level on the fixed drives:ACTIVE
Select the recovery method for recovery of fixed drives using BITLOCKER: ACTIVE
The rest is not configured.
Please note that I have the GUI in french so the translation might not be exact.

I have applied the GPO to the TEST OU
run gpupdate /force on the only computed within the OU
Restarted the computer
The GPO does not seem to apply
manage-bde -status and the bitlocker mmc show the the bitlocker DISACTIVE

What am I doing wrong or what do i need to add?
Please help.
Lenovo ThinkPad with running Windows 10

Are there any compatibilty issues with OPAL drives?

Hello Experts,

I'm in the process of creating a Windows 10 Enterprise Image using Clonezilla for deployment. I know that I could use sysprep but for now we need to get an image out there, then we are going to look into sysprep in a few months.

For now, I have a LocalAdmin user account setup and I tweaked all the settings within "Settings" that I want to carry over for users that get added to the domain.

All the settings that I modified such as "System, Network & Internet, Personalization, Apps, Gaming, Privacy and Update & security" within "Settings" are not getting carried over.

Are there GPO's on the Windows Server that can push down the "Settings" that I want to users who get added to the domain, if so, what are the GPO's?

Thanks in advance!

Hello Experts,
In a Windows Service program, I am trying to delete a file.  It works fine in my machine.  For example if the file is found, my program  deletes it and if the file not found, I get exception.  Same program when copied to production, neither the file gets deleted, not do I get any exception.  I am sure it goes to delete portion of the method.  Because I tested it with log4net.  FYI, in development I am using Windows 7 Pro and in Production Windows Server 2008 R2.  Any idea?  Below is my code.  Please help.

Thank you in advance.

public void DeletePMTFile()
        {
            string fullName = System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["FULL_NAME"];
            string filePath = System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["FILE_PATH"];
            var reader = new StreamReader(fullName);
            reader.Close();

            FileInfo fileName = new FileInfo(fullName);
            if (File.Exists(fullName))
            {
                try
                {
                    Array.ForEach(Directory.GetFiles(filePath), File.Delete);
                }
                catch (System.IO.IOException e)
                {
                    log.Error("DeletePMTFile: Error while deleting the file" + e.Message);
                    return;
                }
            }
            else
            {
                log.Warn("DeletePMTFile: " + filePath.Trim() + " not found");
            }
        }

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Hi Experts, AFAIK there are 3 ways to anti-spam to an Exchange 2016 environment: SPF, DKIM and DMARC

I can configured SPF record on domain control panel but not sure about the 2 others, does anyone have experience with them? Can we configure them on Exchange mailbox server, or public DNS of ISP?

Many thanks in advance,

Hello everyone,

After a long electrical lost, the server (windows 2012R2 ) of my client lost power.

After that the Nic team received an address like : 169.x.x.x  here is the steps I take :

1. Remove a nic from the team and put it in DHCP : It receives an ip and can ping google or 8.8.8.8.
2. Once I set an address manually on the card, it loses the connectivity.
3. So I recreate the NIC team from scratch and the problem persist :

Other info :

I am sure of the gateway, dns, and address,
Do you have any idea where I should check ?

Thanks for your help,

I have setup DFS over four servers and I am getting strange errors when I run the health report.  One server has this error:

This member is waiting for initial replication for replicated folder Users and is not currently participating in replication. This delay can occur because the member is waiting for the DFS Replication service to retrieve replication settings from Active Directory Domain Services. After the member detects that it is part of replication group, the member will begin initial replication.

There are 10 shares on each machine, but only one of the shares on that particular machine is showing that issue.  However, looking at the actual server it is replicating fine, as the files have been updated within the last 3 hours.  I originally set up DFS about a month ago, so that error should not exist.