As with previous versions of Exchange it is necessary to prepare Active Directory before installation. This can be done with a few simple steps using an elevated command prompt and a user account that is a member of the Enterprise Admins…
While attempting to connect to Exchange Online using PowerShell the New-ExoPSSession cmdlet fails with the following error: New-ExoPSSession : Connecting to remote server outlook.office365.com failed with the following error message : The WinRM client cannot process the request. Basic authentication…
While installing Exchange 2016 onto a Windows 2016 server the readiness check failed with the following message: Error: The Windows component Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra isn’t installed on this computer and needs to be installed before Exchange Setup can begin. I clicked the…
Any Exchange admin will be used to administering their environment with PowerShell. Here is how to connect to your Office 365 Exchange Online environment with just a few commands: $UserCredential = Get-Credential $Session = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https://outlook.office365.com/powershell-liveid/ -Credential…
Today I had a user ask to restore some deleted messages from a mailbox. They were unable to see the messages anywhere in the mailbox, including the Deleted Items folder. To find out whether the messages were available to recover…
I have a requirement to export all messages from an Exchange mailbox that were sent or received after a specific date to a PST file. This was easy to achieve using the New-MailboxExportRequest cmdlet and specifying the dates within the…
While using the New-MailboxExportRequest cmdlet in the Exchange Management Shell I encountered the following error: Couldn’t find the Enterprise Organization container This issue occurs if the user running the New-MailboxExportRequest command isn’t assigned the Mailbox Import Export role. There wasn’t…
Exchange 2016 has been out for some time now but I have only just got around to downloading the ISO and installing it for myself. Note: the following may need to be installed first: .Net Framework 4.7.1 (https://support.microsoft.com/kb/4033342) Microsoft Unified…
I have a requirement to import some PST files into different mailboxes in Exchange. This is easy to do using the New-MailboxImportRequest PowerShell cmdlet however when it fails it isn’t easy to see why. Fortunately, we can get more information…