Exchange 2016 – preparing Active Directory
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…
Exchange 2016 – installation fails because Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra installed installed
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…
Installing Exchange 2016 on a single server
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…
Calendar requests sent to resource mailbox have no content
I have been trying to work out why calendar invitations sent to room mailboxes have the content stripped out. I now understand that this is applied to all resource mailboxes by default. I have changed this by using the Set-CalendarProcessing…
Change a mailbox type using PowerShell
Today I needed to convert an existing user mailbox into a room mailbox. I was able to do this quite easily using the Set-Mailbox cmdlet. Here is an example of how to do this: Set-Mailbox -Identity “boardroom” -Type Room Note:…