IT Solutions
Exchange calendar events show as tentative even after clicking accept on mobile devices
A user would receive and accept meeting invites on his phone. Then he would go on his PC and click the meeting in the calendar to read the details. Then, back on the phone the meeting would move from accepted to tentative. Log into OWA as the user, then go to the options > See all options Select settings in the left menu, the choose calendar Then on the right side of this window, deselect “Automatically place new meeting requests on my calendar, marked Tentative.” Save this change/exit Test this by having another user...
read moreExchange back pressure 2007/2010 causes exchange to stop receiving if there is low C drive space
This solution is only part of the fix, you must also plan ahead to delete or move files out of this drive so it doesn’t run out of space and completely corrupt and destroy the server. This fix will just make mail start working in the meantime. While testing email, I looked in our exchange queue and got message “452 4.3.1 insufficient system resources” while trying to email the server with the issue. I believe it will also have various errors in the event viewer about space and exchange. To force mail to start flowing, do...
read moreExchange 2010 won’t install on Server 2012, fails at Mailbox Role with error code 15010
Make the following registry changes to...
read moreExchange 2010 message stuck in queue “A non-expirable message”
Be sure to perform this after hours as it will stop mailflow. Stop the exchange transport service Locate C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Transport Roles\data\Queue and rename Queue to Queue_old Restart the transport service The Queue folder should automatically be recreated with no...
read moreExchange 2010 OWA shows a 500 error after login attempt
Verify that the service “Microsoft Exchange Forms-based Authentication service” is started.
read moreExchange 2010 Mailbox Databases are Corrupt
Problem: Exchange is down, mailboxes show dismounted, event viewer show a ton of logs including Event ID 9519, The following error occurred while starting database <database name>: Log file is corrupt. Event ID 477, The log range read from the file “<log location>” at offset <> for <> bytes failed verification due to a range checksum mismatch Cause: This can occur when one of the log files becomes corrupt. The corruption can be caused by a hard shutdown or a sudden loss of power. Solution: THIS...
read moreExchange 2010 GAL Segregation / Segmentation
Basically, this will separate the global address lists (GALs) in exchange 2010 SP2 so you can host multiple organizations and they won’t pick up each other. You must have Exchange 2010 SP2 or better, and it cannot be a domain controller (DC). GAL Segregation Each company will need all of these steps applied with different names for the custom attribute and various lists. Exchange cannot also be a domain controller or it will still load all users in address book. Create an organization unit for the group Set a custom attribute for...
read moreExchange 2007 Transport Service keeps stopping
Email was down because the mail database needed to be mounted. Mount the database and then start the transport services. It started after a while but then would stop within seconds. Error says Log Name: Application Source: MSExchangeTransport Date: 2/25/2013 10:35:05 AM Event ID: 17003 Transport Mail Database: An operation has encountered a fatal error. The database may be corrupted. The Microsoft Exchange Transport service is shutting down. Manual database recovery or repair may be required. Exception details:...
read moreExchange 2007 Information Store service won’t start, error 0x3ee
If you get this error: Event Type: Error Event Source: MSExchangeIS Event Category: General Event ID: 9564 User: N/A Description: Error 0x3ee starting the Microsoft Exchange Information Store. Failed to init VSERVER. Click Start, and then click Run. In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK. In Registry Editor, locate the following subkey in the registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchangeIS\VirusScan In the right pane, double-click Enabled. Click Decimal, type 0 in the Value data box, and then click...
read moreExchange 2003 Out of Office does not send replies
To enable out-of-office reply messages to the Internet, follow these steps: Start Exchange System Manager. Double-click Global Settings, and then click Internet Message Formats. In the details pane, right-click a domain name, and then click Properties. Note: By default, “*” is the SMTP domain. In the Default Properties dialog box, click Advanced, and then click to select the Allow out of office responses check...
read more
RSS 2.0 Feed URL
