Hi all,

We are planning for a new Exchange 2013 installation :

• 1 site
• around 2000 users
• 1 domain

I need some hints about the optimal architecture keeping in mind high availablity and future extensions.  

examples :

1. 4 servers with CAS and MAILBOX roles
2. 2 CAS only servers + 4 mailbox only servers

Many thx in advance

This is on Exchange 2013. I am missing a few Arbitration/Migration accounts and am trying to use PREPAREAD to fix it.

However, each time I run it I hit this error and setup fails. Can anyone shed some light on the cause and how to resolve it? Thanks! 

[04/14/2014 00:45:27.0498] [1] [ERROR] Cannot bind parameter 'Filter' to the target. Exception setting "Filter": "Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.Exchange.ManagedLexRuntime.MPPGRuntime, Version=15.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified." 

A more details breakdown follows: 
[04/14/2014 00:45:27.0498] [1] 1. ErrorRecord: Cannot bind parameter 'Filter' to the target. Exception setting "Filter":"Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.Exchange.ManagedLexRuntime.MPPGRuntime, Version=15.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified." 
[04/14/2014 00:45:27.0498] [1] 1. ErrorRecord: System.Management.Automation.ParameterBindingException: Cannot bind parameter 'Filter' to the target. Exception setting "Filter": "Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.Exchange.ManagedLexRuntime.MPPGRuntime, Version=15.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified." ---> System.Management.Automation.SetValueInvocationException: Exception setting "Filter": "Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.Exchange.ManagedLexRuntime.MPPGRuntime, Version=15.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified." ---> System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.Exchange.ManagedLexRuntime.MPPGRuntime, Version=15.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified. 
at Microsoft.Exchange.Data.QueryParser..ctor(String query, ObjectSchema schema, Capabilities capabilities, EvaluateVariableDelegate evalDelegate, ConvertValueFromStringDelegate convertDelegate) 
at Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.MonadFilter..ctor(String filterText, PSCmdlet cmdlet, ObjectSchema schema, Capabilities capabilities) 
at Microsoft.Exchange.Management.RecipientTasks.GetRecipientBase`2.set_Filter(String value) 
at System.Management.Automation.ReflectionParameterBinder.BindParameter(String name, Object value) 
--- End of inner exception stack trace --- 
at System.Management.Automation.ReflectionParameterBinder.BindParameter(String name, Object value) 
at System.Management.Automation.ParameterBinderBase.BindParameter(CommandParameterInternal parameter, CompiledCommandParameter parameterMetadata, ParameterBindingFlags flags) 
--- End of inner exception stack trace --- 
at System.Management.Automation.Internal.PipelineProcessor.SynchronousExecuteEnumerate(Object input, Hashtable errorResults, Boolean enumerate) 
at System.Management.Automation.PipelineOps.InvokePipeline(Object input, Boolean ignoreInput, CommandParameterInternal[][] pipeElements, CommandBaseAst[] pipeElementAsts, CommandRedirection[][] commandRedirections, FunctionContext funcContext) 
at System.Management.Automation.Interpreter.ActionCallInstruction`6.Run(InterpretedFrame frame) 
at System.Management.Automation.Interpreter.EnterTryCatchFinallyInstruction.Run(InterpretedFrame frame) 
[04/14/2014 00:45:27.0498] [1] [ERROR] The following error was generated when "$error.Clear(); 
if (!$RoleIsDatacenter) 
{ 
$arbMbxname = "SystemMailbox{1f05a927-" + [System.Guid]::NewGuid().ToString().Substring(9) + "}"; 
$arbMbxLastName = "MSExchApproval 1f05a927-3be2-4fb9-aa03-b59fe3b56f4c"; 
$arbUser = @(Get-User -Filter {LastName -eq $arbMbxLastName} -IgnoreDefaultScope -ResultSize 1); 
if ($arbUser.Length -eq 0) 
{ 
$arbUser = @(Get-User -Arbitration -Filter {LastName -eq $arbMbxLastName} -IgnoreDefaultScope -ResultSize 1); 
} 

if ($arbUser.Length -eq 0) 
{ 
Install-UserAccount -Name $arbMbxname -LastName $arbMbxLastName; 
} 
} 
" was run: "Cannot bind parameter 'Filter' to the target. Exception setting "Filter": "Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.Exchange.ManagedLexRuntime.MPPGRuntime, Version=15.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified."". 
[04/14/2014 00:45:27.0498] [1] [ERROR] Cannot bind parameter 'Filter' to the target. Exception setting "Filter": "Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.Exchange.ManagedLexRuntime.MPPGRuntime, Version=15.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified."

Hello,

I have a single server setup for Exchange 2013 and recently had an issue with Maintenance mode during updates. I was in the process of getting the server upgraded to SP1 when it happened. I had tried to run the service pack when it returned an error saying something was pending and it couldn't install. Because the server had several windows updates and 1 Exchange 2013 security update downloaded from wsus, I thought it was obviously this. So I cancelled out of the sp1 install and ran the updates. Once the updates were finished and the server rebooted, mail wouldn't flow. Found out it was because it was in Maintenance mode.

I'm not sure if it was the SP1 install or the security update that placed the server in this mode, but it seemed like it was the security update(KB2880833.) From what I've found on the interwebs, Maintenance mode is meant for High Availability setups, which mine is not and it has to be put into that mode mannually. I never put the server into this mode. Is this done automatically by running updates or Service packs? and if so, how can I turn prevent it from happening automatically? Is it necessary? I have no reason to use it, as we only have one server. I've found plenty of info on how to turn it on or off, but nothing about any automatic settings.

THanks for any guidance.

We have successfully migrated all our mailboxes from Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2013SP1, except one mailbox with the 15GB size, which stalled at 95%, even we tried "Resume-MoveRequest", but again the same error:

Here is the error:

4/14/2014 10:37:56 AM [XXXXXXXX] Stage: IncrementalSync. Percent complete: 95.
4/14/2014 10:37:56 AM [XXXXXXXX] Fatal error TooManyMissingItemsPermanentException has occurred.

I've looked at other answers to this problem but they seem to relate to multi server environments or new migrations - neither apply here. The Exchange 2013 server was implemented last year as a migration from Exchange 2007. It has been running well since. I upgraded to SP1 on Sunday night and since then all users, regardless of Outlook version, are continually being asked to "the microsoft exchange administrator has made a change that requires you quit and restart outlook". Clicking OK loads Outlook normally (no restart). I can delete the Outlook profile and set up a new profile OK but the issue comes back again. Deleting the users roaming or local profile does not help either.

The CAS seems to be set correctly - when I run Get-MailboxDatabase | fl RpcClientAccessserver it returns the correct server.

We installed Exchange 2013 with both roles on a VM server running Server 2008 R2 SP1 to test Exchange 2013

I ran through all the pre-installation prep steps and configured the exchange 2013 server.

Everything was looking fine.

Then I installed service pack 1 and Cumulative Update 2 and now the server will not start up.

It seems that some where in the installation of CU2 something went horribly wrong and stuffed up the Exchange 2013 installation. There are just too many errors to try and fix them one by one. Basically half the exchange 2013 services will not start.

I tried to run a repair install from the original installation media but I keep getting an error that the installation media is older than the installation currently on the server. I downloaded a new image from MS website that includes SP1 for exchange but keep getting the same error.

I tried to slipstream CU3 with the SP1 ISO I downloaded but I can't get that to work properly.

Any other suggestions short from using ADSIEdit to manually remove all the Exchange 2013 components from AD and then uninstalling Exchange 2013 from the server before re-installing from scratch?

Please bare in mind that we currently have a active exchange 2010 server in the domain that needs to run until the Exchange 2013 installation is tested and verified.

ANY assistance would be highly appreciated.

Hi,

Due to some Exchange and Active Directory issues (with remnants of old Ex 2003 server), we are going to migrate Exchange 2010 Mailboxes and public folders to a new Exchange 2010 Sp3 server, which is created in a new AD forest.

I would really appreciate if someone can direct us to the best way to migrate mailboxes and PFs with their permissions, to new Ex 2010 SP3 server. We have around 30 mailboxes, and 300 GB of mailboxes data, and 200 GB of PFdata.

Thanks in anticipation.

Regards, David Johnson

So I've decided to start testing SSL offloading with Exchange 2013 SP1 now that it is supported. I have followed this guide: http://technet.microsoft.com/library/dn635115(EXCHG.150).aspx. It is fairly straightforward, remove the "Require SSL" option on the VDIRS and IISRESET.

To test, I load up http://CAS/OWA and it immediately redirects to HTTPS://CAS/OWA. I do not see why it is doing this or how to configure it otherwise. So while my server is accepting connections on port 80, it's just bouncing them over to 443. How do we disable this?

I checked the HTTP Redirect option on the VDIRs, which is not present. Also, I am going straight to the server, so there is not a device in front that is redirecting my requests. Any thoughts?

Thanks,

Brandon

So we have

2010 Exchange  User@abc.com

2013 Exchange User@abc.com

We are migrating mailboxes from 2010 to 2013 and its all working. However there is one problem we are encountering: Exchange 2013 is not or can not forward emails to 2010 Exchange because it does not see it..

(Also to note these users are on different forests AD abc.com and AD abc1.com)

So what would be best way to forward emails to 2010 exchange users that have not been migrated yet?

We have exchange 2010 in abc.com forest and exchange 2013 in zxy.com forest with Shared Name contoso.com , migration from 2010 to 2013 is flawless and everything is working fine.Because we did not do federation as we use same smtp address we went with example from http://www.expta.com/2013/08/how-to-share-freebusy-information.html  which works to some extend. When I say that : It works one direction but not the other, and then in middle of the day it switches sides. I was able to see Free/ Busy calendar only once that was working on both sides fine. I am suspecting its a DNS issue however it could be something else? Can you point me out to some troubleshooting steps or what can cause some behaviour like that.

So yesterday abc.com users were able to see Free /Busy from zxy.com (GalSync in place) and today zxy.com see abc.com but not the other way around. Not sure what error logs to look into as there is probably like 20 places to look for in exchange 2013 :)

So we ran both ways

Get-ClientAccessServer | Add-AdPermission -AccessRights ExtendedRight -ExtendedRights "ms-exch-epi-token-serialization" -User "sourcedomain\Exchange Servers"

Thank you for your help.

I have been attempting to configure Push Notifications per http://technet.microsoft.com/library/jj151815.aspx#bkmk_installmodule

When running the second PowerShell script I get the error 

"New-MsolServicePrincipalCredential : Invalid value for parameter. Parameter name: Credential.EndDate.

At c:\Users\User\Desktop\script2.ps1:25 char:5

*New-MsolServicePrincipalCredential -AppPrincipalId $p,AppPricipalId -Type a"

I do currently have another Federation Trust configured for this account with our test environment. Might this be causing this error? Any help would be appreciated.

Hi all, I have the following issue. For testing purposes,

• I have AD RMS installed on Server 2008 and Exchange 2010 Sp2.
• Port 443 is allowed. Both RMS and Exchange are working perfectly.
• Permissions on servercertification.asmx set as stated here http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee849850(WS.10).aspx When I try to test RMS config using Test-IRMConfiguration -Sender user1@example.com I get the following output:

P.S the mentioned hotfix is not applicable as AD RMS is installed on Windows Server 2008.

Any ideas what else can I check?

I started 5 migration batches for individual users and they all stalled in the “Synching” Status. I let them run overnight, but they were still stuck when I checked the next day. I deleted the migration batches, and restarted one of them, but it stalled at the ‘Synching’ state. I tried stopping and restarting the Information Store, and Replication Services, but this did not help.

The Environment is an Office 365 hybrid and includes two Exchange 2007, and two Exchange 2013 servers. The Source server is 2007, and Server 2003 Service Pack 2, and the target server is 2012, in a HyperV environment.

This is from the Migration utility view details link;

Data migrated:
Migration rate:
Error:MigrationTransientException: Couldn‎'t find a move request that corresponds to the specified identity ‎'<DomainName>/District Office/Users/<UserName>. --> Couldn‎'t find a move request that corresponds to the specified identity ‎'<DomainName>/District Office/Users/<UserName>.

The “Download the report for this user” link does not contain any useful information:

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Other than this, it is blank.

On the 2013 Exchange Server, the Get-MoveRequestStatistics <UserName> cmdlet gives the following result:

DisplayName              StatusDetail             TotalMailboxSize         TotalArchiveSize         PercentComplete

-----------                    ------------               ----------------             ----------------            ---------------

<UserName>               Queued                    428.5 MB (449,283,400 ...    

It is interesting that the Server says the request is queued, but the EAC utility says it is “synching.”

Thank you in advance for any help,

Jon

Hi,

I am currently developing a migration plan for a Cross-Forest Exchange migration.

Forest A is our existing domain and Forest B is our new forest we are migrating into. 

The plan is to have a period of coexistence between both forests. 

Our core business web application will be the first application to be migrated as we need the resources in the new environment for it. 

I used the Exchange script that creates the user object from Forest A into Forest B and then used ADMT to migrate the associated attibutes, Password and SID History. This means that my users appear in both Forest A and B and as far as the user is concerned, they use the same account to log onto our business app.

My query is what is the best way to do the cross forest coexistence? I have read many articles online about using GalSync to create a centralised GAL  using contacts. Can I still do this bearing in mind that both Forests will have Mail User accounts and not Contacts??

Im a bit confused as to how I should do it.

The goal here is to allow cross-forest calendar delegation and also display free/busy information.

Hi People,

The ladies at the reception are having issues with Outlook 2010 meeting room calendars, they are out of syncing. Sometimes appointment are visible for the other, some times they are not showing up or they do when adding a new appointment. For example: If we look at one day with 5 room calendars near each other all looks the same except 1 meeting is not shown.

Can someone advice where to check sync settings or something like that? 

I created the room mailboxes the regular way with default room settings, just granted them access so they can read/write.

Running a Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 x64 with exchange 2010 v. 14.2.247.5

Thanks in advance.

Hi,

I tried to do a migration from Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2013 about 2 months ago. I used this document http://blogs.technet.com/b/meamcs/archive/2013/07/25/part-1-step-by-step-exchange-2007-to-2013-migration.aspx

But I also used this technet one http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj898581(v=exchg.150).aspx

However when bringing up the Exchange 2013 mail server there was no mail flow (when using the default receive connectors) after moving all the mail boxes from Exchange 2007 which meant I had to move all the mailboxes back. Infact there was no mail flow within the Exchange 2013 server (I.E. when emailing from user1 to user2 that were both hosted on Exchange 2013 the mail would not send, it would stay in the outbox of user1). When I discovered that there was a mail flow issue I started googling and change a whole bunch of things and now I cannot remember what I changed and what the defaults values are. What is the best way to move forward from here. We are currently still running Exchange off the Exchange 2007 server but I still have all the mailboxes on the 2013 server so I cannot uninstall exchange 2013 to start over.

Hello,

I have Exchange 2010 sp3 running on win server 2012 R2 sp1 standanrd. I would like to upgrade to exchange 2013 and I read that installation of exchange 2013 is coexistent with exchange 2010 already installed. But When I try to install exchange 2013 I keep getting this error :"Exchange server is in an inconsistent state. Only disaster recovery mode is available. Please use Setup /m:RecoverServer to recover this Exchange server." But after closing set up the server is still running fine.