Author Archives: Jason Sherry

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About Jason Sherry

I am a ~30 year Exchange consultant and expert. I currently work for Commvault as a Solutions Specialist for Microsoft Infrastructure For more info see my resume at: http://resume.jasonsherry.org

The difference between supportability and patching

Originally posted on Paul's Down-Home Page:
I’m at the annual MVP Summit this week, and everything we hear and see is pretty much NDA (except for pictures of Flat Tony). However, we just had a really interesting discussion that…

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Come join the Exchange 2013 information sharing Facebook Group!

This group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/MSEX2013/, was created over two years ago and has grown to over 4,000 members and over 1,000 post, a year ago it had just over 600 members! The focus of this group is to share information about Exchange 2013, with … Continue reading

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Exchange 2013 CU6, 2010 SP3 RU7, & 2007 SP3 RU14 released & Known Issues

12/9/14 Update: 2013 CU7, 2010 SP3 UR8, & 2007 SP3 UR14 have been release: https://blog.jasonsherry.net/2014/12/09/exchange-2013-cu7-2010-sp3-ur8-2007-sp3-ur15-released/ 9/16/14 Update: Chrome 37 issue added 9/2/14 Update: More known issues added 8/31/14 Update: Do NOT install 2013 CU6, when co-existing with Exchange 2007, until you … Continue reading

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Exchange 2013 POP3 service drops connections fix

At my current client they are using POP3 and we are in the process of setting up Exchange 2013 servers to act as hybrid servers for their Office 365 migration. So after setting up the servers I tested all protocols, … Continue reading

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Script: Set-UPN-O365-PSMTP.ps1 – Sets UPNs on-premises and in Office 365

11/4/15: Posted script to TechNet Script Gallery: https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/This-script-will-set-the-590a0907. Also updated code below and renamed the script to “Set-UPN-O365-PSMTP.ps1” I’m working with a client who is migrating to Office 365 and we ran into the issue where users’ UPNs do not … Continue reading

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Windows Update KB2881011 breaks Outlook 2013 access to archived mailboxes

8/21/14 Update: Microsoft released KB2889859 which fixed this issue for Outlook 2013. Click-to-run has also been updated to 15.0.4641.1003. 8/14/14 Update: KB2881011 has been pulled, but the Click-to-run (Office 365 version of Outlook) update has NOT been pulled and is still affected as … Continue reading

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Exchange 2013 OWA -> 2010 : “something went wrong” issue

Ran into this issue after setting up and configuring two new Exchange 2013 CU5 servers when 2010 SP3 RU6 based mailbox users attempting to login into OWA via Exchange 20130 OWA. This is probably one of the most useless messages … Continue reading

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How to edit your contact info in OWA

I’ve had a couple of users, in the environment I host for friends & family, ask me how to change their contact info in the GAL. After doing some searching I was unable to find a good article on this … Continue reading

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Exchange 2010 SP3 UR6 and 2013 CU5 released

Here’s a quick summary of fixed and known issues. Last updated 8/14/2014 Exchange 2010 SP3 UR6 – Download | KB2936871 Info Exchange 2013 CU5 – EHLO Blog Post | Download | KB2936880 (CU5 includes SP1 updates) Blog post about 2013 CU5 I recommend … Continue reading

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DMARC broke your mailing lists!

4/25/14 Update: Renamed post to “DMARC” instead of Yahoo now that Aol has their DMARC policy set to reject: http://postmaster-blog.aol.com/2014/04/22/aol-mail-updates-dmarc-policy-to-reject/ After spending sometime the last couple of days checking and rechecking my SPF settings I figured out today it was a change … Continue reading

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