Author: Jamil Parvez

Configure URL Redirection in Exchange 2013, Redirect HTTP to HTTPS and Redirect domain mail.xpertstec.com to OWA
I need the domain mail.xpertstec.com to be used by clients to access the Exchange webmail. Similarly, https://mail.xpertstec.com/ecp will be used by the administrator to access the EAC console from outside. So we need to redirect the URL, mail.xpertstec.com to https://mail.xpertstec.com/owa.
Redirect HTTP to HTTPS

Configure URL Redirection in Exchange 2013

1- Open IIS manager in your Exchange server > click Default Web Site and double-click SSL Settings in features view.

2- Uncheck the Require SSL and click Apply button under the action menu.

3- In the IIS manager > click Exchange Back End and double-click SSL Settings in features view.

4- Uncheck the Require SSL and click Apply button under the action menu.

Redirect Default Web Site to OWA
Now we are redirecting http://mail.xpertstec.com to https://mail.xpertstec.com/owa. We have already configured HTTP to HTTPS redirection. Now we need to configure redirection for requests that come into Default Web Site to OWA virtual directory.
5- In the IIS manager,> select Default Web Site > Double-click HTTP Redirect feature in features view.

6- Select the option Redirect requests to this destination > Type full path of the URL https://mail.xpertstec.com/owa. In the Redirect Behavior option > check the option – Only redirect requests to content in this directory (not subdirectories) > Under status code > choose Found (302) and then click Apply to save the settings.

Exchange Back End

7- Repeat the same steps for Exchange Back End.
In the IIS manager > select Exchange Back End > Double click HTTP Redirect feature in features view.

8- Select the option Redirect requests to this destination > Type full path of the URL https://mail.xpertstec.com/owa. In the Redirect Behavior option > check the option – Only redirect requests to content in this directory (not subdirectories) > under status code > choose Found (302) and then click Apply to save the settings.

9- Now remove the HTTP redirect option from subfolders of both Default Web Sites and Exchange Back End. We only want the default web URL mail.xpertstec.com to be redirected to https://mail.xpertstec.com/owa. So uncheck the HTTP Redirect option from all the subdirectories (ecp, ews, mapi, oab, owa, PowerShell and etc) of the Default Web Sites and then click Apply.

10- Now uncheck the HTTP Redirect option from all the subdirectories (ecp, ews, mapi, oab, owa, PowerShell and etc) of the Exchange Back End and then click Apply.

Configure ECP Sub Folder

We need to allow SSL connection to this virtual directory so the SSL option must be configured first. This means that you must type https://xpertstec.com/Oldbackup/ecp in the browser to login to the EAC console.
11- Under default web site > select ecp virtual directory > then double click SSL Settings from the features pane.

12- Select the Require SSL option and then click Apply to save the settings.

13- Under Exchange Back End > select ecp virtual directory > then double click SSL Settings from the features view.

14- Select Require SSL option > then click Apply to save the settings.
Now you can use https://mail.xpertstec.com/ecp URL to successfully log into the EAC console.

15- Now restart the IIS server by typing iisreset /noforce on the command prompt. You can now access the OWA by typing the URL, mail.xpertstec.com in the browser which will redirect you to https://mail.xpertstec.com/owa.

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To set up Outlook Web App to access Exchange Server 2013 (send and receive emails). You access your Microsoft Exchange Server mailbox using any web browser

Outlook Web App Configuration Exchange 2013

1- Open a web browser such as Internet Explorer, type the server mail web address in the address bar, and then hit Enter.
If you receive the subsequent certificate warning page, click still on this website (not recommended).

2- On the sign-in page, type your user name, password and click Sign in.

3- Select the language > select time zone and click Save.

4- Click new mail.

5- Type email address > type subject, text and then click on Send button.

6- Received mail and then click reply.

7- After Replying received mail.

For more details please click Set up Outlook Web Access

Configure Email Forwarding Exchange 2013

Rename Exchange 2013 Database using GUI,

Rename Database Exchange 2013

1- Login to Exchange Admin Center > select Servers > select Databases tab > Select your database and then click on the Edit button.

2- Type a new name of the Database in the “Name” field and then click Save.

3- So, after renaming the database.

4- How to rename Exchange 2013 Data-base from Exchange Management Shell
Renaming Exchange 2013 data-base is to use Exchange Management Shell.
Run Exchange Management Shell as Administrator

Set-MailboxDatabase -Identity “Database01” -Name DB01

5- I renamed my Database01 database to DB01
Now you can verify that the database is renamed.

Get-MailboxDatabase | ft Name, Server

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Create User Mailbox Exchange 2013, Creating a new mailbox for the existing active directory user, various mail attributes are added to the user’s object in Active Directory. If you delete a mailbox from the Exchange server, the user associates with the mailbox is also delete from the active directory.

Create User Mailbox Exchange 2013

1- Open the Exchange Admin center > select recipient > click mailboxes > click add and then select user mailbox option.

2- Select an Existing user and then click browse.
(This means, the mailbox will be created for the user account which is already in active directory. If you want to create a mailbox for the user account that is not in the active directory then, choose a new user and start filling all the boxes. We are creating a user account in active directory)

3- Select the user for whom you want to create a mailbox, then click ok.

4- Click save to create the mailbox.

5- Now you can now see the mailbox.

6- Enable Mailbox for existing AD User PowerShell command.

Enable-Mailbox -Identity:’user3′ -Alias:’user3′ -Database: ‘Mailbox Database 0083400619

7- Here we create the mailbox for the user “user7” as above but in powershel

New-Mailbox -UserPrincipalName [email protected] -Alias ‘user7’ -Database ‘Mailbox Database 0083400619’ -Name user7 –OrganizationalUnit xpertstec -Password (ConvertTo-SecureString ‘P@ssw0rd’ -AsPlainText -Force) -FirstName Will -LastName user7 -DisplayName ‘user7’ -ResetPasswordOnNextLogon $True

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Send Connector Exchange 2013, By default once you install Exchange 2013 it doesn’t have a send connector, only receive connectors. To be ready to send outbound emails to other domains you would like a send connector.

Send Connector Exchange 2013

1- Login into Exchange admin center > click mail flow > click send connectors to click the + icon to feature a replacement send connector.

2- Type a name for the connector and select the Internet as the Type and click next.

3- Leave the default options on the network settings page and click next.

4- Under Address space click the + icon

5- In the Full Qualified Domain Name dialogue box type * and click save.

6- Create a new send connector, so click next.

7- Under the Source server then click the + icon.

8- Highlight your Exchange server, click the add button and then then click ok.

9- Click finish.

10- Now you can see a new Default Internet Connector created under send connectors. One final configuration change we need to make is to add the FQDN for the connector. Highlight the connector and then click the edit icon.

11- From the left side menu click scoping, scroll to the bottom, enter the FQDN for your mail server and then save.

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In this guide, I am going to configure Receive connector in Exchange server 2013

Receive Connector Exchange 2013

1- Log on Exchange admin center > click mail flow > click receive connectors > click the Default Frontend server name and then click edit.

2- Exchange server 2013 receive connector General Settings.

3- Security Default Settings receive a connector.

4- Select scoping and scroll to the bottom of the window and update our FQDN and then click save.

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In this blog, I will explain how to configure Email address policies Setup in Microsoft Exchange Server 2013.

Email Address Policies Exchange 2013

1- Login Exchange admin center > click mail flow > click on email address policies and then click the + icon to create a new email address policy.

2- Type a name in a Policy name (xpertstec email policy) then click the + icon to specify the email address format.

3- Select an accepted domain name in my case I am selecting (xpertstec.com) and then click on Save.

4- Confirm the settings and then click Save.

5- The policy is not active yet warning message, then click ok.

6- Select the newly created email address policy and click Apply.

7- Click Yes.

8- The email address policy successful applied, click close.

9- Now you will see the email address policy has been applied.

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In this article, I am going to Configure Accepted domain Settings in Microsoft Exchange Server 2013

Accepted Domain Settings Exchange 2013

1- Open Exchange admin center > click mail flow > click on accepted domains and then click the + symbol to create a new accepted domain.

2- Type a name, type the FQDN domain in the accepted domain (xpertstec.com) and then click Save.

3- So, you have a new accepted domain.
To change the default domain highlight the new domain and then click the edit icon.

4- Select the box Make this the default domain and then click on Save.

5- Now you can see the default domain changed.

6- Configure the accepted domain in the server 2013 PowerShell command.
New-AcceptedDomain

New-AcceptedDomain -DomainName xpertstec.com -Name xpertstec.com -DomainType Authoritative
Set-AcceptedDomain

Set-AcceptedDomain -Identity xpertstec.com -MakeDefault $true
Get-AcceptedDomain

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Change the user login from domain name username to just username in Microsoft Exchange Server 2013

User Login from Domain to only username Exchange 2013

1- Log on Exchange admin center > select Servers > to select Virtual Directories > Select OWA (Default Web Site) and then click the Edit button.

2- Select Authentication > Select User name only and then click the Browse button.

3- Select the domain and then click ok.

4- Click Save.

5- IIS restart warning message appears, click ok.

6- Open command prompt and run the following command.

iisreset /noforce

7- Log on Exchange admin center > select Servers > select Virtual Directories > Select ECP (Default Web Site) and click Edit button.

8- Select authentication > check Use forms-based authentication and click Save.

9- Now you can sign in without a domain name.

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In this article, I will configure Outlook Anywhere in Microsoft Exchange Server 2013

Outlook Anywhere Exchange 2013

Outlook Anywhere PowerShell command.

Set-OutlookAnywhere -Identity “Exch2013-1\RPC (Default Web Site)” -ExternalHostname mail.xpertstec.com -InternalHostname mail.xpertstec.com -ExternalClientsRequireSsl $true -InternalClientsRequireSsl $true -DefaultAuthenticationMethod NTLM

To confirm this alteration type the subsequent . you ought to receive an output almost like that below.

Get-OutlookAnywhere | Select Server,ExternalHostname,Internalhostname | fl

Exchange Admin Center 2013 > select Servers > select Servers > Select your exchange server (EXCH2013-1) and then click the edit button.

Select Outlook Anywhere, type Internal & External URL and then click on Save.

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Virtual Directories Configure External and Internal URL in Microsoft Exchange Server 2013.

Virtual Directories Exchange 2013

Open Exchange Admin Center.

1- Select Servers > Virtual Directory and then select the External Access Domain settings button.

2- On the configure external access domain then click the add + button.

3- Select the Exchange 2013 server(s) you wish to configure external URLs on, Then click Add button, once you have all the required servers then click ok.

In my Labe, I will be able to just be configuring Exch2013-1 but you’ll select as many servers as you wish.

4- Enter the domain name you wish to use externally. In my case I want our external users to go to mail.xpertstec.com, then click Save.

5- This may take some time. Once complete so click close.

ECP Virtual Directory Exchange 2013

Set-ECPVirtualDirectory

Set-ECPVirtualDirectory –Identity “ECP (default web site)” -ExternalURL “https://mail.xpertstec.com/ECP”
Set-ECPVirtualDirectory –Identity “ECP (default web site)” -InternalURL https://mail.xpertstec.com/ECP”

Exchange Admin Center 2013 > select Servers > select Virtual Directories > select ecp (Default Web Site) and then click edit pin button.

Select the General tab, type Internal & External URL and then click save.

OWA Virtual Directory Exchange 2013

Set-OwaVirtualDirectory

Set-OWAVirtualDirectory –Identity “OWA (default web site)” -ExternalURL “https://mail.xpertstec.com/OWA”
Set-OWAVirtualDirectory –Identity “OWA (default web site)” -InternalURL “https://mail.xpertstec.com/OWA”

Exchange Admin Center 2013 > select Servers > select Virtual Directories > Select owa (Default Web Site) and then click the edit pin button.

Select the General tab, type Internal & External URL and then click Save.

ACTIVESYNC Virtual Directory.

Set-ActiveSyncVirtualDirectory

Set-ActiveSyncVirtualDirectory –Identity “Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync (default web site)” -ExternalURL “https://mail.xpertstec.com/Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync”
Set-ActiveSyncVirtualDirectory –Identity “Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync (default web site)” -InternalURL https://mail.xpertstec.com/Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync

Admin Center 2013 > select Servers > select Virtual Directories > Select Microsoft Server ActiveSync (Default Web Site) and then click edit pin button.

Select the General tab, type Internal & External URL and then click Save.

OAB Virtual Directory

Set-OABVirtualDirectory
Set-OABVirtualDirectory –Identity “OAB (default web site)” -ExternalURL “https://mail.xpertstec.com/OAB”
Set-OABVirtualDirectory –Identity “OAB (default web site)” -InternalURL “https://mail.xpertstec.com/OAB”

Exchange Admin Center 2013 > select Servers > seelct Virtual Directories > So, select owb (Default Web Site) and then click edit pin button.

Type Internal & External URL and then click on Save.

EWS Virtual Directory.

Set-WebServicesVirtualDirectory

Set-WebServicesVirtualDirectory –Identity “EWS (default web site)” -ExternalUrl “https://mail.xpertstec.com/ews/exchange.asmx”
Set-WebServicesVirtualDirectory –Identity “EWS (default web site)” -InternalUrl “https://mail.xpertstec.com/ews/exchange.asmx”

Exchange Admin Center 2013 > select Servers > select Virtual Directories > Select ews (Default Web Site) and then click edit pin button.

Select the General tab, type Internal & External URL and then click on Save.

POWERSHELL Virtual Directory.

Exchange Admin Center 2013 > select Servers > to select Virtual Directories > Select PowerShell (Default Web Site) and then click the edit button.

Select the General tab, type Internal & External URL and then click on Save.

OUTLOOK ANYWHERE

Set-OutlookAnywhere -Identity “Exch2013-1\RPC (Default Web Site)” -ExternalHostname mail.xpertstec.com -InternalHostname mail.xpertstec.com -ExternalClientsRequireSsl $true -InternalClientsRequireSsl $true -DefaultAuthenticationMethod NTLM

To confirm this change type the following. You will receive the output similar to that below.

Get-OutlookAnywhere | Select Server,ExternalHostname,Internalhostname | fl

Exchange Admin Center 2013 > select Servers > select Servers > Select Exchange server (EXCH2013-1) and then click the edit pin button.

Select Outlook Anywhere tab, type Internal & External URL and then click on Save.

AUTODISCOVER

Set-AutodiscoverVirtualDirectory
Set-ClientAccessServer -Identity Exch2013-1 -AutoDiscoverServiceInternalUri https://autodiscover.xpertstec.com/Autodiscover/Autodiscover.xml
To view the changes type
Get-ClientAccessServer | FL AutoDiscoverServiceInternalUri
Not enabled as default. Please note that the autodiscover should be set as an A-record in your DNS. Also, note that you simply don’t provide an URL for this.
Set-AutodiscoverVirtualDirectory -Identity ‘autodiscover (default Web site)’

MAPI/HTTP

Not enabled as default. Requires Exchange 2013 SP1. Clients must be Outlook 2013 or newer. Fallback is OutlookAnywhere for older clients.
Set-MapiVirtualDirectory -Identity “mapi (Default Web Site)” -InternalUrl “https://mail.xpertstec.com/mapi” -IISAuthenticationMethods NTLM,Negotiate
After fixing the VirtualDirectory you would like to enable it:
Set-OrganizationConfig -MapiHttpEnabled $true

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In this guide, I am going to Install Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 on Microsoft Windows Server 2012

Install Microsoft Exchange 2013

System Requirements:

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Prepare Active Directory:

Install the RSAT Feature.

1- Import-Module ServerManager

Install-WindowsFeature RSAT-ADDS

2- install Exchange roles

Import-Module ServerManager

Install-WindowsFeature AS-HTTP-Activation, Desktop-Experience, NET-Framework-45-Features, RPC-over-HTTP-proxy, RSAT-Clustering, RSAT-Clustering-CmdInterface, RSAT-Clustering-Mgmt, RSAT-Clustering-PowerShell, Web-Mgmt-Console, WAS-Process-Model, Web-Asp-Net45, Web-Basic-Auth, Web-Client-Auth, Web-Digest-Auth, Web-Dir-Browsing, Web-Dyn-Compression, Web-Http-Errors, Web-Http-Logging, Web-Http-Redirect, Web-Http-Tracing, Web-ISAPI-Ext, Web-ISAPI-Filter, Web-Lgcy-Mgmt-Console, Web-Metabase, Web-Mgmt-Console, Web-Mgmt-Service, Web-Net-Ext45, Web-Request-Monitor, Web-Server, Web-Stat-Compression, Web-Static-Content, Web-Windows-Auth, Web-WMI, Windows-Identity-Foundation

After installing the Exchange server role Restart Computer.

Prerequisites:

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1. .NET Framework 4.7.1
2. Windows Management Framework 4.0
3. Microsoft Unified Communications Managed API 4.0
4. Visual C++ Redistributable Package for Visual Studio 2012
5. Visual C++ Redistributable Package for Visual Studio 2013

Edge Transport server role

Open Windows PowerShell.

Run the below command to install the required Windows components for the exchange Server 2013.

Install-WindowsFeature ADLDS

1- .NET Framework 4.7.1

2- Windows Management Framework 4.0

3-Visual C++ Redistributable Package for Visual Studio 2012

3- Preparing Active Directory

Browse to exchange server Setup Location and type the below command.

.\setup /Preparead /IAcceptExchangeServerLicenseTerms /OrganizationName:”xpertstec”

4- Preparing Schema

.\setup /PrepareSchema /IAcceptExchangeServerLicenseTerms

5- Preparing Domain

.\setup /Preparedomain /IAcceptExchangeServerLicenseTerms

6- If you are in the Child domain Scenario then type the below command.

.\setup /Preparealldomains /IAcceptExchangeServerLicenseTerms

7- Exchange Server 2013 Setup

Exchange server setup and then click next.

8- Welcome to Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 introduction page, so click next.

9- Select I accept the terms within the license agreement and then click on next.

10- Select Recommended Settings and then click Next.

11- Server Roles Selecting (Mailbox role, Client Access role) and so click next.

12- Specify the path for the Microsoft Exchange 2013 installation and then click next.

Exchange organization – then choose Next

If you already Did “.\setup /Preparead /IAcceptExchangeServerLicenseTerms /OrganizationName:”xpertstec”

You won’t see this Page. As Already Exchange Org is created

13- Malware protection settings, choose malware scanning enable or disable and then click next.

14- Microsoft exchange 2013 setup readiness checks, then click Install.

15- Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 installation default running process.

16- Exchange Server 2013 Setup completed successfully, so click the Finish button and restart your exchange server.

17- Server 2013 Exchange Admin Center.

18- PowerShell cmdlets to Install Exchange 2013 on Windows Server 2012

CAS Server Role and also Mailbox Server Role Installation.

./Setup.exe /m:Install /Roles:ca,mb,mt /IAcceptExchangeServerLicenseTerms

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