Configure Receive connectors. By default, the Receive connectors that are required for inbound e-mail drift are created automatically. When we deploy an Exchange Mailbox server.
Receive Connector Setting
1- Login Exchange admin center and click mail flow and click receive connector and click the Default Frontend server name so click on edit
2- It’s General Settings.
3- Security Default Settings.
4- Select scoping and scroll to the bottom of the window and update our FQDN and click save.
In this blog, I’m going to explain the email address policy setup. Email address policies explain the rules that create email addresses for recipients in the Exchange corporation. Before configuring the email address policy first we need to configure Accepted Domain.
Email Address Policy Setup
1- Login Exchange admin center and click the mail flow tab and click on email address policies and Click the + icon to create a new email address policy.
2- Type a name in a Policy name (email address policy) and 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 click on save.
4- Confirm the email address policy settings so click on save.
5- The policy isn’t active yet warning message, and clicks on ok.
6- So, select the newly created policy and click on Apply.
7- Click Yes.
8- The email address policy applied and click on close.
9- Now you will see the email address policy has been applied.
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Configure accepted domains in Microsoft Exchange Server 2019, that you configure in an Exchange organization to receive e-mail messages. For example, if your organization registered the domain xpertstec.com, and you configured an MX mail exchanger record in the Internet DNS for xpertstec.com, you want to configure xpertstec.com as an accepted domain in your Exchange Server Setup to accept messages that are addressed to @xpertstec.com recipients.
Configure Accepted Domain
1- Open Exchange admin center and click mail flow and then click on accepted domains tab and click the + symbol to create a new accepted domain.
2- So, type a name and type the FQDN domain in the accepted domain (xpertstec.com) and click on save.
So, now we have a new accepted domain.
3- To change the default domain highlight the new domain and then click on the edit icon.
4- So, select Make this the default domain and click on save.
Domain Username to username login, default settings you need to use the Domain\Username structure however if you would like to login with Outlook Web App with a username please follow the below steps.
Domain username to username login
1- Login to the Exchange admin center
2- On your left side selects Servers and select the Virtual Directories tab and select OWA (Default Web Site) so, choose the Edit button.
3- Select Authentication and select User name only and click the Browse button.
Or, open services and select the IIS Admin Service and click on Restart the service.
8- Now Restarting the IIS Admin Service.
9- Now log in to the Exchange admin center and select the Servers tab and select Virtual Directories and select ECP (Default Web Site) and click on the Edit button.
10- On your left side select authentication and select Use forms-based authentication and click on Save.
In this article, I will configure Outlook Anywhere feature that will allows you to access your Exchange email account remotely via the web once you are working outside your organization’s.
Configure Outlook Anywhere
1- Open the Exchange PowerShell run the following command.
After installing exchange 2019 we’d like to configure a URL virtual directory is employed by Internet Information Services (IIS) to permit access to an Exchange ActiveSync, Outlook.
URL Virtual Directories
1- Open Exchange admin center.
Left side Select Servers and Select Virtual Directory to configure external access domain select the external access domain settings option.
2- On the configure external access domain click the Add + button.
3- Select the Exchange Exch2K19-1 server(s) you wish to configure external URLs on. Then click Add. Once you’ve got all the specified servers to click on ok.
So, in my Labe, I will just be configuring Exch2K19-1.
4- Enter the domain name you wish to use externally. In my case I want our external users to go to mail.xpertstec.com and click on Save.
5- This may take some time. So, once complete click on close.
6- Configure the ECP Virtual Directory.
Set-EcpVirtualDirectory -Identity “Exch2K19-1\ECP (Default Web Site)” -ExternalUrl https://mail.xpertstec.com/ecp -InternalUrl https://mail.xpertstec.com/ecp
7- To verify the configuration of the ECP virtual directory, run the following command.
17- Exchange Admin Center > select Servers > select Virtual Directories > Select Microsoft Server ActiveSync (Default Web Site) and then select the edit button.
18- Type Internal & External URL and click on save.
19- Configure the OAB Virtual Directory.
Set-OabVirtualDirectory -Identity “Exch2K19-1\OAB (Default Web Site)” -ExternalUrl https://mail.xpertstec.com/OAB -InternalUrl https://mail.xpertstec.com/OAB
20- To verify the OAB virtual directory URL configuration, run the following command.
In this blog, I will describe a step-by-step guide for the installation of Microsoft Exchange Server 2019. The installation considers one server deployment of Exchange Server 2019.
The first thing is to the installation of any version of Exchange is to prepare the Active Directory environment where the Exchange Server will be installed.
Exchange 2019 prerequisites for preparing Active Directory.
Double click setup files to Install Visual C++ Redistributable Packages for Visual Studio 2013 and select I agree to the license terms and conditions and click on Install.
Double click on Setup.exe to start Exchange Server 2019 installation.
15- Check for Updates page and select connect to the Internet and check for updates for Exchange 2019 and then click on next.
16- The setup will copy the installation files to the local drive so then prepares for the installation
17- So initializing setup.
18- The Introduction page so clicks on next.
19- On the License Agreement page select, I accept the terms in the license agreement and then click on next
20- Select the use of recommended settings and then click on next.
21- Microsoft Exchange 2019 only has a Mailbox role and Edge role only. Select Automatically install windows server roles and features that are required to install the exchange server so click on next.
22- On the installation space and location page and then click on Next.
23- Malware Protection Settings page. You can choose to enable or disable malware scanning and then click on next.
24- On the Readiness Checks page view the status to work out if the organization and when the server role prerequisite checks completed successfully and then click on install.
25- Now the installation started and that will take time its depend on your environment.
26- Exchange 2019 setup completed successfully so click on Finish and reboot the server.
27- Open your web browser and then type URL https://localhost/ecp
Type username and password click on sign in.
28- Select Language and Select Time zone and then click on Save.
29- Review the tabs and sections in the Exchange Admin Center
30- Get-ExchangeServer.
31- Installing exchange 2019 using PowerShell command
We will use the Exchange Management Shell to move the database path and log folder path in Exchange 2013 1- We will be using Move-Databasepath Cmdlet Move-Databasepath “DB01” –EdbFilepath “C:\Database\DB01.edb” –LogFolderpath “C:\Database” Type Y and Y. Caution ** It will dismount the stores temporarily which will cause you downtime.
2- Need to Verify it has been moved Successfully and then type the following command Get-MailboxDatabase “DB01” | FL Name,Path
3- Log on to the Exchange admin center and select the server option and select the database tab and then click on edit.
In this blog, we’ll take a glance at the way to configure database copies in exchange server 2013 within the new DAG. At this stage, we have a database availability group with two Mailbox servers and one database. What we would like to try to do is configure that database in the order that it’s replicate to the 2nd DAG member. this is often mention as add a database copy. Now we’d like to verify an equivalent storage path exists on the server we are adding the database copy to.
Exchange Log Folder Path – F:Mailbox E: and F: volumes are configure on the second mailbox server already.
Configure Database Copies Exchange 2013
1- Log on to Exchange Admin Center and select Servers and select the Databases tab and then “…” icon and select Add database copy.
2- So, click Browse.
3- Select the mailbox server to want to add a database copy to and then click ok.
4- Action preference number select 2 and then click Save to add the database copy.
5- Now you can see the file paths on the server that you are adding the database copy to and you will also see the seeding files as the database and transaction log files are copied across.
6- A small database will not take more than a few minutes to finish saving. Larger databases or slower networks will take long. After saving completed successfully click close.
When the operation is complete the second server will be hosting a passive database copy that is kept up to date through a process of continuous replication from the active database copy.
7- Now you will see the two servers have copies of the database.
8- On the right side you will see some more information about the health of the database copies.
In this blog, we’ll go through the configure of Exchange 2013 Database Availability Group with two members. The DAG will have a Primary network as well as one replication network. The file share witness is another member server in the domain that has no Exchange 2013 server roles installed. I am using my domain controller as a file share witness server.
Configure Database Availability Group Exchange 2013
In my environment SRV2012-DC (File share witness server) 10.0.0.20 Exch2013-1 (Node 1) 10.0.0.24 192.168.0.1 Exch2013-2 (Node 2) 10.0.0.25 192.168.0.2 First, we need to prepare the Environment for the DAG
1- I have two networks one Primary and one Replication for my DAG replication for all the nodes which I am planning to add in DAG.
Make sure these networks are in a different class of IP Addresses. 2- Primary Network.
3- Replication Network.
4- Replication IP Address should ping with other replication IP Address – So that DAG replication will happen through these Networks. Verify my NIC binding are Correct Advanced > Advanced Settings.
5- 1- Primary Network
2- Replication Network
Need to create a computer account to pre-stage the Cluster Cluster Name Object. 6- Open active directory users and computers > expand your local domain > select computers > right-click select new and computer account.
7- Type a DAG name and click ok.
8- Right-click on dag name and select Disable Account.
9- Click Yes.
10- Click OK.
Give Full Control for Exchange Trusted Subsystems 11- Right-click on dag computer name and select properties.
12- Select Exchange Trusted Subsystem > select full control and click apply.
13- Now under security click Add.
14- Select Object Types.
15- Select Computers and click ok.
16-Type your First node name > click check names and click ok.
17- First Node Computer account added > give Full Control and click add.
18- Type second node computer name > click check names and click ok.
19- Give full control > Apply for the Permissions and click ok.
Now we are creating a Database Availability Groupe.
The Exchange Trusted Subsystem should be a member of the local Administrator group on the specified witness server. I am using my active directory server as a witness server. 20- Open active directory users and computers expand domain controller and select Microsoft Exchange Security Group and then right Exchange Trusted Subsystem and select properties.
21- Select Member of and then click add.
22- Type administrator > click check names and then click ok.
23- So click OK.
24- Login to Exchange Admin Center > select Servers > select Database Availability Groups and then select the + add button.
25- Type DAG name > Witness Server Name > Witness Location > Add Two DAG IP Address (Static IP for the DAG ) 1 for Primary Site and 1 for DR site
If you’ve got different subnet or a special class of IP Addresses on either Sites. Have Two IP address for the DAG in order that DAG resource are often online while failover on either site If you’ve got just one Subnet then you’ll have just one IP Address for the DAG.
26- Now my DAG configuration is ready and add a member to it and then Select Manage DAG Membership.
27- Select add + icon.
28- Select first node > click add and then click ok.
29- Select Save.
31- First node member completed successfully and then click close.
31- Now you can add the 2nd DAG member so again Select Manage DAG Membership.
32- Select + Add icon.
33- Select 2nd node > click add and then click ok.
34- Click Save.
35- 2nd node completed successfully and then click close.
Create a New Mailbox Database in Exchange Server 2013
New Mailbox Database Exchange 2013
1- Log on Exchange admin console > Select Servers > select Databases and then click + add.
2- Type a database name and then click the Browse button.
3- Select your exchange server where you want to create a database and then click ok.
4- Select the Database file bath, log folder path and then click save.
5- Now you will see this warning. This warning should not be ignore. Now we need to restart the Microsoft Exchange Information Store service after adding the new Mailbox Databases.
6- Open services.msc and restart the Microsoft Exchange Information Store Service.
7- After restarting Service the new database has been created and mounted.
Configure Email Disclaimer Exchange 2013, Disclaimers are some legal statements that are added at the bottom of each e-mail that is coming or going out of your organization.
Email Disclaimer Exchange 2013
1- Log on to Exchange Admin Center > select mail flow > select rules > click + Add button and then click apply disclaimers.
2- Type the name of the rule > under apply this rule if option > select the sender is and then click select peoples.
3- Select the users from the list you need to add disclaimer > click add and then click ok.
4- Under Do the following options select append the disclaimer and then click Enter disclaimer text.
5- You can also use HTML and CSS to beautify the statements. You can add colors, change fonts, etc. using HTML and CSS tags click ok.
6- Click select one.
7- Select wrap and click ok
Wrap – the signature/disclaimer is append to a replacement email with the first message attached. Ignore – the message is shipp without an email signature or disclaimer. We recommend you select this feature. Reject – the e-mail isn’t sent and an NDR is received by the sender.
8- Under the properties of this rule, you can audit the rule based on severity level > under choose a mode for the rule and choose Enforce. Under match sender address in message choose Header which examines only the header and then click Save.
9- As you can see the email disclaimer.
10- Now, test by sending some emails to recipients. The recipient will see a disclaimer within the footer of the e-mail
