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Querying Exchange Server Schema and Version Information

Filed under: Active Directory,Exchange Server — Thomas Stensitzki at 12:42 pm on Tuesday, February 9, 2021  Tagged , , ,

Exchange Server relies heavily on Active Directory. Therefore, you must ensure that the following three Active Directory components are prepared for the most recent release of Exchange Server that you want to install or upgrade to: The Schema The Forest Every domain within the forest you want to use for Exchange Server or Exchange recipient […]

Move FSMO Roles in Windows Server 2019

Filed under: On-Premises,Windows Server — Thomas Stensitzki at 11:34 am on Saturday, March 21, 2020  Tagged , ,

In the past, we’ve used NETDOM to identify FSMO-systems and to move assigned FSMO-roles to other Windows Server systems. With Windows Server 2016 or newer you can use PowerShell to easily move FMSO-roles to a new domain controller.   Move a single FSMO-role to a new domain controller Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole -Identity DC01 ` -OperationMasterRole RIDMaster   […]