Antimalware policy
We have a default antimalware policy that blocks attachments based on their extensions. However, we’ve noticed some unusual behavior. We added .z to the policy, and it unexpectedly started blocking .zip files. However, this issue is not affecting all…
Retrieving the list of any Public IP address sending email to my Exchange Online tenant?
How can I know which other Public IP addresses are still using the MX records or sending emails to my Exchange Online MX records? I need to lock down the email inbound and outbound flow only from a dedicated Anti Spam Filter service I am using the…


ADMT Domain Migration and Office365
Hello Folks , I have 3 local AD domain first is a.local second is b.local third is c.local.... c.local is the old domain and they are 500 users on this domain. b.local is the onprem exchange domain and a.local , b.local users use this domain for only…
Server manager refresh failed and Data retrieval failures occurred of exchange serve
We have exchange server 2019 and windows version 2019. Server manager refresh failed and Data retrieval failures occurred of exchange server. Screenshots are given bellow- ![66322-image.png][1] ![66284-image.png][2] [1]:…
unable to delete a DL.
Hi All I have a distribution list (DL) in Exchange Online. However, when I search for it in the Exchange Admin Center or Microsoft 365 Admin Center, I cannot find it. I can see the DL in PowerShell, but not in the GUI. Get-EXORecipient -ResultSize…
Exchange 2019 CU14 Installation keeps Failing at Mailbox role: client access service
Hello, I'm fairly new to dealing with servers and the world of IT, so please excuse my ignorance if this turns out to be a simple error, although I have done my research. Exchange server keeps failing at mailbox role:client access service, error photo…
Exchange Server 2019 Default Frontend Connector Received huge Spam request to authentication.
Default Frontend Connector received the Message like that "Hello [106.219.68.200 - random ip address] SIZE 37748736 PIPELINING DSN ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES AUTH NTLM LOGIN X-EXPS GSSAPI NTLM 8BITMIME BINARYMIME CHUNKING SMTPUTF8 XRDST Is it mean that…
unable to install CU
Hi All, I am trying to upgrade Exchange Server 2016 to the latest CU. I am currently on Exchange Server 2016 CU23 Nov23SU and attempting to upgrade to Exchange Server 2016 CU23 Nov24SUv2. However, I am encountering the following error. Please guide me.
DNS is not working
Hello Please i need your help on this issue. One of my customer is having an issue where DNS is not working. We need assistance with their emails working and DNS
How to repair a corrupted Public Folder (on-prem)
Hello guys, Hope all is well. In our Exchange 2019 environment we use Public Folders extensively. Everything seems ok except one of folders that looks corrupted. I can execute commands Get-PublicFolder / Set-PublicFolder against it, I can get its items…
SQL Server bulk email issue.
There is a requirement to send the notification emails on every 1st and 2nd working day of every month to all the concerned users. Since we have SQL Server as our database, we are using SQL database mail to send the mails, which is connected with smtp…
OOF messages gets droppend with 250 2.1.5 RESOLVER.OOF.ExtToInt; handled external OOF addressed to internal recipient}
We have a hybrid setup where the the on-prem AllowedOOFType is set to External on all domains and IsInternal is set to $true. In ExO the AllowedOOFType is also set to External and IsInternal is set to $false. Also AutoReplyEnable is $true. However all…
Set AD attribute msExchHideFromAddressLists to TRUE
Sorry for posting another question. I want to hide the mailbox for one specific user in the GAL. I know how to do this on the exchange server, but I noticed in AD there is an attribute msExchHideFromAddressLists that is set to TRUE when you hide…
Exchange Server 2019 Default Frontend Connector Received a lot of the Spamer request to authentication.
Exchange Server 2019 Default Frontend Connector received a lot of the internet request for the authentication. The log showed this message "Hello [Random IP] SIZE 37748736 PIPELINING DSN ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES AUTH NTLM LOGIN X-EXPS GSSAPI NTLM…
Question about on premise exchange to the cloud
Hi, I'm hosting an exchange server with 150 mailboxes with 20 different clients. I've done in the past exchange migrations to 365 with minimal hybrid but it is out of the question here. I cannot do AAD sync - because you cannot do it 20 times (20…
Create a global calendar that shows room reservations and staff comitments.
I am trying to create a global calendar that allows and shows "All Company" members reserved rooms, workspaces, and equipment. So we have a master calendar for the facility. I keep running into blind alleys. For example, why did MSFT deprecate…
How is the default language/timezone is decided for Shared Mailboxes?
Hello, For User Mailboxes, the use is prompted when they sign in for the first time to OWA to decide their language and time zone. This decides the language they have for their Default folders (Inbox, Spam...) When they use Outlook Desktop, I assume…
Re-install Exchange 2016 after system corruption
Hi All, Before we open a pay-per-incident(s) MS ticket, I thought I'd lob this scenario out to the community. Our sister organization has a lot of technical debt, both hardware and & software. We needed to get them on Exchange Online, and to do…
On-Prem Error When Editing Cloud Mailboxes
I am having an issue when attempting to edit/add Email Address Types. When I try to edit them in exchange online, I get this error: "Error executing request. The operation on mailbox "x" failed because it's out of the current user's write…
How to view public folders in a hybrid exchange 2016 config
We have setup a hybrid exchange environment in preparation to migrate out users to office 365. Our test user has been migrated and works with the exception of being able to see the public folders that are currently still visible to on prem users. How…