Technical Support for the GTA
Problem: After you switch the on-premise Exchange server to Office 365, Outlook still prompts with SSL errors (The security certificate has expired or is not yet valid) Solution: Log onto old Exchange server Run Exchange Power Shell Run Get-ClientAccessServer -Identity Continue reading Office 365 / SSL / Outlook Prompts
Problem: You’ve setup all the A, CNAME, MX records etc. for your migration of email to Office 365 from SBS 2008 or 2011. Every time you try adding the account, it defaults to the existing server. Solution: Autodiscover is configured Continue reading Office 365 Migration from SBS – Outlook defaults to server
Problem: You are migrating from SBS 2008 to 2011 (may be a similar issue with SBS 2003) and you’ve moved over most mailboxes to the new server. The Exchange accounts that have not been moved work fine but ActiveSync on Continue reading SBS Migration – ActiveSync doesn’t work for some phones
Problem: VPN is configured through SBS Console. Client stops getting IPs from DHCP. I was in a situation where I couldn’t reboot the server. Solution: I followed the following post: http://alanhardisty.wordpress.com/2011/11/14/how-to-assign-a-static-ip-address-to-a-vpn-client-in-sbs-2008-and-sbs-2011/ See below for more info. This post helped up Continue reading SBS VPN clients not getting IPs
Problem: You log into Remote Web Workplace and you try accessing shared folders. You get the following error: The page at https://remote.yourdomain.com says: An unexpected error occurred. Please try again. If the problem continues, contact the person who manages your Continue reading RWW – Shared folders not accessible
Problem: You get the following message in Outlook: Solution: When you installed the SSL, certain parameters weren’t setup properly. For this solution we will use mail.mitconsulting.ca as the external CName or A record that points to your Exchange environment. Please Continue reading The name on the Security Certificate is invalid or does not match the name of the site
Problem: SBSMonitoring DB is way too large. The autoclean process of Windows sometimes malfunctions, go figure. Solution 1: To expedite the process, I would first stop the SQL SBS service. When you run the command, make sure you preface it Continue reading SBSMonitoring is too large
Problem: You do a migration from SBS to SBS and Exchange tells you that it’s going to expire Solution: Exchange is in Trial Mode. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3ben-US%3b2527626
Migrated SBS 2008 to SBS 2011 and I needed to move the SSL over to the new server (granted it’s expiring in a couple of months). http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg563798.aspx Move certificates Self-issued certificates Migrating self-issued certificates is not supported. Users must transfer Continue reading SBS 2011 Migration – Moving the SSL over