Cloud Community Events, IT Pro

MVP Global Summit March 2018

Exactly in in less than a month this event will kick off and I’m so excited attending this event for the very first time.  For me it is more than just summit. At this even I’m hoping to meet all the products teams and known speakers, authors, writers and experts. This will going to be a best learning event and socializing with technical experts from all over the world who practices Microsoft’s products.

What is MVP Global Summit?

The MVP Global Summit is a multi-day event that is hosted at the Microsoft headquarters in Redmond and in Bellevue, Washington. With a large catalog of technical sessions (offered only in English) and a variety of networking opportunities, the MVP Global Summit enables MVPs to connect with other MVPs, build relationships with Microsoft product managers, and provide feedback on Microsoft products and technologies.

MVP Website – https://mvp.microsoft.com/en-US/Summit

Cloud Community Events, IT Pro, Office 365

My Talk At Microsoft Cloud (Azure & Office 365) | NYC User Group

This month I will be speaking at MS Cloud NYC User Group in NYC. Join me if you interested in learning about digital workplace and new tools for collaboration in Office 365. For more details checkout one of the following links

 

 

Meetup- https://www.meetup.com/msftcloud/events/238180442/

Eventbrite – https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-exploring-groups-in-office-365-tickets-32589961452

Last months event – http://www.nyexug.com/upcoming-meetings/february-14-2017-meeting/

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cloud Community Events, Exchange 2010, Exchange 2013, Exchange 2016, Exchange Hybrid, Exchange2010, GeekSpeak, IT Pro, Learning, Messaging, Office 365, Office 365 Hybrid, OfficeOnlineServer2016, OneDrive

Microsoft Tech Summit 2016-2017 is right here

 

 

 

 

 

 

Are you ready for another exciting event with fresh content?
MS Tech Summit is  a TWO DAY  free technical event.

Am I attending – Yes I’m attending the D.C. event
Why Am I attending – If you remember Microsoft iGnite had very first event like this in D.C. 4-5 years ago and then later it became the only event (combined TechEd, MEC etc) for IT Pro and Dev.

Are there any Microsoft Exchange Related Topics? Yes there are a number interesting labs

 

Why Attend? still not sure

Well it has
Keynote from Julia White
Ask the experts
Technical Session

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Over  all this event has everything for everyone who is practicing either SharePoint, Exchange, Office 365, Lync or Skype for Business.  I’m expecting this event to have fresh content developed from last years’s iGnite and Now.  See there!

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/techsummit/washington-dc.aspx

 

Cloud Community Exchange, Exchange 2016, IT Pro

Exchange Server 2016 CU3 with Windows Server 2016 – NOT SUPPORTED – Hold On

Microsoft Exchange Product Team published the blog post that Ex2016 CU 3 having issues with Exchange 2016 due to the crashes of W3WP.exe and the work is being done, till then don’t proceed.

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TechNet has also published the what other features have been reported for issues on Windows Server 2016.

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Stay Tuned with Exchange Blog

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/exchange/

 

Cloud Community Exchange, Exchange 2013, Exchange 2016, Exchange Hybrid, Exchange2010, IT Pro, Learning, Messaging, MS Exchange, MSiGnite, O365, Office 365, Office 365 Hybrid

Notes From Microsoft iGnite 2016 #msignite

Running from Hall A to Hall C and then back to Hall A I needed up walking/running approximately 4 miles (6 km) per day, yeah it was good cardio J

I went there to learn more about on-premises Exchange Server 2016 and Hybrid configuration with Office 365 BUT was not quite impressed though you search the sessions you will find approx. 57 sessions on EXCHANGE but most of the are just Office 365 features and product marketing. It looks like iGnite email related (messaging) content were focused to a specific customer market or in other words they ignored the large enterprise customer running complex exchange environment.

I’d also mention that there were some sessions which I liked most and one of them was just specific to Office 365 but it is related to on-premises stuff (Below is the list of sessions I liked most or in other word 5/5 on the score card).

Challenge cloud encryption myths and learn about Office 365 BYOK plans
Yes, now you can bring your own keys.  Very information session from Jaclynn.

Migrate to Exchange Online via Exchange Hybrid
2nd session of the day for Hybrid.  Tons of information, must watch Tim and Mike did an awesome job.  And yes don’t forget to run the RCW on-premises.

Meet twin sons of different mothers (MVPs and Exchange engineers). It was a very interactive session carried out by Tony Redmond with folks from Product Team (Karim Battish and Jeff Mealiffe) and Exchange MVP (Andrew Higginbotham and Jeff Guillet). The room was full of on-premises Exchange Enthusiast.

The Ultimate Field Guide to Office 365 Groups. Microsoft gave a lot of information at Ignite about future developments for Office 365 Groups. This session provided a counterweight in that it focused on how groups are used in the field. This session was carried out by Tony Redmond and Bejamin Niaulin.

Unplug with the experts on Exchange Server and Exchange Online
Another interactive session. Discussion on on-premises, Modern-Auth, ADFS and Hybrid

 

So to conclude that overall it was a busy event, specially with running from one hall to another (wish they plan it better next year). Other than attending these breakout sessions I got most of questions answered by meeting the product team at the booth, I spent HOURS with them.

 

Cloud Community Exchange 2016, IT Pro, Messaging, MS Exchange

Exchange 2016 Cumulative Update 1 Installation

Cumulative Update 1 for Exchange 2016 has been out since 03/15 but I didn’t get a chance to write about it. Below you will find some step how to roll it out in your environment. Of course it has a number of fixes and  that’s the reason you need to update you server. The server patching process is different on a single exchange server 2016 and in a environment where you have more than one server and running DAG and CAS behind the load balancer. For a HA environment , you will need to plan accordingly.

This is one of the example when you run this cmdlet on Exchange 2016 prior to CU 1
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Below is the screen capture of Exchange 2016 RTM version (before CU 1)

 

Here is the installation process
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Here is the Server build of Exchange 2016 CU 1 with a new schema

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List of issues fixed by CU 1

Here is the list of all issues fixed in this Cumulative Update CU 1

Updated OWA S/MIME control
New distribution package for Exchange Server 2016 update
Change to Mailbox Anchoring for Remote PowerShell
Additional languages for Outlook on the Web
.Net 4.6.1 Support
Slow installations on Windows Server 2012 R2
Support for Standalone Hybrid Configuration Wizard in Exchange Server 2010

.Net 4.6.1 Support

Make sure you are not running this version of DotNet Framework. This version is nut supported yet.

For the latest information on Exchange Server and product announcements please see What’s New in Exchange Server 2016 and Exchange Server 2016 Release Notes. You can also find updated information on Exchange Server 2013 in What’s New in Exchange Server 2013, Release Notes and product documentation available on TechNet.

Now if you run Test-ExchangeSearch , you will get this cmdlet working

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Now you have successfully installed the CU 1

Cheers:)

 

Cloud Community Exchange 2013, IT Pro, Messaging, MS Exchange

Are you still behind on Cumulative Update 11 For Exchange 2013

This is not very common these days but still some organizations are other three months behind or six months behind the Exchange 2013 Cumulative Updates. or you may have setup a new Exchange 2013 you may want to bring it up to the updated CU.

So if you are even no onto the CU11 , below are the some important (depending on the scenario) updates it covers, not all are very important but some of them are very critical .

Here is the list of important updates in my opinion I’d consider upgrading to CU11.

To get the full list of al the update here is the TechNet url

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3099522