Microsoft manages to ship yet another broken Cumulative Update…

Microsoft manages to ship yet another broken Cumulative Update…

A few days ago, Microsoft released Cumulative Update 6 for Exchange 2013 to the world. There used to be a time where Exchange server updates were fairly safe. However, pretty much like in every other Cumulative Update for Exchange 2013, this one also includes some...
Microsoft releases updates for Exchange 2007, 2010, 2013

Microsoft releases updates for Exchange 2007, 2010, 2013

Today, Microsoft released its latest updates for Exchange 2007, 2010 and 2013. The updates for Exchange 2007 and 2010 mostly evolve around the Daylight Saving Time changes and a bunch of fixes for the latter version. Cumulative Update 6 for Exchange 2013 doesn’t...
Spooky! The curious case of the ‘ghost’ File Share Witness…

Spooky! The curious case of the ‘ghost’ File Share Witness…

Recently, I was doing some research for a book that I’m working on together with Exchange MVP’s Paul Cunningham and Steve Goodman. It involved recovering a “failed” server using the /m:recoverserver switch. The process itself is straightforward, but depending on what...