• Cluster Network Thresholds – A Good Read

    Recently I was re-reading a blog post from 2012 about on Tuning Failover Cluster Network Thresholds that was posted by Elden Christensen, a Principal PM on the Windows Failover Cluster team. I think Elden’s post is a must-read for anyone planning a highly...
  • Office 365: Manage Office 365 features when Outlook Web Access is disabled on a mailbox.

    When accounts are provisioned in Office 365, there are certain self-service features that end users have access to without administrator interaction. For example, when logging in and selecting Office 365 settings, provisioned accounts have access to software...
  • Database Availability Groups – Storage Swing Migrations

    In some circumstances it becomes necessary to migrate users quickly between servers within Database Availability Groups.  In some instances move mailbox is not an option.  When storage can be maintained we can utilize the swing method to complete...
  • Exchange 2013: Health Manager service may not reliably start after server boot.

    In Exchange 2013 we have introduced managed availability.  The managed availability process runs within the Microsoft Exchange Health Manager service (MSExchangeHMHost.exe).   After booting a server it has been observed that the Microsoft Exchange...
  • Office365: POP and IMAP clients receive OWA links for calendar invitations

    As you may know, Office 365 supports a number of different client protocols, including POP and IMAP and a variety of POP and IMAP clients. By default, POP or IMAP clients will be configured to use Outlook Web App (OWA) for handling calendar invitations...