Warning when creating GAL from Exchange 2010 SP2 Shell

When creating a GAL from Exchange 2010 SP2 Shell (New-GlobalAddressList) I got the following warning:

WARNING: One or more global address lists were missing from the Active Directory attribute.  This is likely caused by using legacy Exchange management tools to create global address lists

Cause: you get this warning if this is the first new GAL created from 2010 or there are 2007 created GALs. This is 'by design' and can be ignored.

Exchange 2010 Address List Updates & Address Book Policies

Understanding Address Book Policies explains how to use & create Address Book Policies (ABPs):

1.       Use Custom Attributes 1-15
2.       Create Address Lists, GALs and OABs
3.       Create ABPs
4.       Assign ABPs to mailboxes
5.       Outlook users will see their own GAL

However, Outlook users will see an empty GAL and Address List containers. Solution:

·         Update-AddressList <name>

·         Update-GlobalAddressList <name>
·         Update-OfflineAddressBook <name>

Update-AddressList/GlobalAddressList/OfflineAddressBook only need to be executed once. After updating the address lists new Exchange recipients are immediately visible with Outlook in Online Mode.

Exchange 2010 SP2 Setup Error

Got this error installing Exchange 2010 SP2 on Windows 2008 R2 with Exchange 2010 SP1 CAS/HUB/MBX role:

Mailbox role

Error: this server role can't be installed because the following roles aren't current: AdminToolsRole

Solution:

1. HKLM\Software\ExchangeServer\V14\AdminTools\ConfiguredVersion

    Change ConfiguredVersion from 14.1.218.5 to 14.2.247.5

2. Restart server and start Exchange 2010 SP2 Setup

Exchange 2010 SP2 Setup Failed while performing the action 'install'

Got this error installing Exchange 2010 SP2 on Windows 2008 R2 with Exchange 2010 SP1 CAS/HUB/MBX role:Some controls aren’t valid. Setup previously failed while performing the action “Install”. You can’t resume setup by performaing the action “BuildToBuildUpgrade”.

Cause:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ExchangeServer\v14\MailboxRole\Action
Action key is present with value data: Install

Solution:
Delete Action key under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ExchangeServer\v14\MailboxRole

A fix for the interoperability issues between Exchange 2007 and 2010 EMC and IE9 is now available

http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2011/10/17/a-fix-for-the-interoperability-issues-between-exchange-2007-and-2010-emc-and-ie9-is-now-available.aspx

Exchange 2010 SP2 Upgrade Failed (Couldn't resolve the user or group Discovery Management)

I’ve upgraded my Exchange 2010 SP1 environment (1x CAS/HUB & 2x DAG member) to Exchange 2010 SP2 according to Upgrade Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2010 SP1 or Exchange 2010 SP2

1.       CAS/HUB Server: success

2.       Mailbox Server 1: success
3.       Mailbox Server 2: Mailbox Role Failed. I’ve rebooted the server and tried restarting Exchange 2010 SP2 setup which resulted in the same error:

Exchange 2010 SP2 Setup failed with error:

Couldn't resolve the user or group "AD-domain/Microsoft Exchange Security Groups/Discovery Management." If the user or group is a foreign forest principal, you must have either a two-way trust or an outgoing trust.
The trust relationship between the primary domain and the trusted domain failed.

 Solution:

1.       Disable Discovery Search Mailbox
2.       Enable Discovery Search Mailbox:

• Enable-Mailbox discoverysearch* -Discovery
• Give user(s) Full Access Permission on Discovery Search Mailbox

3.       Upgrade Mailbox Server 2 to Exchange 2010 SP2: success

Martijn

Exchange 2010 SP2 OWA Dutch translation issue

Exchange 2010 SP2 OWA contains a translation error when using OWA in Dutch: 'Berichten' (Mail) is now called 'Globale adreslijst' (Global address list).

I've reported this to MS. I will post an update if a solution is available.

Martijn