Datacenter Activation Coordination mode

Hi Readers, Sharing an important concept of DAG in Exchange 2010 & 2013. This concept is there to avoid Split Brain from occurring. By default DAC mode is disabled it needs to be manually enabled. When DAG is stretched between two data-centers  & one datacenter  hosts quorom , split brain can occur. If power outage…

Clear ActiveSync Stale Partnerships

Hi Readers, Sharing a script that can be used to clear ActiveSync Stale Partnerships. Define the number of days , for example:- for 1 month old partnerships to be removed Enter 30 $days = (get-date).adddays(-30) Download and extract the script from below link. This script is useful in cleanup of old & stale partnerships. https://github.com/VikasSukhija/Downloads/blob/master/ClearActivesyncpartnerships.zip ######################################################################################## …

Monitor Critical DNS Records

Hi Readers, Recently we have faced an issue where some of the emails sent from our domain were getting rejected. On troubleshooting we found that its because of some issue at our ISP & our domain’s reverse DNS entries were missing. Issue is fixed now but we wanted to be proactive in knowing if our…

Sharepoint Server is showing Installation Required

Hi Readers, Want to share  important troubleshooting related to Sharepoint 2010 , Suddenly one of our SP server started showing Installation Required. Nothing has been changed or updated on SharePoint. Tried running the configuration wizard again on the farm but it did’nt helped. Searched internet but it seems people that got this problem ran the config…

Exchange 2013 Safety Net

Hi Readers, Happy New Year!!!! First Post of the year so it should be something different/unique, Therefore I have chosen the new concept that has been introduced by Microsoft in  Exchange 2013 –> SafetyNet. What is SafetyNet ??? Microsoft has replaced Transport Dumpster in previous versions with SafetyNet. SafetyNet  –> Consists of two parts Primary SafetyNet :  When…