Exchange 2016 / 2019 SU october 2023

Some days ago Microsoft released the October SU for Exchange 2016 and 2019. Installing this update is the same setup routine as known from previous updates before. See the original Exchange Team Blog post. Of course here are the downloadlinks for manual downloads. This is the official update instruction: Updating to SU october Microsoft treates …

Bye bye Azure AD Connect V1

As mentioned at an earlier blogpost time has come for leaving version 1 of Azure AD Connect. A orange warning symbol in the new Microsoft Entra portal is displayed already some time. If you follow this link there is a really clear notification: These guys that are still using Azure AD Connect V1 and rely …

Cleanup Active Directory groups with PowerShell

Taking care for local Active Directory (if it is still present) is one of the most important tasks, so you may need also cleanup disabled users from groups. Sometimes you don’t want to delete users but only removing them from AD groups is required (often for licensing issues etc.) I’ve had that case and wrote …

Exchange SU August 2023 SU9V2 (KB5030524)

After the first try of August 2023 Security Update for Exchange was not that successful, especially for non-english operating systems, there is now a new August Update V2 available.  Exchange SU August 2023 SU9V2 See the latest Exchange Team Blog. New download link for V2 Update NOTE: after installing SU9V2 there are some to dos …

Supported Office versions for M365 environments

M365 services also have a lifecycle for supported client software, there you can find some exciting entries. Originally Microsoft announced a roadmap where M365 supports all products under maintenance (mainstream support). Office 2016 is one exception from this rule. It is not under mainstream support but still supported. See this. October 2023 is not that …