Exchange CNF Databases

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Recently I stumbled over a weird issue with our Exchange cluster where a Database in the DAG would have 2 copies on 1 server. One copy would be the “Normal / what you expect” database and the other would have a suffix “CNF:<GUID>” So, what the heck is this. I honestly don’t know but this …

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ReFS block release

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ReFS is Microsofts newer file system designed for some really fun highly scalable systems… but in a world where things don’t always get deployed “By the book” what are some of the draw backs? This blog talks specifically about space reclamation on ReFS.

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Exchange 2019 BigFunnel Errors

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Exchange now uses a new search mechanism called BigFunnel to make “searching better than ever!” – i would disagree

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NSX-t Uplink profiles and TEP subnets

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Ahhh NSX-t… the next generation of VMwares Software Defined Networking stack – now replacing NSX-v. Pulling your hair out getting it to work? Me (and 2 others i know) too……

Outlook Mobile / Apple Mobile Mail & Shared Mailboxes

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I recently got escalated an issue around a shared mailbox failing to send from a mobile client only. From OWA and Outlook it was fine. Bring an activesync device into the mix and it just failed. In the end, and the full errors are below, it turned out to be that the “Linked Master Account” …

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