Emails between 2010 & 2013 exchange servers

[FN-GM]

@mrbios Thanks . Did you figure out how to disable Office Web Apps in OWA?

[mrbios]

@mrbios Thanks . Did you figure out how to disable Office Web Apps in OWA?

 

Do you mean the features you want to have enabled or disabled like instant messaging etc? If so that lots under permissions > outlook web app policies.

 

I haven't really played around with that much yet but I'll probably end up making different policies for staff and students, not sure of the commands to do that via the shell yet though

 

EDIT: ohhh no i see what you mean now, in that case, no not looked into that bit yet

EDIT2: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj150495(v=exchg.150).aspx

 

Set-OwaVirtualDirectory "Server01\owa (Default Web Site)" -WacViewingOnPublicComputersEnabled $false

Set-OwaVirtualDirectory "Server01\owa (Default Web Site)" -WacViewingOnPrivateComputersEnabled $false

 

To completely disable Office web app

Edited July 28, 2013 by mrbios

[FN-GM]

I dont think we are the same page. Under settings you can install addons from the Windows store such as a twitter module.

[mrbios]

I dont think we are the same page. Under settings you can install addons from the Windows store such as a twitter module.

 

Oh like the bing maps bit and so on? I know what you mean now.

 

Yea i can see why we'd need to disable that...having a hunt around now.

 

Internally we can block it in outlook with a group policy, and again internally we can just block the office app store for outlook via filtering, but how we block it externally (ideally turning the functionality off altogether so we don't need the former two!) i have no idea.

Edited July 28, 2013 by mrbios

[mrbios]

Ah yet to test this but under permissions > user roles > edit the default policy (assuming that's the only one you have there) and scroll down to "My Marketplace Apps"

 

Hopefully that might do it, going to test it out now

 

EDIT: ohhhhhhh my migration of 1927 mailboxes has just finished, and guess what? 1926 Completed successfull 1 failed. ONE. Eurgh.

Edited July 28, 2013 by mrbios

[FN-GM]

Thanks. Did you use powershell or the GUI to move the mailboxes? Thanks

[mrbios]

Thanks. Did you use powershell or the GUI to move the mailboxes? Thanks

 

Powershell, becuase the GUI was annoying me.

 

I don't understand why the GUI allows you to view 500 users in the user selection window for migration, but doesn't have any "next page" arrows?! Seems a bit strange. I ended up doing it based on moving every user from database A to database B though. Using the commands:

Get-Mailbox -Database "2010databasenamehere" -ResultSize Unlimited | New-MoveRequest -TargetDatabase "2013databasenamehere"

 

Then this command to check on the status:

Get-MoveRequest|Get-MoveRequestStatistics

which would list all of them (takes time to load if you have a lot)

 

or

 

Get-MoveRequestStatistics "username"

for an individual user

 

If you get any mailboxes that give you the error "FailedOther" then try this command on them individually:

New-MoveRequest -Identity "username" -TargetDatabase "2013databasenamehere" -BatchName "anynameyoulike" -BadItemLimit "200"

 

EDIT: oh and last but not least, are your databases content index state showing up as healthy? (go to databases > select one > look on the right hand side info

Edited July 28, 2013 by mrbios

[FN-GM]

Thanks for the code, was looking for something like that The stuff i found targeted an OU. Like you i basically want to copy one database to another.

 

All healthy databases here

[mrbios]

Thanks for the code, was looking for something like that The stuff i found targeted an OU. Like you i basically want to copy one database to another.

 

All healthy databases here

 

Good stuff, just incase it's something that happens during migration though, just check to make sure you have a security group in AD called "ContentSubmitters"

 

Read about it last night, Exchange is meant to create that group when it's installed but some bug stops it from creating it. If it doesn't exist then create it in the "Microsoft Exchange Security Groups" OU, and leave it's memberships blank but do right click > properties > security and add administrators and network service as full control.

 

During migration my mailboxes would get stuck on a status of "StalledDueToCI", they'd carry on but take much longer to migrate until i created that group.

 

EDIT: I'm going to pretty much note down the fix for every problem I've come across in either this thread or the other one i made, just incase i need to refer to them in the future. Also helpful for others

 

Oh last but not least, after you've completed your migration, don't forget to clear the migration completed flag from the accounts with the following command:

Get-MoveRequest -MoveStatus Completed | Remove-MoveRequest

 

The Remove-MoveRequest command is useful if you come across any that fail to migrate too, as you'll have to do that before you can try migrating it again.

Edited July 28, 2013 by mrbios

[FN-GM]

Didnt have that group made those changes. Will start the migration some point this week

[mrbios]

Didnt have that group made those changes. Will start the migration some point this week

 

Good stuff, you should be in a better position than i was when i started then

[FN-GM]

Just doing some more testing to find out bugs. I have found if you have an account that has "Must change password on next logon" you can't log into OWA. This was the same for OWA 2010. In OWA 2010 i followed this guide and it allowed the user to reset the password in OWA before they get into webmail. This reg edit is already in 2013 and it doesn't work.

[FN-GM]

Apparently on the CAS servers do this:

Go to IIS, Default Website, OWA. Under Authentication go to Basic Authentication. Under actions press edit then set the default domain to "\"

 

After that do IISreset in the command prompt.

[FN-GM]

Probably a silly question do i have to move the system mailboxes? Thanks

[adamf]

Probably a silly question do i have to move the system mailboxes? Thanks

Yes, you won't be able to remove the 2010 servers if you don't, I believe.

[FN-GM]

Thought so, just checking

[mrbios]

I've got a new problem....

I've finished migrating all my accounts, migrated public folders, got to the point of being able to dismount and delete the databases on the exchange 2010 server.

 

... but... Exchange 2013 outlook web app....you click on "To" I can then go to directories to see all the email addresses of everyone in our domain, but where the hell are groups? where are the address lists?!

 

I can scroll down the loooong list of near 2000 addresses to find the groups, but where's the option to specifically select a group etc?

 

EDIT: Just created my own group and set it to only show groups, that works fine. It has the same contents as the "All Groups" group has but that one doesn't show up.

Edited July 28, 2013 by mrbios

[FN-GM]

I've got a new problem....

I've finished migrating all my accounts, migrated public folders, got to the point of being able to dismount and delete the databases on the exchange 2010 server.

 

... but... Exchange 2013 outlook web app....you click on "To" I can then go to directories to see all the email addresses of everyone in our domain, but where the hell are groups? where are the address lists?!

 

I can scroll down the loooong list of near 2000 addresses to find the groups, but where's the option to specifically select a group etc?

 

EDIT: Just created my own group and set it to only show groups, that works fine. It has the same contents as the "All Groups" group has but that one doesn't show up.

 

I think that is normal until you press the address list the groups are in.

[mrbios]

I think that is normal until you press the address list the groups are in.

 

I've decided to go down another route, I'm deleted all the ones that have migrated across and are telling me i can only manage them through the shell and creating new lists in the GUI for each one. Only about 5 that need sorting anyway i suppose.

[FN-GM]

Couldn't create new lists here. We have hundreds of the things!

[mrbios]

Guess i was quite lucky there then

 

Just finished removing my Exchange 2010 server, officially a 2013 only site now. Only issue i have now is getting backup Exec 2012 (which only supported exchange 2013 two days ago with SP2) to see it properly...won't show me the exchange specific section for some reason.

[FN-GM]

Still tweaking here, like not letting students see each others photos etc.

[FN-GM]

Migrating as we speak

[FN-GM]

How did you migrate your public folders please?

[mrbios]

How did you migrate your public folders please?

 

Work though this:

PeteNetLive - KB0000789 - Migrating Public Folders from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2013

 

 

EDIT: if you hit a problem like i did where, after the AutoSuspended step it gives you "StalledDueToMailboxLock" then I've no idea what the specific fix is to that, but fiddling lots, restarting servers + services and unlocking and relocking the things with those settings eventually freed it up.

Edited July 31, 2013 by mrbios