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How Small is Too Small for a Database Availability Group?

October 20, 2016 by Paul Cunningham 3 Comments

How Small is Too Small for a Database Availability Group?

Is it “overkill” to deploy an Exchange Server database availability group for a relatively small number of mailbox users?

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Exchange Server DAG, Database Availability Groups, Exchange Server, High Availability, Office 365

Is a Domain Controller Required When Using Azure to Host the File Share Witness for a Database Availability Group?

October 19, 2016 by Paul Cunningham 3 Comments

Is a Domain Controller Required When Using Azure to Host the File Share Witness for a Database Availability Group?

What are the domain controller requirements when using Azure to host the file share witness for an Exchange 2013 or 2016 database availability group?

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Exchange Server Azure, DAG, Database Availability Group, Exchange 2013, Exchange 2016

Recovering a Failed Exchange 2016 Database Availability Group Member

June 23, 2016 by Paul Cunningham 20 Comments

Recovering a Failed Exchange 2016 Database Availability Group Member

How to recover a failed Exchange Server 2016 database availability group member.

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Exchange Server DAG, Database Availability Group, Exchange 2016, Recovery

Using Test-ReplicationHealth to Troubleshoot Database Availability Groups

June 21, 2016 by Paul Cunningham 12 Comments

Using Test-ReplicationHealth to Troubleshoot Database Availability Groups

How to use the Test-ReplicationHealth PowerShell cmdlet to test the database replication health for Exchange Database Availability Group members.

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Exchange Server DAG, Database Availability Group, Exchange 2013, PowerShell, Test-ReplicationHealth

New DAG Activation Preference Behavior in Exchange 2016 CU2 is Good News for Some

June 17, 2016 by Paul Cunningham 8 Comments

New DAG Activation Preference Behavior in Exchange 2016 CU2 is Good News for Some

Exchange 2016 CU2 changes the behavior of database availability groups by introducing automatic rebalancing of database copies by activation preference.

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Exchange Server Activation Preference, DAG, Database Availability Group, Exchange 2016

Using Activation Policies to Prevent Database Copies Mounting in Other Sites

June 16, 2016 by Paul Cunningham 23 Comments

Using Activation Policies to Prevent Database Copies Mounting in Other Sites

How to use activation policies for Exchange Server database availability groups to control where database copies can automatically mount.

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Exchange Server DAG, Database Availability Group, Exchange 2010, Exchange 2013, Exchange 2016, Exchange Server, Site Resilience

Server Component States During Cumulative Update Installation

June 9, 2016 by Paul Cunningham Leave a Comment

Server Component States During Cumulative Update Installation

How Server Component State for Exchange 2013 and 2016 servers can leave your server non-functional after a cumulative update.

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Exchange Server DAG, Database Availability Group, Exchange 2013, Exchange 2016, Managed Availability

Installing an Exchange Server 2016 Database Availability Group

November 17, 2015 by Paul Cunningham 54 Comments

Installing an Exchange Server 2016 Database Availability Group

A step by step tutorial for installing a new Exchange Server 2016 database availability group with two DAG members.

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Exchange Server DAG, Database Availability Group, Exchange 2016, High Availability

Can Exchange 2013 and Exchange 2016 Servers Be Added to the Same Database Availability Group?

October 2, 2015 by Paul Cunningham 16 Comments

Can Exchange 2013 and Exchange 2016 Servers Be Added to the Same Database Availability Group?

Can a database availability group have members that are running both Exchange Server 2013 and Exchange Server 2016?

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Exchange Server DAG, Database Availability Groups, Exchange 2013, Exchange 2016

PowerShell Scripts for Balancing Database Availability Groups

April 28, 2015 by Paul Cunningham 4 Comments

PowerShell Scripts for Balancing Database Availability Groups

How to use PowerShell scripts to configure and manage a balanced Exchange Server database availability group.

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Exchange Server DAG, Database Availability Groups, Exchange 2013, High Availability

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