Increase email size limits in SBS 2008/2011

To increase the send and receive limit for all users on Exchange there are 3 settings that need adjusting. Global Transport, Receive Connector, Send Connector.


Global Transport Settings

To check current configuration:
Get-TransportConfig | ft MaxSendSize, MaxReceiveSize

To set a new limit:
Set-TransportConfig –MaxSendSize 30MB –MaxReceiveSize 30MB


Receive Connector Settings

To check current configuration:
Get-ReceiveConnector | ft name, MaxMessageSize

To set a new limit:
Set-ReceiveConnector “Windows SBS Internet Receive Servername” –MaxMessageSize 30MB


Send Connector Settings

To check current configuration:
Get-SendConnector | ft name, MaxMessageSize

To set a new limit:
Set-SendConnector “Windows SBS Internet Send Servername” –MaxMessageSize 30MB

Source: Official SBS Blog

MSExchange Web Services 24 and 25 after updating Exchange Certificate

You may receive Event 24 (Expired Certificate) or Event 25 (Certificate Expiring Soon) errors after using the “Add Trusted Certificate Wizard” to install a new Certificate.

The following steps can be used in Exchange Management Shell to manually remove the old certificate.

Get-ExchangeCertificate |FL

Remove-ExchangeCertificate -Thumbprint ‘OldCertificateThumbprint’

Source – Technet

OWA – A problem occurred while you were trying to use your mailbox.

Symptoms:
1. Outlook Web Access shows: A problem occurred while you were trying to use your mailbox.
2. Outlook won’t connect to exchange.

Mailbox may be quarantined.

Removing mailbox from quarantine
1. Delete REG KEY on server:
HKLM\SYSTEM\CCS\Services\MSexchangeIS\Servername\Private-dbguid\Quarantined Mailboxes\ {Mailbox guid}.

2. Restart Microsoft Exchange Information Store Service

Source – Technet Blog