There have been various occasions where I've needed to stop and/or disable all services relating to Microsoft Exchange This can be achieved by running PowerShell as an Administrator and executing one of the following commands Stopping all Microsoft Exchange Services get-service | ?{$_.Name -ilike "MSexch*"} | stop-service You may find that some services fail to … Continue reading Stop and/or disable all Exchange services
Category: Windows Server
Upgrade Windows Server 2019 Evaluation to Full Version
Microsoft calls this license conversion. In some releases of Windows Server, you can also freely convert among OEM, volume-licensed, and retail versions with the same command and the appropriate key. First, check the currently installed version with this command: DISM /online /Get-CurrentEdition You'll see the details about the edition that you currently have. Now we can … Continue reading Upgrade Windows Server 2019 Evaluation to Full Version
Restart VSS Writers without a reboot
Having started working in my current IT support role a little over a year ago, I was shocked to discover that the general fix for Windows Server Backup errors caused by failed VSS writers was to reboot the server. I had in my previous role resolved this issue many times by restarting the service that related … Continue reading Restart VSS Writers without a reboot