Windows 10: Issue with Exchange Server 2016 after Win32/IISExchgSpawnCMD.A

DennisW-1 · Mar 19, 2021

Hello all,

First, thanks in advance for reading my post, and I welcome any and all responses.

Tolerance would be appreciated as this is very new to me but I am the only one available to try to get this problem corrected.

On to the issue; our on-premises Exchange 2016 server was compromised and showed infection with several viruses. The most difficult to deal with was Win32/IISExchgSpawnCMD.A .

I am confident that all traces of the viruses have been removed, but am still unable to get mail flowing to/from our server at this time.

MS connectivity tool tells me that port 25 is blocked.

I suspect there is a DNS issue - in looking through the log files /TransportRoles/Frontend/Connectivity I can see a clear demarcation between before and after. Before the server FQDN was giving a local address 10.0.0.x and after it gives the public address 216.131.x.x.

The hosts file has an entry for our local server, the NIC has the local server address as well it is our internal DNS server.

I am at a loss as to where to go to correct this problem.

Can anyone offer tips on what/where to fix this problem?

Dennis

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Cluster Head · Mar 20, 2021

Exchange Support For Windows Server 2016

Exchange Support For Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 5 is available from the TechNet Evaluation Centre. While that’s great to download the bits and get the OS running in your test lab, please do not update the OS on your Exchange servers right now or introduce 2016 DCs into production. This post is just a quick reminder about what is *NOT* currently in the Exchange team’s support matrix.

Over the years there have been issues and lots of posts in the TechNet forums where people have run into some challenges when they have either:

•Upgraded the OS in place to a new version Windows Server

•Tried to install Exchange onto an unsupported version of Windows Server

Unfortunately there is not much that can be done to help apart from digging out backups as this is not a supported solution at this time.

Walking The Supported Path

TechNet documents the Exchange Product Group’s supported OS for each version of Exchange. Here are the links for your convenience:

System Requirements Supportability Matrix
2007 Consolidated Single Page
2010
2013
2016

Note that the supportability matrix has been condensed into a single page that includes all versions.

Currently Supported Operating Systems

TechNet documents the below at the time of writing as supported Operating Systems for Exchange

To reinforce the point of using only what is explicitly stated in the table, there is an additional note

Currently Supported Active Directory Environments

TechNet documents the below at the time of writing as supported Active Directory Environments for Exchange

You will note that Windows Server 2016 is not currently listed as a supported OS platform for Exchange. In addition to this please also note that Windows Server 2016 is not currently listed as supported Domain Controllers.

For example, when writing this post Exchange 2016 supports the following platforms:

•Windows Server 2012

•Windows Server 2012 R2

Again note that Windows Server 2016 is not listed.

I didn’t list Exchange 2003 as hopefully no one out there is going to be trying that. *

Keep a weather eye on the Exchange team’s blog or Twitter account for breaking news on Windows Server 2012 support for Exchange.

Cheers,

Rhoderick
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Source: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/...s-server-2016/

Brink · Mar 20, 2021

Coming soon: A first look at Exchange Server 2016

Less than three weeks to go until Microsoft Ignite kicks off in Chicago! Based on how many members of the sellout crowd have identified themselves as Microsoft Exchange Conference alumni, it looks like we’ll have an excellent turnout from the Exchange community. We’re excited to talk face-to-face with you about all things Exchange.

At Ignite we’ll give you a first look at Exchange Server 2016, the on-premises release that we plan to ship in the second half of this year. This new version of Exchange includes innovation across a broad set of areas, including individual productivity, team collaboration, and information governance. There are new features, enhancements, and refinements that add up to goodness on the way for end users, IT, and your organization as a whole.

To highlight a few examples:

A new approach to document collaboration that makes it easy to send links and collaborate without versioning issues of attachments

Faster and more intelligent search, to help users quickly find what they need in their mailboxes and calendars

Significant improvements to eDiscovery search performance and reliability

Better extensibility, including new REST-based APIs for Mail, Calendar, and Contacts that simplify web and mobile development

If you’ve been keeping tabs on Office 365 since we shipped Exchange Server 2013, many of these new capabilities will be familiar. Most of the new features in Exchange Server 2016 were birthed in the cloud and then refined in a feedback loop that includes millions of mailboxes deployed worldwide. The same is true of back-end improvements to Exchange architecture, high availability, and storage. We are now working to bring these elements to the diverse world of on-premises environments. You can join our on-premises Technology Adoption Program if you want to be a partner in that process.

We still have much to do before Exchange Server 2016 ships, but we’re confident that its simplified architecture, performance improvements, new user experiences, better extensibility, and tight integration with products like SharePoint Server 2016 add up to a solid release.

We look forward to sharing more details with you at Ignite!

P.S. If you didn’t snag a ticket before Ignite sold out, don’t worry. You’ll be able to watch recordings of all sessions—including the Meet Exchange Server 2016 overview and all the Exchange sessions—on the Web within 48 hours after they happen.

The Exchange Team
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Source: Coming soon: A first look at Exchange Server 2016 - Exchange Team Blog - Site Home - TechNet Blogs

Brink · Mar 20, 2021

Exchange Server 2016: Forged in the cloud. Now available on-premises.

Exchange Server 2016 is here and available to download starting today! We’ve spent nearly three years iterating, polishing and refining Exchange since the release of Exchange 2013, and we are excited to put a shiny, new version of Exchange into your hands today. What sets this version of Exchange apart from the past, is that it was forged in the cloud. This release brings the Exchange bits that already power millions of Office 365 mailboxes to your on-premises environment.

Here is a quick video look at some of our favorite features.

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Email remains the backbone of business communication and the one that workers consider the most essential tool for getting things done. Because of this, it’s vital to have a modern messaging infrastructure that meets today’s business expectations. With the volume of email and other communications continuing to grow, people need tools that help them focus on what’s most important in their inboxes, schedules and interactions with others at work. And as the quantity of email data grows, so do the demands on IT to manage, preserve and protect it.

To help you meet these challenges, we’ve deepened the integration between Exchange and other Office products, so your organization can be more productive and collaborate more effectively. We’ve made it easier to manage your email with new ways to focus on what’s important, work more efficiently, and accomplish more with your devices. We’ve simplified the Exchange architecture and introduced additional recovery features. We’ve also enhanced our built-in compliance tools for protecting and preserving data.

Exchange 2016 builds on and improves features introduced in Exchange 2013, including Data Loss Prevention, Managed Availability, automatic recovery from storage failures, and the web-based Exchange admin center. Here are a few of our favorite new capabilities:

Better collaboration: Exchange 2016 includes a new approach to attachments that simplifies document sharing and eliminates version control headaches. In Outlook 2016 or Outlook on the web, you can now attach a document as a link to SharePoint 2016 (currently in preview) or OneDrive for Business instead of a traditional attachment, providing the benefits of coauthoring and version control.

Improved Outlook web experience: Continuing our effort to provide you with a first class web experience across devices, we’ve made significant updates to Outlook on the web. New features include: Sweep, Pin, Undo, inline reply, a new single-line inbox view, improved HTML rendering, new themes, emojis, and more.

Search: A lightning-fast search architecture delivers more accurate and complete results. Outlook 2016 is optimized to use the power of the Exchange 2016 back end to help you find things faster, across old mail and new. Search also gets more intelligent with Search suggestions, People suggestions, search refiners, and the ability to search for events in your Calendar.

Greater extensibility: An expanded Add-In model for Outlook desktop and Outlook on the web allows developers to build features right into the Outlook experience. Add-ins can now integrate with UI components in new ways: as highlighted text in the body of a message or meeting, in the right-hand task pane when composing or reading a message or meeting, and as a button or a dropdown option in the Outlook ribbon.

eDiscovery: Exchange 2016 has a revamped eDiscovery pipeline that is significantly faster and more scalable. Reliability is improved due to a new search architecture that is asynchronous and distributes the work across multiple servers with better fault tolerance. You also have the ability to search, hold and export content from public folders.

Simplified architecture: Exchange 2016’s architecture reflects the way we deploy Exchange in Office 365 and is an evolution and refinement of Exchange 2013. A combined mailbox and client access server role makes it easier to plan and scale your on-premises and hybrid deployments. Coexistence with Exchange 2013 is simplified, and namespace planning is easier.

High availability: Automated repair improvements such as database divergence detection make Exchange easier than ever to run in a highly available way. Stability and performance enhancements from Office 365, many of which were so useful that we shipped them in Exchange 2013 Cumulative Updates, are also baked into the product.

That’s just quick list of highlights; we encourage you to get a full view of what’s new by reviewing the Exchange 2016 documentation on TechNet, and the Product Guide. Or, if you are in the mood for something more bite-sized, check out these short demo videos in which a few members of the Exchange team show off their favorite features:

Exchange 2016 will follow the same servicing rhythm as Exchange 2013, with Cumulative Updates (CUs) released approximately every three months that contain bug fixes, product refinements, and selected new investments from Office 365. The CUs will include features such as search indexing from passive that we decided needed additional refinement or validation before arriving on-premises. The first CU will arrive in the first quarter of 2016.

For those of you eager to get hands on with Exchange 2016, you can start right away by getting the bits from the Microsoft download center to evaluate the fully-functional product for 180 days. We know that you’re hungry for more in-depth info, so we’ll be publishing a series of deep dive blogs on Exchange 2016 here on the EHLO blog in the weeks ahead.

A big thanks to all those who participated in our Technology Adoption Program, downloaded the public Preview, and contributed feedback to help shape this release. One such participant was King Saud University; read about their experience with Exchange Server 2016.

Enjoy Exchange Server 2016!

Exchange Team
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Source: Exchange Server 2016: Forged in the cloud. Now available on-premises. - Exchange Team Blog - Site Home - TechNet Blogs

Windows 10: Issue with Exchange Server 2016 after Win32/IISExchgSpawnCMD.A

Issue with Exchange Server 2016 after Win32/IISExchgSpawnCMD.A

Issue with Exchange Server 2016 after Win32/IISExchgSpawnCMD.A

Issue with Exchange Server 2016 after Win32/IISExchgSpawnCMD.A

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