{"id":1141,"date":"2018-01-30T16:58:58","date_gmt":"2018-01-30T14:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/msb365.abstergo.ch\/?p=1141"},"modified":"2019-04-18T12:58:51","modified_gmt":"2019-04-18T10:58:51","slug":"check-current-exchange-server-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.msb365.blog\/?p=1141","title":{"rendered":"How to check current Exchange Server version"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes the simplest things need the most time to find out. There are many different versions of Exchange servers installed worldwide. Unfortunately not all of them are running with the newest updates. The reasons for that can be different.<\/p>\n<p>Time by time, I as a Messaging Engineer have to troubleshoot, administer, or change things in customers Exchange environments. If the customer is a regular one, we usually have documentations about it. But at new customers this is unfortunately not always documented well.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.365admin.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Terry Munro<\/strong><\/a> has written and uploaded a bulk of scripts to <a href=\"https:\/\/gallery.technet.microsoft.com\/Exchange-Org-documentation-9b8ca5ef\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Technet<\/strong> <\/a>,which help to create a quick documentation about Exchange servers.<\/p>\n<p>I can recommend to you to have a look at them on <a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/TerryMunroTechnet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Terry&#8217;s Microsoft<\/a> Profile.<\/p>\n<p>But sometimes we simply need just two information to be able to continue our work:<\/p>\n<p>1<sup>st<\/sup> \u2013 Which version, including the build number is installed on the current Exchange server?<\/p>\n<p>2<sup>nd<\/sup> \u2013 Which is the currently available version of Exchange server from Microsoft?<\/p>\n<p>For the first question you can use the Exchange Management Shell and run the following command:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"\">Get-ExchangeServer | select Name, AdminDisplayVersion\r\n<\/pre>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1142\" src=\"https:\/\/msb365.abstergo.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1-6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"931\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/msb365.abstergo.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1-6.png 931w, https:\/\/msb365.abstergo.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1-6-600x187.png 600w, https:\/\/msb365.abstergo.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1-6-300x93.png 300w, https:\/\/msb365.abstergo.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1-6-768x239.png 768w, https:\/\/msb365.abstergo.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1-6-780x243.png 780w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 931px) 100vw, 931px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This shows you the basic needed information. To answer the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> question you just need the following Link:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/library\/hh135098(v=exchg.150).aspx\">https:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/library\/hh135098(v=exchg.150).aspx<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1145\" src=\"https:\/\/msb365.abstergo.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/2-6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1395\" height=\"1128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/msb365.abstergo.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/2-6.png 1395w, https:\/\/msb365.abstergo.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/2-6-600x485.png 600w, https:\/\/msb365.abstergo.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/2-6-300x243.png 300w, https:\/\/msb365.abstergo.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/2-6-768x621.png 768w, https:\/\/msb365.abstergo.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/2-6-1024x828.png 1024w, https:\/\/msb365.abstergo.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/2-6-780x631.png 780w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1395px) 100vw, 1395px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here you can compare the currently available versions from Microsoft and the version you have installed on your Exchange server.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/88hyyi1PnGI?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Kasper Rasmussen<\/a>&nbsp;on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes the simplest things need the most time to find out. 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