Lots of LDAP requests for FE MAPI w3wp lead to DDoS on DCs in Exchange Server 2019

Applies To
Exchange Server 2019

Symptoms

In Microsoft Exchange Server 2019, a domain controller overloads because of many LDAP requests from Exchange servers. Therefore, the response from the domain controller is slow.

Resolution

To fix this issue, install the Cumulative Update 8 for Exchange Server 2019 or a later cumulative update for Exchange Server 2019.

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