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  • Office 365 - Non-Federated Identity, Password never expires

    Posted over 3 years ago
    by Dan Kenyon-smith}
    The Microsoft Online Services Module allows you manage your tenant directly and in some cases change settings you can’t change in GUI (note this can only be achieved if you’re managing accounts that have been created in the tenant e.g. not created using...

  • To Hyper-V or not to Hyper-V?

    Posted over 6 years ago
    by Dan Kenyon-smith}
    It’s here! Hyper-V. Is Exchange 2007 a good candidate for virtualisation? Well only in certain situations and for certain roles and we’ll discuss this later. Some applications can have major advantages from increased utilization of hardware...

  • Domino to Exchange 2007 migration

    Posted over 6 years ago
    by Dan Kenyon-smith}
    When migrating to Lotus Notes you need to ensure your customer provides you with a list of groups which need to migrated over to Exchange so you don’t migrate any unnecessary groups into the new infrastructure, this also is required for user accounts...

  • Windows Mobile 6.1 and Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 (SCMDM)

    Posted over 6 years ago
    by Dan Kenyon-smith}
    Microsoft released Windows mobile 6.1 on the 1 st April which is full of new enhancements, such as: · Instant messaging-like texting - Messages are threaded together to allow you to track your conversations, this provides you access to the chain...

  • Log replay for corrupt files (CCR)

    Posted over 6 years ago
    by Dan Kenyon-smith}
    In Exchange 2007 if a log file on the active node is corrupted an attempt to re copy that log file will occur. Log files are inspected via LogInspector and moved to the passive log directory. LastLogInspected is updated when a log is successfully...

  • Dirsync Database keeps on Increasing…

    Posted over 2 years ago
    by Dan Kenyon-smith}
      Hi Have you noticed the Office 365 directory sync database just getting larger and larger… If so try the following to clear the sync runs 1. Open the MIISClient.exe and click the Operations tab. 2. From the Actions menu, select "Clear Runs"...

  • Exchange 2010 SP1 /Hosting

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Dan Kenyon-smith}
    This is the process i followed to installed Exchange 2010 SP1 in hosting mode 1. Run the following command: setup /prepareschema /hosting 2. Run setup /prepareAD /organizationName:EXCHANGE /hosting 3. To install individual server roles run:-   a...

  • DatabaseMaxCacheSize

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by Dan Kenyon-smith}
    In Exchange 2007 SP1 the default database cache size is set to 128MB, to allow for better cache growth. The new guidance is to increase the DatabaseMaxCacheSize from 128MB to 512MB (on Hub Transport servers with more than 4GB of RAM) This can be done...

  • Planning Mailbox Quotas – Part I

    Posted over 6 years ago
    by Dan Kenyon-smith}
    When planning for storage it’s a good idea to categorise users into quota limits so you can plan your storage requirements. This calculation should be done in the High Level Design phase to allow your customer to purchase the hardware. An example of how...

  • CCR or Stretched CCR?

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by Dan Kenyon-smith}
    Having spoke with a few customers about whether a local CCR and SCR is the best solution or a stretched CCR across 2 data centres I thought I'd write a post. There is no right and wrong answer to that question, in typical consulting style 'it depends...

  • Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server Capacity Planning Tool

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Dan Kenyon-smith}
    Take a look at the PFE 2010 capacity planning tool to ensure you  have correct capacity (memory and CPU) by specifying your PFE protection settings   It can be downloaded here   Written by Daniel Kenyon-Smith

  • Exchange 2007 security

    Posted over 6 years ago
    by Dan Kenyon-smith}
    I get asked the question ‘ how can we secure our Exchange 2007 servers ’ so I’ve compiled a list from the Exchange 2007 Security Guide. As you know Exchange 2007 is by design secure, but here are the services that start automatically and the ones that...

  • Relocate the ADAM (Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS))

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by Dan Kenyon-smith}
    In order to relocate the ADAM database and logs on Edge you need edit the ConfigureAdam.PS1 to update the location of dsbutil.exe as shown below Then for example run:- configureAdam.PS1 –logpath:”E:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\TRansportRoles...

  • E14 is coming!!

    Posted over 6 years ago
    by Dan Kenyon-smith}
    Take a look at the video from our lead Program Manager (Exchange product team) about the next release of Exchange called code name E14. This is the 1 st version of Exchange that been written for Software as a Service SaS . At Microsoft we run we...

  • ServerManager Depreciated?

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by Dan Kenyon-smith}
      ServerManagerCmd is deprecated in R2 (we are trying to move away from that model although it still works) See http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb691354(EXCHG.140).aspx#WS08R2   (The new command is now Add-WindowsFeature) Written...

  • Exchange 2007 SP1 and Windows 2008

    Posted over 6 years ago
    by Dan Kenyon-smith}
    Now Windows 2008 has been released to manufacturing (RTM), all new implementations of Exchange 2007 SP1 can be designed using Windows 2008 Server (SP1 is a minimum requirement for Windows 2008, a full list of prerequisites can found at http://technet...

  • Exchange 2007 SP1 certificate generation

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by Dan Kenyon-smith}
    I created a cert the other day for a customer so thought I'd share the Powershell command, you never know it might help! New-ExchangeCertificate -GenerateRequest -Path c:\CompanyA.csr -KeySize 2048 -SubjectName "c=GB, s=London, l=London, o=CompanyA...

  • Single Label Domain (SLD)

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by Dan Kenyon-smith}
    I have recently spoken with customers who have a single label domain and have asked the question whether the next version of Exchange will be supported. It's still a recommendation to move from a SLD, but we do support it, see for more details - http...

  • TechNet Events

    Posted over 6 years ago
    by Dan Kenyon-smith}
    TechNet Events Live: TechNet Event : Managing Windows Servers with PowerShell V2 Location: London Date: 10 February 2009 TechNet Event: Microsoft Systems Management and understanding the role of System Center Location: Birmingham...

  • A Guide to Migrating Public Folders to SharePoint

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by Dan Kenyon-smith}
    Check out the WindowsITPro ‘ Guide to Migrating Public Folders to SharePoint’ well worth a read Written By Daniel Kenyon-Smith

  • Storage and Capacity Planning – Exchange 2007

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by Dan Kenyon-smith}
    Come and attend my presentation on Exchange 2007 capacity planning, the link is below:- http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-GB&EventID=1032398347&CountryCode=GB

  • Exchange 2010 Q&A

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by Dan Kenyon-smith}
    Hi   please Join me at this event to talk about Exchange 2010, you can register here

  • Mini Series - Improve User Experience V

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by Dan Kenyon-smith}
    Avoid Constant Interruptions for Quiet Work Time How many interruptions do you get every day? It's nearly impossible to complete anything when you allow constant interruptions from the phone, people stopping by your office, and instant messaging. In Microsoft...

  • Time is running out!

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by Dan Kenyon-smith}
    Quick time is running out before we close the customer preview program for new registrations, so if you want to try windows 7 Beta you better get going Windows 7 Beta Customer Preview Program Written by Daniel Kenyon-Smith

  • Update Rollup 2 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

    Posted over 6 years ago
    by Dan Kenyon-smith}
    We all know Exchange 2007 SP1 released a little while ago adding some cool new features to the product, Standby cluster replication (SCR) to name one, for more details on exactly what features are provided with SP1 see MSExchangeteam Blog and TechNet...