Microsoft released a document that is intended for system architects and IT professionals who want to understand the architecture and deployment options for extending the on-premises Active Directory infrastructure with Windows Azure Virtual Machines...

Microsoft Exchange Team finally released the first version (numbered version 5.1) of the Exchange 2013 Server Role Requirements Calculator. Download Calc from Source Readme from Source More Info are Here .

With the Lync Server 2010 Bandwidth Calculator, you can enter information about your users and the Lync Server features that you want to deploy, and the calculator will determine bandwidth requirements for the WAN that connects sites in your deployment...

Microsoft announced the release of their new Message Analyzer , a brand new addition to the Remove Connectivity Analyzer. Message Analyzer makes reading email headers less painful. Features of the Message Analyzer View the most important properties...

Overview Use these scripts to migrate public folders from Exchange 2010 or 2007 to Exchange 2013. In order to migrate Exchange 2010 or 2007 Public Folders to Exchange 2013 on O365, we need to analyze the existing Public Folder hierarchy for size to figure...

Use Jetstress to verify the performance and stability of a disk subsystem prior to putting an Exchange server into production. Jetstress helps verify disk performance by simulating Exchange disk Input/Output (I/O) load. Specifically, Jetstress simulates...

Microsoft released a spreadsheet for calculating a user’s hardware requirements based on information that the admin supplies about number of users, types of communication, and expected traffic. Includes a Microsoft Word document explaining the...

PST Capture 2.0 is used to discover and import Outlook Personal Folder (.pst) File Format files into Exchange Server and Exchange Online. PST Capture helps an organization that wishes to gain more control over their email data repositories by placing...

The Microsoft Online Services Diagnostics and Logging (MOSDAL) Support Toolkit performs network diagnostics and collects system configuration, network configuration, and logging information for applications that are used to connect to Microsoft Business...

The Microsoft Server Virtualization Calculator compares the cost of virtualizing applications on Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V to VMware vSphere 5.1. The calculator follows a simple methodology by considering the software acquisition and support...

Overview This reporting workbook provides you with a detailed view into the email protection data that is available in the Office 365 Reporting dashboard. This workbook is available to all Exchange Online and Exchange Online Protection customers.The workbook...

You can use Microsoft Lync Server 2013, Best Practices Analyzer to identify and resolve problems with your Lync Server deployment. The Lync Server 2013, Best Practices Analyzer gathers configuration information from Lync Server 2013 components. With the...

Microsoft Lync Server 2013 Debugging Tools is a collection of additional tools for use by IT Admins to aid in troubleshooting Lync Server 2013 deployments. The collection of tools include: Snooper OCSLogger OCSTracer ClsController.psm1...

Microsoft Active Directory Documentation Team recently published Capacity Planning for Active Directory Domain Services based on Windows Server 2012 on TechNet. This document has a detailed and comprehensive set of guidelines to help optimize computing...

The Exchange 2010 Datacenter Switchover Troubleshooter is a kiosk-based PowerPoint application that allows administrators to work through the flow of questions to determine: What commands to run and where to run them How to verify the commands...

Great Tool to help in simplifying Lync Enterprise Voice Deployment much more easier. Check at Source More details and complete guide .

Windows Server 2012 can be seen as a major release for Windows Server. Not just in terms of virtualization (Hyper-V 3.0), storage (SMB 3.0 and Storage Spaces) or manageability, but also in terms of Active Directory. There’s a load of new features...

Microsoft Outlook Team has released updates for Outlook 2010 and 2007 that provide Office 365 users with password expiration notifications. The advance password expiry notification will be displayed in a pop-up message (near the system clock) within a...

Check out the the latest version of the " Group Policy Search " GPS version 1.1.4 includes: Registry-based policy settings from Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 Performance improvements, Bug fixes It's the easiest way...

The Exchange Online Protection Reporting Workbook provides a way to view messaging traffic data and message detail information using the reporting web service. The application is built as a customized Microsoft Excel workbook and uses Microsoft SQL Server...

This reliability tool tests your Internet connection to a Microsoft Lync Online Service data center and measures the response times, bandwidth, allowed ports, route taken, and overall connection quality with respect to Real Time Media. The results can...

The Microsoft® Forefront™ Identity Manager 2010 R2 Best Practices Analyzer is a tool that lets you verify the implementation of Best Practices. These best practices typically relate to the usage and administration aspects of your FIM 2010 R2...

Microsoft Private Cloud Fast Track Reference Architecture Guide This guide details a reference architecture that incorporates many Microsoft product and consulting team best practices. The architecture is the foundation for a highly available, scalable...

Microsoft just released the latest version of Exchange 2010 Mailbox Server Role Requirements Calculator tool v 19.9 Several enhancements and bug fixes based on community feedback have been made. Enhancements Revised name of Offline Address...

The Active Directory Replication Status Tool (ADREPLSTATUS) analyzes the replication status for domain controllers in an Active Directory domain or forest. ADREPLSTATUS displays data in a format that is similar to REPADMIN /SHOWREPL * /CSV imported...