Messaging and beyond!

Tales of an MS Exchange PFE

Create a virtual machine and adding a VHD file using powershell

Or: How you can use Powershell to create virtual machines! With a few keystroke you can create a...

Author: Marc Dekeyser Date: 02/07/2013

Launch: Windows server 2012!

So after much waiting and anticipating, server 2012 has been launched! Wooooooohhhhh!!!! Now get on...

Author: Marc Dekeyser Date: 09/04/2012

Exchange: DAGs and reseeding

*repost from my old blog:...

Author: Marc Dekeyser Date: 05/10/2012

Exchange: Recovery Storage Group

As you might, or not, be aware off there is no item level based recovery in Exchange that is...

Author: Marc Dekeyser Date: 05/10/2012

Scripting: Adding PST files to an outlook profile automatically

This script will allow you to add all PSTs in a txt file (full path). On error resume next Const...

Author: Marc Dekeyser Date: 05/10/2012

Scripting: Remove all PST files in an outlook profile

Building on, this code will remove the mapping that has been done in outlook for ALL PST files. 'On...

Author: Marc Dekeyser Date: 05/10/2012

Scripting: Listing PST files in an outlook profile

One of my clients was in a nasty situation, he had a ton of users with PST files on the fileserver...

Author: Marc Dekeyser Date: 05/10/2012

Powershell: Enumerating access rights on mailboxes

Don’t you just hate it when auditing times come around and they ask a list of each and every person...

Author: Marc Dekeyser Date: 05/09/2012

Restoring Exchange Server 2003 Clusters

When the worst happens it hits hard. Restoring a server is a lengthy process with users and managers...

Author: Marc Dekeyser Date: 05/01/2012

Backing up and recovering the Windows IIS Metabase

One of those things you just have to do sometimes is taking a nice backup of your IIS metabase. As...

Author: Marc Dekeyser Date: 04/02/2012

How it works: Exchange 2007 CCR and transaction logs

The background workings of a CCR can be quite mysterious but are, all in all, not that difficult to...

Author: Marc Dekeyser Date: 02/20/2012