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Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server Capacity Planning Tool
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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
The Name on the security certificate is invalid or does not match the name of the site - PART 2
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over 4 years ago
by
Dan Kenyon-smith
Once the cert has been installed you will need to enable the cert, you can run the following command to enable the certificate Enable-ExchangeCertificate -Thumbprint 59 5e a4 7c f0 c0 4f 64 dc 3d 6d 29 95 f7 c4 b1 72 ca 0f 92 -Services "SMTP, IIS"...
The Name on the security certificate is invalid or does not match the name of the site - PART 1
Posted
over 4 years ago
by
Dan Kenyon-smith
Whilst building a test environment for a customer i came across this error ‘The Name on the certificate is invalid or does not match the name of the site’ so thought I'd write up how I resolved it. The environment was Exchange 2007 SP1 and I was configuring...
1 AD Site, 1 DAG = no DAC
Posted
over 4 years ago
by
Doug Gowans
So as the TechNet article ( Understanding Datacenter Activation Coordination Mode ) explains you can’t enable DAC mode in Exchange Server 2010 for a DAG where all members are in the same AD site… So what happens if you lose your primary data centre...
ILM FP1 Provisioning Support for Exchange 2010
Posted
over 4 years ago
by
msukucc
ILM 2007 FP1 SP1 now supports provisioning for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. You can use the GALSync management agent or a customized Active Directory management agent to perform provisioning for Exchange Server 2010. To use this feature, the following...
Exchange 2010 and Windows Server 2008 SP2 operating system prerequisites
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over 5 years ago
by
Dan Kenyon-smith
In order to install Exchange 2010 there are various prerequisites that are required. One of those is .NET Framework 3.5 SP 1, If you try and install the dotnetfx35Setup file you’ll get the following error:- What you’ll need to do is install .NET framework...
Next year’s got to be better…
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over 5 years ago
by
Doug Gowans
So it’s been a poor second half of the year as far as blogging goes…. First half wasn’t too bad though. Must endeavour to do better next year. I’ll think about it over Christmas. Happy Christmas to all…...( read more )
MCM Exchange Server 2007
Posted
over 5 years ago
by
Doug Gowans
At last funding and time permitted me to attend the Microsoft Certified Master program last month in Redmond. Fantastic and intense 3 weeks. Certainly recommend anyone who has the opportunity to get there to do so… It’s a big investment...
Meet the Microsoft Certified Masters and Microsoft Certified Architects
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over 5 years ago
by
msukucc
Over the past few months there have been rumours of a website that will list everyone who has passed their MCM or MCA. It is possible for people to opt out of the website if they do not wish their details to be published, but I would expect it to...
Automating Exchange 2010 Pre-Requisites on Windows Server 20008 R2
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over 5 years ago
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msukucc
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Everyone knows its a good idea to automate your installations of Exchange. It provides a solid, repeatable process by which to deploy your infrastructure – and it takes less time – win/win!. One area that I have witnessed repeatedly over the last...
ServerManager Depreciated?
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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...
Viewing Registry Values Through PowerShell
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over 5 years ago
by
msukucc
By default when you run a command through PowerShell to retrieve values with registry keys, the response shows the values as being empty. Here’s an example – I use the following command to set an excluded DC: Set-ExchangeServer -Identity CSX2K71 -StaticExcludedDomainControllers...
White Paper: Configuration and Mailbox Access Auditing for Exchange 2007 Organizations
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over 5 years ago
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msukucc
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One my personal bugbears with Exchange over the last 10 years or so has been the total lack of a useful auditing function. Sure, you can see who accessed a mailbox, but since Outlook 2003 and the extended Free/Data the Windows Server event logs...
Microsoft Exchange Server Jetstress 2010 Beta
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over 5 years ago
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msukucc
1
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I have just received a note from Erin Bookey announcing the public beta of JetStress for Exchange 2010. You can download your copy here… http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=13267027-8120-48ed-931b-29eb0aa52aa6#tm...
Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Loadgen Beta
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over 5 years ago
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msukucc
Looks like the team have been busy finishing off the test tools for Exchange 2010. The Exchange 2010 Loadgen beta has also gone live in the last few weeks, here is a link… http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID...
How to setup multiple AD site test VM's to communicate without multiple NIC's or RRAS
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over 5 years ago
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msukucc
1
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As Exchange technologies using multiple AD site infrastructures become more popular, Exchange PFE engineers have to build LAB’s spanning multiple AD sites using Virtual PC/ Virtual server or Hyper V. I always used to use multiple NIC’s and Routing and...
Exchange Server Supportability Matrix
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over 5 years ago
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msukucc
Over the past few months I have lost count of the number of times I have been asked is “X” version of Exchange supported on “X” OS or against “X” GC’s. Well, finally someone has put together all of this information in a single location… http://technet...
Exchange 2010 Q&A
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over 5 years ago
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Dan Kenyon-smith
Hi please Join me at this event to talk about Exchange 2010, you can register here
Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2
Posted
over 5 years ago
by
Dan Kenyon-smith
Download Exchange 2007 SP2 and see what's new:- Deploying Exchange Server 2010 Exchange Backup Functionality Enhanced Auditing Dynamic Active Directory Schema Validation Public Folder Quota Management Centralized Organizational Settings
Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Release Candidate
Posted
over 5 years ago
by
Dan Kenyon-smith
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c6d27da1-ba2c-4570-a491-c0d7b39ede8b&displaylang=en Have fun!
Combined HT and CAS
Posted
over 5 years ago
by
Dan Kenyon-smith
Take a look at the new guidance for combing HT and CAS and you can install both roles by running Setup.com /mode:install /role:H,C (nice and easy) Written by Daniel Kenyon-Smith
Automating Jetstress…
Posted
over 5 years ago
by
msukucc
2
Comments
One of the things I like about Jetstress is that it tends to identify failing or failed components before the servers go live. Its not all about how many IOPS a storage array can provide, sometimes its just as important to prove the stability of...
Updated Combined Role HUB/CAS Scaling Guidance…
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over 5 years ago
by
msukucc
Well, its been a long time in the making and I for one have been waiting for a long time for this data to be published publically. I was fortunate enough to be taught by Bill Thompson at the ECoE during my Masters rotation and he went through some...
Reverse Number Lookup and Dealing with Legacy PBX
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over 5 years ago
by
msukucc
11
Comments
Working with customers I have come across a number of scenarios where the caller ID presented from the PBX is not in E164/DID (Direct Inward Dial) format. Some gateways allow for extensive manipulation of the caller ID, some less so. The good news is...
Updated : Exchange version powershell script
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over 5 years ago
by
msukucc
5
Comments
Further to my blog post on April 30th , I have updated the powershell script to output in a more usable manner and also detect more information about your exchange servers… ServerName TransportVer CASver StoreVer SERVER1 08.01.0336.000 08.01.0336.000...
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