A few customers have been asking on how to get the “Appear offline” status in Microsoft Office Communication Server 2007. Although it is advisable to use the “Do not disturb” status instead of “Appear offline”, since...

Microsoft has released free guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. You can download this guide from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=199004

In this blog, I will guide you with a very simple step by step approach on how to upgrade your Active Directory from Microsoft Windows 2003 to Microsoft Windows Server 2008. Preparing your Active Directory infrastructure for upgrade to Windows Server...

High availability for Exchange Server 2010 Client access to the messaging platform is provided through a combination of capacity and load balancing. Load balancing and fault tolerance to client connections through the CAS servers are available through...

Support for Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), a new suite of standard protocols for the Network layer of the Internet, is built into the latest versions of Microsoft Windows, which include Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista, Windows Server...

I am writing a series of blog where I will guide you on test cases that should carry out when upgrading from either Exchange 2003 or Exchange Server 2007 to Exchange 2010. This blog is second of this series. Each blog will contain two or three test cases...

Microsoft Forefront Protection 2010 has been released recently. Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 enables businesses to align security and management to improve endpoint protection while greatly reducing operational costs. It builds on System Center...

The only way you can roll back your forest functional level is from Windows Server 2008 R2 to Windows Server 2008 if Active directory Recycle Bin is not enabled. Review the following guidelines that apply to raising the domain or forest functional levels...

Exchange 2010 has been in the market for well over two years now and lots of blogs have been written for both design and deployment but still when I visit many customers, they ask me guidance on how to upgrade to Exchange 2010 from an older version of...

Adopting this exciting new computing paradigm provides a whole new landscape of technology and career direction for IT professionals. Microsoft Learning and the Microsoft System Center 2012 team have partnered to bring you an exciting opportunity to learn...

Lync mobile clients enable you to stay connected, communicate and conference on the go . Mobile clients for Microsoft Lync 2010 take the power of unified communications mobile—including rich presence, instant messaging, audio conferencing, and calling...

The Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT) version 5.6 contains the necessary tools and documentation to evaluate and mitigate application compatibility issues before deploying Windows 7®, Windows Vista®, a Windows Update, or a new version...

The reintroduced Microsoft Project Server Role Guides provide just the right lenses for particular audiences to get the job done. Efren Edwards and Joshua Hoffman Learning to manage, deploy and maintain new applications or new hardware is a constant challenge...

Last month at the BUILD Conference we introduced Windows Server 8 and began discussing how it will help customers deliver the most dynamic, available, and cost-effective server platform for what we call "cloud optimized IT." I wanted to follow...

I am writing a series of blog where I will guide you on test cases that should carry out when upgrading from either Exchange 2003 or Exchange Server 2007 to Exchange 2010. This blog is ninth of this series. Each blog will contain two or three test cases...

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 features a new platform for high availability and site resilience that makes deploying redundant and highly available mailbox databases easier than before. But even the most extreme forms of redundancy and fault tolerance...

The Security Intelligence Report ( SIR ) is an investigation of the current threat landscape. It analyzes exploits , vulnerabilities , and malware based on data from over 600 million systems worldwide, internet services, and three Microsoft Security Centers...

Although many of the new features in Exchange 2010 are redundant by design and have been designed in that manner, this does not negate the requirement for a reliable disaster recovery plan. The inherent features of Exchange 2010 will contribute toward...

Windows 7 Deployment: My Application is Broken and Can’t Get Up! Finding, testing, and fixing applications on Windows 7 with the Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.6 In Windows 7 migrations application compatibility is an important issue. That’s where...

Digital citizenship is usually defined as the "norms of behavior with regard to technology use." It encompasses digital literacy, ethics, etiquette, online safety, norms, rights, culture and more. Microsoft recognizes that good digital citizenship...

The Microsoft Exchange Conference (MEC) was a huge success, and even though the conference has come to a close, the EHLO team is still cranking out some great content for Compliance Week. Don’t forget to check out Harv Bhela’s article – Keeping Your Organization...

Recently I was working on a PKI/CA project so I thought to write a short simple blog on how to determine the type of CA you have. One way that we generally use to determine the type of the CA is to look in the registry with either Regedit or Regedt32...

Windows 8 and Windows RT include a built-in email app named Mail (also referred to as Windows 8 Mail or the Windows 8 Mail app). The Windows 8 Mail app includes support for IMAP and Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) accounts. This article includes some key technical...

To see if your PC is ready for Windows 7, download the free Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor. It scans your PC for potential issues with your hardware, devices, and installed programs, and recommends what to do before you upgrade. (If you’re already running...

I am writing a series of blog where I will guide you on test cases that should carry out when upgrading from either Exchange 2003 or Exchange Server 2007 to Exchange 2010. This blog is first of this series. Each blog will contain two test cases that will...