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Did you like MEC 2014?

http://channel9.msdn.com/events/mec/2014

Guess what, we've announced the 2015 dates!

The news on this one is that it converges a series of events into one. If you've attended Microsoft Exchange Conference (MEC), SharePoint Conference, Lync Conference or Project Conference, this event is for you! Head over to Office Blogs for more.

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Howdy Protectors,

For those of you with DPM 2012 who have attempted to restore the DPMDB, the restore operation may fails with the following error message:

Error ID: 470
DPM database is not present in the instance of SQL Server. Check that the DPM database is present in the given instance of SQL Server.
Detailed Error: Invalid object name 'dpmdb.dbo.sysfiles'.

In order to fix this please check:

KB2968666 - "Error ID: 470" when you run the dpmsync -restoredb command in Data Protection Manager 2012 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2968666

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Howdy Protectors,

You may say, here it comes another agent deployment troubleshooting idea, and you’d be absolutely right! In this case is specifically developed for the error 319:

Install protection agent on name.domain.com failed:
Error 319: The agent operation failed because of a communication error with the DPM Agent Coordinator service on name.domain.com.
Error details: The RPC server is unavailable (0x800706BA)
Recommended action: 1) Verify that name.domain.com is remotely accessible from the DPM server.
2) If a firewall is enabled on name.domain.com, make sure that it is not blocking requests from the DPM server. Refer to the DPM Deployment Guide for more information on configuring the firewall for DPM.

Additionally, the DPM-Alerts event log displays the following event:

Log Name: DPM Alerts
Source: DPM-EM
Date: <date>
Event ID: 370
Task Category: None
Level: Warning
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: name.domain.com
Description:
Agent operation failed. (ID: 370)
The agent operation failed because of a communication error with the DPM Agent Coordinator service on name.domain.com. (ID: 319)

In order to fix this please check:

KB2981833 - System Center 2012 Data Protection Manager agent installation fails with error 319 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2981833)

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Howdy Protectors,

It seems Microsoft has released another couple of updates for our beloved product:

2966012 - Update Rollup 7 for System Center 2012 Data Protection Manager SP1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2966012

2966014 - Update Rollup 3 for System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2966014

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Howdy,

Microsoft has released an important update to resolve some issues experienced when using the Hybrid Configuration Wizard to create  a new or manage an existing hybrid deployment with Microsoft Exchange Server 2013.

In order to know more about this including a FAQ section please follow the below link:

http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2014/07/30/important-update-available-for-exchange-server-2013-hybrid-deployments.aspx

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Howdy,

The Microsoft Exchange Team just published an amazing document on Office 365 and SPAM. Apparently these will be a series, so we have a lot to look forward on this.

Here is the first one…

http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2014/07/25/spam-email-and-office-365-environment-overview.aspx

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