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ServerManager Depreciated?
15 October 09 09:46 PM | danielke | 0 Comments   

  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 Read More...

Filed under: Windows 2008, E14, PowerShell, Exchange 2010

Exchange 2010 Q&A
06 September 09 04:43 PM | danielke | 0 Comments   

Hi   please Join me at this event to talk about Exchange 2010, you can register here Read More...

Filed under: Exchange 2003, Exchange 2007, Windows 2008, Windows Mobile, virtualisation, Hyper-V, Event, E14, Outlook 2003, Outlook Client, PowerShell, Outlook 2007, Exchange 2010

Combined HT and CAS
07 August 09 09:00 PM | danielke | 0 Comments   

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 Read More...

Filed under: Exchange 2007, Windows 2008, PowerShell

CCR or Stretched CCR?
07 August 09 08:42 PM | danielke | 0 Comments   

Having spoke with a few customers about whether a local CCR and SCR is the best solution or a stretched CCR across 2 data centres I thought I'd write a post. There is no right and wrong answer to that question, in typical consulting style 'it depends'. Read More...

Filed under: Exchange 2007, Windows 2008, Outlook 2003, Outlook Client, Outlook 2007

Exchange 2007 SP1 certificate generation
18 June 09 09:35 AM | danielke | 0 Comments   

I created a cert the other day for a customer so thought I'd share the Powershell command, you never know it might help! New-ExchangeCertificate -GenerateRequest -Path c:\CompanyA.csr -KeySize 2048 -SubjectName "c=GB, s=London, l=London, o=CompanyA, cn=Mail.CompanyA.com" Read More...

Filed under: Exchange 2007, Windows 2008, PowerShell

Learning Snacks
11 June 09 02:07 PM | danielke | 0 Comments   

Learning snacks are short and interactive presentations on popular technologies, see this one for Exchange 2010 , more to follow. Take a look at the Learning snack portal for other great presentations.   Written by Daniel Kenyon-Smith Read More...

Filed under: Windows 2008, virtualisation, Hyper-V, Windows 7, PowerShell, Exchange 2010

Single Label Domain (SLD)
13 February 09 06:39 PM | danielke | 0 Comments   

I have recently spoken with customers who have a single label domain and have asked the question whether the next version of Exchange will be supported. It's still a recommendation to move from a SLD, but we do support it, see for more details - http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2009/01/27/450514.aspx Read More...

Filed under: Exchange 2007, Windows 2008

PowerShell installation Windows 2008
06 February 09 06:47 PM | danielke | 2 Comments   

Before you install Exchange 2007 SP1 onto a Windows 2008 server you'll need ensure that prerequisites are installed, by default .NET Framework 2.0 and Microsoft Management Console (MMC) will be installed but you'll need to install Windows PowerShell. Read More...

Filed under: Exchange 2007, Windows 2008, PowerShell

E14 is coming!!
14 January 09 05:26 PM | danielke | 0 Comments   

Take a look at the video from our lead Program Manager (Exchange product team) about the next release of Exchange called code name E14. This is the 1 st version of Exchange that been written for Software as a Service SaS . At Microsoft we run we our own Read More...

Filed under: Windows 2008, Windows Mobile, Migration, E14

TechNet Events
16 December 08 01:36 PM | danielke | 0 Comments   

TechNet Events Live: TechNet Event : Managing Windows Servers with PowerShell V2 Location: London Date: 10 February 2009 TechNet Event: Microsoft Systems Management and understanding the role of System Center Location: Birmingham Date: 12 February 2009 Read More...

Filed under: Daniel Kenyon-Smith, Exchange 2007, Windows 2008, Microsoft System Center , Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007 , Event

Session 3: Messaging – 3rd September 2008
18 August 08 01:51 PM | danielke | 0 Comments   

MCS Talks This session will build upon the core infrastructure services discussed in Session 2 but will focus on the decisions commonly faced by enterprises when deploying Exchange Server 2007. Some of the topics we'll cover will include how to approach Read More...

Filed under: Daniel Kenyon-Smith, Exchange 2007, Windows 2008, Windows Mobile, Event

To Hyper-V or not to Hyper-V?
14 July 08 08:56 PM | danielke | 3 Comments   

It’s here! Hyper-V. Is Exchange 2007 a good candidate for virtualisation? Well only in certain situations and for certain roles and we’ll discuss this later. Some applications can have major advantages from increased utilization of hardware, simplified Read More...

Filed under: Daniel Kenyon-Smith, Exchange 2007, Windows 2008, virtualisation, Hyper-V

Exchange 2007 SP1 and Windows 2008
13 May 08 04:33 PM | danielke | 1 Comments   

Now Windows 2008 has been released to manufacturing (RTM), all new implementations of Exchange 2007 SP1 can be designed using Windows 2008 Server (SP1 is a minimum requirement for Windows 2008, a full list of prerequisites can found at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb691354.aspx Read More...

Filed under: Daniel Kenyon-Smith, Exchange 2007, Windows 2008