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Sunday, October 26, 2008 8:58 PM

Installation notes of my demo Exchange 2007 SP1 on a Win 2003 R2 SP2

* Exchange 2007 typical pre-setup steps - Raise Domain to Native mode (in AD Domains and Trusts) - Install DotNet framework 2.0 SP1 (Dot.NET Framework 2.0 SP1 -32b- NetFx20SP1_x86.exe) - Install the TimeZone fix (TimeZone fix - 32b - WindowsServer2003-KB933360-x86-ENU.exe)
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Tuesday, October 21, 2008 6:19 PM

Programmatically change phone numbers in Outlook

First of all, you need to allow Macro execution by going to Tools/Marcro/Security, then restart Outlook Press Alt-F11 to open the Macro window. Below is the code skeleton for you to start with. Sub Outlook_Contact_Change() Dim folder As Outlook.folder
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Thursday, October 16, 2008 12:42 PM

Microsoft Software Restriction Policies

Software restriction policies are free features found in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 and above. They can be used to control which software is allowed to run on your computer. * Software Restriction Policies demo video download (5.5M) * Using Software
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Thursday, October 16, 2008 12:40 PM

Creating multimedia web trainings by Microsoft Producer

This demo was created using Microsoft Office XP. This is an added value provided freely to Microsoft Office customers. * Try it online (make sure you allow installation of Office component on your computer, when prompted) * Download and try it locall
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Thursday, October 16, 2008 12:39 PM

Scripting - Sample Users/Group creation in AD

Set oRoot = GetObject(" LDAP://rootDSE ") Set oDomain = GetObject("LDAP://" & oRoot.Get("defaultNamingContext")) Set oOU=oDomain.Create("organizationalUnit", "ou=My Corp Users") oOU.SetInfo Set oUser = oOU.Create("User", "cn=Director One") oUser.Put
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Thursday, October 16, 2008 12:37 PM

Windows Server scripting - first steps

************ Server machines << note the number 1 at the end of netsh command, which is for the metric of the 192.168.1.10 gateway >> netsh interface ip set address name="Local Area Connection" static 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.10
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Thursday, October 16, 2008 12:31 PM

In Use File Replacement

In order to replace running (being used) files, we can use the Windows MoveFileEx API. This allows the update to be made during the work hours, and after a PC/server restart, the new file will be available to use. The below is the illustration of how
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Thursday, October 16, 2008 12:31 PM

A quick look at IPSec (IPSecurity)

* IPSec demo scenario * IPSec high level demo video (0.5M)
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Thursday, October 16, 2008 12:29 PM

SMS 2003 demo video, as of Oct 2004

1. 1. SMS 2003 installation (2M) 2. 2. Software deployment a. LVTD deployment (0.8M) b. Office 2003 on WinXP deployment (2.3M) c. Upgrade Win2KPro-04 to WinXP (2M) 3. 3. Software update deployment – to the Model PC a. Deploying Windows hotfixes to the
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Thursday, October 16, 2008 12:25 PM

Test driving Windows Storage Server!

Just install the 30 day eval of the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target to your normal Windows Server.
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Thursday, October 16, 2008 12:24 PM

PKI - Smart Card overview presentation

* PKI - Smart Card overview slide download (1.9M) * Deploying PKI inside Microsoft (1.4M) * Smart Card deployment at Microsoft (1.1M) * Smart Card MS ILM 2007 demo video (1.2M)
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Thursday, October 16, 2008 12:16 PM

ForeFront Server for Exchange slide and demo download

* ForeFront Server overview slide (5 MB) * ForeFront AntiVirus demo video (0.9 MB) * ForeFront AntiSpam demo video (1.2 MB) * Quick Start Guide for ForeFront Server for Exchange (0.2 MB) * Quick Start User’s Guide for ForeFront Server for Exchange (1.2
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Thursday, October 16, 2008 12:06 PM

Download for the IT Pro track - Heros Happen Here joint launch in March 2008

* Demo video files for the Secure, Trusted & Virtualization portion of the morning general session (3 MB) Windows 2008 Key Note demo video download * Presentation files (17 MB): Afternoon breakdown sessions slide download Que - Hero - Windows Server
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Thursday, October 16, 2008 12:01 PM

Microsoft Antigen demo PPT download

For organizations running on Exchange 2003, you can buy ForeFront and be eligible to run the previous version of it, Antigen. Below is the download address for some Antigen demo PPTs. Also a sample virus for testing is provided as well. It will not harm
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Thursday, October 16, 2008 11:41 AM

System Center Configuration Manager 2007 demo video download (as of Feb 2008)

* PowerPoint slide download (6.5 MB) * Hands on lab manuals * SCCM deployment - Remote Control - Reporting - MOF customization demo video (3 MB) * SCCM Desired Configuration Management demo (1.2 MB) * Microsoft Update management using SCCM demo (2.2 MB)
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Thursday, October 16, 2008 12:43 PM

Windows 2008 Server Core - Virtual Machine Addtions installation & Product Activation

I installed a Windows 2008 Enterprise Core using Virtual PC 2007 SP1 (which has the Windows 2008 option in the VM creation wizard). Then I tried to install the VM Additions (directly from d:\windows\setup.exe after choosing the VM Additions command of
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Thursday, October 16, 2008 12:42 PM

Microsoft Branch Office solutions

* Microsoft Branch Office solutions presentation slide (0.3M) * DFS & ISA Site-to-site VPN demo scenario (0.2M) * Windows 2008 DFS demo video (2.6M) * Windows 2008 RODC and Server Core demo video (4.1M) * Windows 2008 Terminal Services RemoteApps
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Thursday, October 16, 2008 12:35 PM

Microsoft Virtualization technologies

* Microsoft Virtualization technologies - 30min - slide download (4.4M) * SoftGrid for Terminal Services 12min demo video download (1.2M) * Charlie Tan's System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 Overview (9.4M). In this presentation, Performance and
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Thursday, October 16, 2008 12:33 PM

Some ISA Server resources

* ISA 2006 logging topic * ISA 2004 Hands-On lab manual (0.2M) * ISA https filtering demo (0.2M)
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Thursday, October 16, 2008 12:23 PM

Exchange 2007 resource

* Exchange 2007 overview slide (9.7 MB) * Exchange 2007 Reviewer's Guide (updated Nov 2007) (7.4 MB) * Exchange 2007 sample diagram * Exchange 2007 demo diagram * Exchange 2007 planning document Table 5 Mailbox memory recommendations for Exchange 2007
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Thursday, October 16, 2008 12:18 PM

IT Services Assesment and Planning with Microsoft Infrastructure Optimization Initiative

Microsoft Infrastructure Optimization is a guidance recommended from some independent reseachers that helps organizations evaluating its current IT environment, discovering what IT services needed for the future and the order of deploying those services.
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Thursday, October 16, 2008 12:15 PM

Managing Exchange 2007 recipients using the Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC) MMC snap-in

One of the things that have changed drastically with Exchange Server 2007 is the way in which you manage recipients. As most of us are aware, back in Exchange 2000 and 2003, recipients were managed using the Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC)
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Thursday, October 16, 2008 12:04 PM

Active Directory Technologies

* AD Technical Overview slide download (1M) * Use AD as a mini Human Resource database demo video download (1.4M) * Single Singon (SSO) with AD for your in-house developed applications, demo video (1M) * Source code download: Accessing AD database using
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Thursday, October 16, 2008 10:04 AM

Windows 2008 Overview: Slide and demo video download

* Overview slide deck download (4.8M) * Demo video: Firewall and IPSec (1M) * Demo video: IIS 7 administration new features (3M) * Demo video: NAP support in DHCP, Windows XP and Vista (0.7M) * Demo video: NAP support in DHCP, Configuration, Auto Remediation
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