• Please welcome the DAG Active/Active model in the Mailbox Server Role Requirements Calculator

    Yes, there is a new version of the Mailbox Server Role Requirements calculator (v12.3) that supports the Active/Active DAG model. Enhancements in this version: Incorporated Megacycle adjustment formula changes as documented in Guidance Change- Calculating...
  • Lync Server 2010 RC lab deployment guide (Part 1)

    Do you want to build your own Lync lab and you need guideline, I’ll post a series of four parts for a walkthrough for my lab setup and configuration over the next period… So let’s start by part 1: The Lab environment: Windows 2008 R2 as the OS for Lync...
  • Lync Server 2010 lab deployment guide (Part 3)

    In this part we need to deploy a local configuration store with the published configuration in the central management store on our Lync server, we will do that by using the deployment wizard again and selecting the ‘Install or update Lync Server System...
  • Lync Server 2010 lab deployment guide (Part 4)

    So now with all services started we are ready in this final part to create and enable our first Lync users but let me show you first the Lync Control Panel. 1. From the start menu open the ‘Lync Server Control Panel’ 2. You will be prompted for the admin...
  • IMPORTANT EMAIL VIRUS Alert: Win32/Visal.B with a subject name of “Here you have”

    Take care… There is currently a new mass mailing worm that sends out thousands of messages from infected machines. This message has a link to a file on the internet. The file in the link displays a .pdf but the Hyperlink is to a “_pdf.scr” file. If you...