• Manually connecting to exchange 2010 using windows remote powershell

    $user = Get-Credential

    $session = New-PSSession -Configurationname Microsoft.Exchange –ConnectionUri http://servername/powershell -Credential $user

    Import-PSSession $session

  • June 2011 standalone version of Exchange Server 2010 SP1 Help released

    http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=1573

  • Update Rollup 4 for Exchange 2010 SP1 is now available for download

    http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=26554

  • Exchange 2010 Management Console (EMC) is very slow

    Lately while working with my Exchange 2010 customers they complain “ Exchange 2010 Management Console is very slow”, and I have been advising them about a workaround that had worked perfectly for me and them all the time. Now the management console starts very quickly . So here is the solution:

     

    Turn off (Uncheck) “Check for publisher’s certificate revocation” & “Check for server certificate revocation” options on the server/workstations you are starting the EMC (Exchange Management Console) on

    ·        In Windows Internet Explorer –> Tools –> Internet Options –> Advanced tab

    ·        In the Security section, uncheck the below two options “Check for publisher’s certificate revocation” & “Check for server certificate revocation”

     

    How does this relate to the EMC in Exchange 2010  ? well Exchange tries to connect to the certificate revocation list (CRL) Web site. Exchange examines the CRL list to verify the code signing certificate.

     

    I have also noticed that unchecking the two options above speed up the start time of EMS (Exchange Management Shell)

     

    This is a security option and unchecking this represent a risk unless the machine is in a secure environment, please be aware the of consciences of this change.