Scott Schnoll of the Microsoft Exchange Team has released a five part video series on the new Standby Continuous Replication (SCR) feature of Exchange Server 2007 SP1. The videos are available for viewing or download here. Read more about SCR on Technet.
Last Updated 14/9/07 Opinion: To me 2Clix used to be a software company I’d never heard of that made a product I’d never used that some people apparently don’t like. Now 2Clix is a software company I have heard of that makes a product I’ll never use. I don’t really like it when popular internet […]
An Exchange Server 2007 server with incorrectly loaded performance counters may result in many instances of event ID 3006 being logged to the Application Event Log. Event Type: Warning Event Source: LoadPerf Event Category: None Event ID: 3006 Date: 10/09/2007 Time: 12:51:51 User: N/A Computer: SERVER Description: Unable to read the performance counter strings of the 011 language ID. The Win32 status returned […]
Microsoft has released some training materials to help with end-user training for Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007. These slick, professional looking PowerPoint decks can help end-users understand MOSS 2007 terminology and assist them with how to perform routine tasks within the portal. The Sharepoint Team Blog has linked directly to the files here.
My colleague Dan has finally started his own blog about VMWare virtualisation products, and area he holds a lot of expertise in. Check it out – PenguinPunk.net
Tom Shinder of ISAServer.org takes an amusing shot at the myth in some circles that a “hardware” firewall or “firewall appliance” offers more security than a Microsoft ISA Server firewall. I was drawn to a particular quote in his article about the relative security of ISA Server to other popular firewalls in the context of […]
Microsoft has released a terrific whitepaper covering their own implementation of Exchange Server 2007 Unified Messaging. The paper is available for reading or download on here on Technet, along with a Powerpoint presentation and webcast for IT pros. This technical white paper discusses how Microsoft IT designed and deployed an Exchange Server 2007–based unified messaging solution […]
I did a search via the Internet Explorer 7 search bar today which happened to still be configured to use Live.com (the default setting). I was quickly reminded why I stick to Google instead of Live. Not only didn’t the first page of results have what I was looking for, it didn’t even have any […]
After a mailbox is moved from an Exchange 2003 server to an Exchange 2007 server the user may find they are unable to logon to Outlook even after the mailbox move wizard has completed. The Exchange server will log the following events at the completion of the wizard: Event Type: Information Event Source: Exchange Migration Event Category: Move […]
On a Symantec Backup Exec 11d server that is backing up Microsoft SQL Server databases you may encounter failed backups with an error: The path for this database is invalid because it contains extra backslash characters. You must remove the extra backslash characters before the database can be backed up. The solution provided by Symantec […]
To continue my harping on about Exchange Server 2007 I thought I would link to an interesting blog entry from Harold Wong (Senior Technology Specialist, Microsoft) on backup solutions for Exchange Server 2007. We have at least one Exchange Server 2007 deployment being delayed for production due to incompatibilities with the client’s backup product of […]
There is a good story on the Windows Vista Team blog about a bust on a Chinese software piracy ring. The story is a good one because it demonstrates the positive outcomes from the Windows Genuine Advantage program that many people gripe about. Well done to Microsoft I say.
