Microsoft 365 Keeps On Changing
Hot on the heels of last week’s beta release of Exchange Server 2010 comes the beta release of Forefront Security for Exchange, that now includes Exchange Server 2010 support. The new Forefront Security for Exchange integrates with the Forefront “Stirling” management console and ships with a PowerShell interface for improved manageability, and also includes new […]
When installing the VMWare tools on a core install of Windows Server 2008 some people are confused to find that nothing happens after selecting “Install/Upgrade VMWare Tools” from the client window. Even though the VMWare Tools image mounts to the virtual CD-ROM drive it does not autorun as you would expect in a normal install […]
Microsoft announced the release today of the Exchange 2010 public beta, which you can download from the new Exchange 2010 Technet Site. The MS Exchange Team blog has a post about it too including some links to videos and other resources. Meanwhile the Unified Communications blog also announced it and ran through a list of […]
On Exchange Server 2007 you may encounter a quota violation error when attempting to move the storage group logs path for one of your storage groups. Summary: 1 item(s). 0 succeeded, 1 failed. Elapsed time: 01:35:36 SG Public Folders Failed Error: WMI exception occured on server ‘exchangeserver.domain.local’: Quota violation Quota violation Exchange Management Shell command […]
Over at ChrisBrogan.com guest poster GL Hoffman shares 10 terrific tips on how to stand out (the good way) at your workplace. Being visible and known for being a good worker might be important for you in the current economic climate as the axe swings on jobs across the industry. Read Are you Anonymous at […]
When an Outlook 2007 user has their mailbox migrated from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007 they may start seeing a certificate mismatch error appear when launching Outlook. This problem will occur if the following conditions are true: the internal DNS namespace does not match the external DNS namespace (eg domain.local for internal and domain.com.au for […]
For those familiar with the GUI interface for Exchange Server 2003 diagnostic logging the new Exchange Server 2007 diagnostic logging cmdlets might seem a little daunting at first. But with a little PowerShell understanding they become much easier to manage. Lets take a look at a few examples. First of all the two shell cmdlets […]
When you introduce a the first Exchange Server 2007 server into an existing Exchange Server 2003 organization you may encounter an issue with mail flow between the two servers. Emails sent from Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2003 work fine, however emails sent from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007 do not work and can be seen […]
In one of life’s “chicken and egg” situations I recently encountered the issue of promoting a Windows Server 2003 64-bit R2 server to be a Domain Controller in an environment with only Windows Server 2003 32-bit (non-R2) servers as existing Domain Controllers. DCPromo will tell you that the Forest has not been prepared for the […]
While deploying a new Dell PowerEdge 2900 for a customer I enountered a problem where the Broadcom Advanced Control Suite displayed no options for NIC teaming. I checked the Dell Support website first and confirmed that the latest Dell-supplied drivers were already installed on the server. After a little hunting around I decided to download […]
I’ve written some more articles recently at AllSpammedUp.com. One of the interesting things about writing these articles is that is has forced me to take a deeper look at Exchange Server 2007 antispam features and consider their effectiveness. My view at the moment is that with the right attention and configuration Exchange Server 2007 can […]
