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Microsoft Teams rolls out Background Effects. MVP Steve Goodman explains how you can set a custom background using it.
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Note: Aaron has posted that Adobe has released the customisation wizard for Acrobat Reader 9 and has updated his excellent post on deploying Acrobat Reader 9 with this new information. Instructions To perform a silent install of Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.0, follow these steps: 1. Download the install file from Adobe here . 2. Run […]
Read MoreWindows Server 2008 to receive Exchange Server 2007 backup capabilities
A lot has been said in the Exchange community about the decision by Microsoft to remove (or not provide) Exchange Server 2007 awareness from the built-in backup utility shipped with Windows Server 2007. The MS Exchange Team blog explains that a little here : About 2 years ago, when the Exchange team started testing Exchange […]
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Windows Server 2007 supports out of the box most of the pre-requisites for SQL Server 2005 with the exception of the IIS components required for some SQL Server 2005 features. To install the IIS 7.0 pre-requisite components to be able to perform a complete installation of SQL Server 2005 on Windows Server 2008 you can […]
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Microsoft Technet has an excellent resource page for the Windows Server 2008 Server Manager (ServerManagerCMD.exe) command-line tool here. One of the highlights is a complete list of the role, role service, and feature command identifiers for installing Windows Server 2008 components. This is an excellent reference and very handy when configuring a Windows Server 2008 […]
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Project Coconut Entries: Part 1 – Getting the environment up to scratch Part 2 – Sizing the Exchange Server 2007 servers Part 3 – Deploying the first Exchange Server 2007 server Part 4 – Configuring Standby Continuous Replication Part 5 – Its mailbox migration time! Part 6 – Finishing the job The mailboxes have all […]
Read MoreTroubleshooting top Exchange 2007 SP1 SCR issues
The Microsoft Exchange Team Blog has released guidance for some of the most common Standby Continuous Replication issues. It discusses the following issues: Enable-StorageGroupCopyStatus -StandbyMachine reports error “Another standby continuous replication source is already configured…” SCR Target Log Files Fail to Truncate After the TruncationLagTime is Surpassed SCR does not replicate logs in a disjoint […]
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If I worked in Microsoft’s marketing department I’d be curious as to how a negative Microsoft community forum thread ranks higher than the positive marketing messages about Windows Vista.
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Project Coconut Entries: Part 1 – Getting the environment up to scratch Part 2 – Sizing the Exchange Server 2007 servers Part 3 – Deploying the first Exchange Server 2007 server Part 4 – Configuring Standby Continuous Replication Part 5 – Its mailbox migration time! Part 6 – Finishing the job Now that the Exchange […]
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Project Coconut Entries: Part 1 – Getting the environment up to scratch Part 2 – Sizing the Exchange Server 2007 servers Part 3 – Deploying the first Exchange Server 2007 server Part 4 – Configuring Standby Continuous Replication Part 5 – Its mailbox migration time! Part 6 – Finishing the job Project Coconut, now with […]
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The Microsoft Exchange Server team has thrown together a 5 minute video so that you can see the team members talk about their roles and how much they love their jobs. You can watch the video here. Want to go work with these guys? Check out the Exchange Team career site.
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