So, just finished the 5 day Lync Ignite at Global Knowledge, and it was okay. The labs are really good (when they work) and the courseware is okay (a lots of sales stuff and not updated for RTM!) So here are some of the links and ramblings I made … enjoy Links Microsoft Lync Server
(More)…
Comments Off Found this today, and its bloody great! Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I use Windows PowerShell and the .NET Framework classes to work with certificates? http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2011/02/16/use-powershell-and-net-to-find-expired-certificates.aspx
Comments Off This is damm clever. So I have a spreadsheet with a month on each sheet. I created a summary sheet, and wanted to have a formula on the summary sheet that was clever enough to look at the column heading and reference the related sheet. I found this website: http://www.mrexcel.com/archive/Dates/23944.html Summary Sheet C 2 01/01/2011
(More)…
Comments Off Blimey this is good! Source: http://communicationsserverteam.com/archive/2009/04/08/400.aspx Administrators, users and troubleshooters value the possibility in Outlook 2007 to get status about the connections: by holding the ctrl key while right clicking the Outlook icon in the notification area and choosing “Connection Status” (see also http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HP010363941033.aspx). With the new R2 version of the client, Microsoft introduces a
(More)…
Comments Off How cool is this, dunno y I didn’t think of looking for it before. Both 32 and 64 bit versions are available. Source: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/952627 The Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Management Tools update for the release version of Hyper-V is now available from the Microsoft Download Center. This update package installs the management tools for
(More)…
Comments Off Tom sent me some interesting links just in case you toast e2k7 users by mistake Not tested this yet, but might just for the fun of it in my lab Undelete the OU/Users/Groups via ADRestore.net (http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/files/folders/guyt/entry12573.aspx) – or – ADRestore v1.1 (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963906.aspx & http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=840001) Then reset password, enable account and re-attach the mailbox. http://exchangeshare.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/cant-see-deleted-mailbox-in-disconnected-mailbox-under-recipient-configuration/
Comments Off Couldn’t work out why my Outlook stopped working, then i worked it out .. the damm self signed cert has expired … (has it been a year already!) So my thanks Bharat for this: http://exchangepedia.com/blog/2008/01/exchange-server-2007-renewing-self.html but I had to add some stuff to get it work properly!!! [PS] C:\PS>Get-ExchangeCertificate Thumbprint Services Subject ———- ——– ——-
(More)…
Comments Off So I just stumbled upon this blog … very interesting and one for adding to your favourites for when you need it.
Comments Off So Anderson posted this, and my initial thought was huh? The KB didn’t really explain either, so it was time for a test. So the KB will allow you to remove the circled text below: And it’s a nice simple PowerShell Command: Set-TransportConfig WritingBrandingInDSNEnabled $false But you do need to have Exchange 2007 SP1 with
(More)…
Comments Off small service outage lastnight / this morning .. .My server Blue Screened, rebooted and was waiting at the good olde Windows Shutdown Event Tracker screen. So cleared that and then my blog vm has the same so sorted that two. Found this blog, so the damm screen doesn’t come back any more How to: Disable
(More)…
Comments Off 
