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A Month in Exchange: September 2008

Paul Flaherty — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:48:00 GMT

So thats it, summer is over and the clock go back very soon. And from today you it's only 113 days until St. Nic visits your house! #*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*...(read more)

Two Exchange Server Tools You Should Know About

Paul Flaherty — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:59:00 GMT

Christophe sent me a link to this .. a couple of new tools I have not played with ;-) Source: http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/100132/two-exchange-server-tools-you-should-know-about.html One of the great things about working with Exchange Server...(read more)

Monitoring Without System Center Operations Manager

Paul Flaherty — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:23:00 GMT

Interesting topic on Technet Source: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc671175(EXCHG.80).aspx This topic provides guidance about the most useful performance counters to monitor that are common among all Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 server...(read more)

Microsoft AV Scan Engine Updating Issue

Paul Flaherty — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:25:00 GMT

Interesting but Oooops! .. I like the note at the end "Microsoft will not be providing any hotfixes, engine updates, or program fixes to automatically correct this issue." Source: http://blogs.technet.com/fss/archive/2008/08/28/microsoft-av-scan-engine-updating-issue.aspx...(read more)

Cisco to Buy Exchange-Alternative Vendor PostPath

Paul Flaherty — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:03:01 GMT

I saw this up on Henrik's blog .. yeah you might say W H A T E V E R, but actually have a scout around the PostPath website is quite interesting. The Cisco site says has the usual stuff "The acquisition of PostPath complements our strategy...(read more)

Add a user to the local administrators group

Paul Flaherty — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:51:00 GMT

How cool is this ;-) $srv=hostname;([ADSI]"WinNT://$srv/Administrators,group").Add("WinNT://<Domain>/<Account>")...(read more)

Findout who is logged on to a server

Paul Flaherty — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:56:00 GMT

Has a problem today where I couldn't RDP to an Exchange 2007 server ... so knocked this up ;-) Get-ExchangeServer | foreach-Object {write-host $_.name; quser /server:$_}...(read more)

Exchange 2007 Mailbox Server Role Storage Requirements Calculator

Paul Flaherty — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:10:00 GMT

I am sure you all know there is a new Storage Calculator out in the wild not, ver 15.6 I have downloaded and read the article and found a need to pass this script on to you all. Basically about half way down is a link to Collectlogs VBS script Come on!...(read more)

Omnia Unboxing

Paul Flaherty — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:51:00 GMT

Saw this up on modaco and wanted to share it, as it's excellent! Check out the source: http://technivator.blogspot.com/2008/08/props-to-props.html Made me smile :-D...(read more)

Exchange 2007: Offline Address Book

Paul Flaherty — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:04:00 GMT

So been automating some global configuration in Exchange 2007 today and wanted to share this. I need to enable web distribution of the oab and couldn't find the Powershell "check box". But cracked it. You need to just populate the VirtualDirectories entry...(read more)

Microsoft Virtualization and Licensing Announcements

Paul Flaherty — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:47:58 GMT

Interesting Source: http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2008/08/19/449621.aspx Today Microsoft announced some significant changes to its licensing and support policies for applications in hardware virtualization environments. There are two key parts of...(read more)

440 Login Timeout when using OWA 2007

Paul Flaherty — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:36:00 GMT

If you try and access OWA 2007 you may see this error 440 Login Timeout It would appear that this error happens if the IUSR_<Servername> and / or IWAM_<Servername> accounts are disabled on the server. Using Computer Mangement on the server,...(read more)

Server Installation and Automation Guides

Paul Flaherty — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:10:52 GMT

Theses are the mutts nuts. Good old Ross Smith IV up's the bar again. Check them out here http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2008/08/07/449497.aspx and here http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc533547(EXCHG.80).aspx ...The following Exchange...(read more)

The Edinburgh Festival: Fringe - Jo Caulfield: Two-Faced ***?

Paul Flaherty — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:58:43 GMT

We try and see Jo Caulfield every year, as I love here sense of humour and the shows are great. This year was a new venue at The Stand Comedy Club in York Place, a nice intimate venue that can hold about 170 people! .. Guaranteed laughs from queen...(read more)

The Edinburgh Festival: Fringe - Silent Disco

Paul Flaherty — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:39:52 GMT

So after the races we had a couple of hours to kill before Silent Disco . Now for those trendy festival loving people, you will know what Silent Disco is all about (Silent Disco are due to attend the Reading Festival this year). Any way this is...(read more)

The Edinburgh Festival: Fringe - Fringe Racenight

Paul Flaherty — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:31:19 GMT

So Tuesday night we headed over to Musselburgh Racecourse for the Fringe Racenight . It was a shame it was raining. It was a 6 race event and was quite good fun, despite the rain. The Fringe Racenight is billed as an evening at...(read more)

toyshoplondon.com

Paul Flaherty — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:25:32 GMT

Boys and Girls, old and young, I wanted to share with you that the "Toy Shop" is back up and running now! They stock a good range of educational books, have a new craft section for A4 paper/card and A1 paper/card for school projects etc. A new...(read more)

Exchange 2007 Sizing Cheat Sheet

Paul Flaherty — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:53:24 GMT

Rui does it again, this is a sweet article, read it and weep! Source: http://www.msexchange.org/articles-tutorials/exchange-server-2007/planning-architecture/exchange-2007-sizing-cheat-sheet.html Implementing a complete Exchange 2007 solution requires...(read more)

Forefront for Exchange SP1 Rollup 3 has been released

Paul Flaherty — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:40:24 GMT

Just found this up on the Forefront blog http://blogs.technet.com/fss/archive/2008/08/11/forefront-for-exchange-sp1-rollup-3-has-been-released.aspx Forefront for Exchange SP1 Rollup3 has been released. The fixes that are included with in...(read more)

The Edinburgh Festival: Fringe - Faulty Towers the Dining Experience

Paul Flaherty — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:07:30 GMT

Well, well, well. We have been trying like mad to get tickets for this, so rang the venue and got two ticket. For £37 you get a three course dinner and the comedy, which leaves your sides aching with laughter. Basically, you dine with snobbish,...(read more)

The Edinburgh Festival: Fringe - Alba Flamenca

Paul Flaherty — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:20:31 GMT

So while at the Pleasance Courtyard we booked some tickets for Alba Flamenca at the Lot in Grassmarket. Now a few years ago we ate in the restaurant below the Lot and it was not a pleasant experience and we walked out after our starter. BUT the Lot is...(read more)

The Edinburgh Festival: Fringe - Fringe Sunday

Paul Flaherty — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:14:10 GMT

So Sunday afternoon we headed out to the Meadows and Fringe Sunday . The buzz in Edinburgh this time of year is just awesome. The sheer amount of extra people is just amazing. So the Meadows attracted and extra 100,000 people to see the free...(read more)

The Edinburgh Festival: Fringe

Paul Flaherty — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:01:55 GMT

I know I am a bit late, but on Saturday we took the 0830 train from Kings Cross up to Edinburgh to spend a few days at the festival. The journey didn't start too well. It usually take about 4 and half hours to get up to Edinburgh, but this time...(read more)

Exchange 2007 and Public Folders

Paul Flaherty — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:05:00 GMT

So every day is a school day and today I learnt two thing, which means that is enough for one week ;-) So first off is BES. If you use Exchange 2007, you MUST have public folders for BES to work?! Yeah! BlackBerry Enterprise Server obtains free/busy data...(read more)

Get-AllQueuesGUI.ps1 v1.4

Paul Flaherty — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:14:00 GMT

Update to this script too, basically a change from using Get-ExchangeServer in places to Get-TransportServer. Also add a size column to the message tab. It will also log data to c:\ps\logs\<datefolder> Let me know what you think ;-)...(read more)