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Supporting #Exchange 2007 on Windows Server 2008 R2

Paul Flaherty — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:09:27 GMT

Cool at last, will probably be the first SP2 Rollup? .. you see “we” do have a voice and Microsoft do listen ! http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2009/11/04/453026.aspx … Earlier this year we made a decision in one direction, and due to the feedback we...(read more)

Trend Micro Announces ScanMail for #Exchange2010

Paul Flaherty — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:02:49 GMT

#Exchange Missed this .. http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS154453+03-Nov-2009+PRN20091103 Trend Micro Announces the Latest ScanMail(TM) for Microsoft Exchange Tue Nov 3, 2009 11:00am EST ScanMail 10, providing the immediate protection of...(read more)

A Month in #Exchange: November 2009

Paul Flaherty — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:52:26 GMT

Damm November already, where has this year gone? #*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#* Microsoft Exchange … In Blog Posts and News from October 2009 #*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#* New Downloads...(read more)

FREE! Introducing Windows Server 2008 R2 ebook

Paul Flaherty — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:38:29 GMT

Stu just sent me this link .. go get it baby, it’s free http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/C/0/5C0BD0AB-040D-4C56-A60B-661001012DDA/Windows_Server_2008_R2_e-book.pdf...(read more)

TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Virtualization Best Practices for Exchange Server (Level 300)

Paul Flaherty — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:53:01 GMT

Roll up roll up register why you can … in the UK it’s 1800-1900 :-| http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032428203&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US Wednesday, November 04, 2009 : Virtualizing business...(read more)

FREE! @Exchange 2010 - A Practical Approach ebook

Paul Flaherty — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:37:17 GMT

Check it out, all you need is your name and email address. http://www.red-gate.com/specials/Exchange/esa_exchange2010.htm?utm_source=simpletalkarticle&utm_medium=weblink&utm_content=2010ebookoct09 It’s a 195 PDF doc with five chapters: Chapter...(read more)

Roadmap for Outlook Personal Folders (.pst) Documentation

Paul Flaherty — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:31:05 GMT

Interesting .. maybe someone will write a PST interface for Outlook Web Access :-o http://blogs.msdn.com/interoperability/archive/2009/10/26/roadmap-for-outlook-personal-folders-pst-documentation.aspx Data portability has become an increasing need for...(read more)

Microsoft Office 2010 Beta Coming Soon - Technical Preview Program to Close

Paul Flaherty — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:28:08 GMT

Got an email on Friday .. about time too the Tech Preview is a bit buggy, but you expect that Thank you for continuing to utilize, evaluate and provide feedback on the Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Preview. We wanted to notify you the Office 2010 Beta...(read more)

Blackberry Enterprise Server and Exchange 2010

Paul Flaherty — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:38:14 GMT

As you should know by now Exchange 2010 removes certain programming hinterfaces that breaks the likes of BES and Enterprise Vault. Found this: http://na.blackberry.com/eng/support/software/server_compatibility.jsp#tab_tab_news October 20, 2009 -...(read more)

A Month in Exchange: October 2009

Paul Flaherty — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:01:35 GMT

I know, I know its late, but hey did u c the announcement last night .. " Exchange 2010 is Code Complete and on its way to General Availability " .. yeah baby! #*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#* Microsoft Exchange...(read more)

Upgrade Your Hotmail Live Account.

Paul Flaherty — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:39:05 GMT

If you get an email like this in your hotmail account DO NOT reply to it .. and I really mean DO NOT reply to it. Microsoft NEVER sends email like this out! Check these out: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8291268.stm http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/oct/06/hotmail-phishing...(read more)

Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) RC0

Paul Flaherty — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:01:18 GMT

Sweet http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=a3f5729a-3989-4f60-980f-1b87dd198988 Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) is a secure application gateway, to manage, control, and optimize remote access for...(read more)

e2010 Test-ServiceHealth for all

Paul Flaherty — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:41:30 GMT

Wanted to share this with you .. get the Service Health or all you Exchange 2010 Servers Get-ExchangeServer | where {$_.AdminDisplayVersion.Major -eq 14 –AND $_.IsProvisionedServer -eq $False} | ForEach{$s = $_.Name; "`n$s"; Test-Servicehealth...(read more)

Dell to acquire Perot for $3.9bn

Paul Flaherty — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:14:15 GMT

Interesting Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8267054.stm ; http://www.perotsystems.com/MediaRoom/PressRelease092009 ; http://content.dell.com/us/en/corp/d/secure/2009-09-21-Perot-Systems.aspx Computer giant Dell is buying IT services provider...(read more)

Support changes coming July 2010 for Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003

Paul Flaherty — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 07:00:17 GMT

Saw this email … Windows 2000 Server Extended Support for Windows 2000 Server will end on July 13, 2010. At this time, Windows 2000 Server will no longer be publicly supported. You will be able to continue using "Self-Help Online Support"*...(read more)

A Month in Exchange: September 2009

Paul Flaherty — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:15:25 GMT

Only 114 days until Christmas ;-). So August the release of Exchange 2007 Service Pack 2 and Exchange 2010 Release Candidate #*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#* Microsoft Exchange … In Blog Posts and News for August...(read more)

British Airways: Earn Tier points on all economy flights

Paul Flaherty — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:17:46 GMT

About bl00dy time too, I fly BA a fair bit, but I pay so want to do it cheap! .. I received this in an email: We’re delighted to tell you that as of 18 August 2009, you’ll be able to earn Tier Points on every flight* you take with us and our oneworld®...(read more)

Notes from the MMMUG August 2009

Paul Flaherty — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:38:07 GMT

Wow not many spare chairs, so this was an Exchange 2010 HA session with Ewan Tsang-MacKellar. Session started with the HA options Exchange 2007 gave us. Then Ewan introduced us to Exchange 2010 DAG’s (Database Availability Groups). DAG Config information...(read more)

VMware vSphere 4: Exchange Server on NFS, iSCSI, and Fibre Channel

Paul Flaherty — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:14:52 GMT

Thanks to Ash for pointing me at this: http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vsphere_perf_exchange-storage-protocols.pdf Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 is a storage intensive workload used by a large number of IT organizations to provide email for their users....(read more)

More on Exchange 2007 SP2

Paul Flaherty — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:13:33 GMT

Okay been trawling the web and found these: Active Directory Schema Changes (SP2) http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee221142.aspx What's New in Exchange Server 2007 SP2 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee221150.aspx Exchange Management...(read more)

What's New in Exchange Server 2007 SP2

Paul Flaherty — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 07:07:57 GMT

Okay the link on the download site doesn’t work, but it should go here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee221150.aspx Deploying Exchange Server 2010: You can deploy Exchange Server 2010 in your organization … Exchange Backup Functionality:...(read more)

Access Hidden Regional Themes in Windows 7

Paul Flaherty — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:59:47 GMT

How funky is this! Source: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/3476/access-international-themes-in-windows-7/ Basically, navigate to C:\Windows\Globalization\MCT and see the themes. I have 5, AU, CA, GB, US and ZA...(read more)

Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2

Paul Flaherty — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:31:55 GMT

Shame the What’s New link doesn't work! Source: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=4c4bd2a3-5e50-42b0-8bbb-2cc9afe3216a Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2) has been designed specifically to help...(read more)

Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Web Scheduler

Paul Flaherty — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:29:51 GMT

Interesting Source: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=6d6848ec-e7d6-41f4-82d9-5bed3526fcbd Web Scheduler is a 64-bit tool for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2. It provides a Web-based alternative...(read more)

Forefront Security 2010 for Exchange Server Release Candidate

Paul Flaherty — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:28:36 GMT

Ohhh Source: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b8a7d36f-cc8d-4335-ae60-8f27c48f3a37&displayLang=en Microsoft Forefront Security 2010 for Exchange Server provides fast and effective protection against malware and spam by including...(read more)