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DPM 2010 Beta available for download

Anderson Patricio — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:29:05 GMT

Hello folks,

DPM 2010 beta is available and this beta supports Exchange Server 2010 DAG protection! :)

Overview of DPM 2010: http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/dataprotectionmanager/en/us/2010beta-overview.aspx

You can download it from here: https://connect.microsoft.com/Downloads/DownloadDetails.aspx?SiteID=840&DownloadID=22070

Cheers,
Anderson Patricio
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Identity Lifecycle Manager "2" RC

Anderson Patricio — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 03:42:12 GMT

Identity Lifecycle Manager (ILM) "2" delivers an integrated identity management solution with powerful self-service capabilities for Office end-users, rich administrative tools and enhanced automation for IT professionals and .NET and WS-* based extensibility for developers. ILM "2" provides organizations with unique workflow driven solutions to manage user accounts, passwords, groups and distribution lists as well as certificate-based credentials such as smart cards, using identity-based policies that can span across Windows and heterogeneous environments. And when you download the latest beta software, you're automatically registered to access valuable beta resources assembled in one convenient location.

System requirements: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver/ilm2/sysreqs.mspx

Get it here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-ca/evalcenter/cc872861.aspx

A Scalable Networking Pack (SNP) hotfix rollup package is available for Windows Server 2003

Anderson Patricio — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 02:09:36 GMT

Install this update to resolve some reliability issues with Scalable Networking Pack (SNP) on systems that are running Windows Server 2003. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

Download it here (x64): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=FEB6F957-8A3E-4D89-B31F-DD61EEDA2F05 and 32bits http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=F5D41696-A83D-47CF-A06F-1BF708F6B567

Cheers,
Anderson Patricio

Exchange Server 2007 and Hyper-V

Anderson Patricio — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:56:44 GMT

Hello folks,

I've just seen on the Is this thing on? blog about Hyper-V and Exchange Server 2007. We can expect a support statement document for Hyper-V and it will be released at msechangeteam.com blog site.

In the same post Scott Schnoll gave some information about best practices and requirements, as follows:

We're only supporting guests running Exchange Server 2007 SP1 on Windows Server 2008.
We're only supporting fixed disks, and not dynamic disks.
Storage should be on spindles that are separate from the Guest operating system VHD physical storage.
Storage must be SCSI passthrough or iSCSI (with a preference of SCSI passthrough for queues, databases and log files).
All Exchange server roles, except for the Unified Messaging server role, will be supported.
For backup, hardware VSS should be used.
There's a limit on VHD size of 2040 GB.

Cheers,
Anderson Patricio

How to find /3GB without using boot.ini

Anderson Patricio — Sat, 31 May 2008 18:45:36 GMT

Hello Folks,

It might be useful for the Exchange Server 2003 admins. The Performance Team explained three different ways to find out if the /3GB is enabled, as follows:

We've talked a lot about the /3GB switch and its effect on system resources in previous posts. Today we are going to discuss how to determine whether or not /3GB is enabled on a 32-bit system without looking at the boot.ini file or using MSCONFIG.EXE. Finding out this information is not as difficult as you would think - there are actually multiple ways to find this information. We are going to find this information in three different ways - by looking in the registry, by using PSTAT.EXE and by looking at a Memory Dump File. So, without further delay, let's look at the simplest of the three methods - finding the information in the registry.

Windows 2008, SQL 2008, VS 2008 launch in Canada

Anderson Patricio — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 20:57:00 GMT

Three ways to be a hero. One event to launch them.

As one of the unsung heroes of technology, you do work that helps your company be more competitive. Now, Microsoft is launching three powerful new products that help make it even easier for you to be a hero every day, including:

• Windows Server® 2008 operating system;
• Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008; and,
• Microsoft Visual Studio® 2008.

See the applications in action. Attend break-out sessions and meet with product experts. Get answers to your questions and leave with a promotional kit that includes versions of the three new products.

Click Here to learn more and see all available event cities or click below to register directly now.

Launch & Technical Readiness Events
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brought to you in collaboration with CIPS and ICTC, these 3 hour, pre-launch workshops are intended to help you network with peers and focus on the changing landscapes of technology, industry, community and your career

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High Availability - January Marketing Wave

Anderson Patricio — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:48:53 GMT

Hello Folks,

This post is not Exchange related but it will help us in the future to deploy our HA scenarios for Exchange Server 2007 on Windows Server 2008. These are the January events about High Availability in Windows Server 2008:

Building High Availability Infrastructures with Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering
Date: Monday January 21, 2008; Time: 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM PST
Discover how Failover Clustering with Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise enables you to build a highly available infrastructure. We give you an overview of the new and improved clustering architecture, describe new tools migration strategies, and demonstrate the improved features. Attend this webcast to hear how the completely redesigned advanced clustering capabilities in Windows Server 2008 Enterprise offer high availability in case of a hardware failure.
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032364827&Culture=en-US

Failover Clustering 101
Date: Tuesday January 22, 2008; Time: 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM PST
Are you new to clustering? Do you want to build a highly available infrastructure but don't know where to start. Join us for this webcast where we start from basics of building a highly available infrastructure with Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering.
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032364829&Culture=en-US

Failover Cluster Validation and Troubleshooting with Windows Server 2008
Date: Thursday January 24, 2008; Time: 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM PST
Having nightmares about the Windows HCL and trying to find the right solution. Do you know what to do when your mission critical Exchange or SQL solution breaks. Well those days are gone. This session will drill deep into the new Cluster Validation tools included with Windows Server 2008 Enterprise , that solve that challenges presented with the HCL and provide you the tools to troubleshoot your infrastructure.
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032364831&Culture=en-US

Geographically Dispersed Failover Clustering in Windows Server 2008 Enterprise
Date: Monday January 28, 2008; Time: 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM PST
As Windows Server operating systems become increasingly accepted in the large scale and high-end mission-critical parts of organizations, the requirements for disaster tolerance and business continuance become more and more important. The goal of this session is to cover the considerations on how you can build a complete High Availability solution with Windows Server 2008 Enterprise" Failover Clustering to ensure that there is no single point of failure.
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032364833&Culture=en-US

High Availability with Hyper-V
Date: Wednesday January 30, 2008; Time: 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM PST
Hyper-V, previously codenamed Viridian, is a hypervisor-based technology that is a key feature of Windows Server 2008. It provides a scalable, reliable, and highly available virtualization platform. It is part of Microsoft's ongoing effort to provide our customers and partners with the best operating system platform for virtualization. In webcast learn how you can make Hyper-V highly available with Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering.
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032364839&Culture=en-US

Deep Dive on Failover Clustering in Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Storage and Understanding Quorum
Date: Thursday January 31, 2008; Time: 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM PST
This will be a nuts-n-bolts session that will cover the new cluster storage architecture and how the new quorum model works in Windows Server code-named "Longhorn". The session will cover the new way that shared storage is managed, how clustering is now totally SAN friendly, how Failover Clusters arbitrate for disks to determine what to do when things go wrong, and what the improvements are that effect you in why deploying Longhorn Failover Clusters will be a key win to your SAN infrastructure.
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032364841&Culture=en-US

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Modifying User’s attributes using Windows 2008

Anderson Patricio — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:56:09 GMT

Hello Folks,

Windows 2008 has a lot of new features, one of those is very useful for us (Exchange guys). Now, we don't need to use ADSIEdit.msc to change the values, we can do that through a new tab called Attribute Editor that can be found in the User's properties.

We can also filter as the same way that we used to do in AdsiEdit.msc (Only fields with values, mandatory, optional etc..). We can be editing the specifc attribute in the same Tool (Active Directory Users and Computers, DSA.msc)

Best Regards,
Anderson Patricio

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Determining the page file size for a Windows Server 2003 64-bit

Anderson Patricio — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 15:59:42 GMT

Hello Folks,

Microsoft has published a kb about how to configure the Page file in an x64 operating system.

Here is the kb: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/889654

Best Regards,
Anderson Patricio

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Preparing Exchange Server 2007 prerequisites on Windows Server 2008

Anderson Patricio — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 18:09:00 GMT

Hello Folks,

The major prerequisites for Exchange Server 2007 are .Net Framework, MMC 3.0 and PowerShell installed before we deploy Exchange Server 2007.

.Net Framework and MMC 3.0 features have already installed in the Windows 2008 by default, so we have to install PowerShell and to accomplish this task we have to follow these steps:

Open Server Manager (Start/ Administrative Tools/ Server Manager)
Click on Features, then click on Add Features
Choose PowerShell on that list, and then click Next

Click on the image to enlarge

Final screen of the Windows PowerShell installation

Click on the image to enlarge

Now, we have to wait the Exchange Server 2007 SP1 to deploy Exchange Server 2007 on Windows Server 2008, but all Exchange Server 2007 prerequisites are done :)

Best Regards,
Anderson Patricio