May 2010 - Posts

Forefront Identity Manager Script Box
Published Sun, May 30 2010 16:11 | Thomas K.H. Bittner
The FIM Scriptbox is a collection of scripts that simplify certain tasks when working with FIM. More here .  
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Microsoft System Center LinkedIn Group
Published Sun, May 30 2010 12:44 | Thomas K.H. Bittner
This LinkedIn Group is for Microsoft System Center Products Specialists. If you work with any of the System Center Suite products SCCM/SCOM/SCDPM/SCVMM/SCSM/SCMDM, SC Essentials, App-V, Opalis or Microsoft Desktop Optimizaton Pack..., this is the group...
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Best Practise Deployment Exchange 2010 with NetApp Storage
Published Sat, May 29 2010 10:33 | Thomas K.H. Bittner
In the May issue of Tech OnTap an article has been published that describes some of the new features for Exchange 2010 and discusses best practices for deploying it with NetApp storage including HA, virtualization, and storage efficiency. You can check...
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FRS to DFSR Migration Tool
Published Thu, May 27 2010 20:29 | Thomas K.H. Bittner
Ned Pyle and Mike Stephens created a new tool related to their TechNet Whitepaper about FRS Migration to DFSR. FRS2DFSR is a utility that assists Windows admins in moving from the legacy File Replication Service (FRS) to the newer Distributed File System...
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Microsoft Tech-Ed Europe returns to Berlin, 8 – 12 November 2010
Published Sun, May 23 2010 14:54 | Thomas K.H. Bittner
Registration is open now www.microsoft.com/europe/teched  
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Suggested Folder Bug in Outlook 2010
Published Fri, May 21 2010 14:43 | Thomas K.H. Bittner
One of the new features are the suggested folders. Under the options for OL you can disable this feature. But you will recognize, that you won’t be able to delete the folder in OL. After a while, it could be possible you can delete it, but when you restart...
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Considerations when you upgrade to Windows 2008 Level
Published Tue, May 18 2010 8:55 | Thomas K.H. Bittner
Sander Berkouwer wrote a very good article about considerations when you move your domain and/or forest to Windows 2008 level. Read about the existing caveats here .  
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How to install Exchange 2010 prerequisites automatically
Published Mon, May 17 2010 14:53 | Thomas K.H. Bittner
Read the article from Dejan Foro to automatically apply prerequisites when you are going to install Exchange 2010 on Windows Server 2008 SP2 or R2.  
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SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition and SharePoint Server 2010 Better Together Whitepaper
Published Sat, May 15 2010 10:47 | Thomas K.H. Bittner
A recently published whitepaper is now available on TechNet that describes the benefits of deploying Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 on Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition and scenarios in which its features can be applied. Download the whitepaper...
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Active Directory Performance Analysis
Published Thu, May 13 2010 18:28 | Thomas K.H. Bittner
Prior to Windows Server 2008, troubleshooting Active Directory performance issues often required the installation of Server Performance Advisor. Those who came to rely upon this tool will be happy to know its functionality has been built into Windows...
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Some new Best Practices Analyzer released
Published Mon, May 3 2010 14:00 | Thomas K.H. Bittner
Update for Best Practices Analyzer for Active Directory Rights Management Services for Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 Edition (KB981391) You can use Active Directory Rights Management Services Best Practices Analyzer to scan a server that is running the AD...
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Best Practices Analyzer for Hyper-V available now
Published Mon, May 3 2010 13:34 | Thomas K.H. Bittner
You can use Hyper-V Best Practices Analyzer to scan a server that is running the Hyper-V role, and help identify configurations that do not comply with the best practices of Microsoft for this role. BPA scans the configuration of the physical computer...
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