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Exchange 2010 Service Pack 2 available

Published Mon, Dec 5 2011 10:44 | Thomas K.H. Bittner

You can download it from here http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=28190 Exchange 2010 SP2 is a complete installation software pack, so for new Exchange installations, you can use it to start with from scratch. Also when you use it for...

Filed under: General, Storage, Exchange, Windows Server, Cluster, Hyper-V, BlackBerry, Mobile, TMG, UAG, Hosting, Microsoft Online Services, Managed Services, Microsoft Provisioning Services, UM, Migration, Active Directory, Forefront, Virtualization, Outlook, NetApp, High Availability, Security, SCOM, Conferencing, Cloud Computing

Exchange for Hosters

Published Tue, Aug 30 2011 16:05 | Thomas K.H. Bittner

As you know, this feature was removed from the current version of Exchange. There are some features back with Exchange 2010 SP1 back not as we had it in the past with legacy versions. Now with Exchange 2010 SP2 we will get back functionality on a standard...

Filed under: General, Storage, Exchange, Windows Server, Cluster, Hyper-V, BlackBerry, Hosting, Managed Services, Microsoft Provisioning Services, Office, Migration, Active Directory, Virtualization, Outlook, High Availability, Security, Cloud Computing, Dynamic Computing

Deploy massive DFSN Target Link Change

Published Mon, Jul 25 2011 16:19 | Thomas K.H. Bittner

When you need to make changes to your user DFS environment, a tool like dfsutil.exe is your friend. Latest when you want to replace your old Windows Server 2003 File and Distributed File Service, you will be faced to add or change the DFS target links...

Filed under: General, Windows Server, Tools, Migration, Active Directory, Network Services, File Services, DFS

NetApp Storage Systems in Microsoft Systems Environment

Published Tue, May 3 2011 13:05 | Thomas K.H. Bittner

NetApp published a new article and guide how their storage environment and solutions work in Windows Systems architectures and infrastructures. The article gives you a lot valued information about how it works with Domain Controllers in Active Directory...

Filed under: General, Storage, Exchange, Windows Server, Cluster, Hyper-V, Disaster Recovery, Backup, Managed Services, Migration, Active Directory, Virtualization, Network Services, File Services, NetApp, High Availability, DFS, Security, Group Policy

Exchange Versions on Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 not all supported [Update]

Published Fri, Feb 11 2011 9:07 | Thomas K.H. Bittner

In a few days we expect the Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 to be available. After new testings Exchange 2010 SP1 will be supported on this system. The Microsoft Exchange Team has launched a blog post about Exchange version support...

Filed under: General, Exchange, Windows Server, Managed Services, Migration, Active Directory, Outlook

More Performance with SMBv2x on Windows and NetApp

Published Wed, Sep 22 2010 19:22 | Thomas K.H. Bittner

NetApp has prepared an interesting performance test with new SMBv2.x available with Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008. The NetApp OnTap operating system has already been updated to support SMBv2. Find here the result figures about performance increase...

Filed under: General, SQL, Storage, Exchange, Windows Server, Cluster, Hyper-V, SharePoint, Disaster Recovery, Backup, ISA Server, Hosting, Managed Services, Office, OCS, Data Protection Manager, Migration, Active Directory, Forefront, Virtualization, Network Services, File Services, NetApp, High Availability, Navision, Business Intelligence, CRM, Windows Client, DFS, BizTalk, Opalis

ADMT 3.2 Installation Issues

Published Sat, Jul 10 2010 20:27 | Thomas K.H. Bittner

Ned Pyle pointed out some installaiton issues you will run into when you install ADMT 3.2 Administrator should read his detailed article to prepare before you start installation. http://blogs.technet.com/b/askds/archive/2010/07/09/admt-3-2-common-installation...

Filed under: General, SQL, Windows Server, Tools, Migration, Active Directory

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...

Filed under: General, Windows Server, Tools, Migration, Active Directory, File Services

Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise and Standalone CA Migration Guide

Published Sat, Mar 20 2010 12:09 | Thomas K.H. Bittner

The Windows Server 2008 R2 Active Directory Certificate Service Migration Guide is now available at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee126170(WS.10).aspx . The guide describes the necessary steps for a successful migration of both enterprise...

Filed under: General, Windows Server, Migration, Active Directory, PKI, Certificate Service