When Exchange 2007 in installed with HUB, CAS and Mailbox server roles. Services and their default start up modes are listed in the following table. Service Name Default Startup Mode Microsoft Exchange Active Directory Topology Automatic Microsoft Exchange Anti-Spam Update Automatic Microsoft Exchange EdgeSync Automatic Microsoft Exchange File Distribution Automatic Read more

  If you try to move DB on Exchange 2007 CCR you will find that the option is grayed out. And you can’t use Exchange Management Console. You can move your DB’s via powershel, see examples bellow.   Suspend-StorageGroupCopy -Identity mailserverSG01-SG Dismount-Database -Identity mailserverSG01-SGDB01 Move-DatabasePath -Identity mailserverSG01-SGDB01 -EdbFilePath "E:DBDB01.edb" -ConfigurationOnly Mount-Database -Identity mailserverSG01-SGDB01 Resume-StorageGroupCopy Read more

  Snap Manager for Exchange version 4.0 jobs filed and in Event viewer you see Event ID:1000 It happens after applying the .NET 3.5SP1 family updates.Basically the update breaks Snap Manger SnapManager fails with the following error: Faulting application SMESrvr.exe, version 4.0.0.1283, faulting module mscorwks.dll, version 2.0.50727.3082, fault address 0x0025a746 Faulting application SMESrvr.exe, version 4.0.0.1283, faulting module mscorwks.dll, version 2.0.50727.3053, Read more

  You can update OAB by 2 ways via EMS or using Power Shell 1 To update via  EMS Open EMC>Organizational Configuration>Mailbox>Offline Address Book tab. Right click on desired Address Book and press update. 2. Via Power Shell Type: Update-OfflineAddressBook –Identity “Address List Name” To update all Address Books type : Get-OfflineAddressBook | Update-OfflineAddressBook     Read more

  Microsoft Released set of new videos explaining HA and Unified Messaging features in Exchange 2010. Videos are available online under the following links High Availability and Storage in Exchange Server 2010 (17 minutes) Unified Messaging in Exchange Server 2010 (18 minutes) Read more

  Microsoft released windows 7 enterprise edition for trial The evaluation version will work for 90 days. To download :press on windows 7 logo Read more

Congratulation with the release of windows 7 operation system. The new OS is faster, prettier and easier to use then older windows versions. To install Windows 7 on your computer follow the guide bellow. First confirm that you inserted your installation DVD or Pen Drive to your PC.( Read here how to create a windows 7 bootable USB key) Insure that your PC Bios is been set up to boot from CD/DVD/USB When you see the Press any Key to boot from CD or DVD hit Enter Disk will load installation menu Read more

In Vista Windows 2008  or Windows 7 when  you right-click the network icon in the navigation area, but it does not take you directly to the Network Connections properties as we are used to in Windows XP 2000 or 2003 . You can access Network Connections management menu by running ncpa.cpl from run menu or you can create a shortcut that will access those menu by key combination. To create ncpa.cpl shortcut Right-click on the desktop Click: New>Shortcut Type the location Read more

  Here is a list for Visio shapes expansion. Network Equipment Shapes for Microsoft Visio – download More than 2000 shapes of  3Com, APC, Cisco, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Nortel, Panduit, and Sun Microsystems network equipment. Geographic Map Shapes for Microsoft Visio – download Visio Educational Shapes – download Chemistry: Molecules, Organic Compounds. Mathematics: 3-D Geometry, Analytical Geometry, Angles, Circles & Ellipses, Common Functions, Exponential, Read more

List of common .cpl files. With this list It is easy to manage like restricting access to programs and more Access.cpl Accessibility properties Appwiz.cpl Add/Remove Programs bthprops.cpl Bluetooth management Collab.cpl (People Near Me )Color.cpl Color Management Desk.cpl Display properties FindFast.cpl FindFast (included with Microsoft Office for Windows 95 )Firewall.cpl Windows Firewall Management Hdwwiz.cpl Add Hardware properties Inetcpl.cpl Internet properties Intl.cpl Read more