Category Archives: Microsoft
W7 SP1 Beta & Internet Explorer 9 Beta installed
11/4: Don’t recommend installing IE9 beta currently Just installed Windows 7 SP1 Beta & Internet Explorer 9 Beta (they don’t require each other btw) and all seems good, so far. I’ll update this post if\when I come across any issues. … Continue reading
Released: Update Rollup 1 for Exchange Server 2010 SP1
From: http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2010/10/07/456538.aspx Earlier today the Exchange CXP team released Update Rollup 1 for Exchange Server 2010 SP1 to the Download Center. The release of the rollup via Microsoft Update will happen on October 12th. This update includes new fixes for … Continue reading
Exchange 2010 Deployment Outline Wizard
Want to have an outline of what it would take to get from Exchange 2000, 2003, and/or 2007 to Exchange 2010? See Microsoft’s Exchange 2010 Deployment Outline Wizard
Exchange 2010 SP1 summary
See the You Had Me at EHLO blog post for the links below and some good client feedback on these new features. What’s New in SP1 Release Notes Download New and Changed Features New Deployment Functionality Client Access Server Role … Continue reading
Users stop getting new message on Exchange 2010
Had an issue today with a client where some of their users stopped getting new messages. The Information Store service was running and all databases were mounted. After they contacted me I confirming IS and databases were on-line then I … Continue reading
Exchange 2010 RTM schema prep fails with Exchange 2007 SP3 installed
When you run the prepare schema command (/PS) using the SETUP CLI for Exchange 2010 it fails with the following error: Setup encountered a problem while validating the state of Active Directory. The Active Directory schema version (14625) is higher … Continue reading
Repairing an Exchange 2003 storage group after a dirty shut down
I just had to go through this process at a client, who is running Exchange 2003, and haven’t had to do this in a few years. Since I mainly focus on design\architecture work I don’t do troubleshooting or system down … Continue reading
How to fix an out of sync password issue in SharePoint 2010
SharePoint 2010 now stores service account passwords in the config database. So if you attempt to change the password in the AD and on the services that use it this will break SharePoint. To fix this issue do the following … Continue reading
Outlook 2010 social connectors released for Facebook & Live
Microsoft posted new social connectors for Outlook 2010 this month for Facebook & Microsoft Live. MySpace & LinkedIn were already supported. Both x86 & x64 version have been posted Facebook Live Messenger More details here http://blogs.office.com/b/office_blog/archive/2010/07/13/connect-to-facebook-and-windows-live-with-the-outlook-social-connector.aspx
Exchange 2007 SP3 release today
Key changes TechNet: What’s new in Exchange 2007 SP3 Support for Exchange 2007 on Windows 2008 R2 (ehlo post on this) Windows 7 (client tools only) End user password support for expired\1st logon change flags (disabled by default, here’s how … Continue reading
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