Exchange 2010/Windows 2008 R2 Hotfix for DAG/cluster issues

Posted on 11/26/2011 by Jason Sherry
I’ve seen the issue that this hotfix looks to fix, a network issue causes the entire DAG to fail at at least one client. This hotfix came out in August and I hadn’t heard of it until now.
Last week I installed this hotfix on my two Exchange servers and at two client sites and had no issues.
The Exchange Team on 11/21 posted this as “strongly recommended: hotfix to install on any Exchange 2010 DAG member running on Windows 2008 R2. EHLO Blog Post
From this post:

Generally, this bug manifests when there is asymmetric latency (for example, where half of the DAG members have latency of 1 ms, while the other half of the DAG members have 30 ms latency) for two cluster nodes that discover a broken connection between the pair. If the first node detects a connection loss well before the second node, a race condition can occur:

  • The first node will initiate a reconnect of the stream between the two nodes. This will cause the second node to add the new stream to its data.
  • Adding the new stream tears down the old stream and sets its failure handler to ignore. In the failure case, the old stream is the failed stream that has not been detected yet.
  • When the connection break is detected on the second node, the second node will initiate a reconnect sequence of its own. If the connection break is detected in the proper race window, the failed stream’s failure handler will be set to ignore, and the reconnect process will not initiate a reconnect. It will, however, issue a pause for the send queue, which stops messages from being sent between the nodes. When the messages are stopped, this prevents GUM from operating correctly and forces a cluster restart.

In addition to fixing the issue described above, KB2550886 also includes other important Windows Server 2008 R2 hotfixes that are also recommended for DAGs:

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People tracking apps

Posted on 11/25/2011 by Jason Sherry

I had a friend send me a location tracking request from Find My Friends for the iPhone. This app lets you see and optionally share you location with your friends in real-time.

I had already been using Google Latitude to do this with a couple of friends. These type of apps are good for tracking love ones and family in real time, if so choose to. Saves the call\txt of “Where are you at.”

After linking up with 3 people I can say Google Latitude is a bit better. Latitude lets you set how specific your location is shared on per friend basis: Exact, city level, manual, or not shared. Find My Friends only lets you add or remove friends, no per friend level sharing controls.

So if you want to hide location or trick people into thinking your somewhere else (manual location set) Latitude is the better app. The iOS 5 requirement is really the biggest issue. Latitude supports Droid, iPhone, BB, Nokia, and Windows Mobile.

I won’t be surprised if foursquare or Facebook at some point adds real-time location update support.

Feel free to send me a tracking request to either at izzy@altered.com

Warning: Don’t use either app if cheating 🙂

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/iphone-app-find-friends-finds-cheating-wife-apple/story?id=14753196

For iPhone apps I recommend see: http://blog.izzy.org/2011/06/23/my_iphone_apps/

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Microsoft Exchange 2010 SP1 Rollup 6 is out

Posted on 11/02/2011 by Jason Sherry
See KB2608646 for details, download here
Key fixes called out on this EHLO Blog post:

This update contains a number of customer-reported and internally found issues since the release of SP1. See ‘KB 2608646: Description of Update Rollup 6 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1’ for more details.

This update contains a number of customer reported and internally found issues since the release of RU5. In particular we would like to specifically call out the following fixes which are included in this release:

  • 2627769 Some time zones in OWA are not synchronized with Windows in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
  • 2528854 The Microsoft Exchange Mailbox Replication service crashes on a computer that has Exchange Server 2010 SP1 installed
  • 2544246 You receive a NRN of a meeting request 120 days later after the recipient accepted the request in an Exchange Server 2010 SP1 environment
  • 2616127 “0x80041606” error code when you use Outlook in online mode to search for a keyword against a mailbox in an Exchange Server 2010 environment.
  • 2549183 “There are no objects to select” message when you try to use the EMC to specify a server to connect to in an Exchange Server 2010 SP1 environment

Lots more fixes in this Update:

Issues that the update rollup resolves

Update Rollup 6 for Exchange Server 2010 SP1 resolves the issues that are described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) articles:

  • 2431609 An update is available that updates the message of a retention policy in OWA for Exchange Server 2010
  • 2449266 EWS drops the TCP connection to the EWS client application without any error message in a Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 environment
  • 2480474 A Users do not receive quota warning messages after applying SP1 for Exchange 2010
  • 2514820 An incoming fax message is not delivered to the recipient in an Exchange Server 2010 SP1 environment
  • 2521927 Disabling the Exchange ActiveSync Integration feature for OWA does not take effect in OWA Premium clients in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
  • 2528854 The Microsoft Exchange Mailbox Replication service crashes on a computer that has Exchange Server 2010 SP1 installed
  • 2535289 The Microsoft Exchange Information Store service crashes occasionally when you run an antivirus application on an Exchange Server 2010 Mailbox server
  • 2536313 Slow message delivery and mailbox access for journaling mailboxes on an Exchange Server 2010 server
  • 2544246 You receive a NRN of a meeting request 120 days later after the recipient accepted the request in an Exchange Server 2010 SP1 environment
  • 2548246 The Microsoft Exchange Information Store service crashes occasionally when a folder view is corrupted on an Exchange Server 2010 mailbox server
  • 2549183 “There are no objects to select” message when you try to use the EMC to specify a server to connect to in an Exchange Server 2010 SP1 environment
  • 2549289 A RBAC role assignee can unexpectedly run the Add-MailboxPermission command or the Remove-MailboxPermission command on an Exchange Server 2010 server that is outside the role assignment scope
  • 2555851 A mailbox does not appear in certain address lists after you run commands on the mailbox in an Exchange Server 2010 SP1 environment
  • 2559814 A user cannot add or remove delegates from a mailbox by using Outlook in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
  • 2561514 Exchange Server 2003 user cannot view the free/busy information of a user in a different federated organization
  • 2563860 You cannot create a new mailbox database if you already have 1000 mailbox databases in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
  • 2567409 Certain free/busy messages are not replicated from an Exchange Server 2010 server to an Exchange Server 2003 server
  • 2571791 Retention policies are applied to Contact items unexpectedly in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
  • 2572052 Certain properties of a recurring meeting request from external email accounts are missing in an Exchange Server 2010 SP1 environment
  • 2575005 You cannot start the EMC or the EMS in an Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1 environment
  • 2578631 Certain users cannot send email messages to a mail-enabled public folder in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
  • 2579671 No results returned when you use the ExpandGroup method in EWS to retrieve a list of members of a Dynamic Distribution Group in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
  • 2582095 The SmtpMaxMessagesPerConnection property of a send connector is not replicated to the subscribed Edge Transport server in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
  • 2600835 The RPC Client Access service crashes when you delete an attachment of an item by using Outlook in online mode in an Exchange Server 2010 SP1 environment
  • 2601701 The memory usage of the MSExchangeRepl.exe process keeps increasing when you perform a VSS backup on Exchange Server 2010 databases
  • 2616127 “0x80041606” error code when you use Outlook in online mode to search for a keyword against a mailbox in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
  • 2617126 The Store.exe process crashes when you send an email message that has attachments in an Exchange Server 2010 SP1 environment
  • 2627769 Some time zones in OWA are not synchronized with Windows in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
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Exchange 2010 RU5 install breaks OWA with Could not load type ‘Microsoft.Exchange.Common.ExWebHealthModule’ from assembly

Posted on 10/26/2011 by Jason Sherry
After installing RU5 OWA, ECP, EAS, EWS, and Autodiscover all stopped working and returned the following error in IE.
Server Error in ‘/owa’ Application.

Could not load type ‘Microsoft.Exchange.Common.ExWebHealthModule’ from assembly ‘Microsoft.Exchange.Common, Version=14.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35’.

Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.TypeLoadException: Could not load type ‘Microsoft.Exchange.Common.ExWebHealthModule’ from assembly ‘Microsoft.Exchange.Common, Version=14.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35’.

Source Error:

An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.

Stack Trace:

 [TypeLoadException: Could not load type ‘Microsoft.Exchange.Common.ExWebHealthModule’ from assembly ‘Microsoft.Exchange.Common, Version=14.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35’.]

System.RuntimeTypeHandle._GetTypeByName(String name, Boolean throwOnError, Boolean ignoreCase, Boolean reflectionOnly, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, Boolean loadTypeFromPartialName) +0

System.RuntimeTypeHandle.GetTypeByName(String name, Boolean throwOnError, Boolean ignoreCase, Boolean reflectionOnly, StackCrawlMark& stackMark) +62

System.RuntimeType.PrivateGetType(String typeName, Boolean throwOnError, Boolean ignoreCase, Boolean reflectionOnly, StackCrawlMark& stackMark) +42

System.Type.GetType(String typeName, Boolean throwOnError, Boolean ignoreCase) +77

System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.GetType(String typeName, Boolean throwOnError, Boolean ignoreCase) +105

System.Web.Configuration.ConfigUtil.GetType(String typeName, String propertyName, ConfigurationElement configElement, XmlNode node, Boolean checkAptcaBit, Boolean ignoreCase) +64

[ConfigurationErrorsException: Could not load type ‘Microsoft.Exchange.Common.ExWebHealthModule’ from assembly ‘Microsoft.Exchange.Common, Version=14.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35’.]

System.Web.Configuration.ConfigUtil.GetType(String typeName, String propertyName, ConfigurationElement configElement, XmlNode node, Boolean checkAptcaBit, Boolean ignoreCase) +11189037

System.Web.Configuration.Common.ModulesEntry..ctor(String name, String typeName, String propertyName, ConfigurationElement configElement) +78

System.Web.HttpApplication.BuildIntegratedModuleCollection(List`1 moduleList) +194

System.Web.HttpApplication.GetModuleCollection(IntPtr appContext) +1891

System.Web.HttpApplication.RegisterEventSubscriptionsWithIIS(IntPtr appContext, HttpContext context, MethodInfo[] handlers) +166

System.Web.HttpApplication.InitSpecial(HttpApplicationState state, MethodInfo[] handlers, IntPtr appContext, HttpContext context) +336

System.Web.HttpApplicationFactory.GetSpecialApplicationInstance(IntPtr appContext, HttpContext context) +350

System.Web.Hosting.PipelineRuntime.InitializeApplication(IntPtr appContext) +382

[HttpException (0x80004005): Could not load type ‘Microsoft.Exchange.Common.ExWebHealthModule’ from assembly ‘Microsoft.Exchange.Common, Version=14.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35’.]

System.Web.HttpRuntime.FirstRequestInit(HttpContext context) +11318198

System.Web.HttpRuntime.EnsureFirstRequestInit(HttpContext context) +88
In addition the Application log had these errors:

Log Name: Application

Source: ASP.NET 2.0.50727.0

Date: 10/26/2011 9:21:33 AM

Event ID: 1310

Task Category: Web Event

Level: Warning

Keywords: Classic

User: N/A

Computer: IZSRVEXDAG1.altered.com

Event code: 3008

Event message: A configuration error has occurred.

Application information:

Application domain: /LM/W3SVC/1/ROOT/Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync-2-129641160936068710

Trust level: Full

Application Virtual Path: /Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync

Application Path: C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14\ClientAccess\sync\

Machine name: IZSRVEXDAG1

 

Process information:

Process ID: 6928

Process name: w3wp.exe

Account name: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM

 

Exception information:

Exception type: ConfigurationErrorsException

Exception message: Could not load type ‘Microsoft.Exchange.Common.ExWebHealthModule’ from assembly ‘Microsoft.Exchange.Common, Version=14.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35’.

 

Request information:

Request URL: https://mail.altered.com:443/Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync/default.eas?User=personals@izzy.org&DeviceId=ApplC39F58Q4DDP7&DeviceType=iPhone&Cmd=Ping

Request path: /Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync/default.eas

User host address: 174.253.164.24

User:

Is authenticated: False

Authentication Type:

Thread account name: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM

 

Thread information:

Thread ID: 1

Thread account name: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM

Is impersonating: False

Stack trace: at System.Web.Configuration.ConfigUtil.GetType(String typeName, String propertyName, ConfigurationElement configElement, XmlNode node, Boolean checkAptcaBit, Boolean ignoreCase)

at System.Web.Configuration.Common.ModulesEntry..ctor(String name, String typeName, String propertyName, ConfigurationElement configElement)

at System.Web.HttpApplication.BuildIntegratedModuleCollection(List`1 moduleList)

at System.Web.HttpApplication.GetModuleCollection(IntPtr appContext)

at System.Web.HttpApplication.RegisterEventSubscriptionsWithIIS(IntPtr appContext, HttpContext context, MethodInfo[] handlers)

at System.Web.HttpApplication.InitSpecial(HttpApplicationState state, MethodInfo[] handlers, IntPtr appContext, HttpContext context)

at System.Web.HttpApplicationFactory.GetSpecialApplicationInstance(IntPtr appContext, HttpContext context)

at System.Web.Hosting.PipelineRuntime.InitializeApplication(IntPtr appContext)

 

To resolve the problem open up the web.config file in the OWA, ECP, EWS, EAS, and Autodiscover folders.

Then remove the following line and save the files.

<remove name=”Profile <add name=”CasHealthModule” type=”Microsoft.Exchange.Common.ExWebHealthModule,Microsoft.Exchange.Common, ” />

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Installing Exchange 2010 Rollup Updates

Posted on 10/26/2011 by Jason Sherry
RU5 is now out and I ran into a little snag getting it to install so wanted to post these steps.

1) Download the latest RU
2) Exit all EMS & EMC sessions
3) Disable ForeFront for Exchange with the following command: fscutility /disable
This command will not be in the path by default, so goto ‘C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Forefront Protection for Exchange Server>’ to run it
4) Remove any Interim Updates for Exchange (This is the step I missed that was causing Windows Update to fail to install the Rollup)
5) Install the RU
6) Re-enabled ForeFront: fscutility /enable

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My 9/11/01 Memory

Posted on 09/11/2011 by Jason Sherry

Timeline ET:

8:46 AA 11 hits WTC North Tower
9:03 UA 175 hits WTC South Tower
9:37 AA 77 hits Pentagon
9:59 South World Trade Center tower collapse
10:15 UA 93 crashes in Shanksville, PA
10:28 North World Trade Center tower collapse

I don’t recall what time I woke up this day but I know I was heading into the NetIQ office in Houston, TX early since we (Laura, Chrissy [my-Ex], and I) were working on hands on demo for trade show. So I was driving when the first plane hit WTC North at 7:46AM CT. A minor news report was made that a small plane hit the tower and nothing much was made of it. Then at 8:03AM, when I was just pulling into the parking lot the second plane hit. By this time there was a bit of chatting about if the first plane was a small or larger plane and how a pilot could hit the WTC tower on such a clear day.

When the second plane hit the tone quickly changed. I when into the office and into the game\TV room, which was setup to work on the hands on lab that day with my good friend Laura Bell. This room had a big screen TV and there were probably already 30 people in there watching CNN. This room quickly began to fill and all work started to come to a halt that day. The news was replying the limited footage they had at that time over and over and as they got new footage or interviews those were added to the stream. When the third plane hit the Pentagon at first I believe it was stated that a bomb had gone off there. This was still a very high state of confusion and disbelief, but by now it was clear these were no accidents.

Then the first town fell; now there were maybe 50+ people in the TV room and a few people were trying to go ahold of friends in family in the NYC area or who were traveling that day. At this time I was still traveling about 60% of the time and we had many co-workers around the world traveling this day. On of my co-workers had a brother who worked on the 110 floor in the WTC towers, he was trying to call all friends and family to see if anyone had spoken to his brother. But I don’t think anyone was getting through to NYC since phone lines were tied up or down.

The entire crowd was very quiet at this point and in a state of shock, some people were sitting on the couches and floors with a very blank look on their face. I don’t recall anyone crying or getting overly upset yet, just a state of shock. I don’t recall any news of the Shankville flight going town until a bit later. At 9:28 AM CT the second tower fell and it felt like the air in the room had been taken own and this force was pressing down on you. Most people were now in the TV room, maybe 150 people, and many were sitting on floor, leaning on the walls, and each other.

I don’t really recall much else from that day besides the endless news and replays of the towers being hit and falling. The next day we found out that my co-worker’s brother had stayed home that AM with the best migrate of his life.

I’ve tagged a few friends who shared this memory with me, I don’t really recall who all was in the room at NetIQ that day. If you were please comment on this post, even if you weren’t you are welcome to comment with your memory of the day.

Detailed timeline of day:
http://www.911timeline.net/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_for_the_day_of_the_September_11_attacks

History around what lead up to 9/11: http://www.wanttoknow.info/9-11timeline25pg

Also posted on Facebook here

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Using Notes in Outlook and Exchange 2010 retention policies?

Posted on 08/08/2011 by Jason Sherry

If your organization does, than it might run into an issue with Note items either disappearing or being moved to the archive mailbox of a user unexpectedly.

In order to see these issues a few Exchange 2010 pre-requisites must be setup:

1)Exchange 2010 SP1 must be in use

a) Functionality changed in SP1 so the Notes folder is now processed Messaging Records Management (MRM)

b) In RTM the Notes folder was not processed

2) Default Policy Tags (DPTs) or Retention Policy Tags (RPTs) must be in use

a) See Understanding Retention Tags and Retention Policies for more information on these

3) DPTs and\or RPTs must be included in a Retention Policy

4) Note items must meet the criteria of the DPT or RPTs

5) A Retention Policy, that includes the DPTs and\or RPTs must be applied to mailboxes

If the above pre-requisites are in place then items in the Notes folder can be deleted or moved to a user’s archive mailbox, depending if items meet the DPT and/or a RPT criteria.

To prevent DPTs from affecting Notes an Exchange administrator can create a policy tag that disabled the deletion action of Notes items. But as of this writing there is no administrator action that can prevent Notes from being archived if the RPTs are in use and Note items meet their criteria.

To prevent RTPs from being applied to Note items, end-users must apply the “Never” policy to the items or folders that contain them using OWA. This can’t be done in Outlook 2010.

For more information see the Prevent archiving of items in a default folder in Exchange 2010 EHLO blog post from 8/5/2011.

Finally there a bug in Outlook 2010 that prevents the opening of Note and others items from the search results against an archive mailbox. The hotfix in KB2544027, released 7/11/2011 for Outlook 2011, fixes this issue and related ones.

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iPhone Apps that I use

Posted on 06/23/2011 by Jason Sherry

Update 5/17: Updated apps
Update 1/21: Based on latest apps I used on my iPhone5 and my recent 18 day “trial” of the great HTX 8X Windows Phone 8. But WP8 was lacking too many apps and some of the ones it did haven’t weren’t nearly as good as the iOS version. See this post for more details: https://blog.jasonsherry.net/2013/01/08/returning-my-windows-8-phone/

Social Media

Facebook – Duh (Much better on iOS than Android and WP8)
FourSquare – Find local places, see & leave tips from others, check out pics of places, and become the “mayor” of them (WP8 version is sexier, but missing a few features)
GetClue – Used to track, chat about, and get “stickers” for TV shows & movies you watch
GroupMe – Group SMS\txt app, works off SMS alone but App makes it better
Twitter – Required for iOS5 integration and always has the latest functionality
TweetCaster – Great for filtering\hiding post to get rid of the noise on Twitter
Latitude – My GF, her oldest kids, and a few friends  use it all to see  where each other are at

My Data

OurGroceries – Used across my phone, GF’s, and assistant to track anything we need from the store
OneNote – Note, list, etc app that lets you share notebooks with multiple users (iPhone, Android, Windows Phone, PC, Mac, and most browsers)
Carrot  – To Do track, used just for the critical things I need to do daily or soon
SkyDrive – Access and view Office documents stored in Skydrive.com
Sleep Cycle – Sleep tracking app
2Do – To Do tracking app, used across my GF’s and my phone. Mainly used for tracking thing that we want fixed\done around the house
Workouts – Lots of exercise programs
Norton IDSafe – Allow access to all my username and password, can access from PC to using Norton Internet Security

Travel

Waze – Social media traffic app, share traffic speeds, police traps, accidents, bad traffic, etc (This was my MUST have app, there is no WP8 version currently planned)
TripIt – View your travel arrangements and your friend’s, if they use TripIt.com
Orbitz – Search and book travel plans
Kayak – Search and book travel arrangements
Transit -Route using public transit data in iPhone Maps

GPS MotionX Drive – Driving GPS (Replaced by Waze)
AroundMe – Similar to above (Replaced by improvements in 4sq)
GasBuddy – Fine the cheapest gas (Replaced by feature in Waze)

Music

Spotify – Streaming music from almost every label, this is a game changer!
Remoteless – Remote control Spotify (No WP8 version)
SiriusXM – This was also a must have app that there was no WP8 version of
SongKick – Track your favorite bands, which can be imported from local music, Last.FM, or Facebook
iRemote – Remote control iTunes or MediaMonkey (No WP8 version)
LiveNation – Buy tickets
BandMate – Similar to above, but shows bands that similar to ones you already like
SoundHound – Search for song name and lyrics based on a song playing, like Shazam but it support whistling and humming a tune into and it faster!
Playmysong – Create  shared radio station that your friends  can join and add songs too
Turntable – Join and optionally DJs in rooms

Info\News\Weather

Pulse – News aggregator using categories and groupings
Flipboard – Easy browsing of news feeds on different topics, Facebook, and Tumblr
CNN
Westword – Denver area free magazine on events, music, politics, happenings, etc
IMDb – Get your movie facts
NY Times
The Weather Channel
WolframAlpha – Ask it a questions like “Highest Mountains in the US” and it will give you an answer with the data about them
Wired News UK

Photography

Microsoft Photosynth – Take 360+ degree photos
Flickr – Great if you use Flickr to store your photos (No WP8 version)
Tumblr –  Used mostly for browsing porn on my iPhone 🙂
MyDisk – Used for encrypted storage of dirty pics 😉

Entertainment

Amazon Video – Like  Netflix, this is what we use for most  of our TV watching (using the PS3, not the iPhone)
Netflix – Stream movies\shows to your phone
LG TV Remote –  Smart TV remote over WiFi
YouTube
Flixter – Find movies times and get tickets
Kindle – Read books from your Kindle collection
OpenTable – Book reservations
Dexter – Know what’s going on and who’s in what episodes
Failblog – See content from http://failblog.org
DirecTV – Control your DVR from anywhere (Canceled my DirecTV service in 10/12)

Skiing & Outdoors

Ski Tracks – GPS based tracking and stats (No WP8 version)
REI Snow Report – Snow fall reports and alerts (No WP8 version)
Snow Conditions – Similar to above (No WP8 version)
Endormondo – Track how many calories you burn while running, biking, skiing, etc (No WP8 version)
iTrailMap – Download and view ski trail maps (No WP8 version)
MotionX-GPS –Good outdoors adventuring GPS app (No WP8 version)
GoSkyWatch – Find starts, contestations, planets, and more

Finance

Amazon – This app alone will pay for your data fees every months if you shop much
Newegg – I buy all of my computer stuff from newegg.com (No WP8 version)
Mint.com – If you use mint.com to download your transactions and categorize them,  like Quicken used to do, then get this app to check on things (No WP8 version)|
Square Register  – Take credit cards
Square Wallet – Pay with Square
PayPal Here – Take credit cards
PayPal – Pay with PayPal
Tab – Take a picture of the bill, choose who ordered what, and get a total per person

Others

iLogger – Track\log anything you can think of
MagicPlan – GREAT app for quickly creating a floor plan, just stand in one spot and take pictures!
TapTyping – Touch typing trainer and game
Skype – IM and calling client

Jailbroken Apps & Tweaks

I jailbroken my iPhone 5 running 6.1.2 a in mid April ’13. It took about 5 minutes, but getting cool things working on it has taken much more time.

IntelliScreenX – Add pull-down support from locked or unlocked screen to see latest alerts, e-mail, twitter feed, news, & Facebook feed. Also added quick access to toggle WiFi, flash, Bluetooth, data, airplane mode, vibrate mode, and other things
Remote Messages – Provides web based access to get\send\read txt\mms messages from any browser on your home network
SBProfiles – Setup scheduled profiles that dim screen, turn on\off ringer, vibrate, WiFi and other things. At 11PM my phone goes silent, vibrate off, and screen dimmed to max. At 9AM it changes back to normal
Velox – Adds slide up\down pop-ups on some apps
Cydget – Added support for HTML modification of home and lock screen, which in turn can be used to display about anything on them
Original post from 6/23/2011

My phone now does most of what I used to do on the PC. I watch for upcoming concerts (Live Nation, SuperGlued, BandMate, Stub Hub), get tickets, plan for festivals (Voodoo, Bonnaroo, SSMF), plan travel(Kayak, TripIt, Orbitz, Southwest, Places, AroundMe), communicate with friends (Facebook, Twitter, FourSquare), text, e-mail; but rarely do voice), get the News, check the weather, listen to music (Wolfgang’s Vault, Pandora, iPod, SirusXM), update my notes and access by key info across multiple systems & phone (OneNote), setup dates (OkCupid, eHarmony), share\show photos (Flickr, Photosynth, camera), control my entertainment (DirecTV DVRs, iRemote, NetFlix), watch some videos (YouTube, PBS, Veno, failblog, NetFlix), find my way around and where I go (MotionX, Google Earth, SkyWatch, Waze, Google Maps), buy stuff (Amazon PriceCheck, Living Social, CraigsList, Amazon.com, NewEgg, Target)

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How network latency affects Outlook 2010

Posted on 06/17/2011 by Jason Sherry
Just came across Neil Johnson’s blog the other day with his great post on how network latency affects the performance of Outlook 2010. He has several other good post too, he is also an Microsoft Exchange Certified Master and works for Microsoft on the Exchange team.
Here’s a good series on Jetstress

Exchange 2010 – active and passive database IOPS

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Exchange 2010 updates for May

Posted on 05/23/2011 by Jason Sherry

There have been several key updates in the last week for Exchange 2010

 

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