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Tuesday, August 18, 2009 1:28 PM

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Release Candidate

After a wait of almost 24 hours - the download is available. Yesterday, the Microsoft Exchange team announced the immediate availability of the Exchange Server 2010 Release Candidate with this posting. However.... there was a complication... it wasn't...
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Tuesday, July 07, 2009 4:23 PM

msExchTargetBridgeheadServersDN and msExchSourceBridgeheadServersDN Errors with Routing Group Connectors

I'm working with a client this week on migrating them from Exchange Server 2003 to Exchange Server 2007. Their Exchange 2003 environment is a weird one - a A/A/A/P/P cluster. That's right - Active/Active/Active/Passive/Passive. Whoever sold them...
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009 4:59 PM

PowerScripting PodCast on Exchange Server 2010

I was recently a guest on the "Get-PodCast PowerScripting" podcast, discussing (primarily) Exchange Server 2010. To listen to the podcast, Episode 73, MVP Michael Smith Talks Exchange . Until next time... If there are things you would like to...
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009 12:52 PM

Named Properties, What Lies Ahead...

Microsoft is preparing to make a potentially breaking change that deals with how Exchange Server 2007 handles named properties. This change is scheduled to be a part of Service Pack 2 and of Exchange Server 2010 at RTM. This change involves the promotion...
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Monday, May 04, 2009 10:17 AM

Removing the Last Exchange 2003 Server...

Microsoft has lots of guidance about removing the last Exchange 2003 server from an administrative group (see KB 822931 ) and I definitely recommend you give that a read. They also have a technet article about removing the last Exchange 2003 server from...
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Monday, January 12, 2009 8:05 AM

SBS 2003 Hardware Upgrade

In May of 2008, I wrote the article SBS 2003 Hardware Migration/Upgrade . Since then, I've been asked many times about my process for doing a SBS 2003 hardware upgrade. In general, I just have to say "I follow the steps". As I recommended...
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Wednesday, June 04, 2008 10:22 AM

I Had To Laugh...

We consultants help each other out, of course. I know Exchange and Active Directory pretty well, but put me in front of Citrix or a big T/S farm or a PKI implementation - heck, I'll scream for help without any qualms whatsoever. So, a consultant I...
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008 4:04 PM

A Rookie Mistake - Moving Mailboxes

I am embarassed. I spent over an hour today trying to figure out what I had done wrong and what the problem was. In the process of migrating a client's mailboxes from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007, the move-mailbox wizard was giving me an error I...
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