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Tuesday, June 17, 2008 10:40 AM

"Microsoft Exchange Service Host" fails to start in Secure Exchange 2007 Environments

On Exchange Server 2007, especially post service pack 1 (I ran into this problem while installing service pack 1 update rollup 2), it appears that some of the assemblies (that is, parts of the various Exchange programs) are "signed with Authenticode"...
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Friday, June 06, 2008 7:28 AM

Read-Only Domain Controller Issues

Exchange has caught a lot of crap for publishing the fact that it doesn't work in branch office locations where only Windows Server 2008 read-only domain controllers (RODCs) are available. Exchange simply requires read-write domain controllers. It's...
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Thursday, June 05, 2008 10:29 AM

MAPI/CDO for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista

If you want to write client applications to run on computers that use MAPI or CDO (for example, web servers) and you don't want to install (or can't install) either the Outlook client or the Exchange management tools, then you need to install...
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Sunday, May 18, 2008 3:40 PM

SBS 2003 Hardware Migration/Upgrade

This weekend I had the opportunity to upgrade the hardware for one customer. The special thing about this upgrade is that the customer is running SBS 2003; and the goal was to replace the SBS 2003 server. SBS is Microsoft's Small Business Server,...
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Friday, April 18, 2008 10:45 AM

A Work In Progress...

Yesterday (Thursday, 2008-04-17) was the last day of the 2008 MVP Summit. Over one-half of the MVPs attending were from countries other than the United States. It was interesting to hear the dozens of languages being spoken around me this week. Very little...
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Monday, April 14, 2008 8:31 AM

Live from Redmond - it's Geeks Argue!

I and 4,000 MVPs from around the world have accumulated in Seattle/Redmond this week. Where do we all go? To the bar, of course! Last night, a few Exchange MVPs and the odd PowerShell MVP were sitting around discussing stuff I can't talk about here...
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Friday, April 11, 2008 6:16 AM

Why Pay More? Try ImageX

Even though I get pretty hot under-the-collar sometimes when Microsoft removes for-free functionality (Exchange backups on Windows Server 2008, for example), there are some great tools that Microsoft provides for-free that are just as good as their for...
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Thursday, April 10, 2008 7:19 AM

Perfmon tip on scaling

Recently on a mailing list, several folks expressed some confusion about the scaling that Perfmon (Performance Monitor) does in its graphs and how it affects the data. The answer is: it doesn't. The scaling is used only to make the graph fit in the...
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Wednesday, April 09, 2008 5:59 AM

Default Gateways and Exchange Server

Sometimes, you need to step back and take a different look at a problem. When you are "in the weeds", you can't necessarily see the forest for the trees. Exchange Server is a networking application. Now, before you say "duh!",...
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Friday, April 04, 2008 9:42 AM

Exchange 2007 and Domain Rename

As I mentioned in yesterday's post, Wrapping up SLDs and Exchange Server 2007 , anytime after PrepareAD is run, it is too late to run the Domain Rename (rendom) tool. As part of PrepareAD, the Exchange Server 2007 setup tool stamps the Active Directory...
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Thursday, April 03, 2008 11:09 AM

Wrapping up SLDs and Exchange Server 2007

In Single Level Domains and Exchange 2007 service pack 1 , I commented on the fact that Microsoft was no longer going to support single label domains starting with Exchange Server 2007 service pack 1. Then, in More on Single Label Domains and Exchange...
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Tuesday, April 01, 2008 3:13 PM

More on Exchange Server 2007 and MS08-003

In Problem Between Exchange Server 2007 and MS08-03 , I wrote about a problem introduced by MS08-003 that affected large Exchange environments. Last week, a hotfix was released for this problem. Surprisingly for many, it was actually an Active Directory...
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Saturday, March 29, 2008 8:08 AM

Exchange Server 2007 and Domain Controllers - A Summary

Over three years ago, I wrote my most popular (in terms of number of times it has been read) blog post ever: " Exchange Server 2003 and Domain Controllers - A Summary ." Since it was written in January of 2005, Exchange Server 2003 service pack...
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Thursday, March 27, 2008 2:53 PM

A "Perfect" Install of Exchange Server 2007 on Windows Server 2008

I just finished installing Exchange Server 2007 on Windows Server 2008 (single server install). It went smooth as silk and I'm as pleased as punch. You have to install the "PowerShell" feature and the "IIS" role, and then start...
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Tuesday, March 11, 2008 1:59 PM

KB 948496 Patch Disables Scalable Networking Pack

Well, it appears that Microsoft has given in. In today's patches, we see KB 948496 , "An update to turn off default SNP features is available for Windows Server 2003-based and Small Business Server 2003-based computers". As I've reported...
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