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Tips when upgrading from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010:
- If you have users with Outlook 2003, be aware of the following:o Outlook connection issues with Exchange 2010 mailboxes because of the RPC encryption requirement...
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Exchange 2010 Site Resilience with two active Datacenters
If you want an active/active user distribution you need to determine the failure models and scenarios you are willing to tolerate.For example, if you have a WAN failure between the two datacenters and...
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Use Read Only Domain Controller (RODC) or not
Here is a sample decision chart that I always use with my customers to decide are we going to use RODC or not
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Some of the things that you need to consider before upgrading your Windows...
Below are some support articles that can help you in your planning for the upgrade: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946405 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942564...
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Some of Windows 2008/2008 R2 Active Directory Upgrade Compatibility Issues
Client computers may not work correctly when you add a Windows Server 2008-based domain controller to an existing pre-Windows Server 2008 domain http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946405:This problem...
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Some of the problems that you can have while doing FRS to DFSR Migration
This is the official guide for FRS to DFS Replication Migration http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=A27008A8-4B28-49CC-80B5-05B867440AF9&displaylang=en Some of the problems...
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DNS Forwarders Problems in Windows 2008 R2 DNS Services
One of my colleagues had this issue when he upgraded from Windows 2003 DC to Windows 2008 R2 DCs: The DNS queries to other DNS servers configured as a Forwarders sometimes timeout on the Windows 2008...
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Difference between Exchange Databases Physical and Logical Corruption
Physical corruption – when the database from an ESE structure is no longer valid in some way Logical corruption – when the data within the database is no longer valid, but the structure from an ESE...
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SCOM 2007 R2: report server cannot decrypt the symmetric key that is used to...
Currently I was deploying SCOM 2007 R2 reporting server component, the OS of the computer is Windows 2008 R2 and I used SQL 2008 SP1 reporting component on it. (follow this article to install SQL 2008...
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LYNC Client Settings
I just want to share with you three different user/conferencing/telephony policies that you can have in LYNC similar to the meeting policies and group polices settings in OCS.1- Conferencing...
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Removing the Public Folder Database in Exchange 2007
In a mixed Exchange 2007 and Exchange 2010 Environment, after you move all your mailboxes and e-mail services to Exchange 2010 environment you will start decommissioning Exchange 2007 servers starting...
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Lync Client Policies
Some of the Lync client settings that I deployed for some of my customers:SettingsValueDescriptionDisableemoticonsTrueWhen set to True, users will not be able to send or receive emoticons in their...
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Lync Client on XP Machines
Please note that if you install the Lync Server on Windows 2008 R2 and some of your clients are running the Lync client on Windows XP SP3. You need to set the following local policies on all your Lync...
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Setting Location in Lync Client
You can set the location of your Lync users automatically by binding the network subnets to your office locations using the following commands:Set-CsLisSubnet -Subnet 192.168.0.0 -Description "Subnet...
View ArticleSome of Windows 2008/2008 R2 Active Directory Upgrade Compatibility Issues
Client computers may not work correctly when you add a Windows Server 2008-based domain controller to an existing pre-Windows Server 2008 domain http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946405: This problem...
View ArticleSome of the problems that you can have while doing FRS to DFSR Migration
This is the official guide for FRS to DFS Replication Migration http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=A27008A8-4B28-49CC-80B5-05B867440AF9&displaylang=en Some of the problems...
View ArticleDNS Forwarders Problems in Windows 2008 R2 DNS Services
One of my colleagues had this issue when he upgraded from Windows 2003 DC to Windows 2008 R2 DCs: The DNS queries to other DNS servers configured as a Forwarders sometimes timeout on the Windows 2008...
View ArticleDifference between Exchange Databases Physical and Logical Corruption
Physical corruption – when the database from an ESE structure is no longer valid in some way Logical corruption – when the data within the database is no longer valid, but the structure from an ESE...
View ArticleSCOM 2007 R2: report server cannot decrypt the symmetric key that is used to...
Currently I was deploying SCOM 2007 R2 reporting server component, the OS of the computer is Windows 2008 R2 and I used SQL 2008 SP1 reporting component on it. (follow this article to install SQL 2008...
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LYNC Client Settings
I just want to share with you three different user/conferencing/telephony policies that you can have in LYNC similar to the meeting policies and group polices settings in OCS. 1- Conferencing...
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