Exchange 2007 Connectivity Test

I was on the phone with MS Support working on an Exchange 2007 issue and the tech sent me to this website to verify the setup.  It tests DNS records for Autodiscovery and also tests the Cert.

https://www.testexchangeconnectivity.com/

VMware Hardending Guide

Public Draft for now.

http://communities.vmware.com/community/vmtn/general/security?view=documents

Migrate Exchange 2003 to 2007

Here are Microsoft’s instructions:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb288905.aspx

The only trouble is that they don’t have them written in a really usable order… The whole document needs to be read before you can proceed start at step one. Especially if you use Public Folders.

Learning Log for 2010-01-16

Today I learnt:

I’m not nearly as good at ice skating as I used to be. Ankle socks are not appropriate for ice skates. I really enjoy ice skating and should do it more often. Devon likes tulips. Go karting is still a lot of fun. There is more to karting than just flooring the

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AutoIT Scripting

AutoIT is for automating tasks and can create small applications.

I’ve come across two interesting programs written in AutoIT v3.

AutoClean and PC Decrapifier (up to Version 1.9.1)

Both tools are very interesting and worth downloading.

Citrix Branch Repeater

The Branch Repeater is a 1U appliance that is installed in the Branch Office.

It is used to optimize WAN traffic thourgh compression and caching.

Because it is a Citrix product it can de-dupe and increase the compression on ICA connections (XenApp and XenDesktop). This would be a great way to squeeze more traffic through

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How to Setup NTP in WS03

Here is how to setup NTP correctly for your domain.  I have tested this with Server 2003 and 2008.

On the PDC for the Domain: w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:”0.north-america.pool.ntp.org 1.north-america.pool.ntp.org 2.north-america.pool.ntp.org 3.north-america.pool.ntp.org” /syncfromflags:manual /reliable:yes /update Net Stop “Windows Time” Net Start “Windows Time” w32tm /resync

If you want to use different servers for peers go to

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Backup Exec Issues – Weird Fix

I came across this resolution when working through a weird issue for a client…

Next time you can’t get backup exec to work, even though everything is done/setup correctly:

On the remote server you are trying to backup – Stop Backup Exec Remote Agent, open the service’s properties and in startup parameters type “-debug”, then

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Backing up Visual Source Safe

MS has all the details here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/244016

Exchange 2007 SP2 and SBS 2008

A colleague of mine sent me this…

In case you don’t know exchange 2007 SP2 is out, I was having problems on 2 sites with [O]utlook constantly prompting for passwords and not accepting them, even though Outlook [A]nywhere was not configured on the client.  Outlook would give the message in the lower right corner (Needs

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