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 [...]

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 [...]

How to Setup NTP in WS03

On the PDC for the Domain:

w32tm /config /manualpeerlist: <peers> /syncfromflags:manual /reliable:yes /update

Get <peers> from here.

On all the servers and in login scripts:

w32tm /config /syncfromflags:domhier /update

Net Stop w32tm

Net Start w32tm

Reference:

Configure w32tm on PDC: Microsoft Technet

Configure w32tm [...]

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”, [...]

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 [...]