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Exchange 2010 network ports
If you need to test your Exchange 2010 SP1 configuration you can use the following test commands. ###SCP Check the current configuration. Get-ClientAccessServer | Select Name, *Internal* | fl ###WebServices List the current values for Internal and External URLs. Get-WebServicesVirtualDirectory | Select name, *url* | fl ###OWA List the current values for Internal... »
Calendar access rights Exchange 2010 SP1
If you want to view or set Calendar / Agenda acces rights in Microsoft Exchange 2010 SP1 you can do this very easy with powershell. To view the access rights on a users calendar run the following command. Get-MailboxFolderPermission –Identity **username@organisation.com**:\Agenda (or Calendar dependng on your language settings) To set access rights for... »
Reset mailbox foldernames Exchange 2010
Sometimes when you import pst’s into exchange 2010 you got some problems with language settings and foldernames. I discovered that the option / Resetfoldernames didn’t work. So I had to look for another solution. On the exchange 2010 server you can run the following command Set-MailboxRegionalConfiguration –Identity **alias** -dateformat "d-M-yyyy" -timezone "W. Europe... »
Uninstall Exchange 2007 SP1 from a Windows 2008 R2 server
Yesterday I tried to uninstall a Exchange 2007 SP1 server from a Windows 2008 R2 server. I’ve you go to Programs and Features and try to uninstall it wil fail. A Q&D(quick and dirty)workarround for this is go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Exchange\v8.0\MailboxRole en rename de REG_SZ=Uninstall to Install. Try again to uninstall. It worked for me. Tweet... »
New blogger in town
Last week my collegue Peter Stam decided to start blogging about daily issues he wil face in his line of work. You can follow Peter on his blog called http://www.hyper-p.com Tweet This Post »
Microsoft to patch 26 holes in Windows, Office
Microsoft will patch 26 holes next week, including critical ones in Windows, one affecting the kernel of 32-bit versions and several holes in Office, the company said in a Patch Tuesday preview on Thursday. Five of the 13 bulletins affect vulnerabilities that could lead to remote code execution and they are rated critical. The... »
Enable Windows 7 god mode!
Today wile I was surfing I found a nice article on Helmers Blog thats enables you to enable GOD mode for Windows 7. This is cool for every admin. Just follow the next steps: Create a new folder Right click the folder and name it like this : SuperAdmin.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} Press Enter. Now the folder... »
Happy New Year and all the best for 2010
Happy New Year to you all. And thanks to all the readers who supported an read this blog in 2009. Due to personal reasons I didn’t have much time lately to update the blog on a frequent base. The year 2010 is gonna bring us a lots of new and interesting news in the... »
Disk2VHD your laptop in hyper-v :)
Mark Russinovich did it again. He created a real cool tool called Disk2vhd. Disk2vhd is a utility that creates VHD (Virtual Hard Disk – Microsoft’s Virtual Machine disk format) versions of physical disks for use in Microsoft Virtual PC or Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machines (VMs). The difference between Disk2vhd and other physical-to-virtual tools is... »
