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Minasi Conference May 2nd – May 5th Virginia Beach, VA, USA   Hi,   It’s been a while since I last posted (I seem to say that every time at the moment!)   Anyhow, I wanted to let people know about the 5th annual...

Hi, It has been a while since my last post about MMMUG, but on the plus side I do have what I think will be a great event lined up! Given that TechEd is coming up in Berlin in early November, Russ Kirk from the UC User Group and I have managed...

The error message in the title of this post seems to be a common one! It occurred on a site I was working on a while ago and I thought I would note down the fix that I used. Simply; I rebooted the GCs (in fact both DCs as they were both GCs and the only...

There is lots of info out there about OCS 2007 R2 so I thought I would list a few sites here: An overview of some of the key features: http://www.shudnow.net/2008/10/14/ocs-r2-information/   An install guide: http://www.shudnow.net/2009/01/05/office-communications-server-2007-r2-enterprise-deployment-part-1/...

Hi. Recently I installed SQL 2005 on a machine as part of a new lab setup for OCS 2007 R2. Strangely the SQL Management Studio was not installed. This post below explains why and how to fix it. http://aspadvice.com/blogs/name/archive/2007/09/24/Installing-SQL-Server-Management-Studio-with-SQL-Server.aspx...

Hi, Although a lot of people have moved on from Exchange 2003, there are still a massive number of mailboxes still on the system. I thought it would be worth listing the hotfixes needed for Exchange 2003. Notes 1. Install the hot-fixes in the order listed. ...

Hi, As you may know, and as I have written about in the past, when running Exchange 2007 on Server 2008 there is no way to natively backup the data in Exchange because the built in VSS backup app doesn’t support Exchange. Well, Michael B Smith has done...

Hi, Just a quick tip, this one! Here is a useful article on how to setup a BES with Exchange. http://www.itexpertmag.com/telecoms/setting-up-blackberry-enterprise-server-bes-with-exchange-2007 Cheers Nathan...

A couple of weeks back I did some Active Directory work for the first time in a while. Well one of the things which came up was how to decide whether accounts which were being migrated across to a new forest were needed or not. The scripts on the following...

Hi, Whilst PowerShell is pretty much the universal tool for Exchange administration now, it is still lacking in the Active Directory area! At least until Server 2008 R2 comes out that is! So in the mean time take a look at these tools from Quest: The...

Hi, I have often found this to be a nice setup for users who have gotten used to using only the HTTP URL for OWA. It also stops users needing to add the /Exchange or /OWA at the end of the URL. So here are the steps needed to Redirect OWA users from a...

Hi, I recently got asked a question as a follow up to my article on using Exchange 2007 resource mailboxes on the Simple Talk website here: http://www.simple-talk.com/exchange/exchange-articles/using-exchange-2007-for-resource-booking/   The question...

Hi, This is a repost of a thread on the Minasi Forum: I am posing this question and answering it because I searched everywhere on Computer Associate's site, and could not find an answer. A call to tech support resolved it. I hope this saves somebody...

Hi,   The August 2009 MMMUG Meeting will be on Tuesday the 25th of August in the usual location, the Microsoft offices at Cardinal Place, near London Victoria.   This month we have Ewan Tsang-MacKellar from Microsoft who will be diving into...

Hi, Recently I have been deploying Exchange 2010 into an environment at work and have hit upon an issue with importing certificates. I created the certificate request using the normal New-ExchangeCertificate command. Then I sent the request file to Digicert...

Hi, As some will know I spoke in Dublin, Ireland on the 12th June. Firstly for anyone wanting the slides, I have uploaded them here: http://www.slideshare.net/nathanwinters/introduction-to-exchange-2010   Also during the discussions about the new...

Hi, I have a couple more meetings to let you know about. The first in June is in Dublin however, it is being broadcast via LiveMeeting too! The second in July is our regular MMMUG meeting in London. Details are below:   Irish Windows User Group Event:...

News You Had Me At EHLO... http://msexchangeteam.com/default.aspx Microsoft Office Outlook Team Blog http://blogs.msdn.com/outlook/default.aspx Office Communications Server Team Blog http://communicationsserverteam.com Documents Exchange Microsoft...

Here are the details of our May 2009 MMMUG meeting. This event will be held in London at the MSFT offices in Cardinal Place near Victoria. This month we are going to spend the evening introducing Exchange 2010. We will start with an overview session...

I recently got the following question: Hello Nathan, I read your helpful article regarding the customizing of DSN and Quota messages in Exchange 2007. I am wondering if it is possible to modify the email address which these messages are sent from as...

Hi, So having installed Exchange 2010 the next step is to make it useable. The first thing to do is to create a couple of users and mailboxes which frankly hasn’t changed much since Exchange 2007 so I won’t detail it here. Having done that we need to...

In this second part of my mini series on installing Exchange 2010 we will actually get started on installing Exchange. Obviously to install this you will need the bits. For that, take a look at the MSFT site in the next few hours. I will blog the link...

Hi, I have been playing with various version of Exchange 2010 for a long time now, but of course due to NDA it hasn’t been possible to share anything. Well finally with the release of the first beta, I can talk :) So in this first blog post about Exchange...

Hi, Yes I know this is short notice, but if anyone is in London today 15th, then the Vista Squad have managed to scoop a bunch of top guys from the Exchange product group with some big news about E14. For more info: http://vistasquad.co.uk/blogs/announcements/archive/2009/04/14/big-exchange-14-anouncement-april-15-event-updated.aspx...

Hi, As some of you may know, over the last few weeks I have been setting up a complete OCS 2007 R2 deployment at home to get more familiar with how it all hangs together! Part of that deployment of course includes Enterprise Voice, and realistically,...