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Sunday, August 09, 2009 10:33 AM

"The action could not be completed. The bookmark is not valid."

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
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Sunday, August 09, 2009 10:33 AM

Useful OCS 2007 R2 information

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/
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Sunday, August 09, 2009 10:33 AM

SQL Management Tools not available

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
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Sunday, August 09, 2009 10:33 AM

Updates required for Exchange 2003

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. 
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Sunday, August 09, 2009 10:32 AM

A series of articles about Exchange Backup on Server 2008

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
posted by nathanwinters | 0 Comments
Sunday, August 09, 2009 10:32 AM

Setting up Blackberry Enterprise server

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
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Sunday, August 09, 2009 10:32 AM

Checking the last logon dates for a user in Active Directory

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
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Sunday, August 09, 2009 10:32 AM

PowerShell tools for Active Directory

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
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Sunday, August 09, 2009 10:32 AM

Redirecting OWA to /Exchange or /OWA

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
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Sunday, August 09, 2009 10:31 AM

Dealing with Conflicts in Recurring appointments when using Exchange resource mailboxes

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
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Sunday, August 09, 2009 10:30 AM

CA's Antivirus 8.1 and Exchange 2007 on Server 2008

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
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