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You know sometimes you need to like automate as much of an Exchange build as possible.  Well I came across this the other day.  This was a small hole that needed to be fixed in my build. So we know that we need a few additional components for Exchange before you can install it.  I discovered the System Optional Component ...

Paul sent me this so I could put an Exchange server in to a Lag AD site.  It is very cool! http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/reskit/regentry/55956.mspx?mfr=true Create the following reg key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netlogon\Parameters Key: SiteNameDataType: REG_SZValue: ...

This is an interesting post from the performance team blog ... bottom line, if your copying a really large file use eseutil. yup that's right, eseutil!!!http://blogs.technet.com/askperf/archive/2007/05/08/slow-large-file-copy-issues.aspx

This is a neat trick that Matt showed me today. I installed a based build OS with Windows 2003 R2 and SP2 on it.  Then started my exchange install and forgot about IIS. So I go an install IIS and it asked for the SP2 disk.  Damm, where did I put that. Matt showed me that I didn't need the SP2 disk as the files are already on the OS in ...

I am playing virtual tennis with Shawn today and he scored his first point with this (the game is at 15-40) In the past I have used ScriptomaticV2 or wbemtest to test WMI or get vbscript to dump WMI data.  Shawn showed me WMIC and I am very impressed.  It's not as good as using Windows PowerShell, but it is good. So if you using a ...

Ohhh.  With the steady flow of DST information is starting to trickle down to more manageable levels.  MSIT has finally release some additional DST 2007 Guidance. ·         MSIT DST Assessment Checklist (5 page PDF) ·         MSIT DST Enterprise Response ...

Okay some more information for you.  Interesting how this coule be a one off as ''Congress retains the right to resume the 2005 Daylight Saving Time schedule once the Department of Energy study is complete'' UPDATE #1: Just found this too. it would seem that TWO calendar update tool are going to be avaialble.  It looks like the ...

Shawn showed me this http://www.microsoft.com/technet/try/vhd/default.mspx Using the power of virtual machines, you can now quickly evaluate Microsoft and partner solutions through a series of pre-configured Virtual Hard Disks (VHD). You can download the VHDs and evaluate them for free in your own environment without the need for dedicated ...

I’m sure you all know about this!?! http://www.microsoft.com/technet/support/ee/ee_advanced.aspx

Been looking for some documents on booting an exchange server from a SAN.  Wamted to share these: Boot from SAN in Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000 Server http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/wss2003/techinfo/plandeploy/BootfromSANinWindows.mspx This white paper describes boot from SAN technology in a Windows environment, the ...

Evan blogged this on Friday, with a link to http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/guides/DROpsGuide/2493c2d6-618c-4c49-9cb1-fff556926707.mspx This topic describes how to move all of the Exchange Virtual Servers from a production Exchange 2003 cluster to a standby Exchange 2003 cluster. This process can be used when recovering ...