Happy 2012 to fellow techs out there! 2011 was a very productive year, and while learning tons more about Exchange 2010 and getting my Enterprise Messaging Admin certification, 2012 is already shaping up to...
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Can’t create/mount a new Exchange 2010 database in a multi domain environment
This morning I went to create a new database on Exchange 2010 server in a client’s new server environment, and when I did it failed to mount due to the following error. Error: Couldn’t...
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Wielding the power of USMT in SCCM 2007 R2 without Hardlinks!
I’m working with a client to fully automate their Windows XP to Windows 7 upgrades using SCCM, and while the OSD piece is in place and new install of Windows 7 from custom image...
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Missing Option 60 from DHCP Server
I have a client who has a single server that houses all of their network roles (DHCP, DNS, etc) and is going to start using WDS/MDT for imaging and deploying inside of their network,...
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Restoring a deleted Exchange 2010 mailbox from PowerShell
In our hosted Exchange 2010 SP1 environment we have to administer the environment via PowerShell, versus using the traditional Exchange Management Console (EMC) – one of the lovely limitations of using /hosting mode. Surprisingly,...
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Woohoo – its official!
With some of the new found time and freedom I’ve found in my new job I was able to spend a week studying the 70-662 and 70-663 exams, and took the first last Friday...
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Real-World use of Remote Desktop Services (RDS) Powershell to Automate Deployment
In the voice of Professor Farnsworth “Good news everybody”! I’ve finally left my old IT consulting job to finally go full time as cloud services manager with a good friend of mine at his...
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Hold Times & Dropped Calls in Lync
In a recent issue I had with a client’s “ITSP” (internet telephony service provider) and their Lync enterprise voice setup whenever a user (whether it was the receptionist who is a member of the...
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Resource Room Calendar Permissions in Exchange 2010
With our Company’s recent move to Exchange 2010, we decided to move away from a “resource calendar” setup on SharePoint to using the Room Resources in Exchange and scheduling our conference rooms against them...
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Exporting to PST in Exchange 2010 SP1
Starting in Exchange 2010 you had the ability to easily export use mailboxes to file, which works great with archiving former users, moving to other email services, etc. Then, Service Pack 1 made it...
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