Exchange 2007 SP1 Now Available
Microsoft released the long-awaited update to Exchange 2007 last Thursday. SP1 includes many improvements and is a beefy download at 900 MB; assuming the bulk comes from the MUI packs. Microsoft...
View ArticleFixing Corrupted Performance Counters
Every once in a while I run into a case where my Windows performance counters go a little whacky. That is, when I am in Performance Monitor, my objects and their respective counters display text are...
View ArticleUsing Powershell To Generate Test Mailboxes
There are situations where you may want to generate a number of test mailboxes whether it be for a demo or another scenario. With Exchange 2007, you can leverage Powershell cmdlets to complete this...
View ArticleShould You Virtualize Your Exchange 2007 SP1 Environment?
Lots of folks are trying to save money in their data centers by optimizing their infrastructure usage with virtualization. Interestingly enough, with the release of Hyper-V and Microsoft’s program for...
View ArticleHow Does Exchange 2010 Impact Storage?
Last week I had to opportunity to setup Exchange 2010, which is currently in beta. Microsoft had a great story about the improvements with Exchange 2007, particularly around storage and IO. Although...
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Quick Hit: Export-Mailbox Cmdlet in Exchange 2007
Ever needed to export the contents of an entire mailbox (or mailboxes)? The Export-Mailbox cmdlet that is available via the Exchange 2007 PowerShell console can export each mailbox to a PST file. In...
View ArticleQuick Hit: Installing Pre-Reqs for Exchange 2010
This can be a bit tricky … and you can either get enough exposure by doing it so many times that you just know what needs to be installed before you start, or you can get through a bunch of steps in...
View ArticlePowerShell with Compellent and Exchange 2010
I’ve been doing lots of work in the lab lately with Exchange 2010 to understand all the new changes and how it works with the Compellent Storage Center. With Exchange 2010, the concept of Storage...
View ArticleExchange 2010 Pre-Req Setup (Updated)
A couple of months back I wrote a post on how to automatically install pre-requisites for Exchange 2010 on a Windows 2008 (including R2) server. I specifically talked about a method for doing this with...
View ArticleExchange 2010: Database Copies with PowerShell
I needed a quick and dirty method to add database copies to other servers in an Exchange 2010 Database Availability Group (DAG). I had three servers, each with 10 databases. Each one of those...
View ArticleDo Your Exchange Online Admin Tasks with PowerShell
There are some things in Exchange that you just need to use PowerShell for. If you use Exchange Online or Office 365, the web portal exposes a lot of the admin functionality that you might need, but...
View ArticleFixing Corrupted Performance Counters
Every once in a while I run into a case where my Windows performance counters go a little whacky. That is, when I am in Performance Monitor, my objects and their respective counters display text are...
View ArticleUsing Powershell To Generate Test Mailboxes
There are situations where you may want to generate a number of test mailboxes whether it be for a demo or another scenario. With Exchange 2007, you can leverage Powershell cmdlets to complete this...
View ArticleShould You Virtualize Your Exchange 2007 SP1 Environment?
Lots of folks are trying to save money in their data centers by optimizing their infrastructure usage with virtualization. Interestingly enough, with the release of Hyper-V and Microsoft’s program for...
View ArticleHow Does Exchange 2010 Impact Storage?
Last week I had to opportunity to setup Exchange 2010, which is currently in beta. Microsoft had a great story about the improvements with Exchange 2007, particularly around storage and IO. Although...
View ArticleQuick Hit: Export-Mailbox Cmdlet in Exchange 2007
Ever needed to export the contents of an entire mailbox (or mailboxes)? The Export-Mailbox cmdlet that is available via the Exchange 2007 PowerShell console can export each mailbox to a PST file. In...
View ArticleDo Your Exchange Online Admin Tasks with PowerShell
There are some things in Exchange that you just need to use PowerShell for. If you use Exchange Online or Office 365, the web portal exposes a lot of the admin functionality that you might need, but...
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