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Recently installed Windows 7 and really liking it so far…  Not a single issue with it over the...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 01/29/2009

OK so the idea of big mailboxes has become a viable option for a lot of organisations since Exchange...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 01/26/2009

Not that I believe you should be, but if you are concerned about the server names and ip addresses...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 01/25/2009

..announcing the next meeting of the Microsoft Messaging and Mobility User Group in the UK… This...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 01/23/2009

Tech Workers Get a Raise “The average information-technology pro made $78,035 last year, a 4.6%...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 01/22/2009

“Iron Mountain Digital and Microsoft Work Together to Deliver Cloud-based Backup and Recovery...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 01/22/2009

Just a quick one – if you want to make sure that your hardware virtualisation platform is supported...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 01/21/2009

Ah yes that old chestnut…  SAN versus DAS – switch to DAS and save a load of money.  It’s...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 01/20/2009

When I started this blog at the end of 2006 I chose to stick it on MSDN mainly because the set of...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 01/19/2009

The boss is tightening the purse strings and you're having trouble justifying an Exchange 2007...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 01/16/2009

This is a smart idea…  The DPM UI can be used in conjunction with Iron Mountain CloudRecovery...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 01/14/2009

Let’s start with one of the obvious ones - Fewer Servers supporting More Mailboxes…  OK so it’s...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 01/14/2009

I’m guessing that over the next few months IT managers are going to be pushing their IT staff really...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 01/09/2009

Just one more quick line to plug into DCM..  (plus a few powershell links which might be...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 01/09/2009

DPM 2007 SP1 -- how to do individual item restore for Exchange “This video continues the series of...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 01/08/2009

Joined Twitter a long time ago but finally going to try and actually use it.  Follow me here…

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 01/08/2009

Have been using Live Mesh for about 6 months now and would definitely recommend having a look at...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 01/07/2009

Alright so there is quite a lot of information out there now about Read Only Domain Controllers...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 01/06/2009

To quote Technet: “The Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) guides are the next version of...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 01/05/2009

I’m won’t be blogging for a couple of weeks over Christmas and the new year.. Happy Christmas and...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 12/19/2008

This is the last of a few blogs about designing for availability and resilience… The first two are...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 12/19/2008

I've been asked a couple of times about stress testing an Exchange server sitting on a hardware...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 12/17/2008

TechNet Events Live: TechNet Event : Managing Windows Servers with PowerShell V2 Location: London...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 12/16/2008

Powershell Explore Your [Environment] on the Windows Powershell blog, written by Jeff Snover. ...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 12/15/2008

One of the fundamental decisions that you might make in the early stages of an Exchange Server 2007...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 12/12/2008

Following on from my DCM blog last month here are a few more bits of Powershell that can be fed into...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 12/11/2008

This is the second of a few blogs about designing for availability and resilience… The first one is...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 12/10/2008

Registration is now available for Session Number 10 of the MCS Talks Series – application...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 12/09/2008

Have had a number of conversations with customers concerning the merits of achieving both data...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 12/09/2008

Just received a copy of a good Exchange 2007 and Powershell book: ‘Professional Windows PowerShell...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 12/08/2008

Just seen this on Jason Langridge’s blog (which if you haven’t seen it already is the place to go...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 12/08/2008

I’ve heard a couple of queries recently concerning Windows NLB and the CAS\HUB combined role. ...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 12/08/2008

I blogged recently about log roll and CCR – ‘New log created every 90 seconds...’ and I need to...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 12/05/2008

Nice article on Wired… ‘Ray Ozzie Wants to Push Microsoft Back Into Startup Mode’ “I love software,...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 12/05/2008

OK here are my top 10 Exchange Server blogs\feeds. 1. You Had Me At EHLO… Everyone has seen this one...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 12/04/2008

Then DCM, or Configuration Manager 2007 Desired Configuration Management to give it it’s full title,...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 12/03/2008

This is the first of a few blogs about designing for availability and resilience…  WHAT...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 12/03/2008

I know this has been blogged about on a number of occasions so apologies to those for which this is...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 12/02/2008

Let's say that over a period of an hour only a very small number of transactions are generated for a...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 12/01/2008

Have been tracking a few internal discussions concerning dynamic disk provisioning – the idea of...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 11/28/2008

Earlier this month Microsoft announced DPM Service Pack 1.  Some pretty significant updates...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 11/27/2008

Microsoft Online Services was officially released this week and so we move a step closer to a world...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 11/26/2008

The support policy for Exchange 2003 running on a NAS (Network-Attached Storage) device is pretty...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 11/25/2008

I recently made the assumption (not very accurately as it turns out) that deploying large mailboxes...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 11/24/2008

Registration is now available for Session Number 9 of the MCS Talks Series – Sharepoint this...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 11/21/2008

One of the most often asked, and most difficult to answer, questions concerning Microsoft System...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 11/19/2008

Concerned about search in Vista and its impact on your Exchange Server? Windows Search 4.0 released...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 06/09/2008

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