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Dude where's my PFE?

I was a Premier Field Engineer (PFE) for Microsoft.

My first MDT 2010 post

So, I’ve been working on some MDT 2010 work for various customers for about six months or so, but I...

Author: Jeff Stokes Date: 04/01/2010

Today I was a WSUS/IIS Engineer

And it wasn't half bad. At this customer site I am at currently doing MDT 2010 deployment creation...

Author: Jeff Stokes Date: 03/18/2010

Why do I have long boot times? Pt 1

So one of the questions that comes to mind every now and then in technical circles (and outside as...

Author: Jeff Stokes Date: 12/18/2009

GUI Tool to collect ETW tracing, dumps, etc

https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/e8649e35-26b1-4e73-b427-c2886a0705f4 So, check...

Author: Jeff Stokes Date: 12/17/2009

SPA, not your typical freeware

In the Vital Signs workshop, we touch upon the tool SPA (Server Performance Advisor). This unsung...

Author: Jeff Stokes Date: 12/15/2009

On the road again, I just can't wait to get on the road again....

So I'm a PFE now, Premier Field Engineer. It's an interesting gig, sort of like running your own...

Author: Jeff Stokes Date: 06/25/2009

Defeated by Unexpected Transaction Log File growth

Applies to Exchange 2003, concepts apply to 2007 as well. I've bumped into a few cases recently...

Author: Jeff Stokes Date: 01/25/2009

How to get rid of 9646 events

Applies to Exchange 2003 Event Type: Error Event Source: MSExchangeIS Event Category: General Event...

Author: Jeff Stokes Date: 11/25/2008

Database Status Unknown in 2k7 EMC? This might be why....

Applies to Exchange 2007 So I ran into a case today that was pretty interesting. The symptoms were a...

Author: Jeff Stokes Date: 11/23/2008

Repeating 623 version store error.

Applies to Exchange 2003 I had a case a couple weeks ago I thought I'd write about. What was...

Author: Jeff Stokes Date: 10/26/2008

How to fix smashed schema in Exchange 2003

Dan and I and some other engineers wrote up a blog post you can find here on how to recover from a...

Author: Jeff Stokes Date: 10/08/2008

How to determine who is connecting to your server in cached mode.

Applies to: Exchange 2000/2003 This may seem like a basic thing to some people, but for those who...

Author: Jeff Stokes Date: 10/01/2008

Spoof your old dead Exchange Server

Ok, so if you have say, Citrix, or a standard image with Office pre-installed, then someone had to...

Author: Jeff Stokes Date: 09/08/2008

Version Store 624 events

Applies to Exchange 2000, Exchange 2003, Exchange 2007. So in Version Store 623 errors, Version...

Author: Jeff Stokes Date: 09/07/2008

Avoiding Version Store problems in the enterprise environment

Applies to Exchange 2003 So one of the things that can go wrong with Exchange is that it can run out...

Author: Jeff Stokes Date: 09/02/2008

PTE depletion, handle leaks and You

Applies to: Windows 2000 Server/Advanced Server, Windows 2003 32bit Server, Exchange 2000/2003 PTEs...

Author: Jeff Stokes Date: 08/28/2008

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