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All things UC related from Microsoft Consulting Services UK : architecture, best practice, news for Exchange and Lync, both on-premise and cloud

Configuring ADFS v2.0 for Office 365

1             Here are the steps i...

Author: Dan Kenyon-smith Date: 05/10/2011

Installing Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) v2.0

Here are the steps i followed when installing ADFS 2.0 Steps Action Start the ADFS installation...

Author: Dan Kenyon-smith Date: 05/09/2011

Office 365 Namespace Requirements

Please find a list of typical namespaces that are required when setting up and installing Active...

Author: Dan Kenyon-smith Date: 05/09/2011

Want to work for Microsoft UK?

Microsoft Services in the UK are actively recruiting.. “ You have unique experiences, skills and...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 02/07/2011

Office 365 and Exchange Online

A very quick summary of Office 365 blogs, wiki’s and articles… Exchange Online – the first place to...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 01/17/2011

Exchange 2010 SP1 /Hosting

This is the process i followed to installed Exchange 2010 SP1 in hosting mode 1. Run the following...

Author: Dan Kenyon-smith Date: 09/29/2010

Strange Jetstress 2010 results..?

Are you running the latest version of Jetstress 2010 against data created using the beta ?  If...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 06/24/2010

Cmdlet Extension Agents

This is one of those blogs that it’s worth absorbing.. Using Cmdlet Extension Agents to cause...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 06/23/2010

July ‘Microsoft Messaging and Mobility User Group’ meeting…

MMMUG are getting physical meetings going again. To kick off their first meeting after re-launch,...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 06/22/2010

3 into 4 can go…

Once you’ve determined the number of Exchange Server 2010 mailbox database copies you’re going to...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 06/18/2010

When I use the move-mailbox command will my Outlook clients need to recreate their .OST files?

I’ve had the same question come up a few times recently so thought I'd blog about it as i assumed...

Author: Dan Kenyon-smith Date: 05/31/2010

Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server Capacity Planning Tool

Take a look at the PFE 2010 capacity planning tool to ensure you  have correct capacity (memory...

Author: Dan Kenyon-smith Date: 05/14/2010

The Name on the security certificate is invalid or does not match the name of the site - PART 2

Once the cert has been installed you will need to enable the cert, you can run the following command...

Author: Dan Kenyon-smith Date: 05/13/2010

The Name on the security certificate is invalid or does not match the name of the site - PART 1

Whilst building a test environment for a customer i came across this error ‘The Name on the...

Author: Dan Kenyon-smith Date: 05/13/2010

1 AD Site, 1 DAG = no DAC

So as the TechNet article ( Understanding Datacenter Activation Coordination Mode ) explains you...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 04/29/2010

ILM FP1 Provisioning Support for Exchange 2010

ILM 2007 FP1 SP1 now supports provisioning for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. You can use the...

Author: msukucc Date: 02/05/2010

Exchange 2010 and Windows Server 2008 SP2 operating system prerequisites

In order to install Exchange 2010 there are various prerequisites that are required. One of those is...

Author: Dan Kenyon-smith Date: 01/07/2010

Next year’s got to be better…

So it’s been a poor second half of the year as far as blogging goes….  First half wasn’t too...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 12/18/2009

MCM Exchange Server 2007

At last funding and time permitted me to attend the Microsoft Certified Master program last month in...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 11/30/2009

Meet the Microsoft Certified Masters and Microsoft Certified Architects

Over the past few months there have been rumours of a website that will list everyone who has passed...

Author: msukucc Date: 11/02/2009

Automating Exchange 2010 Pre-Requisites on Windows Server 20008 R2

Everyone knows its a good idea to automate your installations of Exchange.  It provides a...

Author: msukucc Date: 10/16/2009

ServerManager Depreciated?

  ServerManagerCmd is deprecated in R2 (we are trying to move away from that model although it...

Author: Dan Kenyon-smith Date: 10/15/2009

Viewing Registry Values Through PowerShell

By default when you run a command through PowerShell to retrieve values with registry keys, the...

Author: msukucc Date: 09/30/2009

White Paper: Configuration and Mailbox Access Auditing for Exchange 2007 Organizations

One my personal bugbears with Exchange over the last 10 years or so has been the total lack of a...

Author: msukucc Date: 09/16/2009

Microsoft Exchange Server Jetstress 2010 Beta

I have just received a note from Erin Bookey announcing the public beta of JetStress for Exchange...

Author: msukucc Date: 09/16/2009

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Loadgen Beta

Looks like the team have been busy finishing off the test tools for Exchange 2010.  The...

Author: msukucc Date: 09/16/2009

How to setup multiple AD site test VM's to communicate without multiple NIC's or RRAS

As Exchange technologies using multiple AD site infrastructures become more popular, Exchange PFE...

Author: msukucc Date: 09/15/2009

Exchange Server Supportability Matrix

Over the past few months I have lost count of the number of times I have been asked is “X” version...

Author: msukucc Date: 09/14/2009

Exchange 2010 Q&A

Hi   please Join me at this event to talk about Exchange 2010, you can register here

Author: Dan Kenyon-smith Date: 09/06/2009

Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2

Download Exchange 2007 SP2 and see what's new:-   Deploying Exchange Server 2010 Exchange...

Author: Dan Kenyon-smith Date: 09/01/2009

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Release Candidate

https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c6d27da1-ba2c-4570-a491-c0d7b39ede8b&di...

Author: Dan Kenyon-smith Date: 08/18/2009

Combined HT and CAS

Take a look at the new guidance for combing HT and CAS and you can install both roles by running...

Author: Dan Kenyon-smith Date: 08/07/2009

Automating Jetstress…

One of the things I like about Jetstress is that it tends to identify failing or failed components...

Author: msukucc Date: 06/11/2009

Updated Combined Role HUB/CAS Scaling Guidance…

Well, its been a long time in the making and I for one have been waiting for a long time for this...

Author: msukucc Date: 06/05/2009

Reverse Number Lookup and Dealing with Legacy PBX

Working with customers I have come across a number of scenarios where the caller ID presented from...

Author: msukucc Date: 05/21/2009

Updated : Exchange version powershell script

Further to my blog post on April 30th, I have updated the powershell script to output in a more...

Author: msukucc Date: 05/07/2009

Microsoft Certified Master : Exchange 2007 - A survivors guide…

I attended the Microsoft Certified Master : Exchange 2007,  rotation 2; prior to attending I...

Author: msukucc Date: 05/05/2009

How to retrieve the store.exe version from all mailbox and clustered servers in one step!?

Over the last 12 months I have had various occasions where I needed to quickly check the store.exe...

Author: msukucc Date: 04/30/2009

Exchange Server 2010 News & Reviews..

Exchange Server 2010 Reviews Microsoft Exchange 2010 Beta Looks Solid from Core to Cloud (and...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 04/15/2009

What are all these changes to Active Directory?

This is a great blog if you are wondering about some unusual behaviour in Active Directory –...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 03/24/2009

CCR or SCC?

Have had this discussion on many occasions and this 3Sharp whitepaper by Missy Koslosky would have...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 03/18/2009

DPM in Paperback…

Just found this DPM book:  ‘ Mastering System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 ’ by Devin L....

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 03/18/2009

Microsoft and Google in the Education Cloud

This is worth a quick read if you are interested in what’s happening with Exchange in the cloud at...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 03/18/2009

Want more Virtualisation?

Go to VirtualizationFeed.com and get the latest on virtualisation in Microsoft and in the wider...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 03/16/2009

To my fellow bloggers..

Quick list of the blog articles that have helped me and might help you…   10 Steps to Becoming...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 03/13/2009

A bit of love from Network World…

Exchange alternatives: Pros and cons Testing shows Microsoft's Exchange still tops for features and...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 03/11/2009

Deploying Exchange 2007 on VMWare?

VMWare Podcasts – VMWAre Infrastructure 3 Podcast: Disaster Recovery (DR) for Exchange using VMWare...

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 03/10/2009

Free Powershell eBook

‘Effective PowerShell: The Free eBook’ from Keith Hill available on Keith Hills’ blog here ....

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 03/09/2009

Friday Dilbert

You gotta laugh…...(read more)

Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 03/06/2009

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