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Re-Release Of Exchange 2010 SCOM Management Pack

Posted on 3rd September 2012 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Since the System Centre Operations Manager (SCOM) Management Pack (MP) for Exchange 2010 has been re-released to the Microsoft download center, I thought that it would be worth bubbling this up. The previous post can be found here on the blog.

This is build 14.03.0038.004 of the MP, and is dated August 31st 2012.

The Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Management Pack includes a complete health model, ex… Read the rest “Re-Release Of Exchange 2010 SCOM Management Pack”

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Important Upcoming Certificate Changes

Posted on 3rd September 2012 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Please be aware that there is a pending change for the minimum key length for certificates with RSA keys. The private keys used in these certificates can be derived and could allow an attacker to duplicate the certificates and use them fraudulently to spoof content, perform phishing attacks, or perform man-in-the-middle attacks.

The update is available on the Download Center as well as… Read the rest “Important Upcoming Certificate Changes”

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Facebook Language Settings – Avast!

Posted on 27th August 2012 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Here I was just trying to update my Facebook profile to use English UK, and what do I see? Entries for not only English Pirate, but also English (upside down)…..

One can only surmise that the (upside down) is meant for our Antipodean chums!

Now for the pirate theme, I guess I have to go and buy one of these:

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=pirate+keyboard&FORM=HDRSC2

Arrrgh,

Rhoderick

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Solving Additional Issues With Exchange OAB Download

Posted on 10th August 2012 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Frank Plawetzki posted a great article on issues that can affect how clients retrieve their Offline Address Book (OAB). This has also been the source of some recent work for myself, though with slightly different root causes. The issues that I have encountered were due to:

Invalid SSL Certificate
OAB web.config file
Incorrect process followed for HTTP redirect

Update 4-3-2014: Added link to KB 975341 Ho… Read the rest “Solving Additional Issues With Exchange OAB Download”

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Outlook Fails To Download OAB

Posted on 10th August 2012 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

This is an article written by Frank Plawetzki, a Senior PFE from Deutschland, and originally published on Opsvault.

Throughout the last weeks I have seen two different issues that prevented Outlook clients from downloading the OAB (Offline Address Book). One affected public-folder based OAB distribution and the other affected web-based distribution.

I want to provide some hints on t… Read the rest “Outlook Fails To Download OAB”

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Lync Session Recordings From TechEd 2012

Posted on 26th July 2012 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Just in case evaluating the Exchange 2013 preview was not keeping you busy, Channel 9 has recordings on Lync from TechEd 2012.

Enjoy!

Forget about IT - How about Lync Inside Business Applications?!

Consumerization of IT has brought an irreversible shift of power from IT to the Business where IT is no longer king. Come learn about the 5 ways Lync can supercharge and automate business processes! Demos,

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The New Exchange

Posted on 23rd July 2012 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

To make a change from the way that a Monday typically starts, Rajesh Jha (Corporate Vice President, Exchange) posted a great overview on Exchange 2013’s features.

This is published on the Exchange team blog.

Here are some of the great benefits you get with the next release of Exchange:

Reduced costs by optimizing for next generation of hardware

Exchange can now support up to 8TB disks, by reducin… Read the rest “The New Exchange”

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Exchange Server 2013 Forums Available on TechNet

Posted on 23rd July 2012 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Update: Since Exchange 2013 has now been released the preview forums has been retired, and the RTM forums can now be found here.

Since the Exchange 2013 Preview is now available it is a great chance to see how the next version of Exchange is shaping up! If you are running to issues then head on over to the TechNet forum for Exchange 2013 Preview and see if the community can help out.

In addition the… Read the rest “Exchange Server 2013 Forums Available on TechNet”

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Using A PAL Template To Easily Capture Performance Data

Posted on 19th July 2012 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

I recently blogged about using PAL to analyse an existing performance monitor log file. That is great if you have an existing log, but what if this is not the case? How can we easily capture the correct counters in the log file? Again PAL can come to the rescue!

Let's assume that PAL is installed as detailed in the previous blog post, if not hit that post and get the tool running. I’ll wait for y… Read the rest “Using A PAL Template To Easily Capture Performance Data”

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Maximize Exchange Administrator Productivity With PowerShell-Part 3

Posted on 19th July 2012 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

In the previous articles in this series we looked at the basic aspects of PowerShell and then the underlying mechanisms that are used to connect both Exchange 2007 and Exchange 2010 management tools to Exchange. These articles can be found as follows:

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