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DOWNLOAD WINDOWS 8 BETA

February 29, 2012 in Windows 8, Windows Server 8 with 0 Comments

Microsoft has released Windows 8 Beta, termed Consumer Preview. Windows 8 Beta Setup will check to see if your PC can run Windows 8 Beta and select the right download. Setup also features a compatibility report and upgrade assistance. Built-in tools for creating an ISO or bootable flash drive are available for some previous versions of Windows (excluding Windows XP and earlier).

protocol logging on “invisible” send connectors in exchange 2010

February 29, 2012 in Exchange 2010 with 0 Comments

I ran into an issue where email delivery between different AD sites were not working as expected. To be more clear, emails sent by hub transport server in one AD site to another transport server in another site was having issues. SMTP communication between transport servers in 2010 uses an “invisible” send connector which is configured on all transport servers at the time of installation.

Header firewall in exchange 2010

February 17, 2012 in Exchange 2010, Feature with 4 Comments

Anyone who has worked with Exchange is sure to have come across message headers in emails. Helpdesk and other teams use it to troubleshoot transport issues in the environment. Message headers are exposed if you are using Outlook, but you do have to get the properties of the message.

Exchange 2010 SP2 Update Rollup 1 Released

February 13, 2012 in Exchange 2010 SP2, Update Rollup with 5 Comments

Update rollups are getting released faster these days. The first update rollup for Exchange 2010 SP2 deployments has been released by Microsoft. It does fix a lot of issues, read the full description here.

Exchange Client Network Bandwidth Calculator Beta

February 10, 2012 in Exchange 2010, Tools with 0 Comments

Microsoft has released a very helpful tool in estimating the network bandwidth used by the different set of clients. It is an excel file like the storage calculator.

Office 365 Hybrid Deployment With Exchange 2010 SP2 – Part 5

February 2, 2012 in Exchange 2010, Hybrid Deployment, Office 365 with 11 Comments

We have configured ADFS 2.0, Microsoft Online Services Module for PowerShell, enabled a public domain for SSO, activated AD synchronization in Office 365, installed & configured Dir Sync tool in our on-premise environment & sync’d AD with Office 365. Read part one, two, three and four, if you have missed it. In this part, we will add the Office 365 forest in our on-premise Exchange 2010 EMC and configure hybrid deployment to have a seamless functionality irrespective of whether your mailbox is on-premise or in the cloud.

Office 365 Hybrid Deployment With Exchange 2010 SP2 – Part 4

February 1, 2012 in Exchange 2010, Hybrid Deployment, Office 365 with 2 Comments

We have signed up for Office 365 E3 trial, configured ADFS 2.0, installed Microsoft Online Services Module for PowerShell, connected to Office 365 & configured the public domain for SSO & enabled AD synchronization so far. Read part one, two & three here. In this part, we will install & configure Directory Sync tool.