A Treasure Trove of Technology Tidbits
I had a test web server setup to use an internally issued web certificate. It was working OK with the complete full qualified hostname. But, I also wanted it to work with the server’s IP address. What I mean by work, is I wanted the lock (in IE or any other web browser on that […]
Many Exchange mailboxes migrate without errors. Some have a few errors during migration, but if you investigate the move logs, you find that many times these errors are associated with calendar items. And, realistically, most users don’t care if they lose a corrupt calendar item from five years ago. But, occasionally, you enter a user […]
In general, I am a big believer in keeping current on software patches. Many PC viruses depend upon known security vulnerabilities being left unpatched. So, regular patching thwarts PC viruses and helps keep your electronic gadgets safe from abuse. However, sometimes, patches can introduce bugs… and this happened to me this weekend! I patched my […]
So, last week, I needed to configure a Cisco 5510 firewall. I happened to have a Windows 7 laptop with a serial port (why Cisco keeps shipping serial cables is beyond me). I connected the laptop to the Cisco console port, via the Cisco provided cable. Then, I was a little startled when I could […]
As you probably already know, removing the Exchange 2003 Server from your domain requires you to local with administrative rights and use the “Add or Remove Programs” feature within the “Control Panel”. As a reminder, the steps are as follows. Bootup the old Exchange Server and login. Open Control Panel | Add or Remove Programs. […]
Today, I would like to talk about the Exchange 2010 Offline Address Book (OAB). By default Exchange 2010 installs will have all versions of the OAB client support enabled. Version 2 supports Outlook 98 SP1 and earlier clients. Version 3 supports Outlook 98 SP2, all Outlook 2010, and Outlook 2003 SP1. Version 4, which is […]
Storage quotas for email accounts have been available for a long time, but many administrators still fail to use them. One reason given is that management will be affected negatively by storage limits and thus will not approve their implementation. But, this excuse is flawed, as not every user has to have the same storage […]
We all know that our credit cards and ATM cards have magnetic swipes on them. And, we should all be familiar with the scam in which a bartender or waitress swipes our cards twice: once for the actual transaction and a second time to retain the data for themselves. Since I am not willing to […]
The final step to getting Exchange 2010 implemented is to remove remnants of the old email services from the domain. It is a very bad idea to simply format the old servers! Rather, the decommissioning process involves uninstalling the old services from the old servers and only then re-using or scrapping the old servers. Here […]
