Under your general settings in WordPress you can configure https settings as outlined below. However, let’s say you’re having certificate issues or for some other reason […]
Velocity has made a strategic decision to start offering Proofpoint services due to their highly respected platform for email security, archiving, and encryption. Proofpoint’s document on […]
This PDF is an excellent explanation of where Fortinet is going and why you should be securing your infrastructure using Fortinet. NSE-L1-M06-Corp-Overview-Q2-2015-bshark.pptx
This is the FortiGate Cookbook for FortiOS 5.2. This will help you configure security, WiFi, Authentication, VPN’s, IPv6, Fortinet Integration, and some expert configuration instructions. fortigate-cookbook-52
When the AshleyMadison.com website was hacked the hackers released the entire dump of hashed passwords. Hashed passwords are passwords that have been converted from plaintext to […]
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Clients sometimes ask what solutions we use to products we use to gauge performance moving to virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) or RDS-hosted applications. One of the […]
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Setting up mutual CHAP authentication between Windows Server and a Lenovo IX2 is pretty easy and straightforward. First you simply login to your IX2 and enable […]
If you just installed Exchange 2013 and you try to go to http://ServerName/ecp you’ll notice that you get the old Exchange 2010 interface and cannot manage […]
One or more servers in the existing organization are running Exchange 2000 Server or Exchange Server 2003. Installation can’t proceed until all Exchange 2000 or Exchange […]
If you receive this error it is a relatively easy fix. Just go to regedit and find the following key and delete it. HKLMSYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSession ManagerPendingFileRenameOperations Hit […]
Transferring the FSMO roles to a 2012 using Powershell is relatively easy. The command is as follows. Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole Identity “ServerName” OperationMasterRole 0 1 2 3 […]
If you have a user who is receiving the following message: “The recipient’s mailbox is full and can’t accept messages now. Microsoft Exchange will not try […]
If you receive an error message in Outlook 2010 about saving file the fix is pretty simple. “Cannot create file: photo.JPG. Right-click the folder you want […]
Like its predecessors Server 2012 is only available for 64-bit processors. Which shouldn’t be a problem for any modern server. The first step is like all […]
If you’re running gpresult to troubleshoot group policies you may notice that in the computer details section it states, “no data available”. If this is the […]
Recently Microsoft release Exchange service pack 1 rollup 7 unfortunatly this software was not tested. We have had multiple clients experience issues. To resolve follow the […]
Run this command first Set-AdServerSettings -ViewEntireForest $True The first thing you must do is move all the mailboxes to another database. This can be accomplished via […]
If you create your Mailbox database before the creation of a Client Access array or the installed a Client Access server within the Active Directory site, […]
First you need to get a list of all the disconnected mailboxes – Get-MailboxStatistics -Database “” | Where-Object {$_.DisconnectDate -Notlike $NULL} | FL DisplayName, DisconnectDate, MailboxGuid […]
#Assign the role to the required user account New-ManagementRoleAssignment -Role “Mailbox Import Export” -User administrator #Restart the shell #This would search every mailbox for messages containing […]
First you have to give permissions to the account that needs to import/export or nothing will work. Where “MyExportAccount” is the account that needs permissions to […]
In this example we will add a domain group named group-calendarReviewers to a mailbox named Jeremy.Whittaker. We will give the group “Reviewer” access rights Add-MailboxFolderPermission -identity […]
Recently I installed Vmware Server. When I opened the web browser it popped up with an error service unavailable 503. To fix follow the steps below. […]
Allowing relay in Exchange 2010 requires the use the command shell. Here are the steps: 1. Open Exchange Management console and go to Server configuration>hub transport. […]
I recently ran into a situation where some Linux based Thunderbird users needed access to the Exchange 2010 GAL. Here were the settings that work. The […]
You must use caution when changing the IIS settings for Exchange 2010. The reason is simple. Powershell or the Exchange management console EMC uses IIS to […]
If you try to delete an Exchange 2010 mailbox and you get an error. ——————————————————– Microsoft Exchange Error ——————————————————– The mailbox database ‘Mailbox Database 1355317859’ cannot […]
To fix this you must authorize Roku. http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Froku.com%2Fphotofeed&h=7694b You will then have an issue where Roku cannot find your photo stream. To fix you must give […]
Here is the error: Summary: 5 item(s). 1 succeeded, 1 failed. Elapsed time: 00:00:09 Preparing Setup Completed Elapsed Time: 00:00:06 Hub Transport Role Failed Error: The […]
Okay, so what does tasklist /svc from a command prompt tell us? Ah ha…it’s our Firewall monitoring service ….see that MSSQL$MSFW? That’s our ISA server monitoring […]
Router-2(config)#line vty 0 4 Router-2(config-line)#login % Login disabled on line 66, until ‘password’ is set % Login disabled on line 67, until ‘password’ is set % […]
Allowing relay in Exchange 2007 requires the use the command shell. Here are the steps: 1. Open Exchange Management console and go to Server configuration>hub transport. […]
Changing the Interal OWA URL, OOF, OAB, and Unified Message Service URL in Exchange 2007 Get-WebServicesVirtualDirectory | fl *url* Find the string you want to change […]
Exchange 2010 SP1 can be downloaded via this link. Exchange 2010 SP1 You can also check your version of Exchange with this table: Exchange Server and […]
If you are using Symantec Endpoint Protection manager as your antivirus solution then you should be aware of a known issue that can bring your server […]
“The start mode for the Net. TCP Port Sharing service must be set to Automatic before Setup can continue.” Resolution: Run this command in powershell Set-Service […]
Recently I had a client who one of their users changed the domain administrator password. Unfortunately for them they did not have a backup domain admin […]
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Not contain the user’s account name or parts of the user’s full name that exceed two consecutive characters Be at least six characters in length Contain […]
Feature Standard Server Edition Enterprise Server Edition Mailbox Databases 1-5 databases 6-100 databases Roles Based Access & Control Yes Yes Transport Resiliency Yes Yes Remote PowerShell […]
Feature Exchange Server 2003 Standard Server Exchange Server 2003 Enterprise Server Exchange Server 2007 Standard Server Exchange Server 2007 Enterprise Server Exchange Server 2010 Standard Server […]
As most know Exchange 2010 is the latest version of Microsoft’s email server. I wanted to write a short description of the software and outline its […]
Microsoft confirmed that they will be releasing Office 2010 in June of 2010. It is codenamed Office 14. This will be their first version to support […]
If you’ve ever used Google ChatBack you know it’s an excellent utility for chatting with web vistors. However, if you’re not using a standard gmail account […]
The Exchange Administration Delegation Wizards allows you to define roles at the organization level, or at the administrative group level. Where you define a role, combined […]
Microsoft SBS Server 2008 is an excellent solution for small businesses. However, migrating to SBS 2008 is not that simple. First things first it is essential […]
@echo off set zLog=ResetHomePerms.log cls echo FIXHOME.BAT echo This script will reset permissions for all subdirectories echo in this folder. It is assumed that the subdirectories […]
If you stop receiving emails in Exchange 2007 telnet to your Exchange 2007 server. Do you see the following error, “452 4.3.1 Insufficient system resources”? You […]
With Microsoft acquisition of Winternals you can no longer download their ERD disk pasted the 2005 version. However, Microsoft has made it possible to create the […]
Set CNUsers = GetObject (LDAP://OU=test,DC=N2NetworkSolutions,DC=com) CNUsers.filter = Array(“user”) For Each user in CNUsers user.HomeDirectory = “N2File01users” & user.samaccountname ‘UNC user.HomeDrive = “H:” ‘ Letter […]
Create a powershell script to generate the html file Test-ReplicationHealth | ConvertTo-Html -title “BackupReport CCR” -body “Backup status per Storage Group” | Set-Content E:StorageGroupBackupStatus.html note: test-systemhealth […]
Apply the policy to all of your users Get-Mailbox | Set-Mailbox –ManagedFolderMailboxPolicy ‘Default Managed Folders Policy’ Turn on the log folder set-mailboxserver -identity <server> -FolderLogForManagedFoldersEnabled $true Set […]
Creat a new storage group New-StorageGroup –Server <database server> –LogFolderPath “<Path to your log folder” –Name “Recovery Storage Group” –SystemFolderPath “<path to your database>” –Recovery Creat […]
Upgrade Order CAS UM HUB EDGE MAILBOX Upgrade passive node first Browse to the SP2 files setup.com /Mode:Upgrade restart and wait for server to come back […]
Move Clustered mailbox server to another server Move-ClusteredMailboxServer -Identity:<CMSName> -TargetMachine:<PassiveNodeName> -MoveComment:<Comment> View Storage group configuration Get-StorageGroup -Server mbx01 | fl View the database configuration Get-PublicFolderDatabase -Identity […]
Error: Time Provider NtpClient: This machine is configured to use the domain hierarchy to determine its time source, but it is the AD PDC emulator for […]
If you have 2 text documents i.e. a Cisco router/switch/firwall config and you need to see the highlighted differences you can use a utility called CSDIFF.
This is a pretty straightforward process. DISKPART Process First thing you want to do is right click on command prompt and run as administrator. Once the […]
Microsoft now offers Microsoft Security Essentials. It is a free product which removes spyware, virus, and malicious software from your PC. The link to download the […]
Extend Schema Requirements: Domain account member of schema admins and enterprise admins Machine in which you extend schema must be: 1. On the same domain and […]
Client Log Files CAS – Content Access Service. Maintains the local package cache. Ccmexec.log – Records activities of the client and the SMS Agent Host service. […]
Open command prompt Go to c:windows run regedit from here Go here HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT exefile shell open command Double click default and change exactly to this “%1” […]
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftExchangeExAdmin Add a new DWORD key there called “ShowSecurityPage” and set it’s value to 1. Once this is done you can right click on your Exchange […]
Create an account for Exchange named BESAdmin Assign owner on ALL public folders My computer>Manage>local users and groups>groups>double click Administrators and add BESAdmin On Exchange 2007 […]
Applies to: Exchange Server 2007 SP1, Exchange Server 2007 Topic Last Modified: 2007-08-24 This topic explains how to use the Exchange Management Console or the Exchange Management Shell […]
How to Create an Offline Address Book Applies to: Exchange Server 2007 SP1, Exchange Server 2007 Topic Last Modified: 2007-01-02 This topic explains how to use […]
Setup Asterisk Signup with Voice Pulse or any provider that allows you to specify your ANI Follow their manually configuration which can be found here https://www-business.voicepulse.com/Secure/Setup/Setup.aspx […]
Installing BES for Microsoft Exchange http://na.blackberry.com/eng/support/preinstallation/exchange.jsp#tab_tab_step1 Create a new user in AD name the user BESAdmin Add the user to the administrators group Go to […]
There is a parameter known as the ExternalUrl parameter. The Outlook Anywhere client needs to connect to various services such as Exchange Web Services, Offline Address […]
Browse to the folder Program FilesMicrosoftExchange ServerClientAccessowa Look for a file named web.config Look for maxRequestLength change this to your desired setting. Run IISReset to finish […]
New-PublicFolderDatabase -Name “<New Public Folder Database Name>” -StorageGroup “<Name of your storage group>” The database does not created mounted run this command to mount it Mount-Database […]
What folders should be excluded? Mailbox Server Role: You must exclude specific directories for each Exchange server or server role on which you run a file-level antivirus […]
Move-OfflineAddressBook -Identity <OfflineAddressBookIdParameter> -Server <ServerIdParameter> Example move offline address booked named “my oab” to server named n2server-01 Move-OfflineAddressBook -Identity “My OAB” -Server N2Server-01
Login to server using an account that will run teh BES services. Run setup.exe Click continue installation On the licensing agreement enter your user name and […]
Exchange Server 2007 is offered in two client access license (CAL) editions: Standard CAL and Enterprise CAL. • The Exchange Server Standard CAL provides access to […]
Exchange Server 2007 Editions Exchange Server 2007 is offered in two server editions: Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition. • Exchange Server 2007 Standard Edition is designed […]
In 2003/2008 after you upgrade your domain and forest functional level you shold move AD integrated DNS to the application partition. This can be done by […]
run adsiedit navigate to: In the below example sitename and servername is the server you’re deleting. configurationcn=configurationcn=sitescn=<sitename>cn=serverscn=<servername> Right click on cn=ntds settings and select delete Once […]
On the schema master insert the Windows Server 2003 disk and go to the command prompt. d:i386adprep /forestprep On each domain in y0ur forest find your […]
If you find yourself in Exchange Managment Shell and y0u want to know what a commands reprecutions are before you run it use the -whatIf paramater. […]
Pipelining in Exchange Management Shell can be very powerful. For instance if you do this command get-mailbox | where-object { $_.name -like “john*” } | set-Mailbox […]
In the c:Program filesMicrosoftExchange ServerScripts directory there exists a powershell script called ExportEdgeConfig.ps1. You can backup your Edge Transport by executing the following command From Exchange […]
There is a feature of Exchange 2007 that allows users to copy their whitelist of approved senders, recipients, domains, and external contacts to the Edge Transport […]
You must export the Edge transport subscription file which is in XML format. Make sure ports 50389(LDAP) and 50636(Secure LDAP) are open between the hub server and […]
Set-ContentFilterConfig -QuantineMailbox NoSpam@YourDomain.com You should dedicate an Exchange database to this mailbox so that you can set the retention policy or recipient policy to restrict the […]
The main difference between Exchange 2007 standard and enterprise is clustering. With enterprise you can do continuous cluster replication and single copy clusters. Both support local […]
If it appears that your Exchange server is running completely slow but your processor and memory are not being utilized then run perfmon. It is more […]
Benefits: Improve the security, scalability, and manageability of your network infrastructure. Things to know: Raising the domain or forest functional levels to 2008 means you can only […]
This command will pipe all the accounts it finds that have not logged in for 10 weeks to file c:users.txt – dsquery computer dc=domain,dc=local -inactive 10 -limit 0 […]
To move databases Start Exchange System Manager. Open the administrative group that contains the database that you want to change. Under Storage Group, right-click the mailbox […]
Offline database maintenance can take a significant amount of time typically one hour for every 5 gigabytes of information. Not to mention your database has to […]
Before even thinking about beginning this process MAKE sure to have a backup of your database that you are going to defragment! Login as Exchange Administrator. […]
Unless you run offline defragmentation by using eseutil /d command the Exchange database file will never shrink. It will free up space within its own database […]
On receive connector: Turn it on – Set -ReceiveConnector <ConnectorName> -ProtocolLoggingLevel Basic Turn it off – Set -ReceiveConnector <ConnectorName> -ProtocolLoggingLevel None To change the send connector […]
Active directory performs it’s own maintenance every 12 hours automatically. However, this alone is not enough to keep a clean and healthy database. The database must […]
1. In the register Editor, locate and the following key: a. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesTcpip6 Parameters2. If the DisabledComponents key doesnt exist, please create it.a. In the Edit menu, point […]
Open Exchange Management Shell Type in get-receiveconnector This will list all of your receive connectors Next type in set-receiveconnector -identity ServerNameInternet -ConnectionTimeout 00:30:00 This command will change […]
Open the exchange management shell and run the following commands Run this command to view your current configuration Get-RecipientFilterConfig | fl Then run this command to […]
Go into your Exchange Management Console Click on Organization Configuration>Edge Transport or Hub Transport depending on what your setup is like. Click on the anti-spam tab […]
Open up the Exchange Management Console in 2007. Navigate to the system drive %Program FilesMicrosoftExchange ServerScripts then run the following commands ./install-AntispamAgents.ps1 Restart-Service MSExchangeTransport Once this is done […]
Go to Exchange management console. Go to Organization Configuration. Go to Hub Tranport. Click on remote domains tab. Double click the default. Click on the tab […]
If you are having a problem when you right click on anything and an installer tries to launch then download the Windows Installer cleaup. The program […]
10:37:58 Synchronizer Version 12.0.6315 10:37:58 Synchronizing Mailbox 10:37:58 Synchronizing Hierarchy 10:37:58 Synchronizing server changes in folder ‘Inbox’ 10:37:58 Downloading from server 10:37:58 Synchronizing server changes in […]
Issues where the external interface on an ASA or Pix where it will suddenly stop receing traffic or dropping traffic is related to your duplex settings. […]
Error in gmail that says IMAP server has closed connection. The port configuration is 993. Solution: Tools / Email Accounts / (your account) / Change / More […]
Go to start>run regedit and add the following string Location: HKLMSystemCurrentControlSetServicesExIFSParameters Value: DriveLetter Type: REG_SZ Value Data: M
Telnet servername 25 helo MAIL FROM:”your email address” RCPT TO:”recipients email” DATA Once you are finished typing the message part of your email hit the enter […]
With the design of Microsoft Exchange server 2007 Microsoft added some new HA or high availability options that were not available in the previous versions of […]
If you follow these directions it basically resets your Exchange virtual directories back to default: Use Adsutil.vbs Back up your IIS Metabase. To do this, […]
In order to resolve this issue you must perform the following steps on your Exchange box. Disable the forms-based authentication for the Exchange virtual directory To […]
Open registry editor. Browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREWow6432NodeMicrosoftOffice12.0Registration Under this there is a subkey that is a long GUID. Click on that and find the following keys. DigitalProductID & […]
If someone running Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint or any office application that is the 2007 version sends you a file they created there is a good […]
wget http://internap.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/webadmin/webmin-1.450-1.noarch.rpm rpm -i webmin-1.380-1.noarch.rpm Now you can login via https://192.168.2.5:10000/ Replace with your IP address.
Perhaps some of you have heard of a Google program called Latitude. It is an application you can install on your Blackberry, Windows mobile phone, or […]
Normal redirection for printers in remote desktop only applies to local printers(COM and LPT). You need to edit the registry to allow for the clients network […]
1. You need to download this utility to make the process easy. http://dacosta.dynip.com/asterisk/ 2. Once you run the app use it to scan for your device […]
Install stage: 1. Download the Trixbox ISO. This will probably take ~1 hour. 2. Create a new virtual machine in ESXi with the following options Typical […]
1. First things first download the software http://wordpress.org/download/ 2. Extract the files to your root folder for your blog. 3. Rename the wp-config-sample.php file to wp-config.php. […]
For some reason over the last few years processor manufacturers have decided to name their processors things like dual core, quad core, xeon, etc. Then they […]
While trying to convert an existing virtual machine with Vcenter Vmware Converter. I received an error that it had failed. So I browsed over to the […]
Go to the ESXi console and press alt+F1 Type: unsupported Enter the root password At the prompt type “vi /etc/inetd.conf” Look for the line that starts […]
Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK. Locate the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionWinlogon Using your account name and password, double-click the DefaultUserName […]
The new Google Latitude application makes an interesting evolution to personal privacy as we know it. You can now download an application on your PC and […]
In order to restore this open up notepad. Copy and paste the following below into the file. [Shell] Command=2 IconFile=explorer.exe,3 [Taskbar] Command=ToggleDesktop Save the file as […]
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Go to your Exchange server and open up the Exchange system manager. From here drill down to Administrative Groups>First Administrative Group>Servers>[Servername]>First Storage Group>Public Folder Store>Public Folders […]
Settings>Sip configuration>Line 1 Settings Name = extension Shortname = extension Authentication Name = extension Authentication Password = Password set on server Display name = extension Proxy […]
I came across this problem on a Windows 2003 server today. A client called me indicating their emails were getting delayed and the server response time […]
There is currently a service on the internet that will provide you with a free phone number. The company is called Grand Central. I’m writing about […]
With the commercial release of Windows Vista right around the corner many users are preparing to upgrade to the latest Microsoft operating system. The software giant […]
Computers give us a remarkable amount of convenience. With one machine, we can send mail and pictures to friends, go shopping, pay bills, make appointments and […]
Everyone has heard of the need for antivirus and anti-spyware programs, but some people still don’t realize what spyware is, or why it’s so dangerous. Spyware […]
Networking professionals are encouraging people to think twice about wireless network security. You might be thinking I use WEP-128 bit encryption with MAC address filtering, I’m […]
Most network administrators are apt to here this complaint at least once a week. “I’ve been getting a lot of junk email lately, isn’t there anything […]
There is a lot of buzz going around about Virtualization. What is Virtualization, and what benefits does it provide? In this article we will take a […]
Do you have a small, medium, or even large business? Are you looking for ways that employees can connect from home? There are many VPN technologies […]
Did your Exchange server stop working out of nowhere? Here are some common troubleshooting steps: 1. Go into your services panel and make sure all of […]
Have you recently upgraded your flash server on internet explorer and now you can’t login to fia card services or bank of america? Or any financial […]
Do you have an organization of 1 may be 5 people? Do you wish you had more advanced email features, calendaring, Blackberry integration, collaboration, etc? A […]
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Allowing relay in Exchange 2010 requires the use the command shell. Here are the steps: 1. Open Exchange Management console and go to Server configuration>hub transport. […]