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Next generation file system ReFS hits Windows 8
04 months ago
Source: Microsoft MSDN
ReFS, has been designed from the ground up to meet a broad set of customer requirements, both today’s and tomorrow’s, for all the different ways that Windows is deployed.
The key goals of ReFS are:
- Maintain a high degree of compatibility with a subset of NTFS features that are widely adopted while deprecating others that provide limited value at the cost of system complexity and footprint.
- Verify and auto-correct data. Data can get corrupted due to a number of reasons and therefore must be verified and, when possible, corrected automatically. Metadata must not be written in place to avoid the possibility of “torn writes,” which we will talk about in more detail below.
- Optimize for extreme scale. Use scalable structures for everything. Don’t assume that disk-checking algorithms, in particular, can scale to the size of the entire file system.
- Never take the file system offline. Assume that in the event of corruptions, it is advantageous to isolate the fault while allowing access to the rest of the volume. This is done while salvaging the maximum amount of data possible, all done live.
- Provide a full end-to-end resiliency architecture when used in conjunction with the Storage Spaces feature, which was co-designed and built in conjunction with ReFS.
Microsoft releases SP2 for Exchange Server 2010
05 months ago
Source: Microsoft
Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 SP2 helps IT Professionals achieve new levels of reliability with greater flexibility, enhanced user experiences, and increased protection for business communications.
- Flexible and reliable – Exchange Server 2010 SP2 gives you the flexibility to tailor your deployment based on your company's unique needs and a simplified way to keep e-mail continuously available for your users.
- Anywhere access – Exchange Server 2010 SP2 helps your users get more done by giving them the freedom to securely access all their communications – e-mail, voice mail, instant messaging, and more – from virtually any platform, Web browser, or device.
- Protection and compliance – Exchange Server 2010 SP2 delivers integrated information loss prevention, and compliance tools aimed at helping you simplify the process of protecting your company's communications and meeting regulatory requirements.
You must accept the license terms for the software before you are authorized to use it. There is no product support for the trial edition of the software. You are welcome to participate in the forums to share your trial experiences with others and to ask for advice.
Exchange Powershell: How to import accepted domains from CSV file
07 months ago
During migration projects a lot of customers asks me how to import all accepted domains the easy way. The script I provide below is very basic but it will save you a lot of time.
But first create a CSV file with on the first line AcceptedDomains. Insert all your accepted domains on seperate lines starting from the second line.
$File = Read-Host "Please enter location and filename of the CSV file (example: D:TempAcceptedDomain.CSV)"
# Reading of all lines within the specified CSV file.
$list = Import-Csv $File
foreach($entry in $list) {
# Reading the AcceptedDomain variable from the CSV file.
$AcceptedDomain = $entry.AcceptedDomain
# Running the powershell command for creation of all Accepted Domains.
New-AcceptedDomain -Name $AcceptedDomain -DomainName $AcceptedDomain
}
Microsoft releases rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2010 SP1
011 months ago
Source: Microsoft Exchange blog
Earlier today the Exchange CXP team released Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2010 SP1 to the Download Center.
This update contains a number of customer-reported and internally found issues since the release of RU1. See 'KB 2509910: Description of Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1' for more details. In particular we would like to specifically call out the following fixes which are included in this release:
- 2519359 Unable to Create a 'Reply With' Rule on Public Folders Even With Owner and Send As Permissions
- 2394554 Generating DSN fails if original mail uses non-support encoding charset.
- 2490134 Outlook 2007 does not deliver "Delayed Delivery" Messages against an Exchange 2010 Server in Online mode with any additional Transport loaded in the Outlook Profile
Some of the above KnowledgeBase articles are not replicated/live at the time of writing this post. Please check back later in the day if you can't reach them.
Update Rollup 5 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1 is currently scheduled to release in August 2011.
General Notes
Note for Exchange 2010 Customers using the Arabic and Hebrew language version: We introduced two new languages with the release of Service Pack 1, Arabic and Hebrew. At present we are working through the process of modifying our installers to incorporate these two languages. Customers running either of the two language versions affected are advised to download and install the English language version of the rollup which contains all of the same fixes.
Microsoft releases beta for Microsoft Orchestrator 2012
011 months ago
Source: Microsoft
The System Center Orchestrator Beta product provides the capability of automation of workflows (Runbooks) across other System Center and 3rd party products. These runbooks are created in the Runbook Designer, deployed via the Deployment Manager and run and monitored locally or remotely via the Orchestrator Console.
Feature Bullet Summary:
- Management Server
- Orchestrator Console
- Runbook Designer
- Deployment Manager
- Web service for reporting
Forefront Endpoint Protection 2012 enters beta stadium
012 months ago
Forefront Endpoint Protection 2012 continues to deliver on the promise of Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010, simplifying and improving endpoint protection while also greatly reducing infrastructure costs. It builds on System Center Configuration Manager, allowing customers to implement endpoint protection as part of a unified infrastructure for securing and managing physical, virtual, and mobile client environments. This shared infrastructure lowers ownership costs while providing improved visibility and control over endpoint management and security. New features in the beta release include:- Support for System Center Configuration Manager 2012- Role-based administration- More efficient delivery of security updates.
Microsoft released rollup package 2 for Data Protection Manager 2010
01 year ago
Microsoft released rollup package 2 for Data Protection Manager 2010 (DPM). Below the details.
This rollup resolves the following issues:
- When you change the ports that are used by the Data Protection Manager 2010 Remote Access service, recovery jobs may fail.
- On some client computers, the System volume runs out of space when local shadow copies are created and when the shadow copy storage is set to UNBOUNDED.
- When you try to protect more than 1,000 client computers from one Data Protection Manager 2010 server, you receive a warning that you cannot protect more than 1,000 client computers by using Data Protection Manager 2010, even though Data Protection Manager 2010 can protect up to 3,000 client computers.
Exchange 2010: Remotely create a mailbox
11 year ago
I have created an script which will remotely enables a users mailbox.
# This powershell script creates a remote mailbox.
# Created by Bart Timmermans
$Server = Read-Host "(Please enter the hostname of your Exchange 2010 Server)"
$User = Read-Host "Please enter the username (domainuser)"
$ServerFull = "HTTP://" + $Server + "/Powershell"
# Start session to remote Exchange 2010 server.
$Session = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri $ServerFull -Authentication Kerberos
Import-PSSession $Session
# Create new mailbox
Enable-Mailbox -identity $User
Microsoft released roll up 2 for Exchange 2010 SP1
01 year ago
Microsoft released the second roll up for Exchange 2010 SP1.
Update Rollup 2 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1 resolves issues that were found in Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1 since the software was released. This update rollup is highly recommended for all Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1 customers.
For a list of changes that are included in this update rollup, see KB2425179.
Download the roll up here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=0059546f-f43d-4c7e-8367-81c6d5642bf3&displaylang=en
Microsoft Lync Server 2010 resources
01 year ago
I have created a list of all available resources regarding Microsoft Lync Server 2010. Click on the title to go directly to the download.
Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Protocol Workloads Poster
This poster shows each workload in Microsoft Lync Server 2010 communications software, describing relationships, dependencies, flow of information, and certificate requirements.
Microsoft Lync Server 2010 and Exchange Server 2010: Architecture and Deployment webcast
In this session, you'll learn key details for building and deploying production applications for Microsoft Lync Server 2010 and Exchange Server 2010.
Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Supportability Guide
This guide provides a central, high-level reference for supported server topologies and configurations and supported client configurations. It is also intended to answer frequently asked questions. This document identifies supported topologies, configurations, and scenarios described in detail in the Lync Server deployment and planning documentation.
Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Active Directory Guide
This document guides you through the process of preparing Active Directory for Microsoft Lync Server 2010 and includes the Active Directory schema reference.
Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Enterprise Edition Deployment Guide
This document guides you through the process of deploying Lync Server 2010 Enterprise Edition and configuring dial-in conferencing for Lync Server 2010.
Migrating from Office Communications Server 2007 to Lync Server 2010
This document provides guidance from migration from Office Communications Server 2007 to Microsoft Lync Server 2010.
Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Monitoring Deployment Guide
This document guides you through the process of deploying Lync Server 2010 Monitoring Server.
For more information regarding Microsoft Lync Server 2010 please feel free to contact me.
