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Script to configure static ports on Exchange Server 2010

There is nothing new about this. If you have been reading about Exchange Server 2010 or have it deployed with hardware load balancer, chances are, you have read how to configure static ports on...

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New pre-requisites for Exchange 2010 Service Pack 2 and CAS Role

With release of Service Pack 2 for Exchange Server 2010, you gain few new features such as Cross-Site Silent Redirection for OWA, Address Book Policies, Mailbox Auto-Mapping and few other additions...

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Updated – Verify Exchange Server Schema Version

This article was originally posted on my personal blog here. Since I don’t actively maintain it anymore, I am publishing it here. When you run Exchange Setup to prepare schema, usually the very next...

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RBAC and Principle of Least Privilege

Exchange 2010 introduced RBAC as a mechanism to manage access to administrative tasks at granular level which was not possible in previous versions of Exchange. While you may know how to use RBAC to...

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Certificate revocation checked failed

Recently I came across a CAS server that was rebuilt. Think of it as a new server you are introducing in your environment.   Everything looked good except certificate that we imported. The certificate...

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Exchange Management Shell Error 500 – Internal Server Error

I have come across this issue enough times that even if it is documented on TechNet it deserves mention here. When you launch Exchange Management Shell or try to connect to an Exchange 2010 Server...

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If Retention Tags weren’t confusing…

UPDATE: Please read updated guidance due to changes introduced in SP2 RU4 here:...

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Accidental PowerShell 3 Get-Help discovery

Get-Help has always been my favorite cmdlet. Anytime I am stuck, I was able to find lot more information about any given cmdlet when I need. Until today, my favorite feature was Get-Help’s –online...

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Interesting 802.11n discovery

Off the Exchange/Lync topic train but interesting enough this was for me to pass it on without writing about it. After a long period of laziness and ignorance of my home network, I finally got tired of...

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Leaving Microsoft

And since it’s not 1st April, you can rest assured it’s not a joke. Leaving Microsoft isn’t a decision you can make easily. Working for such a company is a privilege. Working with such an amazing...

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