Administration
SID error on cloned Virtual Server / VPC / VMWare OSes
If you simply copy an existing Windows OS image to create multiple virtual servers/workstations, and try to log on to a domain controller, you may…
Archive
July 2005
Anti-spam
Exchange Server 2003 SP2 – Connection Filtering that actually works
I was excited to find out about Connection Filtering (screenshot) in Exchange 2003 – finally I could use RBLs (real-time block lists) without having to…
Microsoft
Windows Vista it is!
Microsoft just announced the next version of Windows that practically the whole world (except for the Mac users perhaps?) is eagerly awaiting will be called…
Exchange Server
NetApp Data OnTap 7 and Flexvolumes
The Saturday (July 16th) was spent on migrating an Exchange cluster from an older NetApp 840 to a new 920 filer. My personal experience with…
Exchange 2007
Exchange 12 to axe Active/Active Clustering?
Oliver Rist’s Enterprise Windows column in InfoWorld talks about many facts/announcements related to the Exchange Server product roadmap – most of it discussed/announced at TechEd…
Archiving & Compliance
Adding disclaimers to outbound SMTP messages
Disclaimers are increasingly becoming commonplace in email messages sent to external (and at times internal) recipients. Security policies at many organizations require these disclaimers. If…
Exchange 2003
Message Tracking as part of OWA/Outlook
Message Tracking is one thing I’ve since long wanted to see built into the client – either as an OWA-only feature or perhaps in OWA…