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Released: ISA 2006 Service Pack 1

ISA Server 2006 SP1 has been released. SP1 brings some new features, and improvements such as support for SAN certificates. Download SP1. New features: Configuration Change Tracking: Registers all configuration changes applied to ISA Server to help you assess issues that may occur as a result of these changes. Test Button: Tests the consistency of […]

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Released: New Whitepapers on Continuous Replication and Planning for Large Mailboxes

New whitepapers have been released today on TechNet. Whitepaper: Continuous Replication Deep Dive– written by Ross Smith IV and Scott Schnoll This whitepaper discusses the different components of Continuous Replication— used by LCR, CCR and SCR, how replication works, backups and log file truncation, what happens during scheduled and unscheduled outages, and how Continuous Replication […]

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Exchangepedia turns 4!

Yes, Exchangepedia Blog is 4 years old today! Exchangepedia saw its first posts in June 2004. Hundreds of posts, 1 major Exchange release and 2 service packs (Exchange Server 2003 SP2 and Exchange Server 2007 SP1) later, it’s great to look back at some of the stuff I’ve enjoyed writing, and some posts that got […]

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Save XP, Rick Mercer Style

It’s June 30th! I had the date marked because of two reasons. The first one has to do with Windows XP, and if you haven’t heard enough already, CBC’s Rick Mercer has his own view of how to save Windows XP. Caution: May not be entirely work-safe for some. The second reason’s coming up in […]

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Released: Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V

While I was away yesterday, Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V made its public debut (RTMed in Microsoftese). I know what you’re thinking: Let the Microsoft PR storm begin, VMWare has a better virtualization product, and other unbloggable thoughts… :). I’ve been using Hyper-V for a few months now, and all I can say is— it’s been […]

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Released: Transporter Suite v08.02.0053

An updated version of the Transporter Suite— a set of tools for interoperability and migration from Lotus Domino and generic POP/IMAP servers to Exchange Server 2007, has been released. Download Transporter Suite v08.02.0053 from here. Updated release notes are here. If you’re getting started on an interop or migration project, take a look at Resources […]

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Community content in Exchange docs: the wikization begins!

Microsoft recently started allowing community content (annotations/links) in Exchange documentation on TechNet. Initially available for Exchange 2003 documentation, this feature was recently expanded to Exchange 2007 documentation as well. At the bottom of each page in Exchange documentation (on TechNet) you’ll see the links to add community content. Figure 1: Links to add community content […]

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ISA 2006 SP1: Support for SAN certs, and new features

When ISA Server 2006 SP1 rolls out this summer, there will be some cool new features to look forward to, including support for SAN certificates. Having started using Proxy Server 1.0 (I know… hold on to your comments for now.. :) back in the days, I turned away from ISA’s predecessor(s) for a few years […]

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HTC Touch Diamond: Cure for iPhone Envy?

While I was out at TechEd last week, the new 3G iPhone was announced. From the previous announcement, we knew it’ll have EAS support. While many await the new EAS-capable, 3G iPhone, and yet many debate on whether it’ll make inroads in the enterprise, there’s something else on the horizon that’s quickly becoming the object […]

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Starting Task Manager in RDP or VM sessions

You have a RDP (Terminal Services) session or a Virtual Machine session open, where the CTRL-ALT-DEL key combination fires up the Windows Logn/Security dialog on the host computer rather than the RDP or VM session you have open. Getting to the Task Manager involves some mouse-clicks in such situations— Start -> Windows Security -> Task […]

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