If you are creating documentation for Exchange 2007 then you may find the following link useful. Its the Exchange 2007 stencil pack for Visio 2003 upwards. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=45F7EA49-CEB2-4B04-8D46-2B0AE5E10694&displaylang=en It contains icons for Exchange 2007 server roles, networking, telephony and Unified Messaging objects, Active Directory and directory service objects, client computers and devices, and other Exchange organization …
Category: Windows Server 2008
Windows XP SP3 RC2 released
You can download Windows XP SP3 RC2 from here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=114f3599-12af-42b2-aab1-b969a62c68a7&displaylang=en Below is the changes in XP SP3 from the Microsoft Website: http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/d/8/cd8cc719-7d5a-40d3-a802-e4057aa8c631/relnotes.htm You can also view the XP SP3 tech center at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsxp/0a5b9b10-17e3-40d9-8d3c-0077c953a761.aspx New functionality included in this service pack Technical Area Functionality or Feature Details Networking Black hole router detection Improves black hole router …
Creating Exchange Storage Groups and Mailbox database’s in Exchange 2007
In this post we are going to create some additional storage groups and mailbox databases on a default Exchange 2007 installation. Creating an additional mailbox database There are 2 ways to create mailbox databases with Exchange 2007. The first way to do it is using the GUI method. If you open up the Exchange Management …
Storage Groups in Exchange 2007
One big change in Exchange 2007 is the amount of Storage groups and databases that are supported. Exchange 2007 enterprise edition supports up to 50 database’s and 50 storage groups. The standard edition allows you a maximum of 5 databases and 5 storage groups. Microsoft used to say don’t create an additional storage group until …
Installing Exchange Server 2007
In this article we are going to install Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. We are going to install all the default settings and do no configuration, just do the default setup. Before you install Exchange 2007 you need to meet the minimum hardware requirements. For starters you need to be running a 64-bit Operating system and …
Improved download speeds on Vista
If you want better download speeds on Vista open up a command prompt as an admin and issue the following commands: netsh interface tcp set global autotuning=disabled netsh interface tcp set global chimney=disabled netsh interface tcp set global rss=disabled Here are my before and after results!: Before: Download Speed: 253 kbps (31.6 KB/sec transfer rate) …
70-649
I am glad to report that I passed 70-649 last week. The exam was extremely simple and was surprised that it didnt really test 2008 knowledge that much. It could easily be passed by anybody who doesnt know anything about 2008 but alot about 2003!! I passed with 925 which gained me 3 certifications! These …
VMWARE Workstation Unrecoverable error
Had a strangle problem this evening whilst preparing my lab for my 70-236 exam. I installed the latest version of VMWARE Workstation v6.02 build-59824. It installed perfectly OK but when i attempted to start VMWARE I go the following error: I had a search on the vmware support site and was told that it may …
70-236: TS: Exchange Server 2007, Configuring
I have decided to start my journey on Exchange 2007. I’ve had a bit of experience of Exchange 2003 but have never really gone into depth of it to learn it inside and out. This is the reason why I have decided to study for the 70-236 so I can increase my knowledge of Exchange …
Installing Windows Server 2008
Hello there and welcome to my first post. My first post covers the installation of Windows Server 2008. I am happy to report that the installation is extremely simple and quick indeed. The minimum requirements for installing Server 2008 are: Processor• Minimum: 1GHz• Recommended: 2GHz• Optimal: 3GHz or fasterNote: An Intel Itanium 2 processor is …