This recent whitepaper from Microsoft discusses having large mailboxes without breaking your budget and keeping e-mail on the Exchange Server instead of allowing it to be scattered in Outlook Data Files (.PST files). By centrally storing email on the Exchange server it helps reduce the risk of data loss; improves regulatory compliance and increase productivity among [...]
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Archive | March, 2010
tech-ed North America 2010 (New Orleans) – I’ll be there, will you?
March 31, 2010
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I was pleased to receive an email earlier this week stating that I had been selected to work in the Technical Learning Center (TLC) on the Security, Identity & Access Track. I have attended tech-ed many times before, but this will be the first one that I am actually working and I am really looking forward [...]
Read moreCritical – Out of Band Security Patch for Internet Explorer 6 and 7
March 30, 2010
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There will be a Critical (As the vulnerability allows remote code execution) Out of Band Security Patch for Internet Explorer 6 and 7 later today. Executive Summary Microsoft is investigating new, public reports of a vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6 and Internet Explorer 7. Our investigation has shown that the latest version of the browser, Internet Explorer [...]
Read moreNew Site: markparris.co.uk
March 28, 2010
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I have now moved my blog over to http://markparris.co.uk
Read moreMicrosoft Component Posters
March 25, 2010
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Microsoft over the past few years has regularly published component posters – these posters provide a visual reference that assist in understanding how key technologies interface with each other. Windows Server 2008 R2 Feature Components http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=64a5cc28-f8a1-4b30-a4a2-455c65bda8d7 Windows Server 2008 Feature and Active Directory Components http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=c2b9e44e-0bbd-47cb-bc09-b3d48be7f867 Windows Server 2008 R2: Hyper-V Component Architecture http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=5567b22a-8c47-4840-a88d-23146fd93151 Windows Server 2008 R2 [...]
Read moreBest of Microsoft Management Summit (London – 18/05/2010)
March 23, 2010
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Best of MMS UK 2010 will provide the best possible opportunity to learn about the latest IT Management products, solutions and technologies from Microsoft and how to apply them in your organisation. With a number of significant management product releases and announcements planned from Microsoft in the coming year, including some early Beta releases, this [...]
Read moreDFS Hotfixes for Windows Server 2003, 2003 R2, 2008 and 2008 R2.
March 19, 2010
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If you are implementing DFS (Namespaces or Replication) then you should baseline your DFS environment to the levels detailed in these articles. KB 968429 List of currently available hotfixes for Distributed File System (DFS) technologies in Windows Server 2008 and in Windows Server 2008 R2 KB 958802 List of currently available hotfixes for Distributed File System (DFS) [...]
Read more- Office 2010 Installation Error: The language of this installation package is not supported by your system.
- Windows 7 Service Pack 1 – Installation Failure ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED(0×80070005)
- Active Directory .local domain design and Office 365.
- Active Directory Tombstone Lifetime – Set it to the correct value.
Book Recommendations:
Books that every IT Admin should own.
Active Directory
Active Directory: Designing, Deploying, and Running Active Directory
