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Just a short one on how to enable the Anti-Spam function on the Hub Transport server, this is written for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 however it is the same process for Exchange 2007 also. This ads some useful functions like IP Block list Providers, Sender Reputation and Content Filtering options. First close your Exchange Management [...]

Just a quick how to here on creating a CSR and installing the corresponding Digital Certificate in Microsoft Exchange 2010. This varies from the same task on Exchange 2007 where there is no longer the need to do long winded shell commands. Lets start In the Exchange Management Console click on Server Configuration.  Right-click the server you [...]

So I’ve been doing this for a while now but never thought to mention it here until today when I had a geographically dispersed 2008 Domain and some AD issues between sites to check out. We all remember the REPLMON tool in 2003 and how awesome it was/is and if you’ve gone to use it [...]

So just another quick one here, I encountered a server having huge issues modifying and creating VM’s. The issue was exasterbated by the fact the drive holding the VM’s had run out of space and they where all “saved” and offline. In any case after lots of investigating and attempting to fix the VM’s (after freeing space) I [...]

Just a quick one here that I found interesting, wasn’t really a hurdle but one that I thought might be an issue for some. After installing the latest 2010 Exchange server I ran into the usual issue of the OWA (Outlook Web Access) site giving a blank page with a url something like this /owa/auth/logon.aspx?url=https://server.domain.com/owa/&reason=0 [...]

So the other day I had this issue where I was installing Exchange 2010 on a server in a Domain with two sites. The site I was installing into had a local DC that was a Global Catalogue and all the rest but didn’t have the FSMO / Schema Master role. The local Server was [...]