Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server (ISA) 2006 service pack 1 has been released.
A number of issues have been fixed, and extra features added (full reference).
Make sure you follow the correct process when applying the updates.
Since I do a lot of Exchange 2007 work, one of my biggest complaints about ISA 2006 was that it […]
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Windows Server 2008 has a whole variety of new features, and one of the most talked about features is the vastly improved virtualization technology which is now built-in to Windows 2008, called Hyper-V.
You can download Hyper-V starting today, and will be available via Windows Update on July 9th.
Hyper-V supports a number of virtual machine (VM) […]
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I just ran into a quirk with the “import-mailbox” Powershell cmdlet from Ex2007 SP1.
I found that if I was trying to import an existing PST created using Outlook 2003 to an Exchange 2007 mailbox, it claimed that everything worked just fine, but none of the content appeared in the mailbox.
The fix is to first do […]
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I’ve managed to find a freeware product that allows you to take an image backup of any partition (including the system partition) while the server is still live.
It’s capable of using a “volume lock” or “volume shadow copy services”. The latter will only interrupt server access for a matter of around 5 seconds or […]
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Video: Bill Gates Last Day CES Clip
In July 2008, Bill Gates is set to retire from full-time work at Microsoft and will devote himself to his Gates Foundation work, which is one of the biggest philanthropic organizations in the world. He will remain as chairman of Microsoft but will only be working for Microsoft […]
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Microsoft has decided to quietly discontinue the Digital Imaging Suite product line, saying that all of the features can now be found in Windows Vista.
The Microsoft Digital Imaging Suite is an excellent set of tools for managing your digital photos. It has a photo library organizer and also a very powerful and […]
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Microsoft have just released one of their new hardware/software inventions called Microsoft Surface.
It’s a multi-touch multi-user interface which allows you to manipulate digital items directly with your fingers, without requiring a mouse or keyboard.
Even though the interface looks excellent, the amazing thing is seeing how the “surface computer” is able to interact with physical objects […]
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Here’s a large list of useful free MS Office 2007 software. You’ll find templates, add-ins, tools, training guides, extensions and many other goodies.
And here’s a large list of Windows Vista goodies, all of which are absolutely free.
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Microsoft Exchange 2007 can be managed via the graphical user interface (GUI), like any other Microsoft application, but it also allows management via the command line.
Exchange 2007 leverages Windows Powershell, such that you now have an extremely powerful (sorry for the pun) way of being able to manage your Exchange environments. When […]
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I just noticed that there was an error with the last Exchange 2007 blog post that I put out.
The video link did not properly launch the streaming video page.
This has now been fixed.
Please go ahead and watch the Exchange 2007 video reviewing the new roles and licensing changes.
If you see another quirk like the above […]
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