MCS UK Unified Communications Blog
All things UC related from Microsoft Consulting Services UK : architecture, best practice, news for Exchange and Lync, both on-premise and cloud
Configuring ADFS v2.0 for Office 365
1 Here are the steps i...
Author: Dan Kenyon-smith Date: 05/10/2011
Installing Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) v2.0
Here are the steps i followed when installing ADFS 2.0 Steps Action Start the ADFS installation...
Author: Dan Kenyon-smith Date: 05/09/2011
Office 365 Namespace Requirements
Please find a list of typical namespaces that are required when setting up and installing Active...
Author: Dan Kenyon-smith Date: 05/09/2011
Want to work for Microsoft UK?
Microsoft Services in the UK are actively recruiting.. “ You have unique experiences, skills and...
Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 02/07/2011
Office 365 and Exchange Online
A very quick summary of Office 365 blogs, wiki’s and articles… Exchange Online – the first place to...
Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 01/17/2011
Exchange 2010 SP1 /Hosting
This is the process i followed to installed Exchange 2010 SP1 in hosting mode 1. Run the following...
Author: Dan Kenyon-smith Date: 09/29/2010
Strange Jetstress 2010 results..?
Are you running the latest version of Jetstress 2010 against data created using the beta ? If...
Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 06/24/2010
Cmdlet Extension Agents
This is one of those blogs that it’s worth absorbing.. Using Cmdlet Extension Agents to cause...
Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 06/23/2010
July ‘Microsoft Messaging and Mobility User Group’ meeting…
MMMUG are getting physical meetings going again. To kick off their first meeting after re-launch,...
Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 06/22/2010
3 into 4 can go…
Once you’ve determined the number of Exchange Server 2010 mailbox database copies you’re going to...
Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 06/18/2010
When I use the move-mailbox command will my Outlook clients need to recreate their .OST files?
I’ve had the same question come up a few times recently so thought I'd blog about it as i assumed...
Author: Dan Kenyon-smith Date: 05/31/2010
Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server Capacity Planning Tool
Take a look at the PFE 2010 capacity planning tool to ensure you have correct capacity (memory...
Author: Dan Kenyon-smith Date: 05/14/2010
The Name on the security certificate is invalid or does not match the name of the site - PART 2
Once the cert has been installed you will need to enable the cert, you can run the following command...
Author: Dan Kenyon-smith Date: 05/13/2010
The Name on the security certificate is invalid or does not match the name of the site - PART 1
Whilst building a test environment for a customer i came across this error ‘The Name on the...
Author: Dan Kenyon-smith Date: 05/13/2010
1 AD Site, 1 DAG = no DAC
So as the TechNet article ( Understanding Datacenter Activation Coordination Mode ) explains you...
Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 04/29/2010
ILM FP1 Provisioning Support for Exchange 2010
ILM 2007 FP1 SP1 now supports provisioning for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. You can use the...
Author: msukucc Date: 02/05/2010
Exchange 2010 and Windows Server 2008 SP2 operating system prerequisites
In order to install Exchange 2010 there are various prerequisites that are required. One of those is...
Author: Dan Kenyon-smith Date: 01/07/2010
Next year’s got to be better…
So it’s been a poor second half of the year as far as blogging goes…. First half wasn’t too...
Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 12/18/2009
MCM Exchange Server 2007
At last funding and time permitted me to attend the Microsoft Certified Master program last month in...
Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 11/30/2009
Meet the Microsoft Certified Masters and Microsoft Certified Architects
Over the past few months there have been rumours of a website that will list everyone who has passed...
Author: msukucc Date: 11/02/2009
Automating Exchange 2010 Pre-Requisites on Windows Server 20008 R2
Everyone knows its a good idea to automate your installations of Exchange. It provides a...
Author: msukucc Date: 10/16/2009
ServerManager Depreciated?
ServerManagerCmd is deprecated in R2 (we are trying to move away from that model although it...
Author: Dan Kenyon-smith Date: 10/15/2009
Viewing Registry Values Through PowerShell
By default when you run a command through PowerShell to retrieve values with registry keys, the...
Author: msukucc Date: 09/30/2009
White Paper: Configuration and Mailbox Access Auditing for Exchange 2007 Organizations
One my personal bugbears with Exchange over the last 10 years or so has been the total lack of a...
Author: msukucc Date: 09/16/2009
Microsoft Exchange Server Jetstress 2010 Beta
I have just received a note from Erin Bookey announcing the public beta of JetStress for Exchange...
Author: msukucc Date: 09/16/2009
Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Loadgen Beta
Looks like the team have been busy finishing off the test tools for Exchange 2010. The...
Author: msukucc Date: 09/16/2009
How to setup multiple AD site test VM's to communicate without multiple NIC's or RRAS
As Exchange technologies using multiple AD site infrastructures become more popular, Exchange PFE...
Author: msukucc Date: 09/15/2009
Exchange Server Supportability Matrix
Over the past few months I have lost count of the number of times I have been asked is “X” version...
Author: msukucc Date: 09/14/2009
Exchange 2010 Q&A
Hi please Join me at this event to talk about Exchange 2010, you can register here
Author: Dan Kenyon-smith Date: 09/06/2009
Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2
Download Exchange 2007 SP2 and see what's new:- Deploying Exchange Server 2010 Exchange...
Author: Dan Kenyon-smith Date: 09/01/2009
Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Release Candidate
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c6d27da1-ba2c-4570-a491-c0d7b39ede8b&di...
Author: Dan Kenyon-smith Date: 08/18/2009
Combined HT and CAS
Take a look at the new guidance for combing HT and CAS and you can install both roles by running...
Author: Dan Kenyon-smith Date: 08/07/2009
Automating Jetstress…
One of the things I like about Jetstress is that it tends to identify failing or failed components...
Author: msukucc Date: 06/11/2009
Updated Combined Role HUB/CAS Scaling Guidance…
Well, its been a long time in the making and I for one have been waiting for a long time for this...
Author: msukucc Date: 06/05/2009
Reverse Number Lookup and Dealing with Legacy PBX
Working with customers I have come across a number of scenarios where the caller ID presented from...
Author: msukucc Date: 05/21/2009
Updated : Exchange version powershell script
Further to my blog post on April 30th, I have updated the powershell script to output in a more...
Author: msukucc Date: 05/07/2009
Microsoft Certified Master : Exchange 2007 - A survivors guide…
I attended the Microsoft Certified Master : Exchange 2007, rotation 2; prior to attending I...
Author: msukucc Date: 05/05/2009
How to retrieve the store.exe version from all mailbox and clustered servers in one step!?
Over the last 12 months I have had various occasions where I needed to quickly check the store.exe...
Author: msukucc Date: 04/30/2009
Exchange Server 2010 News & Reviews..
Exchange Server 2010 Reviews Microsoft Exchange 2010 Beta Looks Solid from Core to Cloud (and...
Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 04/15/2009
What are all these changes to Active Directory?
This is a great blog if you are wondering about some unusual behaviour in Active Directory –...
Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 03/24/2009
CCR or SCC?
Have had this discussion on many occasions and this 3Sharp whitepaper by Missy Koslosky would have...
Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 03/18/2009
DPM in Paperback…
Just found this DPM book: ‘ Mastering System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 ’ by Devin L....
Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 03/18/2009
Microsoft and Google in the Education Cloud
This is worth a quick read if you are interested in what’s happening with Exchange in the cloud at...
Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 03/18/2009
Want more Virtualisation?
Go to VirtualizationFeed.com and get the latest on virtualisation in Microsoft and in the wider...
Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 03/16/2009
To my fellow bloggers..
Quick list of the blog articles that have helped me and might help you… 10 Steps to Becoming...
Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 03/13/2009
A bit of love from Network World…
Exchange alternatives: Pros and cons Testing shows Microsoft's Exchange still tops for features and...
Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 03/11/2009
Deploying Exchange 2007 on VMWare?
VMWare Podcasts – VMWAre Infrastructure 3 Podcast: Disaster Recovery (DR) for Exchange using VMWare...
Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 03/10/2009
Free Powershell eBook
‘Effective PowerShell: The Free eBook’ from Keith Hill available on Keith Hills’ blog here ....
Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 03/09/2009
Friday Dilbert
You gotta laugh…...(read more)
Author: Doug Gowans MSFT Date: 03/06/2009