Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory Blog
I have always had the problem that VSS snapshots on servers were not cleaned up. At some point, the hard disk would fill up because the operating systems had countless snapshots that were never cleaned up. I have therefore created a small script that determines the number of active snapshots and the date of the first and last snapshot. $serverlist ... Read more
My small Sophos UTM filters HTTP traffic (Web Filter) and scans it for viruses and malware, which works quite reliably, unless the websites are encrypted (HTTPS). By default, the UTM cannot scan encrypted traffic and therefore cannot filter out viruses/malware. However, this can be easily changed. In the ... Read more
As of today, Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8.1 are available for download for Technet and MSDN customers. A few others are also available for download, for example Visual Studio 2013 RC.
I will write a little bit about the new Server 2012 in the next few days.
Exchange 2010 is currently still frequently installed, mostly to migrate Exchange 2003. If you want to replace Exchange 2003 and use Exchange 2013, you also have to take the intermediate step via Exchange 2010. Since Exchange 2010 SP3, installation on Server 2012 is supported, but a few requirements must be met beforehand, especially if the ... Read more
Anyone who has followed my howtos (Server 2008R2-Exchange 2010 and Server 2012-Exchange 2013) for an internal certification authority and SAN certificates may also want to issue certificates with a validity of more than 2 years. A validity of more than 2 years can already be specified in the certificate template. However, the certificates are still only valid for ... Read more
In this HowTo I describe how to install an internal certification authority and how to have a SAN certificate issued for Exchange 2013. This HowTo is not intended for a productive environment. The implementation of a certification authority must be planned carefully. In my test environment I have installed 2 Windows Server 2012 Datacenter, 1 DC + CA ... Read more
Overlong file paths can become a problem during migrations and backup/restore processes. A file path must not normally be longer than 260 characters. However, sometimes this limit is exceeded. This small Powershell script can be used to identify such long paths: #Directory or volume to be checked: $Directory = "D:\Shares" #PPath to CSV file for ... Read more
The release candidate of Windows Server 2012 was published by Microsoft today. If you want to take a look at the new Microsoft Server, you can download it here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/hh670538.aspx?ocid=&wt.mc_id=TEC_108_1_33 I did this, of course, to get an impression of the new operating system. The last version I had installed was the beta, which was still called Windows 8 Server. ... Read more
