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Exchange 2010: Installation screenshots

Posted by Ivan
/ July 5, 2010 / 1 Comment

The following screenshots explain the GUI steps needed to install Exchange 2010 server on a Windows Server 2008 R2 virtual machine. Before you can install Exchange 2010 IIS and features needs to be installed and enabled first. The following steps will perform these: Start Windows Powershell Import-Module ServerManager Add-WindowsFeature NET-Framework,RSAT-ADDS,Web-Server,Web-Basic-Auth,Web-Windows-Auth,Web-Metabase,Web-Net-Ext,Web-Lgcy-Mgmt-Console,WAS-Process-Model,RSAT-Web-Server,Web-ISAPI-Ext,Web-Digest-Auth,Web-Dyn-Compression,NET-HTTP-Activation,RPC-Over-HTTP-Proxy...

Posted in Exchange 2010, Microsoft
Windows 7: Use Bitlocker to Go as replacement for TrueCrypt

Posted by Ivan
/ July 5, 2010 / 5 Comments

For several years I used TrueCrypt based encryption to secure my data. Since the release of Windows 7 and enhancements in the disk management I now see the possibility to replace TrueCrypt. Why should I replace TrueCrypt? The reason is simple. I am working with a managed Windows 7 client...

Posted in Bitlocker, Windows 7
Software Deployment: how to re-arm Office 2010 installation?

Posted by Ivan
/ June 21, 2010 / 1 Comment

If you are working on a Office 2010 deployment and no KMS server has been setup you may run out of the grace period. Office 2010 now requires product activation similar to Windows Vista/7. The following Microsoft Office Activation Wizard may appear. As I don’t want to activate the installation...

Posted in Office 2010, Software Deployment
App-V: Sequencing Microsoft Project 2010

Posted by Ivan
/ May 26, 2010 / 2 Comments

If you are using Microsoft App-V technology and planning to sequence Office 2010, Visio 2010 or Project 2010 please make sure you install the Microsoft Office 2010 Deployment Kit for App-V binaries. Today with a co-worker we were working on sequencing Project 2010 and at some point during the installation we’ve got the...

Posted in AppV
Windows Virtual PC : Attach a floppy drive (VFD)

Posted by Ivan
/ March 13, 2010 / 5 Comments

Out of the box Windows Virtual PC default does not support adding a Virtual Floppy drive. This feature has been removed from the GUI and hidden for general public. Windows Virtual PC still allows you to attach and work with VFD files. You will need to complete some steps from Command...

Posted in Microsoft, Windows Virtual PC
Windows 7: Create a directory symbolic link to a network share

Posted by Ivan
/ March 13, 2010 / 1 Comment

Mklink allows you to create a symbolic link to a directory or a file. This was a long-waited feature for Windows and available on unix/linux based systems. Windows Vista introduced this new feature and with Windows 7 we can utilize this now in more depth with the libraries. Make sure...

Posted in Windows 7
Windows XP: Change default Keyboard layout during Log on to Windows

Posted by Ivan
/ March 13, 2010 / 2 Comments

I have created a virtual machine which was installed within a German OU in Active Directory. This OU has special configuration for location and keyboard layout. I want to change the default keyboard layout from German to English when I login on the system. My keyboard layout is English (QWERTY)...

Posted in Windows XP
Server Deployment: Autounattend.xml Windows Server 2008 R2

Posted by Ivan
/ March 13, 2010 / 1 Comment

Windows Setup allows you to provide an answer file for a unattended install. Windows 2000/Windows XP had the winnt.sif but Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 allow you to provide a Autounattend.xml file. If you follow the right steps with SIM (Windows System Image Manager) and add the...

Posted in Microsoft, SIM
Exchange 2007: How to export mailbox with management shell?

Posted by Ivan
/ February 1, 2010 / 2 Comments

After Microsoft released Exchange Server Service Pack 1 (SP1) they added new functionality called Export-Mailbox cmdlet for Exchange Management Shell. To export data from a .PST file, you must run the Export-Mailbox cmdlet on a 32-bit computer that has the 32-bit version of the Exchange management tools and Outlook 2003...

Posted in Exchange
Exchange 2007: unexpected error with management shell

Posted by Ivan
/ February 1, 2010 / 1 Comment

I received the following error message when opening and running a cmdlet with my Exchange Management Shell: C:\Documents and Settings\admin>Export-Mailbox -identity user1 -PSTFolderPath c:\user1.pst WARNING: An unexpected error has occurred and debug information is being generated: Unable to determine the installed file version from the registry...

Posted in Exchange