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Here’s a great script I thought about sharing since I find it to be very handy to assist for the following requirement. Create a “all computers” collection for software updates and exclude various OU’s that have computers not allowed to be updated for various reasons. Please modify the RED areas with the correct information.…
So COM is a huge topic that I can’t even imagine scratching the surface of in a single post; MSDN and CodeProject are two great places to learn about COM though. Note also that in many ways, COM has been replaced by .Net so you won’t even see many people using it anymore, but it…
Outlook 2010 against Exchange 2007 was cool enough (read more about that here). But one feature that has me really excited is the new Online Archive. This is a server-side archiving solution built-in to Exchange 2010. It requires an Enterprise Client Access License (CAL) for each mailbox that is enabled for the online archive.…
Pulling license data straight from the new MVLS website. Open Excel (doesn’t matter version) Rename Sheet 1 ‘License Data‘ Delete Sheet 2 Delete Sheet 3 Select the ‘License Data‘ Worksheet Select Data Ribbon Click the ‘From Web‘ icon Go to the https://licensing.microsoft.com/ Sign in with your Windows Live ID Click the ‘View your license…
I am in the process of updating all of my SharePoint 2010 projects from Beta to RC. I had a lot of fun learning how to use the Bing Maps Silverlight control for a few social computing demos that I built. Version 1 was released late last year and now it’s time to get upgraded!…
In our small environment, we combine the Hub/Transport, Mailbox and UM roles onto a single server. This is the last post in a series focusing on the transition to Exchange 2010 from Exchange 2007. This post will cover the installation of the HT, MB and UM roles. Installing Hub/Transport, Mailbox and UM Roles 1. Install…
From EPMSource via Twitter: http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/seattle10/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20100217007083&newsLang=en Looking forward to playing with this….should be a great add-in to the tool – specifically the Portfolio Management aspects of it.
I was doing a bit of research into bolt-on desktop reporting tools, and figured I’d post some of the results. My goal is not to point to specific 3rd party reporting packages, but rather to talk about the concept of desktop reporting tools – and propose a taxonomy that may be of help to those…
This is the first posting in a 2 part series to act as a Search Engine Optimization Primer. I have received a number of questions recently about Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and how it relates and can be applied to SharePoint externally facing websites. As a colleague of mine astutely noted, "SEO Optimization is about…
Before proceeding with this step, it is assumed that proper planning has been performed (take advantage of the Exchange Server Deployment Assistant.). One of the most significant changes in Exchange 2010 is increased I/O efficiency. Just how much has I/O improved over previous versions of exchange? Over 90% more efficient than 2003 and more than…