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With the advent of AJAX and JSON, we rarely need to keep large amounts of data on the client-side, but there are still occasions when a small amount of dynamic changes are extremely helpful, are not too taxing on client resources, and help improve performance. I recently discovered that using client-side Array Objects rather…
Always remember when introducing new servers and workstations into an environment to review the anti-virus exclusions for that server or workstation. You don’t want your AV software scanning VHDs, Cluster Shared Volumes, SQL databases, Exchange databases, and files like those. It’s really easy to roll out a new server and not take the time to…
I wrote this script for an Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010 migration. The administrator wanted a way to communicate with users when their mailbox move was complete, as well as give him a way to monitor the progress of mailbox moves without sitting in front of the computer all night. This script was tested in…
"We had tremendous frustration with the previous vendor, but then Catapult and Slingrock changed everything in two days." After deciding to build their new intranets on Microsoft SharePoint, two Texas-based clients required assistance with the development. Microsoft presented Catapult Systems as a premiere digital marketing partner. Catapult brought in its interactive design agency, Slingrock, to…
Saturday night, watching a movie and packing for MEC. I hope to blog about conference while I’m onsite! I will be doing some Booth Babe duty at the Office 365 Booth in the Pavilion! If you are attending MEC please stop by and say hi, looking forward to learning much more about Exchange 2013 and…
This is the beginning of a blog series that’s aimed to help some folks get comfortable with PowerShell when working with SharePoint. It began several months ago as a few emails and some quick things that I’d show people in my group. Whenever there was a PowerShell or SharePoint question and I thought I…
A couple of years ago, Ross Smith IV gave a presentation on how Outlook client’s connection to Exchange 2010 Client Access Servers (CAS). Part of presentation covered load-balancing of the CAS servers and for the first time I heard Microsoft recommend using a Hardware Load-Balancer over Windows Network Load Balancing (NLB). Here is a quick summary of…
When Exchange 2003 came out, it offered Outlook Anywhere, although it was called “RPC/HTTPS”. This was an all or nothing service. In other words, if you set up Outlook Anywhere on the server then every user was able to use it. This poses a data security risk because users could connect to their mailbox…
First off want to thank all of the attendees to my first Lync to Learn Session about Lync to Phone! At one point I looked and noticed during my presentation that there were 116 attendees! The session was not without incident, had a couple hiccups with the Lync Meeting, probably not the best to do…
I decided to write this post to answer a question for both a client and a few forum users that have been looking for an answer for some time. To be more precise on what I want to talk about, there is a process that needs to take place when you want to supplement…