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How to create Anonymous Receive (Relay) Connector Exchange Server 2007

2008-11-18T13:41:37Z

Body: Here is step-by-step how to create anonymous recipient relay connector Create a new Receive Connector with the Custom Usage Group For Remote Network Settings default values are 0.0.0.0 -255.255.255.255, where you can add IP address range (for example if you have clients who are talking with exchange on port 25), or/and specific IP Address of the remote server that requires relaying permissions. Once the new Custom Receive Connector is created, go into the properties of this connector Go to...(read more)

How to install WSS 3.0 Tools for VS 2005 on Windows Server 2003 64-bit

2008-10-08T11:26:32Z

Body: I using Orca to edit the MSI using the following: Download Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Tools: Visual Studio 2005 Extensions, Version 1.1 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=3E1DCCCD-1CCA-433A-BB4D-97B96BF7AB63&displaylang=en Save the install file: C:\Temp\VSeWSSv11.exe Extract the MSI using this command: C:\Temp\> VSeWSSv11.exe /Extract Output MSI file: C:\Temp\VSeWSSv11.msi Download ORCA MSI File Editor http://astebner.sts.winisp.net/Tools/Orca.zip How to use...(read more)

Sharepoint site with FQDN host header login prompt in IE7

2008-09-26T12:46:43Z

Body: I found myself with login prompt on SharePoint website with Fully Qualified Host Name (FQDN) host header, even though workstation and user is member of Active Directory domain. FQDN host header is for example portal.mysite.com instead of single-name host header portal. In my case problem was that IE misinterpret zone for portal.mysite.com as Internet, and Interent zone is configured that it prompts user with login dialog. To resolve this I simply added site to local Intranet: Open IE and go...(read more)

How to prevent disable action on LAN connection?

2008-08-08T17:40:11Z

Body: Yes of course I have accidentally disabled LAN conncetion while being conected to remote server. An I decided to prevent any further stupid move like this. How? Easy, just change two settings in GPO for AD or Local Policy for Workgroup: In GPEDIT, go to User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Network -> Network Connections. Change "Ability to Enable/Disable a LAN connection" to Disabled Change "Enable Windows 2000 Network Connections settings for Administrators"...(read more)

Once again: Moss vs Wss

2008-06-12T14:03:15Z

Body: More and more people are asking about the differences between WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007. They are both powerful collaboration tools made built on .NET platform. Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (WSS) ships bundled with the purchase of Windows Server 2003 or Microsoft Small Business Server 2003. Office SharePoint Server 2007 relies on the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 technology to provide a consistent, familiar framework for lists and libraries, site administration, and site customization. Any...(read more)

How to clear auto completed addresses in Outlook?

2008-05-06T21:33:19Z

Body: If you have ever been puzzled with auto complete feature of Microsoft Outlook, how it works, where it stores addresses, search no more. I've needed to remove all auto complete addresses from user's profiles (they had large amount of wrong addresses), so I started digging in attic AKA Google for solution. After a while I found that all "memorized" addresses are stored in file "Outlook.nk2". In order to remove all of them you simply need to remove that file. File is...(read more)

How to install and uninstall SQL Server 2005 Express from Windows Server 2008 x64

2008-04-30T18:39:00Z

Body: If you ever try to install SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with Advanced Services on Windows Server 2008 x64 and receive the following warning during check: "64-bit ASP .Net is Registered. Required 32-bit ASP .Net to install Microsoft Reporting Service 2005 (32.bit)" Run following command: cscript %SystemDrive%\inetpub\AdminScripts\adsutil.vbs set w3svc/AppPools/Enable32bitAppOnWin64 1 After that if you try to uninstall SQL Server 2005 Express and if you receive this error during...(read more)

How to convert IPv4 to IPv6 (easy way)

2008-04-30T07:38:20Z

Body: If you are thinking to migrate your network environment to Windows Server 2008 and planning to use maybe Exchange 2007 or other IPv6 "aware" products be careful not to disable IPv6. Instead use some online IP converter to recalculate your IPv4 to IPv6. Here is my recomendation: http://www.subnetonline.com/ipv6calc/ipv4to6calc.html Category: Windows Server Published: 30.4.2008 9:34...(read more)

How to remove disconnected mailboxes in Exchange Server 2007

2008-04-30T07:27:07Z

Body: If you are lookin for a way how to purge disconnected mailbox from Exchange 2007 from Exchange Management Console you in for a big surprise because only way to do it is by using shell. Exchange Server 2007 doesn't allow you to purge the disconnected mailbox and in order to remove single or multiple disconnected mailboxes you can do following: Get all disconnected mailboxes Get-MailboxStatistics | where-object { $_.DisconnectDate -ne $null } | Select DisplayName,MailboxGuid Remove a single...(read more)

Using Active Directory Form Based Authentication with Windows Sharepoint Services

2008-04-29T12:02:53Z

Body: Recently we have come into a project that demanded us to implement an Active Directory driven logging mechanism in Windows Sharepoint Services with Forms Based Authentication. The problem took some research and hacking around with some XML but we tackled it pretty quickly. This text on MSDN helped us out a lot so you should take it as a good read. Creating a WSS site is a clear-cut case, we enabled anonymous access so everyone can get to is and supplied the “ADProvider” as a Membership provider...(read more)

Slooooooooow Vista RPD to some computers?

2008-04-29T12:02:30Z

Body: Recently I've found that when connecting to some computers trough Windows Vista remote desktop (on LAN), connection was sooo slow that it was unusable. Actualy problem is within Vista network interface autotunning, and simple netsh command disabled the feature, and after that RDP was fast once again. If you are experiencing similar issue, open command prompt and type: netsh interface tcp set global autotuninglevel=disabled For more information visit http://blogs.msdn.com/wndp/archive/2007...(read more)

How to solve problem with Windows Login prompt when you log on to Sharepoint 3.0 site

2008-04-29T12:02:02Z

Body: Finally, for those of you that have waited for solution here is solution for login problem between Vista and Sharepoint 3.0. With Office 2007 running on Windows Vista, opening an Office document hosted on a SharePoint 3.0 site results in a prompt for login credentials even if the user is already logged on with an account that has access to the document. Canceling the credential prompt may still (but not always) allow the document to open in read-only mode. Sadly, you have to http://support...(read more)

Am I having problems with Exchange 2003 and LCS 2005 on the same box?

2008-04-29T12:01:40Z

Body: To test this, try to add a database to the Recovery Storage Group, and if the Exchange System Manager program crashes then the answer to this post title is YES, Specifically, this symptom occurs when the Microsoft Office Live Communications Server (LCS) 2005 Administrator tools and Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 are installed on a same computer. Also, you can try to preview the users of Default Global Address List (Exchange System Manager > Recipients >All Global Address Lists > Right...(read more)

Exchange Server 2007 Component Architecture poster

2008-04-29T12:01:15Z

Body: Very popular Exchange Server 2007 TechNet magazine poster is available at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=FDCDF6E5-DE47-4B58-8086-282101BCDDE9&displaylang=en . This poster highlights the feature set of Exchange Server 2007. Sections include: Management and Monitoring High Availability Client Access, Edge Transport, Hub Transport, Mailbox, and Unified Messaging server roles Category: Exchange Published: 29.4.2008 14:01...(read more)

SP1 for Exchange 2007 is Final

2008-04-29T12:00:52Z

Body: Finally Exchange 2007 SP1 (Final) is here. As I wrote in first article there is a list of many new features that are implemented in SP1. Download it at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=44C66AD6-F185-4A1D-A9AB-473C1188954C&displaylang=en Improvements in Exchange Server 2007 SP1 include: Anywhere Access Integrated Exchange Unified Messaging functionality with Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 and Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007. Outlook Web Access additions...(read more)