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Experts Exchange - Expert of the Year - Again

For the third year in a row, I am expert of the year at Experts Exchange. I also answered the most questions during the year - 5798 - which is an average of just over 16 questions a day. I also picked up most points from assists. http://www.experts-exchange.com/expertAwards2008.jsp In other Experts Exchange news, I have decided to take a break from it for a while, so that I can concentrate on m... [More]

Tab Mislabelled in Exchange 2007 SP1

As you are probably aware, Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1 was released at the end of November. However, even though this was in beta for quite some time, a few little things did slip past the quality control. Below is a screenshot from Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1 as originally released. The bug exists in both the 64 bit and the 32 bit trial. Exchange Management Console, Organisation Configuration,... [More]

Exchange 2007 SP1 Installation - Things to Check Before Starting Installation

Having installed Exchange 2007 SP1 on to a couple of systems in my home lab, a couple of things have caught me out, which I thought may be beneficial to share. Remove language packs from UM The first was that you need to remove any additional language packs from the server. I had the UK English pack installed. This is the TechNet article on how to remove a language pack. http://technet.micros... [More]

Exchange 2007 SP1 Released

Updated to include link to SP1 release notes.   The eagerly awaited service pack 1 for Exchange 2007 has been released. In a change from service packs for earlier versions of Exchange, you can install Exchange 2007 fresh from this download - therefore the download files are quite big. Available in both 64 bit and 32 bit, although remember that 32 bit is not supported for production use. Eval... [More]

Things you get asked at presentations - the custom MMC

I do quite a few presentations, in public and to small groups in private. After each one you always ask if they have any questions. Never asked the same questions twice, some want to know about OWA, others about Powershell or the management console. At a recent presentation, the only thing they wanted to know about was this: When I build my demonstration environments, I always create a custom ... [More]