NTFS Inheritance Rule Change

Up until recently, NTFS permissions have followed these inheritance rules:If a file or folder is copied to some other location, it will inherit the new location's NTFS permissions.If a file or folder is moved to some other location on a different disk drive, it will inherit the new location's NTFS permissions.If a file or folder is moved to some other location on the same disk drive, it will retain the original location's NTFS...

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Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Transport Server Role Architecture Diagrams

Microsoft has produced two Exchange 2010 Transport diagrams:Exchange 2010 Hub Transport ExtensibilityExchange 2010 Hub Transport Role ArchitectureBoth diagrams are produced as PDF files that can be printed out in almost any size.While I think these diagrams are visually beautiful, I rarely (if ever) refer to diagrams like this. They do,...

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How to Test LDAP over SSL Connections

This article explains how to test that a directory server (typically, a Domain Controller or ADLDS server) is configured properly for LDAP/SSL connections. The tools described work with Windows-based systems (Windows XP and above).First, you will need the LDP.exe utility. LDP is a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) client that...

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Speed up Outlook 2007 Access

I've heard several clients complain that Outlook 2007 takes too long to start up compared to previous versions of Outlook. In most cases I've found that this is because Outlook 2007 is configured to connect to Exchange using Outlook Anywhere, even on their corporate LAN/WAN. Here's how to correct this: Open Outlook and click Tools >...

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Exchange 2007 WILL Be Coming to R2

Reversing an earlier decision to NOT support Exchange 2007 on top of Windows Server 2008 R2, Microsoft has reversed their reversal and announced they WILL develop support for putting Exchange 2007 running on Windows Server 2008 R2 in an upcoming release… See Supporting Exchange 2007 on Windows Server 2008 R...

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Exchange Server 2010 RTM Upgrade and Installation - Phase 3

This is the third and final phase of my Exchange 2010 / Windows Server 2008 R2 / Hyper-V migration. Phase 1 can be read here and phase 2 can be read here. At this point, my Hyper-V host server is still running Windows Server 2008 SP2 and also functions as my Exchange Edge Transport server (currently Exchange 2007 SP2). It is hosting three...

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Fix for 'The server name is invalid' error when installing Exchange 2007 Management Tools

You may receive the following error when installing the Exchange 2007 management tools on a computer:Error:The server name is invalid. It contains characters other than 'A'-'Z', 'a'-'z', '0'-'9' and "-".While the error indicates that the problem is with the server, it's actually with the name of the local computer where the Exchange 2007...

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Fix for Remote Desktop Gateway authentication error from clients

If you use Remote Desktop Gateway Manager (formerly, Terminal Services Gateway) in Windows Server 2008 R2, you may find that Windows clients are unable to authenticate to the RD Gateway server.This happens because the default configuration in Windows Server 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Gateway is to request that clients send a statement of health...

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