Microsoft released first CU1 update for Exchange 2013 server. Many wished that this was the final build of Exchange and not cumulative update. Now finally Exchange 2010 SP3 and Exchange SP3 UR10 can coexist. You should be careful with this update and you should know couple of things before applying update: 1. Prior to upgrading […]
TMG Reporting on Steroids – Fastvue TMG Reporter
Improve TMG Reporting If you are responsible for managing Microsoft TMG, then you know that reporting is rather limited, ever since ISA reporting feature was left behind. There are products that are ok, some are pretty good and some really excel. Fastvue TMG reporter is one such product, When I first saw it I was amazed, is it really possible […]
Exchange 2010 SP3 Released
Announced in October 2012 as a pre-requisite for Exchange 2013 co-existence, Service pack 3 for Exchange 2010 was announced. On February 12th, the time has come, Exchange 2010 SP3 Released Its one of the most anticipated service packs for Exchange. Customers that want to introduce Exchange Server 2013 into their existing Exchange 2010 infrastructure will need the […]
Update Rollup 10 for Exchange Server 2007 SP 3
Update Rollup 10 for Exchange Server 2007 SP 3 (KB2788321) has been released Fixes are: Update Rollup 10 for Exchange Server 2007 SP3 addresses the vulnerabilities that are described in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS13-012. This update also resolves the issue that is described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article: 2783779 A hidden user is still displayed in […]
Update Rollup 6 for Exchange Server 2010 SP 2
Update rollup 6 for Exchange 2010 SP2 has just been released. Issues that the update rollup resolves Update Rollup 6 for Exchange Server 2010 SP2 addresses the vulnerabilities that are described in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS13-012. This update also resolves the following issues: 2489941 The “legacyExchangeDN” value is shown in the “From” field instead of the “Simple Display […]
Fix domain lockouts like a star NetWrix Account Lockout Examiner review
I had a very annoying case. Domain accounts got locked out. Every day, same accounts got locked out. Huh, what do you do when users start asking you to fix the problem, that lockouts got annoying, and that they can’t work anymore like this? Well, when that happens you need to know what is causing this. When I […]
Troubleshooting Account Lockout in Windows domain
Several Days ago I had a case where several accounts got locked out. I talked to users who were locked out of domain, but they all claimed that they knew the password. They did not change the password recently and that they did nothing to lock their account. Even though, their user account was locked out every […]
Review: Unitrends Backup
Recent events forced me to find a solution for backing up physical servers. I got spoiled a bit by virtual infrastructure and forgot how difficult it is to have a solution that in case of worst scenario works like charm. It’s important that backup is reliable and that restore to another server goes by the plan. Unfortunately, backup solutions […]
Synchronize NTP server to external source on Windows server 2003, 2008, 2008R2
Have you noticed that Windows Server clock is not synchronized with external source? I had a case when customer called me that their clock is 5 minutes late. Server 2003 was not configured to sync with external NTP source. Difference with internal clock and external clock was 5 minutes. Not cool. Possibly that System time was not […]
