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Windows Server 8 named Windows Server 2012

A few days ago Microsoft has announced that the Windows Server 8 will be named Windows Server 2012. This was made known at MMS (Microsoft Management Summit) on April 17, 2012.  I just found out about it myself.  Not a big shocker for me.  I just wanted to share the news and keep the cycle of informaiton […]

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Outlook rules not working after Exchange 2010 migration

Last night I moved my email account from Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2010.  All went well with the move and email flowing as expected.   Outside of the issue of me not having email sent to my phone or the ability to check webmail all else was fine. I decided that I had reached the end […]

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Saved Queries feature in Active Directory

This post focuses on custom queries that  allow you to perform additional tasks in Active Directory Microsoft in Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC) is a wonderful tool and is very useful when it comes to managing user / and computer accounts in your Domain.  It also has another feature which doesn’t get used often.  The […]

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Microsoft releases critical update for Remote Desktop

Microsoft has released a critical update that addresses a Remote Desktop flaw that affects all versions of Windows. On top of that, the company anticipates an exploit to be developed by hackers. From Microsoft:  “We urge you to promptly apply this security update. We also encourage you to consider how you might harden your environment […]

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Exchange Database Size and Limits

In the dream time hours of the night one of the exchange data-stores went offline.  The steps to resolve the issue were put in place and handled swiftly by the administrator on duty; but what was the cause. After some digging I arrive at the reason why the data-store went offline.  Found in the Windows Application event ID 9630 […]

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Microsoft releases Windows 8 Consumer Preview

The long anticipated Consumer Preview (beta) build of Windows 8 has finally been released by Microsoft.  So far I am enjoying this new OS.  It’s quick fun and best of all “new”. According to Microsoft, the next milestone will be the Release Candidate and after that will be the Release to Manufacturing (RTM), and general […]