Windows Server 2008

Configuring a postmaster Mailbox in Exchange 2007

By default, an exchange 2007 installation does not contain a postmaster mailbox which catches all NDR’s. You have to create the mailbox manually and then configure it.  This has to be done on every hub transport server in your organisation. Step 1 is to create the postmaster mailbox. This only has to be done once: …

Training/Certification

Second Shot is back!

Second Shot is back which gives you the opportunity to take an exam again for free if you fail it the first time. More info here: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/offers/Career.aspx#certification Offer details: Dates: January 13, 2010 – June 30, 2010. Details: You must register, obtain a voucher code, schedule, pay, and take the first and (if necessary) the …

Windows Server 2008

Making of Avatar

Intrestng article about the data center used to make Avatar (yes you heard it, a whole data center!! http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/346361/Data_Center_Plays_Supporting_Role_in_i_Avatar_i_?taxonomyId=154 Couple of facts: Each minute of Avatar represents 17.28GB of data There are 34 racks containing more than 4,000 Hewlett-Packard blade servers The computing core includes about 35,000 processors and 104TB of RAM No wonder it …

Scripting

Powershell alias

CommandType     Name                                                Definition ———–     —-                                                ———- Alias           %                                                   ForEach-Object Alias           ?                                                   Where-Object Alias           ac                                                  Add-Content Alias           asnp                                                Add-PSSnapIn Alias           cat                                                 Get-Content Alias           cd                                                  Set-Location Alias           chdir                                               Set-Location Alias           clc                                                 Clear-Content Alias           clear                                               Clear-Host Alias           clhy                                                Clear-History Alias           cli                                                 Clear-Item Alias           clp                                                 Clear-ItemProperty Alias           cls                                                 Clear-Host Alias           clv                                                 Clear-Variable Alias           compare                                             Compare-Object Alias           copy                                                Copy-Item Alias           …

Powershell

Managing Exchange Administrators with Powershell

To view Exchange Administrators with powershell we can use the get-exchangeadministrator commandlet. This will tell me the current exchange administrator groups in the domain. Example below is: [PS] C:\Windows\system32>get-exchangeadministrator | format-list Identity : EXCHANGELAB.LOCAL/Users/Administrator Scope    : Organization wide Role     : OrgAdmin Identity : EXCHANGELAB.LOCAL/Microsoft Exchange Security Groups/Exchange Organi            zation Administrators Scope    : Organization wide …

Powershell

Retrieve information about an Exchange 2007 Server

If you want to retrieve information about an exchange server you can use the GET-EXCHANGESERVER commandlet. This will retrieve information like the computer name, OU location, site name etc etc. The syntax of the command is: SYNTAX     Get-ExchangeServer [-Identity <ServerIdParameter>] [-DomainController <Fqdn     >] [-Status <SwitchParameter>] [<CommonParameters>]     Get-ExchangeServer -Domain <Fqdn> [-DomainController <Fqdn>] [-Status …