Yes – it’s Friday and here’s an interesting spoof video that Microsoft have done that seriously does show what Gmail do with your mail… quite scary for most that don’t realise what is going on. … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2011
Exchange 2010 Migration Tip – Moving Mailboxes
In previous versions of Exchange, the move mailbox process was a pretty “dumb” process. You selected the mailboxes you wanted moved and then moved them either immediately or at a later time you selected. You had to leave the console running for the process to run. Exchange 2010 / SBS 2011 Standard changes all that now. With the moving of mailboxes, when you … [Read more...]
A tip for troubleshooting Web Apps and IIS server problems
Here’s a tip for when you are troubleshooting web applications on an IIS server that I’ve found useful over time. When you access the web application from a client machine, the default Internet Explorer setting is designed to give the user friendly messages that really don’t give much detail. However if you turn off the Friendly messages then you get a whole lot more … [Read more...]
HTTP Error 404.2–Not Found when you access a website on an IIS 7 server
A customer of mine was doing an upgrade of one of their Tax applications recently. The new application needed .Net v4.0 framework to be installed. The client did everything the application vendor instructed them to do but could not make the application work. He asked me to take a “quick look” at it. I checked out the application vendors instruction first up … [Read more...]
SMBNation – Must See Sessions
At every conference, there’s a few sessions that you really must see. SMBNation is no different to that. This year, my “must see” sessions list goes like this… GS1 - Swing Migration v.2011: SBS or Exchange or Windows to Anywhere – Jeff Middleton You just can’t get enough of learning how to migration and Jeff is certainly the master at it. GS2 - Group Policy … [Read more...]