[Please check the updated version of this post here] For Windows 7 desktop users : Exclude all files present in  both below directories: %userprofile%Application DataMicrosoftOutlook %userprofile%AppDataLocalMicrosoftOutlook   Or exclude *.nk2, *.dat, *.srs, *.xml, *.otm, OutlPrnt, *.ost, *.tmp, *.obi, *.dat and *.oab files from these directories  

 Right from a discussion internal reflexions (thanks to Ross Smith IV and Brian Day for their help on putting metrics down), here is the final statement.Based on BES documentation :http://docs.blackberry.com/en/admin/deliverables/8864/BlackBerry_Enterprise_Server_for_Microsoft_Exchange-5.0-US.pdfWe calculated that in summary based on their whitepaper for E2010:IO Multiplication Factor: 2.0Megacycle Multiplication Factor 1.5Use these factors in your calculations, for example in the … Continue reading Exchange 2010–Blackberry IOPS and CPU overhead →

 Go to the Exchange Client Access Server and turn on EXTRA tracing. To do so, take these actions:1) Go to Start, Run… Type EXTRA2) Once EXTRA opens, at the Update and Customer Feedback screen, Choose “Check for Updates on Startup” and “I do not want to join the program at this time”3) Check for Updates … Continue reading Exchange 2010 – how to take traces using ExTRA (traces analysis by Support Engineers only) →

 I’m a red fish, so I wrote the Powershell’s Job commands here so I’ll have a repository.An other way to list the Job commands is to type get-command *-job or get-command –Noun job Start-Job : Start-Job -ScriptBlock {dir –path c:windows –rec}Start-Job -Filepath c:scriptssample.ps1Invoke-Command -computername s1 `-scriptblock {get-eventlog system} –asjob  Get-Job Receive Job [-keep] Wait-Job Stop-Job … Continue reading Powershell v2 tips–All the Job commands (quick reference) →

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Example : I’d like to ping several servers listed in a servers.txt file :- use get-content <filename> in between brackets after a named parameted :Test-Connection -ComputerName (get-content servers.txt) -Count 1You can also do the same without the parameter name if it’s a positional parameter :Test-Connection (get-content servers.txt) -Count 1More examples to come later…

Here is an awesome news about Exchange 2010 : SP2 is out !Exchange 2010 SP2 is now available for download:   http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=28190The new features include (with some graphical interface improvements):§ Outlook Web App (OWA) Mini A browse-only version of OWA designed for low bandwidth and resolution devices. Based on the existing Exchange 2010 SP1 OWA infrastructure, … Continue reading Exchange Server 2010 SP2 is available ! →