Category: Microsoft
Microsoft Assessment & Planning Toolkit
The Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit is an agentless toolkit that finds computers on a network and performs a detailed inventory of the computers using Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) and the Remote Registry Service. The data and analysis provided by this toolkit can significantly simplify the planning process for migrating to Windows® 7, Windows Vista®, Microsoft Office 2007, Windows Server® 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Hyper-V, Microsoft Application Virtualization, Microsoft SQL Server 2008, and Forefront® Client Security and Network Access Protection. Assessments for Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Vista include device driver availability as well as recommendations for hardware upgrades.
You can use MAP to inventory the following platforms:
- Windows 7
- Windows Vista
- Windows XP® Professional
- Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2
- Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2003 R2
- Windows 2000 Professional or Windows 2000 Server
- VMware ESX
- VMware ESXi
- VMware Server
Reporting
– Identification of currently installed Windows client operating systems, their hardware, and recommendations for migration to Windows 7 and Windows Vista. The tool also reports if desktops have anti-virus and anti-malware programs installed and if the Windows Firewall is turned on.
– Identification of currently installed Windows Server operating systems, their hardware, and recommendations for migration to Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2008.
– Identification of currently installed Microsoft Office software and recommendations for migration to Microsoft Office 2007.
– Detailed assessment and reporting of server utilization gathered using the Performance Metrics Wizard.
– Recommendations for server consolidation and virtual machine placement using Hyper-V
– Assessment of client machines, servers, and the technology environment for the implementation of Microsoft Application Virtualization (APP-V)
– Identification of machines where Microsoft SQL Server components are installed.
– Identification of virtual machines, their hosts, and details about each.
– Identification of Windows Server Roles
Hardware Requirements:
– Windows 2003 x86/x64 or Windows 2008 x86/x64
– 1,5 GB (2 GB 2008)
Software Requirements:
– NET Framework 3.5 SP1
– Windows Installer 4.5
– Microsoft Office Word 2007 or Word 2003 SP2
– MIcrosoft Office Excel 2007 or Excel 2003 SP2
– SQL Server 2008 Express Edition, SQL Server 2008, or SQL Server 2005
Download Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit HIER
Exchange Server 2010 SP1 is coming
Exchange Team announced that SP1 for Exchange 2010 is coming with a lot new features
I highlighted the things with I like from the coming update. It’s a whole list but i thing with this update is Exchange 2010 SP1 the best version ever!!! 😀
A list of al new things in Exchange 2010 SP1:
Archiving:
– Personal Archive to a different mailbox database from their primary mailbox 😀
– You can import historical e-mail data from .PST files, directly into Exchange
– delegate access to a user’s Personal Archive
– SP1 updates the Exchange Management Console with new tools to create Retention Policy Tags
– support access to a user’s Personal Archive with Outlook 2007 Coming with A update
Outlook Web App
– Delete, mark as read, and categorize operations running asynchronously, these actions feel instantaneous to the user
– Attaching a very large file, will not block the rest of the OWA experience
– Sharing calendars to anonymous viewers via the web if you enable this.
– OWA themes back
– Reading pane can be placed on the bottom or the right side
Mobile:
– Support for send-as
– Support for notifying the user if their device has been placed on block or quarantine by their admin
– Full implementation of conversation view
– To sync only unique parts of messages.
– Setting up mobile device to access mail via POP/IMAP/SMTP, information is available in OWA.
New Management UI
– Create/configure Retention Tags + Retention Policies in EMC
– Configure Transport Rules in ECP
– Configure Journal Rules in ECP
– Configure MailTips in ECP
– Provision and configure the Personal Archive in ECP
– Configure Litigation Hold in ECP & EMC
– Configure Allow/Block/Quarantine mobile device policies in ECP
– RBAC role management in ECP
– Configure Database Availability Group (DAG) IP Addresses and Alternate Witness Server in EMC
– Recursive public folder settings management (including permissions) in EMC
Read the whole article at HERE.
Exchange 2007 The exchange server address list service failed to respond. After Upgrading Domain Controllers to 2008 R2
I want to creat a new mailbox for a new user. But i get the following error: The exchange server address list service failed to respond. 
Solution:
Go to Organization Configuration in EMC. Right click it in EMC and select Modify Configuration Domain Controller. Point it to your DC hosting the PDC
After that restart the Microsoft Exchange System Attendant services on the mailbox server.
The Microsoft Exchange System Attendant Service does the following thing:
Forwards directory lookups to a global catalog server for legacy Outlook clients, generates e-mail addresses and offline address books, updates free/busy information for legacy clients, and maintains permissions and group memberships for the server. If this service is disabled, any services that explicitly depend on it will fail to start.
Demoting Domain Controller The wait operation timed out
Ik was bezig bij een klant een van de domain controllers aan uitfaseren.
Ik kreeg de volgende melding tijdens het draaien van de dcpromo. 
Oplossing.
Netlogon Service Stoppen
MDT 2010 Health Care
MDT 2010 Health Care is een samenvatting van best practices voor het aanpassen, bouw en migreren, en beveiligen van Windows XP, Windows Vista of Windows 7 machines. Ook wordt hier kort beschreven hoe men applicaties kan uitrollen (scripted installs,silent installetie, application packages) als onderdeel van de uitrol. Het gaat om het uitrollen van een standaard desktop voor gemeenschappelijk gebruik. Tevens wordt besproken hoe men de gegeven van een gebruiker mee kan nemen naar de nieuwe werkplek.
Handleidingen:
Healthcare Desktop User State Migration Guide
Automated Build Application Integration Guide
Healthcare MDT 2010 Administrators Guide
Automated Build Healthcare Desktop and Server Guide
Downloaden van de MDT HealthCare doe je hier: MDT HealthCare
Installatie:
Voorbeeld wat Health Care automatisch aanmaakt:
Rollup 3 voor Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2
Microsoft heeft Rollup 3 voor Exchange 2007 Service Pack 2 vrijgegeven.
Het overzicht wat er allemaal gefixt is:
"451 4.4.0 DNS Query Failed" status message in an Exchange Server 2007 Edge Transport server
Later updates do not match a calendar item that an Exchange Server 2007 user updates by using Exchange ActiveSync on a mobile device
You receive an "0x800423f0" error message when you perform system state backups on the passive node of Windows Server 2008-based Exchange Server 2007 CCR clusters
An external recipient misses the last occurrence of a recurring meeting request or a recurring appointment that is sent from an Exchange Server 2007 user
The Edgetransport.exe process crash when it process meeting requests in Exchange Server 2007
The subject of a confirmation message is garbled for certain languages when a remote device wipe operation is performed in Exchange Server 2007
The sender address of a forwarded meeting request does not include "on behalf of" as expected in an Exchange Server 2003 organization and an Exchange Server 2007 organization mixed environment
A SSL certificate validation error is generated on an Exchange Server 2007 server when you run any test commands after you run the Test-SystemHealth command
A mailbox that was moved from an Exchange Server 2007 server to an Exchange Server 2010 server cannot be accessed by using Outlook
The Microsoft Exchange Information Store service stops responding on an Exchange Server 2007 server
The synchronization and the reconciliation between Microsoft Office Outlook and a BlackBerry mobile device fails when a mailbox is moved around between two Exchange Server 2007
The Microsoft Exchange Information Store service crashes on a Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 server when a user tries to access a specific calendar item
Read items are marked incorrectly as unread items in an Exchange Server 2007 public folder
A delegate cannot save three settings of Resource Settings for an Exchange Server 2007 resource mailbox in OWA
You receive an error message when you use ExBPA to schedule a scan on an Exchange Server 2007 SP2 server
The store.exe process hangs on an Exchange Server 2007 server
Downloaden doe je HIER
Rollup 2 voor Exchange Server 2010
Microsoft heeft rollup 2 voor Exchange 2010 vrijgegeven.
Hier onder een overzicht wat er allemaal gefixt is:
977633 Certain third-party IMAP4 clients cannot connect to Exchange Server 2003 mailboxes through an Exchange Server 2010 CAS server
979431 The POP3 service crashes when a user connects to a mailbox through the POP3 protocol and the user is migrated from an Exchange Server 2003 server to an Exchange Server 2010 server
979480 Users cannot receive new messages if they access mailboxes that are moved to another Exchange Server 2010 RU1 server by using IMAP4 clients
979563 Exchange Server 2010 Push Notifications does not work
979566 A 0x85010014 error is generated when linked mailbox users try to synchronize their mailboxes with mobile devices in a CAS-CAS proxying scenario in Exchange Server 2010
980261 This fix introduces the supports for Exchange Server 2010 page patching when a "-1022" disk I/O error is generated
980262 Event ID 2156 is logged on a computer that is running Exchange Server 2010
Downloaden van Rollup 2 voor Exchange 2010 doe je HIER.
Exchange 2010 Create Custom E-Mail Address Policy
Onder Exchange 2010 Organization Configuratie –> Hub Trans Port –> E-Mail Address Policy 
Exchange 2010 Custom SMTP e-mail address
Hier onder een lijst met variabelen om een aangepaste email adres policy te maken
| Variabel | Uitleg |
| % g | Gegeven naam (voornaam) |
| % i | Midden initiële |
| % s | Naam (achternaam) |
| % d | Weergavenaam |
| % m | Exchange alias |
| %xs | Gebruikt de eerste x letters van de achternaam. Bijvoorbeeld, als x = 2, zijn de eerste twee letters van de achternaam gebruikt. |
| %xg |
Gebruikt de eerste x letters van de voornaam. Bijvoorbeeld, als x = 2, zijn de eerste twee letters van de voornaam gebruikt. |