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Rob Atkinson replied to Christian Dinh's discussion 'Cisco ASA'
Which edition have you purchased? you will need the security plus licence to achieve what you want, I believe. You have 2 options, you can use the ASDM (GUI) or the Command line to configure your ASA, I prefer the command line myself but the ASDM…
Apr 20, 2010
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Messaging and UC user group at Microsoft London

November 6, 2009 from 6pm to 9pm
http://www.mmmug.co.uk/Given that TechEd is coming up in Berlin in early November, Russ Kirk from the UC User Group and Nathan Winters from MMMUG have managed to hook up with the OCS and Exchange Product Groups to get a couple of TechEd Speakers to stop off in London and speak at this event.The Messaging and UC user groups come together for a special pre-TechEd event on Friday 6th November in London at Microsoft Cardinal Place. The event starts at 6pm and runs until 9pm.Two members of the…See More
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Messaging and UC user group at Microsoft London

November 6, 2009 from 6pm to 9pm
http://www.mmmug.co.uk/Given that TechEd is coming up in Berlin in early November, Russ Kirk from the UC User Group and Nathan Winters from MMMUG have managed to hook up with the OCS and Exchange Product Groups to get a couple of TechEd Speakers to stop off in London and speak at this event.The Messaging and UC user groups come together for a special pre-TechEd event on Friday 6th November in London at Microsoft Cardinal Place. The event starts at 6pm and runs until 9pm.Two members of the…See More
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Rob Atkinson commented on Michael Francis's event 'Storage Expo'
Cant wait for my demo of the Nexsan Sata beast http://www.nexsan.com/satabeastxi/ from those great guys from NCE http://www.ncegroup.com/eu/index.html what a system!!
Sep 29, 2009
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Storage Expo at Olympia, London

October 14, 2009 at 9:30am to October 15, 2009 at 4:30pm
The UK’s definitive event for data storage, information and content managementStorage Expo, the UK’s definitive event for data storage, information and content management, provides you with the opportunity to compare the most comprehensive range of solutions and services from all the leading suppliers. The unrivalled education programme will also enable you to learn how to address today’s key issues with expert advice from a wide range of industry experts and peers.See More
Rob Atkinson is attending Michael Francis's event Sep 29, 2009
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Mohan Kumar left a comment for Rob Atkinson
I need your help, we have client, who has installed windows 2008 SBS & exchange 2007, but the problem is there is no storage group listed in server configuration role, so no mail box can be created, whether this could be license problem are some…
May 27, 2009
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Rob Atkinson replied to Elizabeth Ayer and Michael Francis's discussion 'Sticking it to Microsoft at TechEd'
I have a couple of questions, not sure if you can get answers on them but here goes anyway... 1) The well oiled rumour of bringing Microsoft Certified Masters Examination to Eaurope, is it really true and when? some of us have to pay for it…
May 8, 2009
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Rob Atkinson replied to Thomas Stensitzki's discussion 'Exchange 2007 SP1 and Backup'
Hi Thomas, We use BE 12 and it was a complete nightmare to get running smoothly but once setup works very well. We use brick level backups however with the added funcionality of recovery storage groups it's not really necessary. Whats your…
Apr 1, 2009
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Rob Atkinson commented on Elizabeth Ayer's event 'Microsoft Virtualization Live Chat -- Edwin Yuen'
This will be a great event, Edwin really know's his stuff so sign up guys!
Mar 30, 2009
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Microsoft Virtualization Live Chat -- Edwin Yuen at Online

March 31, 2009 from 11am to 3pm
On Tuesday, March 31, Microsoft's Edwin Yuen will be hosting a live web chat 11am-3pm EST. Edwin is a Sr. Technical Product manager. Edwin came to Microsoft with the acquisition of Softricity (and the SoftGrid application virtualization technology). He now also covers Hyper-V and System Center VMM.Hosted by TechTarget.To sign up, go to http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/microsoft-virtualization-chat/See More
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Rob Atkinson replied to Michael Francis's discussion 'Webinar Recording - Understanding Virtualization and Windows Hyper-V'
If you have difficulties playing the attachment please download the codec from here https://www1.gotomeeting.com/codec?Portal=www.gotomeeting.com
Mar 25, 2009
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Rob Atkinson replied to Michael Francis's discussion 'Webinar Recording - Understanding Virtualization and Windows Hyper-V'
Seems that the first part was missed by quite a few, downloading now to see how it sounded..... We are planning more webinars and looking for other presenters too, I am happy to acknowledge any feedback to help us improve in the future. If anyone…
Mar 24, 2009
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Well done mate... good show old boy :-0
Mar 24, 2009

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Exchange, SQL, Sharepoint, Windows 2008, Hyper-V, Linux
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At 6:02pm on February 19, 2009, Rob AtkinsonRob Atkinson said…
Passed my 70-432
TS: Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Implementation and Maintenance Exam today ;0)
At 1:51pm on March 2, 2009, Simon PollockSimon Pollock said…
Ha! Cool profile page mate.. Good photo that one up there ;-0
At 5:24pm on March 24, 2009, Simon PollockSimon Pollock said…
Well done mate... good show old boy :-0

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Generate HTML Reports in Exchange 2007

It is now easy to produce HTML reports with Exchange 2007 automatically with the task scheduler, and have them published to a web directory.



The follwing command would produce a HTML report of mailbox statistics, as seen below, but could include anything that can be scripted in powershell.



Get-MailboxStatistics | Select DisplayName, ItemCount | Sort ItemCount | ConvertTo-HTML –Property DisplayName, ItemCount >C:\report.htm…





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Posted on February 23, 2009 at 5:21pm

Rob Atkinson

Exchange 2007 Installation - Pre requisites / Things to consider

The server that will host the Exchange Server 2007 installation needs to have a 64-bit processor and a 64-bit edition of Windows Server 2003 or later installed.

However for testing and lab enviroments you can use the 32 bit version which is not supported in a production enviroment.



NOTE** Intel’s IA64 processors, known as Itanium, are not supported for Exchange 2007, eventhough Windows 2003 Server has a version for IA64.



The domain controllers and DNS servers in the… Continue

Posted on February 23, 2009 at 3:30pm — 4 Comments

Rob Atkinson

Exchange 2007 Powershell commands - Disconnected Mailboxes

Background information.

In Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, each mailbox consists of an Active Directory user and the mailbox data that is stored in the Exchange mailbox database.

All configuration data for a mailbox is stored in the Exchange attributes of the Active Directory user object.

The mailbox database contains the mail data that is in the mailbox associated with the user account.



When you create a mailbox for a new or existing user, the Exchange… Continue

Posted on February 23, 2009 at 2:43pm

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Exchange 2007 Powershell commands - Import / Export PST files

The first thing I want to cover is Importing and Exporting PST files, I once carried out an exchange 2003 migration project, using exmerge to export pst files from 2003 and Exchange Management Shell (ESM) to import them. This approach only made sense as we were moving to a brand new domain in a new forest.



Requirements



In order to export or import mailboxes to PST files the following requirements must be met:



1) Export/Import to PST must be… Continue

Posted on February 23, 2009 at 2:00pm

Rob Atkinson

Virtualisation, The Why the How and the Who - Part 1 Why

Virtualisation means running software within a virtual environment. Virtual environments are created when operating systems and desktop applications are emulated, and don’t run directly on physical hardware. When software is virtualised, you can run several applications and operating systems on one physical server.



Opting to go Virtual isn't new, in fact many companies took the plunge very early and adopted virtualisation, some had real business reason; others had no real reason… Continue

Posted on February 20, 2009 at 7:45pm

 
 
 

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