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Active Directory / DFS / FileServer / Storage December 15, 2018
READ MOREThis article will guide you through the steps for Migrating your DFS mode from 2000 to 2008, in the same time we’ll migrate DFS Namespace servers from 2008 to 2016 but keep the folder targets and replication groups intact without any change This is a Microsoft summary about the process including my lab migration config […]
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Active Directory / Certification Authority / Email / Exchange 2010 / Exchange 2013 / Exchange 2016 December 6, 2018
READ MOREHaving a certificate template that would last for years is a requirements that’s become more of a need during these days due to the amount of time it takes to renew the servers which are certificate dependent. Some servers would automatically be renewed their Certificate using GPO’s auto enrollment however when this doesn’t work or […]
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Many people have been through this same problem either due to forgetting the root password, typing it wrong or due to console language conversion issue. Mine was due to using a remote console which didn’t translate my keyboard properly and caused a wrong password. So I ended up having access to the GUI screen but […]
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23 May 2018 By Mohammed Hamada Exchange administrators go through hard times when servers crash, Reason of these crashes can vary but the result will most likely be a corrupted Database with dirty shutdown status. In my case as an Exchange Senior Consultant I came through many clients who have had power issues or an update that […]
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Backup / Exchange 2010 / Exchange 2013 / Exchange 2016 / Restore May 23, 2018
READ MOREExchange administrators go through hard times when servers crash, Reason of these crashes can vary but the result will most likely be a corrupted Database with dirty shutdown status. In my case as an Exchange Senior Consultant I came through many clients who have had power issues or an update that cause their Servers to […]
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While doing projects sometimes you have to work with the GPO to copy certain files, scripts to apply certain commands on clients Computers however, The GPO’s File/Folder creation method takes long time to gets created and until replication through all clients is done you’ll have to wait for “God knows how long” till the shows […]
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Exchange 2010 / Exchange 2013 / Exchange 2016 / Microsoft Exchange / Powershell April 9, 2018
READ MOREIn migration, Powershell can be a very crucial tool to achieve success and finalize projects within deadline or even fix issues. During the time of working with Exchange we had lots of issues with users not able to send an email to their migrated colleagues due to some issues with contacts which was caused by […]
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This article presumes that you have setup all the initial steps for the Cross Forest migration to work: – Configure DNS resolution and trust between two AD forests. – Create and configure Send connector between Source.com and Target.com – Create and configure Availability service between Source.com and Target.com – Configure Source.com as accepted domain in […]
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In an Exchange Crossforest migration the distribution groups can be a very painful operation that would cause loss of time, lots of issues and continues headache if not solved within a timely manner. The migration can be a long boring process that needs to be as accurate as possible to avoid any issue related to […]
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Exchange 2010 / Exchange 2013 / Exchange 2016 March 15, 2018
READ MORESometimes while we do Exchange projects in big environments where there more than 10 or 15 servers we need to quickly get a particular server’s hostname or IP. I created a simple PowerShell script that does the work for you #Get all mailbox Exchange Servers IP address remotely #Import Exchange Management Shell if ran from […]