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Installation, Configuration and Deployment of Software Updates – SCCM 2007 -Part3
Installation, Configuration and Deployment of Software Updates – SCCM 2007
Configuring Software Update & Deployment Procedure - Part 3
Quick review interms of configuration & installation of SUP:
Installed SQL with sp2
Installed WSUS 3.1
Installed SCCM
Installed SUP
Configured SUP
Synched WSUS with Ms Updates
Downloaded all the critical & security updates for Windows XP
Now it’s a time to push the updates to the client. The major requirement for client machine – it should have internet connectivity to download the updates or atleast source path from where it should download those updates and other thing Configuration Manager Software needs to be installed. One of the major reason why we need configuration manager interms of Software updates is Windows Update Agent (WUA) 3.0 is required on client machine to retrieve the list ...<< MORE >>
Installation of Exchange Server 2010 Beta - Awaiting Technology
Exchange 2010 – Awaiting Technology
Most of Exchange Administrator was waiting for this product to make their hand dirty and finally we got Exchange Server 2010 Beta available for download. The released version is beta version which can be installed only on 64bit. 32-Bit is still on the pipeline for testing purpose, no clue when it will released on public website.
This Exchange 2010 is simply amazing one, as compare to Exchange 2007 technology lots of changes can be seen on the features and functionalities. We will be posting soon on the changes made in Exchange 2010 as compare Exchange 2007.
As a start-up we would like to share out the basic installation of Exchange 2010 like pre-requisites and guidelines on the installation of Exchange ...<< MORE >>
Installation, Configuration and Deployment of Software Updates – SCCM 2007-Part2
Installation, Configuration and Deployment of Software Updates – SCCM 2007-Part2
Installation of Software Update Point and Software Update Synchronization
In my last article I explained about the basic overview of software updates and installation of WSUS. In this article I will show you how to install software Update Point (SUP) and Synchronization Process.
Installation of Software updates point:
The SUP role needs to install on the sccm server before the software updates can be synchronized and deployed on the client computers.
Software Update Point Requirements:
Install WSUS 3.0 for RTM or WSUS3.0 sp1 for SCCM Sp1
If you have WSUS on different server and SCCM going to be installed on different server then you need to have atleast WSUS console to be installed
Important thing internet connection, allow atleast vendor ...<< MORE >>
Installation, Configuration and Deployment of Software Updates – SCCM 2007 - Part1
Installation, Configuration and Deployment of Software Updates – SCCM 2007
Brief summary about this article
This entire data is divided into 3 parts as follows
Overview of Software Updates & Installation of WSUS 3.0 - Part 1
• Overview of software updates
• Certain Prerequisite for Software Update
• Installation of WSUS
Installation of Software Update Point and Software Update Synchronization - Part 2
• Installation of Software Update Point
• Configuration of WSUS
• Software Update Synchronization
Configuring Software Update & Deployment Procedure - Part 3
• Configuration for Software updates
• Creating Search Folder
• Creating Software Update list
• Deployment of Software Updates
• Client End Configuration Verification (Just for Test computer)
• Troubleshooting yard for software updates
• Software Update Report
Support hand for this article: Gireesh Mani, he is a colleague working with me for SCCM, his valuable time and knowledge is very much appreciated for helping me ...<< MORE >>
10% Discount on MS certification
Hi Everybody !
We got an promotional discount of 10% on microsoft certification which can be used by our community simply they need to have this Unique MVP Certification Promotion Code: INBA91DA
Link where they need to give the details: : http://www.learnandcertify.com/
I hope you will all enjoy the benefits of this unique offer.
Cheers
Dominic
Thanks to Ismail once again for his contribution to community. Every time . All the time.
Troubleshooting Delayed Mailflow from relay server to E2K7 Hub Transport
We have so far migrated about 10% users to the new E2K7, emails for these migrated users are still routed form the old E2K3 environment ( we have a SMTP connector created which forwards emails from these relay servers to our Hub transport servers for these 10% Users)
We noticed that these 10% users will get all the emails delayed, the SMTP queue on the E2K3 relay servers were in retry state. These emails will be delivered eventually but will be extremely late.
We did have some interesting findings & I enjoyed may day troubleshooting this, thought you ...<< MORE >>
Exchange 2007 Services and it's Functions
Exchange Services in Exchange 2007 and it’s functions
In this article you will see the description on Exchange 2007 Services which are responsible for Client Access Server, Hub Transport Server, Mailbox Server, Edge Server and Unified Messaging.
This article is purely published on the basis of event triggered from my virtual lab. Event id whatever you see in your production environment may vary compare to this however the function of each service will remain the same.
1) Microsoft Exchange Active Directory Topology :
This service is responsible to provide the information of Active Directory Information to Exchange Server Components. This service need to be started on the client Access Server, Hub Transport Server, Mailbox Server and Unified Messaging Server. It doesn’t depend on dependency inorder to start. However there ...<< MORE >>
Exchange 2007 Services and it's Functions
Exchange Services in Exchange 2007 and it’s functions
In this article you will see the description on Exchange 2007 Services which are responsible for Client Access Server, Hub Transport Server, Mailbox Server, Edge Server and Unified Messaging.
This article is purely published on the basis of event triggered from my virtual lab. Event id whatever you see in your production environment may vary compare to this however the function of each service will remain the same.
1) Microsoft Exchange Active Directory Topology :
This service is responsible to provide the information of Active Directory Information to Exchange Server Components. This service need to be started on the client Access Server, Hub Transport Server, Mailbox Server and Unified Messaging Server. It doesn’t depend on dependency inorder to start. However there ...<< MORE >>
Messaging Record Management
Messaging Record Management
Messaging Record Management (MRM) helps us to keep the messages that are need to comply with company policy, government regulation or legal needs and to remove those messages which are not required by the organization as per their policies. This is achieved by the mode of one folder which is being created under users mailbox called as "Managed Folder " which work as per the content setting applied on it. Messages under Messaging Record Management are processed as per the policy applied on it when it reaches to retention period either it can be moved to the deleted items folders, or to a managed custom folder, permanently deleted, marked as past retention limit or delete and allow recovery.
Activities which can be achieved by ...<< MORE >>
Advantages of Windows Server 2008 Core Server
In my previous Blog http://exchangeserverinfo.com/2008/05/21/windows-server-2008-core-server.aspx
I mentioned about not so attractive features of Windows Server 2008 Core Server . Definitely over thick line those comments are realistic however I always had this in mind that there must be something behind this concept of core server. Microsoft will not brand something without any real cause.
The biggest advantage I see about Core Server is the scenarios in which we can install core server.
Here is one I have in my mind.
Scenario :
I am Admin in XYZ company and they have a branch office at a distant location. As company doesn't want to invest a lot on IT infrastructure for remote office and expects to me to manage the servers for that location. They want me ...<< MORE >>
Real Life Deployment of Outlook using PRF files
The Outlook profile file (PRF file) allows you to create MAPI profiles for Outlook users. The PRF file is a text file with syntax that Outlook uses to generate a profile. Using a PRF file, you can create new profiles for users or modify existing profiles.
I had an assignment which required me to write a script that calls a PRF file. The PRF file creates a new Outlook profile for each of the users. The script will run in the logon services so it needs some basic logic to ensure that it is executed only once.
Here are a couple of samples that we have got ( they may need modification to suit your enviornment)
SCRIPT SAMPLE 1
Const ForReading = 1, ForWriting = ...<< MORE >>
Recovering Deleted Emails
Most of the times if we have deleted any email from outlook ( Specifically hard deleted), we are forced to believe that it cannot be recovered without restoring from backup, which is not completely true.
We can recover any email deleted/ Archived from the Mailbox if it has not passed the deleted item retention period ( which is by default 7 days)
A few tips that I follow
1. Any Item deleted from the Mailbox either a soft delete or hard delete goes in the dumpster which can be recovered unless the online maintenance has not cleared those emails ( in default case if the mails were deleted on 31st Oct. they will not be actually gone from the database till 7th Nov)
2. ...<< MORE >>
Moving SharePoint Databases to a New Drive
This has been fairly common scenario & simple too, however i just thought to put up all the options that we have for this & some considerations about them. Here it goes
Option 1: New Storage Drive in Addition to Existing Drive
1. Stop all SharePoint related IIS web sites
2. The following Services had set to Stopped
- Windows SharePoint Services Administration
- Windows SharePoint Services Timer
- Windows SharePoint Services ...<< MORE >>
GFI Mail Archiver - 1
How many times we have used the restore option to get that one mail or those precious emails that got deleted and now only resides in one those many back tapes back in the store rooms. Yes we are talking about Exchange Server and the problems of its Administrators. Recovery Storage Group is good, but there are better options available.
I remember working with Mimosa NearPoint which manipulates the Message store to get its content from Exchange Server to SQL and then stores the actual content in a file with pointer to SQL database. A wonderful product no doubt. What about using the Exchange Servers own archiving method, and making things more easy. A web client and a query to SQL server with description and lo you see your message in the web client and then choose what to do with that ... sounds good. That’s what GFI MailArchiver does.
GFI MailArchiver is an archiving solution for SMBs. Reasonably Priced, the software archives all corporate email, reduces dependency on troublesome PST files, permits employees to access old and deleted emails at any time and from any location and helps companies meet eDiscovery and legal compliance requirements.”
GFI MailArchiver uses Exchange Servers Journaling feature, so you have to enable journaling on your server.
How to Enable Message Journaling:
GFI MailArchiver 6 now allows end-users to search and access all their old and deleted emails from a folder in their Outlook email client. Integration with Outlook means that archived email can be assessed from Outlook as if it were their Exchange mailbox or local PST file. GFI MailArchiver users can now enjoy a faster and improved experience than those using stubs.
No Stubs : This is very good feature many archiving solutions leave a small stub file in place of the archived message that can be used by end-users to retrieve archived messages from the archival system however this creates problems for administrators in terms of server performance as small portions of the emails are still left into the Exchange Server store. I think this is because using journaling rather than manipulating the message store as mentioned earlier.
System Requirement:
1.Windows 2000 (SP 3 above) or Windows 2003. The box need to be in DC or part of the domain as it utilizes Active Directory.
2. Exchange Server 2000 and above
3.MS .NET Framework 2.0
4.IIS - WWW service ASP .net needs to be registered with IIS.
How? : Please follow the procedure below to register ASP.NET:
1. Open Command Prompt.
2. Change directory as follows:
* For 32-bit machines change to:
<WindowsDir>\Microsoft.NET\Framework\<version number>\
* For 64-bit machines change to:
<WindowsDir\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\<version number>\
3. Run the command ‘aspnet_regiis.exe -i’ and press enter.
One more advantage with GFI over other Archiving Solutions, you can use SQL Server only if you can afford or use the free open source FireBird. That’s saving !, check out more details at their official site : FireBird
dragover="true" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"> The installation went very smooth by following the user manual. The user manual is very good I must say and if followed sincerely you should not have any issue.
Looks good so far.. I will update more on this as I go explore in the coming week. Catch ya later.
Dominic
MVP - Exchange Server
Build and Capture Operating System Image - SCCM 2007
Build and Capture Operating System Image
In my last few articles, you have seen how to install system center configuration manager (SCCM), configuring a boundary, doing inventory, deploying software packages and finally deploying operating system from a reference computer.
In this article you will see how to build new windows xp computer and at the same time how to capture the image. To be frank with you this is the article which I suppose to release it little bit earlier because for understanding\learning purpose I started to build an OS image and faced lots of challenges, but later I realized that this would be bit advance for new guys to understand it at one instance so I started to release article just on deploying the operating system ...<< MORE >>
Deployment of Software Package - MsOffice 2007, Adobe and winzip from SCCM - Part2
Deployment of Software Package - MsOffice 2007, Adobe and winzip - Part2
This article is continuation of my previous article, so my lab setup remain the same. In my previous article you have seen how to deploy Ms-Office 2003 and how to monitor the current status for troubleshooting analysis. In this article I will show you how to deploy Ms-Office 2007 and non-Microsoft product. Troubleshooting will remain same what I specified in my previous article.
Before reading this article I would appreciate if you go through with my previous article.
Note: The only change I made is I have uninstalled my ms-office 2003 software from my client machine (newlabtest) and removed the advertisement package from the SCCM.
How to deploy ...<< MORE >>
Deployment of Software Package-MsOffice 2003 from SCCM - Part1
Deployment of MsOffice 2003 from SCCM - Part1
Disclaimer : This article is being published on the basis of my lab output which is being created on my virtual pc, in the production environment it may or may not be applicable for all circumstances. Recommending you to do your lab test first and then do the activities on the production environment.
In my previous articles you have seen how to build new operating system and bringing it to a domain by capturing the image from reference computer. In this article you will see how to deploy a software packages for end users.
Before you are reading this article I would appreciate if you read my previous articles which has been published on SCCM so that you can ...<< MORE >>
Blackberry Vs ActiveSync - The WAR is ON !!!!
THE WAR IS ON!!!!
It’s been quite many years since Blackberry Technology has rule the world with its impeccable, secure and fast messaging technology on mobile devices. Now the industry has changed, with the introduction Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 it seems to me that monopoly of blackberry is over. I have seen several projects where Clients are moving from Blackberry to Windows Mobile services. The BIG question WHY? Simple cost and TCO. Below I am going to discuss the same where I will point out the comparison between both of them.
Cost
Blackberry:
To incorporate blackberry in a company where they have Microsoft Exchange Server one has to purchase following items
- Blackberry Enterprise Server Software v4.1 ...<< MORE >>
Room Mailbox Scripts Exchange Server 2007
A quick one for those who are working on Room mailbox. My colleague Sandeep Narkhede has worked extensively on this and helped to get this info here.
It's about how you can make full use of the added features in E2K7 with which you can do anything that you want.... ( did I say too much ) ... ...<< MORE >>