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Scheduling PowerShell scripts
Most of the management tasks for desktops and server systems can be done by using PowerShell. However, some of these tasks have to be scheduled on certain events or times. This isn't as straight...
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Full failover with two Exchange 2010 Servers
Every sysadmin runs into the problem at some time; switching to a newer version of Exchange. Hopefully most of you can migrate to Exchange 2010 within the forest. However sometimes it just makes more...
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Ever wondered how to use the pause function of DOS in PowerShell. Look no more. Here's the script to do this: Write-Host "Press any key to continue ..." $x =...
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Creating a new list in SharePoint 2010 using PowerShell
One of the best new features of SharePoint 2010 is the ability to manage most aspects of SharePoint with PowerShell. A good example of this is creating new lists on sites. To create a new list you'll...
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Database Maintenance in Exchange 2010 – Online Defragmentation, Monitoring,...
Online Defragmentation/Monitoring With the coming of Exchange 2010 the database maintenance has been simplified a lot. No more worries about online maintenance windows overlapping with the database...
View ArticleUnable to open PST file with mailbox import/export requests
I was trying to an export of a mailbox using the New-MailboxExportRequest CMDlet in Exchange 2010 SP1. However instead of creating a PST it gave me an error. Unable to open PST file...
View ArticleMailbox Import/Export Exchange cmdlets unavailable
The <verb>-MailboxExportRequest and <verb>-MailboxImportRequest cmdlets have been introduced in Exchange 2010 SP1 to simplify the export of messages directly into a PST file from...
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Scheduling the Update-SPProfilePhotoStore command
When you setup your SharePoint 2010 User Profile Service to import the user's pictures from Active Directory you will have to run the Update-SPProfilePhotoStore command. Of course you don't want to do...
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Mailbox size overview for Exchange 2010
Once every now and then you'll want an overview of what the mailbox sizes are for your organization. You can then see who is using the most space and perhaps offer them some help archiving their...
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Dell warranty information API
I've always used the SOAP API that's provided by Dell, however recently it stopped working due to a misconfiguration in the service. This triggered me to find a different solution and luckily Dell also...
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