Tutorials

Tutorials

• How to mount a recovery database in Exchange Server 2010

  Because of architectural changes, you'll need to create and mount a database to recover items in Exchange Server 2010. Follow these steps for mailbox recovery and get some command-line switches that will refine the scope of recovered items.  Continue Reading

• Help your IT team avoid burnout

  See how to make your IT team more effective by monitoring workloads and teaching employees to watch out for signs of burnout in this excerpt from the IT Manager's Handbook.  Continue Reading

• Lessen your client access server burden via throttling policies

  Users can connect to Exchange Server 2010 using several different methods, which can overwork a client access server. Setting up client-throttling policies via the Exchange Management Shell will evenly distribute Exchange Server resources.  Continue Reading

• Advice for virtualizing Exchange 2010 server roles

  Are you planning to virtualize Exchange Server 2010? Find out the best server role configurations for optimal performance.  Continue Reading

• Exchange Server 2007 Active Directory design considerations

  This tutorial explains why it's a good idea to double check your Active Directory architecture after you've deployed Exchange Server 2007. A properly configured Active Directory can help ease the strain on your domain controllers.  Continue Reading

• Effectively managing your IT team

  Get valuable information and insight into becoming a better manager of your IT team. Keeping employees focused, improving team communication and setting priorities are just a few skills you'll learn.  Continue Reading

• Single item recovery changes in Exchange Server 2010

  With the release of Exchange Server 2010, Microsoft eliminated storage groups. Learn why recovery databases are important, how they've changed since Exchange 2007 and why you'll need them for single item recovery in Exchange 2010.  Continue Reading

• What to look for when troubleshooting DSAccess for Exchange Server

  Analyzing Event 2080 to troubleshoot DSAccess problems in Exchange Server 2007 and Exchange 2003 is a great practice. Looking at the correct data is the only way to ensure the health of your domain controllers.  Continue Reading

• Protect Exchange Server from viruses and spam with Forefront security

  When configuring Microsoft's Forefront security scanning engines to ward off viruses and spam, make sure that bias settings don't affect Exchange Server performance too much.  Continue Reading

• DPM and Exchange Server 2007 essentials

  Replication errors and inconsistencies may cause you grief when working with DPM and Exchange Server 2007. This tutorial explains how to fix these problems and gives you the steps to recover Exchange databases and restore storage groups.  Continue Reading

• How not to overload Exchange Server 2007 domain controllers

  Moving Exchange servers to a non-dedicated Active Directory site can negatively affect domain controller performance. DNS load balancing and upgrading to 64-bit hardware are two ways to prevent overuse of your domain controllers.  Continue Reading

• Avoid Outlook 2007 performance problems before they start

  Premature shut downs and large mailboxes can negatively affect Microsoft Outlook 2007. This tutorial explains why educating users about the reconciliation process and proper mailbox size limits can help to avoid Outlook performance issues before ...  Continue Reading

• Windows Server 2008 R2 Learning Guide

  Want to learn more about Microsoft's latest server OS? This guide has you covered. Here you'll find tips, videos and expert advice on all things Windows Server 2008 R2.  Continue Reading

• Integrating Exchange unified messaging with OCS 2007

  Exchange Server 2007 and OCS 2007 may be part of the same unified communications strategy, but each has separate and defined roles. When integrated together, they can enhance an enterprise's unified messaging experience. This guide gives you all the...  Continue Reading

• Configuring Exchange unified messaging with OCS 2007

  Configuring Exchange Server unified messaging (UM) for OCS 2007 isn't much different than configuring UM with IPs and PBXs. The first step is to create an Exchange UM dial plan. This tip shows you how.  Continue Reading