Martin Coetzer

Scripting Diskpart with PowerShell

by Martin Coetzer 22 September 2011 Exchange

On my projects I often require many mailbox databases on the Exchange mailbox servers when I do my designs. With many databases I typically also require many volumes to host them on the servers. Creating many volumes is not fun and a very laborious task. So I would naturally look at ways to script this [...]

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TechEd Middle East 2011 Registration Opens

by Martin Coetzer 12 October 2010 Anouncements

Registration is now open for TechEd Middle East 2011. TechEd is Microsoft’s premier technical education event providing the most comprehensive technical training on Microsoft’s suite of products, technologies, solutions and services and takes place in Dubai, March 8 – 10, 2011. Hear about the future of Microsoft’s products and technologies directly from the Microsoft leadership [...]

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Microsoft CS “14″, RC released!

by Martin Coetzer 13 September 2010 Anouncements

The cat is out of the bag, Microsoft Communication Server codename “14″ has a new name: Microsoft Lync and you can download the new Release Candidate here. What more can I say, but to go and download it now and start playing with it and make sure you are part of the Unified Communications revolution [...]

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Communicator Mobile for Nokia

by Martin Coetzer 16 August 2010 Anouncements

Ever wanted to logon to Office Communicator from your Nokia smartphone? Wait no more, Microsoft has released the new Communicator Mobile (CoMo) client for Nokia smartphones. You can download it here: http://www.getcomo.com/ Share this post:

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Exchange 2010 SP1 Beta is out

by Martin Coetzer 13 June 2010 Anouncements

In case you missed it. Microsoft has released a beta of SP1 for Exchange Server 2010. This is the service pack with the new archiving features. Download it and play with it in your lab. Please don’t deploy it in production, because it is not supported while it is in beta. Download it here (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=193120). Share [...]

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Exchange 2010 Cost saving Calculator

by Martin Coetzer 27 May 2010 Exchange

  An Exchange 2010 upgrade really could save you money. I see this all the time in the implementations I do.There are lots of potential places where you can cut capital and operational costs of running a messaging system by upgrading to Exchange 2010 without sacrificing functionality, performance or availability.In fact, if you do it [...]

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Exchange 2010 Address List Segregation and Current Support Stances

by Martin Coetzer 10 May 2010 Exchange

Dave Goldman is the author of the Exchange 2007 Address List Segregation Whitepaper (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/bb936719(EXCHG.80).aspx) and since Exchange Server 2010 was released, people asked for an update as it pertain to Exchange Server 2010.   The new Exchange Server 2010 Role Based Administration and Control (RBAC) features makes this whitepaper inappropriate and so a new one are therefore required. [...]

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Still not using Exchange Unified Messaging?

by Martin Coetzer 27 April 2010 Anouncements

If you need convincing why you should use Exchange Unified Messaging, check out this whitepaper released by Microsoft on the benefits of using Exchange voice mail. http://bit.ly/crRISt Share this post:

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Update your Exchange servers as soon as possible

by Martin Coetzer 14 April 2010 Anouncements

Microsoft has just released security update for all the current supported Exchange versions. Exchange 2000 made it just in time, since its extended support ends on the 11th of January 2011. So please update your Exchange Servers as soon as possible to avoid a particular denial of service attack. More information and links to the updates can be [...]

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New Exchange 2010 Install Guides

by Martin Coetzer 12 April 2010 Anouncements

 Are you looking for install guides for setting up Exchange 2010 perfectly? Look no more, Microsoft has just released very detailed step-by-step documents that you can use to setup the core Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 roles i.e. mailbox, hub transport and client access servers.  The documents cover the usual dependencies and other weird and wonderful things [...]

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