exchange 2007: ssl certificates

run the following on CAS servers to view current cert info (exchange management shell): Get-ExchangeCertificate -DomainName mail.mydomain.com to import and enable a certificate all in one step run: Import-ExchangeCertificate -Path C:\mail_mydomain_com.cer | Enable-ExchangeCertificate -Services “IMAP, POP, IIS” if the certificate has already been imported via the digicert utility or through the certificates snap-in then just […]

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sccm 2012 schema extension

wanted to note that if the schema extension was already done for sccm 2007 on the domain, that you do not need to do the schema extension for sccm 2012. source: http://blogs.technet.com/b/configurationmgr/archive/2012/10/30/extending-the-schema-in-system-center-2012-configuration-manager.aspx

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troubleshooting corrupted/hidden outlook rules

i’m currently investigating some weirdness with a particular user’s email account. at first i was certain it was a local outlook client/mail profile issue, but now i believe it may actually be related to the mailbox. i found out about a utility called MFCMAPI today that can be used to examine a mailbox for hidden […]

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getting a windows core dump from an unresponsive VM

two articles: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927069 http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1009187 apply the changes in the microsoft article first then run the commands mentioned in the vmware article when the VM becomes unresponsive: vm-support -x /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmdumper <world id> nmi (the above commands are for pre vsphere 5.x hosts)

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SSL certs: broken certificate chain

if windows is reporting “windows does not have enough information to verify this certificate”, it’s most likely indicating a broken certificate chain. viewing the certification path tab and examining the Trusted Root Certification Authorities store can verify this. in the case that i was looking at, it looked like the root chain was missing Baltimore […]

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equallogic FS7600: service pack update

download the latest service pack and unzip it FTP to the NAS management IP address port 44421 use grpadmin credentials as the login upload the unzipped service pack to the “servicepack” directory after the upload completes then SSH to the management IP using grpadmin credentials again then run service-pack start [filename] the guide also suggests […]

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exchange 2007: grant send on behalf permission

open target mailbox and choose properties then mail flow settings->delivery options and add specified user(s) to “send on behalf, grant this permission to:” source: http://www.shudnow.net/2007/08/12/send-on-behalf-and-send-as/ update 8/28/13: it is possible send from a distribution group address. run the following command from the exchange management shell: Set-DistributionGroup “<dist group>” -GrantSendOnBehalfTo “<user>” of course the From: field […]

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exchange 2007: recipient limits

quick ways to check recipient limits global setting: Get-TransportConfig | fl mailbox setting: Get-Mailbox -Identity <mailbox> | fl or Get-Mailbox -Identity <mailbox> | fl RecipientLimits source: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/exchangesvradmin/thread/13799663-163c-4928-a4a9-02fa2a19b99e additional info: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb310760(v=exchg.80).aspx

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office365 notes

adfs: iis w/ ssl certificate .net framework 3.5.1 windows identity foundation adfs 2.0 rtw adfs 2.0 rollup 3 adfs web config files in c:\inetpub\adfs\ls auto-populate UPN: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/4184.ad-fs-2-0-auto-populate-the-username-field-of-the-forms-sign-in-page-when-signing-in-to-office-365.aspx add UPN suffixes to your local domain: active directory domains and trusts right-click active directory domains and trusts->properties->upn suffixes->add dirsync: c:\program files\microsoft online directory sync\syncbus\uishell\miisclient.exe (dirsync gui) run c:\program […]

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esxi 5.1: CLI partitioning

it appears that the vsphere client (5.1) won’t allow you to format a disk as VMFS if the disk already has existing partitions. however, you can SSH into an ESXi host and use the partedUtil command to alter the partitioning. previously fdisk was used for this purpose, but has evidently since been deprecated. disk information […]

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