With Exchange 2010 comes many advantages in the HA realm. One of them is the ability to connect to the Client Access Server for RPC. This means, when a Mailbox Server does a *over (failover or a switchover), the user is still connected to their RPC Endpoint. You can also create a Client Access Array which load balances your RPC Endpoint on your CAS … [Read more...] about Exchange 2010 RTM High Availability Load Balancing Options
Exchange 2010 RPC Client Access Service and Multiple Sites
A common question I see out there is if the RPC Client Access Service (including Client Access Service Arrays) can access databases in other sites. The answer is, yes. Let's take a look at a couple scenarios. Scenario #1 - Full Site Failure Let’s say you have a Client Access Server Array called array.domain.com. Primary Site goes down. As a part of the manual site … [Read more...] about Exchange 2010 RPC Client Access Service and Multiple Sites
Forcing Address Book Updates in Communicator 2007 R2
Yes, this is old news and there's about 462 blog entries (ok, that's a made up number, but there are a lot) about how to force Communicator 2007 R2 to do an Address Book (Galcontacts.db) update. These blog entries will talk about the July 2009 update for Communicator 2007 R2 and how it introduced a random delay of 0-60 minutes for Communicator 2007 R2 to download an updated … [Read more...] about Forcing Address Book Updates in Communicator 2007 R2
Exchange 2010 Moderation Features Grayed Out?
Exchange 2010 introduces a new moderation feature. This moderation feature can be used to perform moderation on both messages submitted to a Distribution Group and/or requests to join a group through the self-service options provided by the Exchange Control Panel (ECP). The Issue For both the Distribution Group Mail Flow Message Moderation as well as the Membership … [Read more...] about Exchange 2010 Moderation Features Grayed Out?
OCS 2007 R2 Standard Edition Front End Automated Backups
OCS 2007 R2 Standard Edition Front Ends utilize SQL 2005 Express with SP2 for storing its databases. Unfortunately, with SQL Express, you will have to backup using SQL Server Management Studio or find an automated way. This article will detail the steps I utilize to make backing up easier and automated. For information on how to back up OCS, please see the Backup and … [Read more...] about OCS 2007 R2 Standard Edition Front End Automated Backups
