Configuration

With the recently released VMware vSphere 5.5, the component Single-Sign-On (SSO) has been completely rewritten. The biggest change is that the RSA database has been removed, which eliminates much of its complexity. There is also a new identity type (Active Directory (Integrated Windows Authentication)) that works without specifying the AD Controllers directly, like the old vSphere 4.x / 5.0 authentication. The whole process is much easier. This post shows how to enable Active Directory Authentication within the new vSphere 5.5... [Lire la suite]

In this post, I am sharing all the steps I used to create a Windows Server 2012 File Server test environment that I used for some of my Hyper-V over SMB demonstrations. My goal with this post is to share some of configuration details and the exact PowerShell scripts I used to configure the environment (if you look carefully, you might be able to spot a few PowerShell tricks and tips). For me, this is a convenient reference post that I will likely use myself to cut/paste from when configuring my demo systems in the future. This uses 5... [Lire la suite]

Any IT Pro can tell you that solving problems is as much as art as it is a science. I don’t think you can ever have enough tools in your admin toolkit. Here’s one that ships with Windows that you may not know about but one which I think can be very useful. This tool has been around for awhile on both client and server platforms. For the sake of this article I’m going to demonstrate using it on Windows 7, but everything should equally apply to your servers. System Configuration Under Administrative Tools you should find a link to... [Lire la suite]

Running a good, constantly updated Anti-Virus program on your computers - server and workstations - is a must when looking into the potential risks in today's IT world. However, when installing Anti-Virus software on a computer, you also risk having issues with some of the services and applications that run on these computers, most specially with the server machines. Anti-Virus software scans and sometimes locks files on the computers, and when you scan these files, performance and operating system reliability problems may occur... [Lire la suite]

’environnement Lync 2010 comme vous le savez peut être est stocké sous un format de base de données appelée Management Store, ce qui, par rapport à l’environnement OCS 2007 va faciliter la sauvegarde et la restauration des données de configuration. Pour information cette base donnée, répliquée sur les serveurs Lync 2010 répond à un modèle de réplication de type Master-Salve. Le premier serveur Lync 2010 contient donc La base de référence de configuration de votre environnement. L’objectif par conséquent de la sauvegarde va en partie... [Lire la suite]

Avec la récente disponibilité de Windows Phone 7, vous avez peut-être plusieurs utilisateurs (incluant vous-même) qui veulent le connecter à votre système de messagerie tournant avec Exchange 2010. Certains d'entre-vous l'on peut-être déjà essayé ! Mais pour connecter avec succès un téléphone Windows Phone 7 (WP7) à Exchange 2010, il faut suivre plusieurs étapes: Faire en sorte que le téléphone fasse confiance à l'autorité de certification de votre organisation. Connecter le périphérique à votre serveur Exchange. Quelles... [Lire la suite]

Here are the ISA Server/Forefront TMG HTTP Policy settings I use for ECP, OAB and Autodiscover. These settings were tested with Outlook 2007/2010 and Exchange 2007. Setting and rule *Exchange ActiveSync *RPC over http (Outlook 2003/2007) General tab Maximum headers length 32768 32768 Maximum payload length 10485760 (10 MB) Any Maximum URL length 1024 16384 Maximum query length 512 4096 Verify normalization Yes Yes Block high bit characters Yes Yes ... [Lire la suite]

In ISA Server 2004 and 2006 there was a difference in the behavior of configuration changes between Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition. In Standard Edition, the configuration change operation was synchronous. This means that applying the configuration completed after the new configuration was stored and loaded by the ISA Server computer (which was always the same computer). In Enterprise Edition, the configuration change operation was asynchronous. This means that applying the configuration completed after the new... [Lire la suite]

It is important to configure the network adapter settings correctly for a DAG member. Few points that need to be noted: Single NIC for DAG members is supported. All DAG members should have the same number of networks, MAPI and Replication networks. DAG members can have only one MAPI network and zero or more Replication networks. Persistent static routes are used to configure traffic in a replication network. It is recommended to have atleast two DAG networks, MAPI and a replication network. The MAPI network... [Lire la suite]

Voici un outil bien pratique développé en PowerShell qui va nous aider à déployer automatiquement un serveur 2008 R2 (Entreprise, Standard et Foundation). Ce programme va également nous permettre d’installer Active Directory et le rôle DNS, de rajouter des utilisateurs et de les placer dans les bonnes OU qui seront créés automatiquement et pour finir la possibilité d’installer un serveur DHCP (en définissant la scope choisie) de manière automatique. Voici le lien pour le récupérer cet outil qui nous avons appelé « WiSAIS » :-) ... [Lire la suite]