Clint Boessen's Blog

I just performed cross-forest migration of a number of mailboxes. Mailboxes come across as "linked" mailboxes linking to the accou...

Below is an easy way to quickly identify all attributes on an AD Object using adFind.exe by Joe Richards. adFind.exe -b "CN=Default Pol...

I'm performing a cross-forest migration using Prepare-MoveRequest.ps1, Identity Lifecycle Manager and Active Directory Migration Tool. A...

I was performing an Active Directory Migration from a Windows Server 2008 DFL/FFL forest with Exchange 2003 to a Windows Server 2008 R2 DFL/...

I require the hotfix Cumulative update package 4 for SQL Server 2008 documented under KB963036. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/963036 I sen...

Many firewalls on the market support the concept of SSL Bridging and SSL Tunneling. Microsoft firewalls that support this functionality inc...

Below shows you how to view an users GUID in Windows Server 2003. In Server 2003 all GUID attributes in Active Directory were displayed in A...

In a scenario where the first datacenter contains two DAG members and the witness server, and the second datacenter contains two other DAG m...

When specifying the logon script via the user account ensure you do not enter a full UNC path. \\source.local\netlogon\logon.bat does not wo...

When running scripts of network shares you may receive the following warning: The publisher could not be verified. Are you sure you want to...

As I'm a Microsoft Engineer I always put Microsoft products first. I use Internet Explorer 8.0 on my desktop PC and high performance la...

While upgrading to Exchange 2010 Service Pack 1 you may receive the following error during the readiness check: Language Prerequisites Langu...

Voice Mail emails were getting tagged as Spam by SMEX 8.0 on an Exchange 2007 server. A hotfix from Trend was released last year which resol...

When upgrading to Exchange 2010 the first thing you must check is that your Exchange 2003 organisation is in Native mode. By default all Exc...

I found today what appears to be a bug with the Shading tool in Microsoft Word 2010 when dealing with tables. The build of Microsoft Word I...

I had a user experiencing Eventid 4002 from source MSExchangeAvailability under the application logs in event viewer. In the description fi...

Microsoft has just completed the RTM of Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 and Windows 7 SP1 which will be available for download on the 22nd of Feb...

There is an issue during an EX2003 to 2010 migration. When an Exchange 2003 resource mailbox is migrated and then converted to an Exchange ...

I just finished an SBS 2008 install - everything working perfectly. The last item was to setup Dial-in VPN server. Fired up RASS, activated ...

I disabled IPv6 on an SBS 2008 server to resolve an issue with the Exchange 2007 NSPI RPC endpoint. Please see: http://clintboessen.blogspot...

ifmember.exe no longer works on Windows Vista, 2008 or Windows 7. ifmember.exe was a handy tool for checking a users group membership in bat...

I just setup a new SBS site. All windows 7 workstations were configured to use NT5DS (authoritative time). They were successfully syncing ag...

Exchange 2010 SP2 is expected to be released by Microsoft second half of 2011. With the release of SP2 the way GAL segmentation will work ha...

This script finds out if the logged on user is a member of a group. This is very handy for logon scripts. ' Find the user logged in Set...

In VB Script the following code shows you which user is logged in: Set WSHShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") UserLoggedIn = Wsh...

Is outlook supported on an Exchange server? The answer is Yes! http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa996719.aspx It is supported to i...

When Installing Exchange 2003 SP2 management tools on an Exchange 2003 SP2 mailbox server the following error was experianced. Setup failed ...

I'm consulting for a large company with 2 forests (Forest A and Forest B) running 7 domains - all Exchange 2003. I am creating a new for...

When running SQL 2008 setup I received the following error. SQL Server Setup has encountered the following error: Invoke or BeginInvoke cann...

How to find out your SPECint2006 Rate Value CPU rating when filling out Ross Smith's Exchange 2010 Mailbox Server Role Requirements Calc...