Exchange 2010 SP1 giving “ACCESSDENIED” on trying to access AD

When attempting to use the Test-SystemHealth it returns the following error: WARNING: Active Directory server DC1.Example.local is down or unreachable. This error could also be the result of a network or permissions problem. Error: Access is denied. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070005 (E_ACCESSDENIED)) This can be avoided by using the following script directly into the Exchange […]

Backup Exchange 2010 SP1 on Windows 2008 R2 with Windows Backup

First install the Windows Server Backup Features using the Server Manager. Select both the Windows Server Backup and Command-line Tools. Now locate the “Microsoft Exchange Server Extension for Windows Server Backup” service and set the service to automatic and start it. Now we are ready to begin the backup process from the Windows Server Backup tool. From Start […]

Beefing up your security

In light with adding as many security layers as possible to various environments I am responsible for I have come acros several interesting (Knowledge Base) articles, one of the foremost is this link http://www.infoworld.com/d/security/10-crazy-it-security-tricks-actually-work-196864 which details 10 steps on improving security in large and small networks. Although I find honeypots and tarpits a bit overkill for […]

Windows folder reduction with Junction.exe for SSD users

When using smaller SSDs, such as 60 or 80 GBs or even 120 GBs, you may soon run into the problem that certain default windows folders are getting very big and overgrown. Two of these directories are easy to move to any other harddisk that may be in your system. If you head over to […]

Exchange 2010 SP1 PST Export via Command Line (Powershell)

With the new features that came out in SP1 for Exchange 2010 there finally is access directly on the server to export mailboxes into PSTs from the Exchange Server itself without the need for Office or ExMerge. I wrote a simple batch-job that will run the entire export into a local (or network) directory. I […]