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Install Exchange 2007 SSL Certificate

May 31st, 2011 No comments

our SSL certificate and Intermediate certificate will arrive by email, use the following commands to import the Intermediate certificate and the SSL ceretificate

Import the Intermediate certificate

Copy the Intermediate certificate from the email and use the following instructions

Copy the intermediate certificate from the body of the email and paste it into a simple text editor, such as Notepad
Save it as intermediate.cer on your desktop
Open MMC
Select File > Add/Remove Snap In
Select Add
Select Certificates > Add
Select Computer Account > Next
Local Computer > Finish > Close > OK
Select Certificates > Intermediate Certification Authorities > Certificates
Right-Click Certificates > All-Tasks > Import
The Import Wizard will start, follow the instructions to import the intermediate certificate and close MMC.
Import the SSL certificate

Copy the SSL certificate from the email and save this as mydomain.cer. The name and location of the file are not important.
Open the Exchange Management Shell and run the import and enable commands:
Import-ExchangeCertificate -Path C:\mydomain.cer
Enable-ExchangeCertificate -Services “SMTP, IMAP, POP, IIS”
The services can be any combination of these values: IMAP, POP, UM, IIS, SMTP
To verify that your certificate is running and enabled run the following command:
Get-ExchangeCertificate -DomainName server.domain.com
In response to the above command you you should see the certificates thumbprint, an abbreviated list of the services and mydomain.cer. If your certificate isn’t properly enabled, you can re-run the modified Enable command with the certificate thumbprint
Enable-ExchangeCertificate -Thumbprint [paste thumbprint here] -Services “SMTP,IMAP, POP, IIS”
Reboot your server and test your certificate is working by connecting with IE, ActiveSync or Outlook.
Important: Do not use the Certificate snap-in to import the certificates for any service on an Exchange server. Using the Certificate snap-in to import certificates on Exchange servers will fail. Therefore, TLS or other Exchange certificate services will not work.

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Microsoft Office 2011 Mac & Exchange 2010 Archive Mailbox

May 25th, 2011 No comments

By the way a little bit of Information. Did you know that Office 2011 for the Mac does not support Online Archive Mailboxes!!! DOH!!! Why Microsoft didn’t add this in I dont know.

Here’s the official word from Microsoft on the subject :

Outlook 2011 for Mac (formerly known as Entourage) and previous versions of the Mac client do not include support for accessing the online archive mailbox. However the Mac Business group is looking at supporting this with a future update but there’s no confirmation or time line though.

Macbook Pro 2011 ThunderBolt to DVI

May 25th, 2011 No comments

If you have a 2011 Macbook Pro and cant find a thunderbolt to DVI lead anywhere then dont worry the MB570Z MiniDisplay Port to DVI lead works fine.

Show or hide Control Panel items in Windows 7 / 2008 GPO

May 19th, 2011 No comments

Listed below are the names of the values to enter in the GPO.

Action Center – Microsoft.ActionCenter (Windows 7 and later only)
Administrative Tools – Microsoft.AdministrativeTools
AutoPlay – Microsoft.AutoPlay
Backup and Restore – Microsoft.BackupAndRestore (Windows 7 and later only)
Biometric Devices - Microsoft.BiometricDevices (Windows 7 and later only)
BitLocker Drive Encryption – Microsoft.BitLockerDriveEncryption
Color Management – Microsoft.ColorManagement
Credential Manager – Microsoft.CredentialManager (Windows 7 and later only)
Date and Time – Microsoft.DateAndTime

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Dell EqualLogic PS4000XV

May 16th, 2011 No comments

In order to collect the logs from a Dell EqualLogic PS4000XV carry out the following in the document attached.

Dell Document

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Enhanced VMotion Compatibility (EVC) processor support

May 11th, 2011 No comments

To use EVC, you must be running ESX 3.5 Update 2 or higher with VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 2 or higher and have compatible processors in your servers. EVC does not allow for migration with VMotion between Intel and AMD processors.

Note: To search for supported EVC CPU types, see the charts below or refer to the WebHCL and search by EVC Modes.

CPU Charts can be found by clicking Here

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Reset a Forgotten Blackberry Administration Service password

May 10th, 2011 2 comments

Download SQL Management Studio Express

Run the following query against BESmgmt and the table dbo.BASUsers

This will create you a user called admin with a password of blackberry.


DECLARE
@DisplayName VARCHAR(256),
@Authentication VARCHAR(256),
@AuthenticatorTypeId INT,
@AuthenticatorInstanceId INT,
@ExternalAuthenticatorId VARCHAR(255),
@EncryptedPassword VARCHAR(256)

/************************************************************
Start of editing required section
*************************************************************/

SET @DisplayName = 'System Administrator' -- Display name (Not always used)
SET @Authentication = 'BAS' -- 'BAS' for BAS authentication
SET @EncryptedPassword = '2951a982f568f15567b7c6e0e50990b9' -- Encrypted string of password 'blackberry'

/************************************************************
End of editing required section
*************************************************************/

IF @Authentication LIKE 'BAS'
BEGIN
SET @AuthenticatorTypeId = 0 -- Set to 0 for BAS
SET @AuthenticatorInstanceId = 0 -- Set to 0 for BAS
SET @ExternalAuthenticatorId = NULL

EXEC SetUpBASorADAuthentication @DisplayName, @AuthenticatorTypeId, @AuthenticatorInstanceId, @ExternalAuthenticatorId, @EncryptedPassword

END
GO

SOURCE : Orginal Source