the ramblings of a crazed IT administrator
Cygwin is an awesome tool that allows you to access a Linux-like environment from within Windows, you get access to almost all the same binaries as a normal Linux install but without having to run a full-fledged Linux distribution, this can be very handy for...
As anyone who uses Remote Desktop a lot will by now know all too well, managing all those connections can be a real pain, especially if you need to make a config change that would normally require you to edit each connection manually. Thankfully Microsoft...
So for the last few months I’ve been looking for ways to improve our ability to monitor our network (both the Servers and Desktops), we already have external monitors for the really important, business critical things like our website and email but for the day...
I came across this interesting question over on technet last week: Hi, Is there a way to restrict Mailbox owner from sending internal and external mails? Are there any restrictive permissions which can be set on the user object in AD which will deny the user...
Just been reading this guide over at http://msexchangegeek.com and think that anyone who is planning an Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010 migration should give it a read as it includes some additional steps to take that aren’t included in Microsoft’s Exchange Deployment Tool such as...
So this week I’ve been taking a break from planning our Exchange 2010 migration and have been playing around with Cacti as currently we have very little data on things like network and server usage short of a couple of key websites being monitored by...
