Wednesday, 24 October 2012

Transitioning from Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2010

Once you have installed an Exchange 2010 serve into an existing Exchange 2007 forest how do you remove the Exchange 2007 server?

This series of short webcast (less than 10 minutes each) deals with:

Migrating the client mailboxes.

Replicating then moving the public folders.

Moving the offline address book

Uninstalling the Exchange 2007 server

MS Webcast: Transitioning From Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2010 (parts 1 to 3)

Microsoft Exchange On-Demand Webcast Links

The Microsoft Events site is one I use to find useful in the past. The most important element for me is search past webcasts.

Exchange 5.5 Webcasts

Exchange 2003 Webcasts

Exchange 2007 Webcasts

Exchange 2010 Webcasts

Although I have included Exchange Server 5.5, mainly because I use to work with it, the webcast in this series tend to only cover migrating away from it.

Sunday, 21 March 2010

SBS 2008: Do Not Display Last User Name

Windows Server 2008 and SBS 2008 can be configured using a Group Policy (GPO) to clear the last user name from the log on screen.

In an environment where there is a lot of computer sharing, “hot desking” or you are just security conscious you may want to clear the previous user name from the log on screen.

Open the Group Policy Manager and right click on the Default Domain Policy and select edit.

In the left pane you will have drill deep to find the setting.

  1. Computer Configuration
  2. Policies
  3. Windows Settings
  4. Security Settings
  5. Local Policies
  6. Security Options

Interactive logon: Do not display last user name.

Enabling this policy will clear the user name of the previous users from the Windows logon screen.

Further Information:

SBS 2008- Display Message at Log on

SBS 2008: Display Message at Log on

Windows Server 2008 and SBS 2008 can be configured using a Group Policy (GPO) to display a message when Ctrl+Alt+Del pressed to logon.

This can be used to display a terms & conditions summary or an important systems message prior to a logon attempt.

Open the Group Policy Manager and right click on the Default Domain Policy and select edit.

In the left pane you will have drill deep to find the settings.

  1. Computer Configuration
  2. Policies
  3. Windows Settings
  4. Security Settings
  5. Local Policies
  6. Security Options

Interactive logon: Message title for users attempting to log on.

Interactive logon: Message text for users attempting to log on.

Update these two policy setting to provide a message title and text.

Further Information:

SBS 2008- Do Not Display Last User Name

SBS 2003: Display message at logon

Windows Server 2003 and SBS 2003 can be configured using Group Policy or a script to display a message to users when Ctrl+Alt+Del pressed to logon.
This can be used to display a terms & conditions summary or important systems messages prior to a logon attempt.

More Information:
How to configure Windows Server 2003 to display a message when users log on