For a FIM 2010 RC1 I had to remove Windows Sharepoint Services 3.0 (WSS3) and reinstall it. After reinstalling it I had found out the webpage was showing me the exact same info as before the removal. Then I remembered there was also something like a Windows Internal Database which is needed by WSS3. When removing WSS3, the Windows Internal ...

Exchange Server 2007 was planned not to be supported on the latest Windows Server versions (Windows Server 2008 R2). However, due to all the feedback and suggestions received, Microsoft changed their mind. Change of plans! Exchange Server 2007 will be supported on Windows Server 2008 R2. YES! Cool! Read more about it here.   Cheers, ...

You may have a Windows Server somewhere that's not joined to a joined that contains lots of local user accounts, local groups and of course memberships of local accounts in those local groups. On that server you have permissioned all NTFS permissions with those local groups. Another scenario is a member server with exact same information. Now you ...

PowerShell v2 has finally been released for 'legacy' OSes (Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008)! I'm saying legacy OSes because the latest OSes are Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. You could also say the out-of-band releases have been released. This happened somewhere in the end of October 2009. If you ...

Until Windows Server 2003 the maximum size of all event logs together should not exceed about 300MB. As of Windows Server 2008 that limit has been removed and that means you can use another configuration for your event log sizing on Windows Server.   For more specific details on this please see: ...

Yes people, it has happened! Windows 7 has RTM'ed. Personally, I must say this is a damn good OS! I used the beta and have been using the RC for a while now. Even for an RC build it is quite stable and stuff just works! And….it's fast! I previously used Vista and at the moment I use the same apps I was using the. Believe it or not but the ...

When you increase the Forest Functional Level to at least Windows Server 2003, you are also enabling Linked Value Replication (LVR). Did you know as soon as LVR is enabled the following happens with the order of replication: For certain object non-linked attribute values are replicated first; Then, for that same object, if any, linked ...

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Today I was playing with ''ServerManagerCMD.EXE'' Windows Server 2008 R2. When I executed it I saw the following informational message: ''Servermanagercmd.exe is deprecated, and is not guaranteed to be supported in future releases of Windows. We recommend that you use the Windows PowerShell cmdlets that are available for Server ...

This is the way to determine which PowerShell Snap-Ins and Modules are available in Windows Server 2008 R2…   PS C:\> Get-PSSnapin Name : Microsoft.PowerShell.Diagnostics PSVersion : 2.0 Description : This Windows PowerShell snap-in contains Windows Eventing and Performance Counter cmdlets.   Name : ...