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You should consider installing SP2 as soon as possible ISA Server SP2 can be applied to ISA Server Standard and Enterprise Editions, and includes: All hot fixes and security updates issued since ISA Server was released to manufacturing. Fixes for common issues reported by customers through Microsoft Product Support Services (PSS). Enhanced stability of the…

Understanding the Exchange Information Store Exchange 2007 introduces a new concept to Exchange organizations, the concept of server roles.  Similar to how a Windows server can host one or many roles, this type of configuration has been implemented in Exchange Server 2007. Note: This article is published with permission from www.msexchange.org Introduction  Server roles allow…

If you’re running Windows Vista, this tool can verify whether your existing Internet router supports advanced features, such as improved download speeds. The tool is intended to be run from a home network behind a home Internet (NAT) router. Running this tool from behind a corporate firewall or on operating systems other than those specified…

You’ve read my “Using Backup Status and Configuration in Vista” article (if you haven’t I urge you to do so). You might have also read my “Restore Ntbackup Backups from Windows XP to Windows Vista” article, but you kept wondering why not have the full Windows XP Ntbackup functionality in your Windows Vista computer. Well,…

As you probably know by now, Exchange 2007 is distributed in 2 versions – 64-bit and 32-bit. Only the 64-bit version is supported by Microsoft, and the 32-bit version is only provided for evaluation purposes. Microsoft requires that you run the production versions of Exchange 2007 only on 64-bit platforms (read Is my Server Exchange…

As I wrote in my previous articles, a Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation provides a minimal environment for running specific server roles, which reduces the maintenance and management requirements and the attack surface for those server roles. The advantages of Server Core are: security improvement (reduced attack surface), needs less system resources (occupies only…

As you already know by now, in Windows Server 2008,  Server Core installation does not include the traditional full graphical user interface (GUI). You can read more about Server Core on my “Understanding Windows Server 2008 Server Core” article. Without going to much into detail, because of the lack of GUI, installing applications on server…

Virtual Machine Additions are a very important component of Virtual Server 2005 (and Virtual PC 2007). Running VM Additions on a VM is not a must, but you’d better do it as soon as possible, even as the first thing to do right after finishing the installation phase of the OS itself. Note: if for…

In Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1, when you create a virtual machine that uses hard disks that are connected to the virtual SCSI controller you can get better performance than when using virtual IDE controller-connected hard disks. In Virtual Server, virtual SCSI controllers have major performance benefits over virtual IDE controllers, and because of that…

Microsoft Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) enables IT administrators to remotely manage roles and features in Windows Server 2008 from a computer that is running Windows Vista with SP1. It includes support for remote management of computers that are running either a Server Core installation option or a full installation option of Windows Server 2008….