J. Peter Bruzzese

Service Pack 2 for Exchange 2010 offers a number of features that will help you get more done and save time. Join Exchange MVP J. Peter Bruzzese for a freelive webinar to learn about the best new features in Exchange 2010 SP2.

In this video post, J. Peter Bruzzese explains how to create custom prompts for auto attendants on Exchange 2010 Unified Messaging using a telephone. This can be an excellent way to add or change custom prompts quickly from any location. Peter cites a great usage example: Communicating to clients that a severe storm has closed your offices for the day.

In this post, Microsoft Exchange MVP J. Peter Bruzzese interviews Unified Messaging Expert Jesse Ortiz. Although Exchange Unified Messaging is not utilized by very many companies yet, there are many reasons why these companies should reconsider. Ortiz, who has implemented Unified Messaging with over 2,000 users at his company, provides some excellent insight into Unified Messaging’s capabilities and benefits.

In this video tutorial, J. Peter Bruzzese demonstrates how to set up outgoing email services in SharePoint 2010. Email in SharePoint enables alerts, improves communication and assists with organization. This is the 2nd part of a 2-part video series.

In this 2-part video post, J. Peter Bruzzese explains the benefits of setting up inbound and outbound email capabilities in SharePoint 2010. In part 1, Peter walks you through setting up incoming emails in SharePoint.

Windows 8 Developer Preview has been downloadable from Microsoft for a few weeks now. In this Article Peter Bruzzese walks through how to install Windows 8 Developer Preview and how to navigate around the new Metro UI.

Typically, mailbox servers are given priority to high-availability in Exchange but network admins should also provide high-availability to non-mailbox servers as well. The following article describes how to set up HA in Hub Transport, Edge Transport, Client Access and Unified Messaging Servers.

It happens rarely but systems do fail. A robust and reliable backup solution is paramount to ensuring the safety of valuable and irreplaceable data. Microsoft’s Data Protection Manager is one option that reliably backs up Exchange servers as well as a whole list of other services. The following article describes DPM’s capabilities as well as describes how to set the service up.

J. Peter Bruzzese explains how to ensure High Availability in Exchange 2010 using Database Availability Groups. By properly configuring this component of Exchange 2010, you can ensure your company’s email system is always working efficiently and reliably.

2nd installment by J. Peter Bruzzese on RBAC (Role Based Access Control), a new permissions model in Exchange Server 2010. RBAC allows you to define both a broad, as well as a more granular assignment of permissions to administrators, ensuring that they are given the appropriate permissions based on the roles they perform within your organization. The 1st installment covered broad permission settings by employing Predefined Role Groups. Part 2 addresses more specific permission settings at the granular level.

1st installment by J. Peter Bruzzese in a guide to RBAC (Role Based Access Control), a new permissions model in Exchange Server 2010. RBAC allows you to define both a broad, as well as a more granular assignment of permissions to administrators, ensuring that they are given the appropriate permissions based on the roles they perform within your organization.

Step-by-step article and video by J. Peter Bruzzese on configuring outgoing & incoming email for SharePoint Foundation on SBS (Small Business Server) 2011. Due to the unique circumstances of Small Business Server, very specific configuration settings are required for SharePoint email. Covers outgoing/incoming email settings, configuring alerts, creating a document library, and creating a foreign connector to the drop folder.