J. Peter Bruzzese

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.