Use the mklink command Create a temp folder on your hard drive i.e. c:\shares (this won’t store any data, only links to other network shares and locations) Create another folder in the above folder. i.e. c:\shares\pictures Link the Pictures Library to this folder Delete the folder pictures that you just created before (c:\shares\pictures) Use the mklink in an elevated command prompt to make a symbolic link. Name the link the same as the folder you created above. i.e – mklink /d c:\shares\pictures \\192.168.1.6\volume_1\pictures Done.

Logon to the vSphere client > Inventory > Configuration > Networking > You will most likely have one Virtual Switch already configured. The aim here is to add Jumbo Frames to a new VMkernel Port by adding a new VMkernel port with Jumbo Frames. As your VMkernel port would have IP addresses attached to it for the management network (your connection to the host), you will need to create a brand new Virtual Switch first that has no VMkernel port added to it. Call this vSwitch1. You will need to do these next steps from the Command Line Interface on…

Delete the two following reg keys and reboot your machine. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media Center\Extensibility\Entry Points\{7e7a8710-9e4a-40a3-824a-7b0baf38abcf} HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media Center\Extensibility\Applications\{a0cd8951-e5b6-4662-9c9c-d56c5b38ca59}

Do you ever find that for an admin account in Active Directory, when you tick the box include inheritable permissions from this object’s parent in advanced security, this is un-ticked later? Read on. This causes issues with Exchange 2007/2010 and more specifically ActiveSync, OWA and Outlook Anywhere. For new admin accounts e.g. migrated user accounts that have the include inheritable permissions from this object’s parent box un-ticked can not connect to their mailboxes under these conditions. Once the box is manually ticked in Active Directory, admin users should be able to connect as normal to their mailboxes. But you need…

Preferred Networks and Metrics In Hyper-V, when you enable Cluster Shared Volumes, the failover cluster automatically chooses the network that appears to be the best for CSV communication. However, you can designate the network by using the cluster network property, Metric. The lowest Metric value designates the network for CSV and internal cluster communication. The second lowest value designates the network for live migration, if live migration is used (you can also designate the network for live migration by using the failover cluster snap-in). Another property, called AutoMetric, uses true and false values to track whether Metric is being controlled…

The following will exclude servers from SCCM automatic discovery only, this exclusion registry entry does not apply to the Client Push Installation Wizard. This is the client push installation log file located on the SCCM site server: %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Configuration Manager\Logs\ccm.log When checking this log file, you might notice constant attempts to install the SCCM agent on machines that are not needed to be included in your SCCM environment, for example network appliances. If you must exclude any computers or servers from Client Push Installation, you can specify them by using the following REG_MULTI_SZ registry value on the SMS site server….

The first thing you will need to do is create a separate certificate template to create the SCCM client certificate to be used for your workgroup computers. Create the certificate template Open the Certification Authority console, right-click Certificate Templates, and then click Manage to load the Certificate Templates management console. In the results pane, right-click the entry that displays Workstation Authentication in the column Template Display Name, and then click Duplicate Template. In the Duplicate Template dialog box, ensure that Windows 2003 Server, Enterprise Edition is selected, and then click OK. In the Properties of New Template dialog box, on…

If you want to run a report of mobile devices connected to Exchange 2007 or Exchange 2010, the two PowerShell commands will export the results to CSV format. Just copy and paste into notepad and save as a script.PS1, then run (./script.ps1) from the Exchange Management Shell. Exchange 2007 $devices = @() $mailboxes = Get-CASMailbox -ResultSize:Unlimited | Where-Object {$_.HasActiveSyncDevicePartnership -eq $true -and $_.ExchangeVersion.ExchangeBuild -ilike "8*"} foreach ($m in $mailboxes) {     $devices += Get-ActiveSyncDeviceStatistics -Mailbox $m.Identity } $devices | Export-Csv DeviceStats.csv Exchange 2010 $devices = @() $mailboxes = Get-CASMailbox -ResultSize:Unlimited | Where-Object {$_.HasActiveSyncDevicePartnership -eq $true -and $_.ExchangeVersion.ExchangeBuild -ilike "14*"} foreach…

You can move Hyper-V virtual machines in a Windows failover cluster or on a stand-alone Hyper-V host. Moving virtual machines is a fairly easy process, without having to do too much work at the file level, it’s mostly an export and import process. In this example, I will cover how to move virtual machines in a Hyper-V failover cluster environment, which is very similar to a stand-alone Hyper-V host. This will cover off moving the .VHD and .XML configuration files together. Export process Power down the Virtual Machine you plan on moving Export the Virtual Machine to the top level…

  For your Exchange 2010 DAG POC, you will need 4 virtual Windows Server 2008 R2 servers. Domain controller & DNS Exchange Hub Transport server (Witness server and witness directory) Exchange Mailbox & Client Access Exchange Mailbox Not only will you need 4 Windows Server 2008 R2 servers (3 Exchange servers & 1 Domain Controller (DNS)), you will also need 3 Windows 7 Enterprise client machines. All software is available Microsoft: Exchange 2010 with SP1 (180 day evaluation) http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/default Windows Server 2008 R2 (180 day evaluation) http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/default Windows 7 Enterprise (90 day evaluation) http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/default Office 2010 Professional Plus (60 day…