What You Should Know About WSUS 3.0

What You Should Know About WSUS 3.0  Disclaimer: I wrote this document to be used as a training manual and/or “standard” when I was doing small-biz consulting, so rather than explain all the options available to you, sometimes I just say “do it this way”. Chances are (for most WSUS installations which are not integrating with … Read more

Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Hyper-V Best Practices and Tuning

http://blogs.technet.com/b/hollis/archive/2012/05/02/windows-server-2008-r2-sp1-hyper-v-best-practices-and-tuning.aspx   GENERAL (HOST): * Use Server Core if possible, to reduce OS overhead, reduce potential attack surface, and to minimize reboots (due to fewer software updates) * Hyper-V services should be configured to start automatically, to ensure uninterrupted VM services after reboots. (Verify in Administrative Tools à Services): Hyper-V Virtual Machine Management Service                … Read more

Hyper-v account does not have sufficient privilege to open attachment

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2249906?wa=wsignin1.0 icacls “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Learning\20417\Drives\20417A-LON-DC1\Virtual Hard Disks\20417A-LON-DC1.vhd” /grant “NT VIRTUAL MACHINE\ 09C72D4C-53D1-44B5-A2F6-43830044D4C7”:F =============================================================== Hyper-V virtual machines may not start, and you receive an error: “‘General access denied error’ (0x80070005)” Article ID: 2249906 – View products that this article applies to. Expand all | Collapse all SYMPTOMS A Hyper-V virtual machine may fail to start and you receive … Read more

http://www.allspammedup.com/2010/10/9-ways-exchange-2010-reduces-spam/ 9 ways Exchange 2010 reduces spam Written by Ed Fisher on October 27, 2010 The Exchange 2010 Edge Transport role implements nine different technologies for reducing spam hitting your information store and your users’ inboxes. While all of these are available to you, some require some additional configuration, others require some degree of monitoring, and all should be well … Read more

Scoped Send Connector In Exchange 2010

When a send connector has the “scoped” option enabled, the connector can only be used by Hub servers in the same Active Directory site. If it is not selected, the connector can be used by all Hub servers in the environment. This option will only interest Exchange admins who manage large Exchange deployments spanning multiple … Read more