Exchange 2007 & 2010 – Setup and Deploy Outlook Anywhere
Nov17

Exchange 2007 & 2010 – Setup and Deploy Outlook Anywhere

KB ID 0000519  Problem What used to be a fiddly job, is now very simple to do, setting up Outlook Anywhere (formally known at RPC over HTTP) takes about 10 minutes. What is Outlook Anywhere? This is a system that lets you connect Microsoft Outlook to to your Exchange server over the web, this means you can connect to to your email, calendaring and tasks etc, without the need for a VPN connection. Solution Outlook Anywhere with...

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Exchange – Redirect OWA (HTTP to HTTPS)
Nov17

Exchange – Redirect OWA (HTTP to HTTPS)

KB ID 0000697  Problem Out of the box, Exchange (quite rightly) secures Outlook Web Access so that you have to access it via https. The problem is some of your users are used to accessing websites via http, (or simply typing a URL in their browser, without typing any prefix, so it defaults to http). If you try and access OWA via http://server.domain.com/owa.. There are a number of ways to get round this, the simplest is to redirect...

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Exchange – 4.5.1. 4.4.0 Primary Target 4.2.1 unable to connect to alternative host
Nov17

Exchange – 4.5.1. 4.4.0 Primary Target 4.2.1 unable to connect to alternative host

KB ID 0000790  Problem My colleague Allen was doing an Exchange 2003 to 2010 migration today, and things were not going well, mail refused to flow from the Exchange 2003 server to the Exchange 2010 server (it flowed from 2010 to 2003 without error). During migrations that’s not unusual, and removing and recreating the routing groups usually fixes it, but he had done that. Mail was sat on the Exchange 2003 Server outbound queues on the...

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Juniper SRX Firewall – Allow Web Management from Outside
Nov17

Juniper SRX Firewall – Allow Web Management from Outside

KB ID 0000708  Problem Assuming you already have web management enabled, and you want to access it from the outside (the untrusted zone). Solution 1. Log into the web console of the Juniper. 2. Navigate to Security > Zones/Screen > Select the ‘Untrust’ Zone > Edit > Host inbound traffic – Interface > Select the Outside interface > Under Interface services add in ‘http’ > OK. 3. Then...

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Cisco Catalyst Switches – Set a Management IP and Allow Telnet and Web Management
Nov17

Cisco Catalyst Switches – Set a Management IP and Allow Telnet and Web Management

KB ID 0000614  Problem If you want to manage your Cisco Catalyst switch it’s not always practical to plug a console cable in to change its settings or monitor what it is doing. Putting an IP address on it and enabling remote management via Telnet or from your web browser is a better alternative, particularly if you have a lot of switches. Solution Enable Telnet Management on Cisco Catalyst Switch 1. Connect to the Switch using a...

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