Upgrade Exchange 2000 to Exchange 2003 (On Different Hardware)
KB ID 0000259 Problem Your Exchange 2003 will be on a new server, if you simply want to do an in place upgrade of Exchange 2000 to 2003 then see this. Before you start 1. The new server must be a domain member – can be a domain controller but this is NOT recommended – at the very least try not to put it on a Global Catalogue Server, unless this is unavoidable (i.e. you only have one server). 2. Minimum requirements CPU...
Exchange 2003 to 2010 Transition “Swing Migration”
KB ID 0000234 Problem Before we start, I’m aware “Migration”, “Swing Migration”, and “Transition” have three very different meanings, depending on which KB, blog or piece of Microsoft documentation you are reading. Be under no illusions the terminology used in the title and the tags on this page, are to catch the web searches of those who have an Exchange 2003 Server and want to move all their...
Exchange 2003 – NDR ‘This message is too large to send.’
KB ID 0000620 Problem An NDR is received by someone trying to send you an email that is too big, this is an example of what they get sent back to them. Delivery has failed to these recipients or groups: Recipients Email Address This message is too large to send. To be able to send it, make the message smaller, for example, by removing attachments. Diagnostic information for administrators: Generating server: receiving server name...
Active Directory – Modify all users in an OU to “Password Never Expires”
KB ID 0000532 Problem A while back I did a job for a school, many weeks later their users have had to change their passwords. Nothing strange there, the problem is now their teachers DONT want to have their passwords changing at all. For a single user you can simply edit the user object and set it to “Password Never Expires” for a LOT of users this can be more time consuming. Solution Warning: There is a caveat! If the...
HP MSM Controller – Using RADIUS With Windows Server
KB ID 0000922 Problem I’m very disappointed with HP, theres next to no information on how to do this. My plan was to secure wireless access with certificates, so only clients with a valid digital certificate could authenticate and connect to the wireless. After spending nearly a whole day on the phone to various technical support departments at HP, this remained an impossible requirement! In the end, as the client only had a...