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Exchange 2003 Mailbox Clean Up

2010-08-18T00:00:00-06:00

I currently use a Recipient Policy to purge emails out of user mailboxes. This works well for deleted, sent and inbox items.

We allows users to create folders under the cabinet. Some departments are nesting multiple folders under folders (like a filing cabinet) to manage their mail. I have noticed the policy does not do a very good job of cleaning these folders out. Is there a tool or vbscript already developed that would clean out folders created at the root of the mailbox and not just under the inbox?

Thanks

Cathy Kane

ckane@ssgi.com

Administrative Center and 2003

2010-07-12T00:00:00-06:00

I like the new AD admin center in 2008 R2, at least from what I've seen so far. But we haven't made the move to R2. Can I install this on my Windows 2003 domain controllers?

Keynote - Directory & Identity Conference

2010-06-16T00:00:00-06:00

The Experts Conference for Directory & Identity will be kicked off by Conrad Bayer, director of program management, Active Directory, and Alex Weinert, group program manager, Active Directory, as well as program management leaders representing the complete Microsoft Identity stack. Join us for a look at the future of Microsoft’s key directory and identity technologies.

Forefront Identity Manager 2010: Customer Focused Design Session

2010-06-16T00:00:00-06:00

Help improve the next version of FIM! Attend this session with customer requirements you would like the FIM team to consider for future releases. The structure of the session is based on the requirements-gathering phase of Customer Focused Design (CFD) and will be highly interactive. Participants can vote and provide feedback in prioritizing requirements gathered the following day, and are encouraged to attend the separate results session.

Forefront Identity Manager Roadmap

2010-06-16T00:00:00-06:00

This session offers a look into the upcoming evolution of Forefront Identity Manager. Join us for this popular session and be among the first to hear the news direct from the product team.

Windows Directory Services Futures

2010-06-16T00:00:00-06:00

Do you want to influence the future of Active Directory? This highly interactive discussion-based session – focused entirely on future product direction – provides a unique opportunity to share real-world requirements, help shape the next releases of Active Directory, and better understand how your priorities align to those of your peers. Members of Microsoft’s Directory Services product team will be on hand to absorb your feedback first-hand and provide insight into the Windows product planning process.

A DS Geeks Notes from the Field ? Active Directory Recovery Unveiled

2010-06-09T00:00:00-06:00

You’ve got R2 and enabled Recycle-Bin, so no other actions are necessary to prepare for an AD-Recovery? Or you haven’t yet deployed R2 (or switched to the forest-level)? Are you aware that even with today’s possibilities are not prepared for every scenario? You have to blend in certain features. You also have to manage them and adjust your processes accordingly! This session will give you an insight into experiences and practices from a field perspective about what can go wrong, what should you do to manage and look after AD in a proactive way. In this session, you’ll hear experiences from the field about Active Directory Disaster-prevention and recovery among interesting thoughts, scripts and scenarios. Think beyond and get inspired. This session will distinguish you from the Admins who keep their CV updated in case anything goes wrong to the ones who are prepared instead.

Keynote - Exchange Conference

2010-06-09T00:00:00-06:00

Exchange 2010 Enterprise Deployment and Architecture at Microsoft

In the last several years the evolution of enterprise e-mail software and systems has taken a giant leap forward – not only in user facing features, but also in the core elements of messaging infrastructure, deployment, scalability and operations. This is especially true for Exchange 2010, which opens new capabilities in nearly every area — from cost effective e-mail storage designs and disaster recovery options through scalable client connectivity and integration with cloud based services. All these new capabilities can be best observed on the example of one of the world’s largest Exchange 2010 enterprise deployments – Microsoft’s own. This keynote will provide an overview and a series of deep dives into the most interesting aspects of Exchange 2010 enterprise deployment and architecture at Microsoft. Come and join this session for a discussion around challenges, implemented solutions, best practices and lessons learned during the design and transition of the nearly 200,000 seat Microsoft’s messaging environment to Exchange 2010. Topics include: Exchange storage selection and design, disaster recovery solutions, scaling client access services, integrating with outlook.com hosted e-mail services and many more.

Exchange 2010 Archiving & E-discovery, and the Last Mile of Compliance

2010-06-09T00:00:00-06:00

Exchange Server 2010 includes many enhancements to retention and search for organizations requiring more advanced compliance and e-mail discovery functionality than prior versions of Exchange included. This session will break down this new functionality and identify specific use cases for Archiving, e-Discovery and compliance for organizations of all sizes in different industries.

Migration from Exchange 2003/7 to Exchange 2010: Notes from the Field

2010-06-09T00:00:00-06:00

Learn what you can and cannot do when migrating from earlier versions of Exchange to Exchange Server 2010. This session has notes and lessons learned from the TAP/RDP programs, MSIT’s move to Exchange 2010, and customer experience production deployments. Understand the throttling factors and how you can increase the pace of migrations to 2010.

Keynote -- SharePoint 2010 Technical Roadmap

2010-06-09T00:00:00-06:00

Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies are among the fastest growing technologies at Microsoft and in the industry. SharePoint has expanded the definition of collaboration by providing a unique set of integrated capabilities and extensibility to provide a platform for building rich solutions. For both customers and partners alike, SharePoint provides an opportunity as unique as its capabilities to deliver value and increase productivity. This session will focus on the evolution of SharePoint as an enterprise platform. From on premise to cloud services platform, we’ll explore its evolution.

Under the Hood: What Really Happens During Critical Active Directory Update Operations

2010-06-09T00:00:00-06:00

In this session we will take away the fear – or make you really scared: are you fully aware what “critical” operations in AD really do, especially when migrating your environment? We will look at those operations and look into the details what they are doing, to distinguish whether they are critical to our environment or not. This session will have many notes from the field, approaches to challenges and scenarios on how to manage the associated risks and prepare for rollback.

Upgrading Domains from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008+

2010-06-09T00:00:00-06:00

As a Technology Specialist with Microsoft Rob Nottoli asked on a weekly basis by large enterprise customers in the Chicagoland area how to upgrade from Windows Server 2003 Domains to Windows Server 2008+ Domains. This session will go over this very topic. Areas of emphasis will be on the domain upgrade process, new features, top 10 things to consider, and what could break after an upgrade.

Automating FIM Deployments with Microsoft PowerShell

2010-06-09T00:00:00-06:00

In a FIM deployment of any size, administrators will want to automate the management and maintenance of their servers and configuration as much as possible. Come to this interactive and demo-filled session to see real-world examples of Powershell automation and scripts that you can use to improve your FIM maintenance experience. Whether you are new to the Powershell “game” or a seasoned pro, you will find tips, tricks, and advice that you can start using right away within your environment.

Is the slide deck for this workshop going to be posted?

2010-06-09T00:00:00-06:00

Is the slide deck for this workshop going to be posted?

Are there any companies currently enabling circular logging on Exchange on their production environment (beyong for moving mailbox to new SGs)?

2010-06-07T00:00:00-06:00

Log files are a pain to maintain when it comes to monitoring diskspace and also replicating to member cluster servers (CCR). Are there any companies that is currently bypassing Circular Logging in the production environment and relying on just their daily full backups? I understand that logs files are necessary for a recovery, but in my 10+ years of administring Exchange server, I've never had to once recover using log files.

Known issues when upgrading RecoveryManager for AD from 7.8.0 to 7.11.0

2010-06-07T00:00:00-06:00

Hi @ all,

we're going to update our Quest RecoveryManager for AD. At the moment we have installed version 7.8.0.2148 and want to update to version 7.11.0. The release notes say that this is no problem.
Are there any known problems when performing an update from an older version do 7.11.0? Does anyone have some experiences with this?

best regards
Sebastian

Clarification on SQL Server 2008 edition

2010-05-27T00:00:00-06:00

The deck does not indicate that for Async Mirroring to be used, you must have SQL Server 2008 Enterprise. While Mirroring is available in the Standard Edition you cannot do Async replication unless you have the R2 release.

Running AD Domain Controllers on Hyper-V

2010-05-19T00:00:00-06:00

This session will desribe the benefits and the risks of virtualizing AD on Hyper-V from an enterprise deployment of Hyper-V. There are various aspects of virtualization and how it may impact the operation of your AD infrastructure, that are critical to understand before making the decision either for or against virtualizing your AD domain controllers. This session will share the expericence gained from a large scale, global Hyper-V deployment, centrally managed through SCVMM, which included the partial virtualization of AD.

SharePoint 2010 Architecture

2010-05-18T00:00:00-06:00

Abstract not available.

Best Practices in the Active Directory BPA

2010-05-18T00:00:00-06:00

Best practices are guidelines that are considered the ideal way – under normal circumstances and as defined by “those in the know” – to configure something. While non-compliance with these best practices (even the critical ones) does not necessarily lead to problems it serves to highlight configurations that may result in sub-optimal performance, reduced-reliability, unexpected/undesirable behaviors, increased surface-attack area or an array of other potential issues. The Best Practices Analyzer for Active Directory Domain Services serves as a one-stop-shop for surfacing these potentially harmful misconfigurations. In this session, we will review both the best practices available today and those proposed for the future and engage with the audience as to what represents “best practice” on an item-by-item basis.

FIM 2010 Deployment Considerations

2010-05-18T00:00:00-06:00

Forefront Identity Manager (FIM) is a powerful platform which can satisfy many customer requirements for identity and access management. This session covers capacity planning, project planning, tips for managing SQL Server, and best practice configurations from the product team. This session is appropriate for attendees already familiar with FIM.

Impact of Cloning and Virtualization on AD Domain Services

2010-05-18T00:00:00-06:00

Customers are looking to fully virtualize their environments including file servers, web servers, DNS servers, and even domain controllers. Although it’s clear that virtualization provides many benefits around management and general cost savings, it is a tool that must be handled with care when used in conjunction with domain controllers. In this session we will review fundamental concepts of Active Directory, the impact of virtualization, and discuss how virtual domain controllers are best deployed and maintained.

Enterprise Content Management and Enterprise Search

2010-05-18T00:00:00-06:00

Creating ECM strategy is an ongoing process of defining the resources, tools and goals for the components of ECM in your environment. It is an important tool for communication and collaboration which gives the authors the ability to create a body of knowledge for the company and a yard stick against which success can be measured. This course will focus designing your ECM strategy around SharePoint and other existing legacy applications that exist in your environment. This session is geared for Line of Business Managers, Project Managers, Administrators and Architects who have already deployed or are considering deploying SharePoint in their environment.

Records Management Best Practices in SharePoint 2010

2010-05-18T00:00:00-06:00

This session will cover best practices for using SharePoint platform in capture, classification, and ongoing management of records throughout their lifecycle. We will also cover the following in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server Records Management: Setting policies and standards. Assigning responsibilities and authorities. Establishing and promulgating procedures and guidelines. Providing a range of services relating to the management and use of records. Designing, implementing and administering specialized systems for managing records. Integrating records management into business systems and processes.

SharePoint Security: Permissions, Identities, and Objects

2010-05-18T00:00:00-06:00

SharePoint’s security model can be confusing, with its deep hierarchy of securable objects, granular permissions and policies, and clunky user and group management interfaces. This session will demystify SharePoint security by dissecting each of these components and presenting best practices for implementing and managing security. You’ll learn when and why it makes sense to leverage Active Directory groups or use SharePoint groups, and you’ll take away options for new permission levels and settings that address common business requirements.

Designing No-Code SharePoint 2010 Solutions

2010-05-18T00:00:00-06:00

Abstract not available.

SharePoint 2010 Global Deployment

2010-05-18T00:00:00-06:00

Abstract not available.

Evolution of SharePoint Social and What it Means for Your Deployment

2010-05-18T00:00:00-06:00

Abstract not available.

Is the AD Recovering Planning Template Available

2010-05-18T00:00:00-06:00

Hello-

I attended the session this year but did not get a copy of the template which I recall Gil referencing as part of the lab. I was wondering if it is possible to get a copy of that? Working through the lab was a great excercise and I think have the template or "run book" that was used could be a great help in building a plan for my team. The more important question I guess is this: Assuming I get my hands on this word document as was used in the lab do I have the authorized consent to use this at my place of work for a starting point in helping build a AD recovery document?

Thanks for a great lab Gil and team.

Exchange & Rights Management Services

2010-05-17T00:00:00-06:00

In this session you will see how you can secure your mail environment, by using the power of Rights Management Server (RMS). You will get an overview of RMS, and you will see what efforts have been done to integrate it in Exchange 2010 to allow you to offer a secure messaging environment.

Exchange On-premises or In the Cloud?

2010-05-17T00:00:00-06:00

In this session you will be provided with an overview of what differences you need to keep in mind when deciding to go on-premise or in-the-cloud with your messaging environment.

SharePoint 2010 Search

2010-05-17T00:00:00-06:00

Abstract no available.

Locating Domain Controllers for AuthN and SYSVOL/NETLOGON Access

2010-05-17T00:00:00-06:00

This session will focus on locating Active Directory Domain Controllers for two very important processes. The first process is authenticating accounts in AD followed by the process to access data stored on the SYSVOL/NETLOGON shares such as for example GPOs and logon scripts. Each purpose uses its own mechanism to locate a domain controller to service the request made. Both processes will be explained how these work under the hood and how these interact with each other.

All Directory & Identity Conference Presentations

2010-05-17T00:00:00-06:00

This .zip file contains all Directory & Identity presentations currently available.

All Exchange Conference Presentations

2010-05-17T00:00:00-06:00

This .zip file contains all Exchange presentations currently available

All SharePoint Conference Presentations

2010-05-17T00:00:00-06:00

This .zip file contains all SharePoint presentations currently available.

AD FS Troubleshooting - When the Things That Can Go Wrong, Do

2010-05-14T00:00:00-06:00

Whether you’re trying out AD FS for the first time in a test lab, or if you’ve deployed a full-scale production environment, sooner than later you’re going to run into something that’s not working the way it should. Come hear a collection of tips and tricks for troubleshooting Microsoft’s federation technology and its underlying components gleaned from untold hours of suffering mightily under the Iron Fist of PKI, and other common AD FS maladies.

Exchange Server 2010 ? Architecture

2010-05-14T00:00:00-06:00

This session describes the overall architecture of Exchange Server 2010 and key considerations for the scalability and performance of each server role. This session provides the background and framework for the other Exchange 2010 sessions, serving as a bridge between the overview session and drill-downs in each product area.

Exchange Server 2010 ? Backup & Recovery Using VSS

2010-05-14T00:00:00-06:00

Microsoft deemphasized the streaming backup API with Exchange Server 2007. With Exchange Server 2010 you have to use Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) because the streaming API is deprecated. In this session we will explain the architecture of VSS and provide an overview how the VSS components interact during a backup / restore of an Exchange database. You will learn what you have to consider during your storage design. Should I use a hardware provider or a software provider solution? What tools are available to troubleshoot VSS? These are the questions we will discuss in the session. This will help you to better plan your backup infrastructure and understand what happens in the background during a backup / restore of an Exchange database.

Exchange Server 2010: Design Validation Using Jetstress & LoadGen

2010-05-14T00:00:00-06:00

You finished the design concept of your new Exchange Server environment. Are you confident that it will fulfill the requirements of your users? Are you sure that the latency of the storage subsystem is within the supportability boundaries defined by Microsoft? How can you verify if your Client Access Server is able to handle the predicted number of concurrent connections from your mobile workforce using Outlook Web Access and Outlook Anywhere? We will discuss how you can use Jetstress to test your storage subsystem. You will learn how to use LoadGen to simulate users accessing the Exchange environment with different protocols. This will enable you to validate your design and be confident that you identify issues before you move the Exchange environment to production.

Storage in Exchange Server 2010

2010-05-14T00:00:00-06:00

Exchange Server 2010 carries on the tradition begun in Exchange Server 2007 of dramatically reducing mailbox storage costs. Come and learn how we’ve enabled new levels of storage flexibility in Exchange Server 2010, and find out the technical details that will help you select the right storage for your Exchange Server 2010 environment. This session focuses on how the storage architecture in Exchange Server 2010 has evolved and goes beyond the investments previously made to positively impact our customers.

Claims Authentication in SharePoint 2010

2010-05-14T00:00:00-06:00

Claims Authentication is a new feature in SharePoint 2010 and understanding it will assist administrators in designing and maintaining robust infrastructures and help make implementing other functionality a little easier. Come to this session to understand how Claims Authentication works in SharePoint.

Enhance the SharePoint Interface w/ jQuery Solutions

2010-05-14T00:00:00-06:00

Abstract not available.

Operating RODCs in the DMZ ? Improvements with Windows Server 2008 R2

2010-05-14T00:00:00-06:00

Windows Server 2008 was the first OS that allowed us to safely deploy RODCs in the DMZ – this approach can helps you to reduce the costs of managing multiple AD forests in the DMZ and simplify overall management of the DMZ. It was and is a key reason for HP to leverage RODCs quite to the surprise of Microsoft at the time. In the meantime this solution has been embraced by Microsoft and further work has been done in R2 to improve the manageability of this solution. This session will recap where RODCs in the DMZ are a good fit in your enterprise and how the solution has become even more attractive with Windows Server 2008 R2.

Advanced Workflow in FIM 2010 ? One Year Later

2010-05-14T00:00:00-06:00

Get ready for an in-depth look at workflows in FIM 2010. Last year, we did self-service password reset using a cell phone. One year later, a lot has been learned about workflows in FIM. We’ll revisit the password reset scenario and examine some common patterns for developing advanced workflows in FIM. Attendees will leave this session with a solid understanding of workflow in FIM 2010 and several examples of Enterprise-class workflows suitable for their environment. Tips for making your workflows manageable, flexible, and scalable will also be given.

Extending Certificate Enrollment Beyond Your Forest with Windows Clients

2010-05-14T00:00:00-06:00

Windows Server R2 introduces two new features that can help you streamline your PKI and reduce the costs associated with your PKI. The first new feature is the ability to issue certificates from a CA in a resource forest to users and computers in account forests. The session will discuss the requirements to enable cross-forest enrollment, demonstrate the configuration, and discuss migration strategies from your existing PKI. The second new feature involves the two new Role Services in Active Directory Certificate Services: Certificate Enrollment Web Service and Certificate Enrollment Policy Web Service. These two role services open the possibility of autoenrollment of certificates to non-Windows devices (such as Linux workstations) by using HTTP as the enrollment protocol. The session also will look at how the HTTP-based enrollment works, how you define policies for enrollment, and discuss the implications of enabling HTTP-based enrollment.

How to Not Screw Up Your PKI Development

2010-05-14T00:00:00-06:00

If you want to learn from the mistakes performed by others, this is the session for you. The session will look at the Top 10 most common deployment mistakes when deploying a PKI in your network.

Logging and Auditing in FIM 2010

2010-05-14T00:00:00-06:00

FIM provides a rich logging and auditing architecture out of the box. However, accessing this information can be tricky. In this session, we will present a methodology and the source code necessary to extract the logging and auditing information from the FIM system and store it in a user-friendly data warehouse. The solution leverages the ILM Sync engine and SQL Reporting Services so it will be easy to integrate into any FIM solution. This session promises to take logging and auditing from boring and painful to fun and easy.

Virtual Directories and FIM: A Match Made in Heaven?

2010-05-14T00:00:00-06:00

Join us as we explore the synergies and overlaps of Forefront Identity Manager and Virtual Directories.