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How to reset a lost MySQL root password

noreply@blogger.com (Hardcoded) — Wed, 9 Aug 2017 10:41:00 +0300

Have you ever forgotten your MySQL root password? It’s one of those things that just happens despite the numerous precautions one might take. As a result, you are locked out of your database server. You can’t create new databases and are left with little control over the state of your database server. In such situations knowing how to regain root access to your database server comes in handy. So here’s what you can do to reset the password for the root user in MySQL on both Windows and Linux.

Windows Users:

Log on to your server as the Administrator. Kill the MySQL server if it’s running. To do this you need the Windows Services Manager, so click on the Start Menu, then go to the Control Panel, then to the Administrative Tools, and select Services. Here look for the MySQL server and stop it. If it’s not listed there and MySQL is till running it means that MySQL is not running as a service. In that case you need to load the Task Manager which you should be able to access using the key combination of Ctrl+Alt+Del. Now kill the MySQL process.

With the MySQL process stopped you need to force a change of passwords on MySQL using a combination of the UPDATE and FLUSH options. So launch your favorite text editor and create a new file. Enter the following text into the file replacing “NewMySQLPassword” with your new password:

UPDATE mysql.user SET Password=PASSWORD(“NewMySQLPassword”) WHERE User=’root’;
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

What the first line does is that it updates the value of the field “Password” in the table mysql.user for the user “root” to “NewMySQLPassword”. The second line flushes the old set of privileges and makes sure your new password is used everywhere. Save this text as C:\mysql_reset.txt.

Next, you need to start your MySQL server passing this file as a configuration parameter. Launch a terminal by going to the Start Menu, then to Run, and then type cmd and hit Enter. Now enter the following command:

C:\mysql\bin\mysqld-nt --init-file=C:\mysql_reset.txt

Once the server is done starting delete the file C:\mysql_reset.txt. Your MySQL root password should be reset now. Now restart your MySQL server again. Go back to the Windows Services Manager again to do that. Your new MySQL root password should work for you now.

Linux Users:

Log on to your Linux machine as the root user. The steps involved in resetting the MySQL root password are to stop the MySQL server, restart it without the permissions active so you can log into MySQL as root without a password, set a new password, and then restart it normally. Here’s how you do it. First, stop the MySQL server:

# /etc/init.d/mysql stop

Now start the MySQL server using the --skip-grant-tables option, which will run the server without loading the permissions settings:

# mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables &

The & option at the end makes the command you have executed run as a background process. Now log on to your MySQL server as root:

# mysql -u root

It should allow you in without prompting for a password. The following steps will set the new password:

mysql> use mysql;
mysql> update user set password=PASSWORD(“NewMySQLPassword”) where User=’root’;
mysql> flush privileges;
mysql> quit

Replace “NewMySQLPassword” with your own password. Here’s what happens here. The first line selects the MySQL configuration tables. The second line updates the value of the field “Password” for the user “root” to “NewMySQLPassword”. The third line flushes the old set of privileges and makes sure your new password is used everywhere. Now, the last step is to restart the server normally and use your new root password to log in:

# /etc/init.d/mysql stop
# /etc/init.d/mysql start
# mysql -u root -pNewMySQLPassword

Congratulations, your new MySQL root password is set and your MySQL server is ready to be used again. Remember to update all your applications to use this password if you are using it anywhere.

De ce virtualizezi servere cu tehnologie Microsoft

noreply@blogger.com (Hardcoded) — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 07:51:00 +0200

rulează multe mai servere pe aceeași mașină fizică
optimizează infrastructura cu Hyper-V
testează diferite scenarii sau aplicații fără a impacta infrastructura
redu la minim downtime-ul
izolează aplicații
redu costuri, maximizează utilizarea hardware-ului existent
fă back-up
pregătește-te pentru migrarea în cloud - odată virtualizat, este mult mai ușor de migrat

/var/spool/squid/swap.state: (13) Permission denied FATAL: commonUfsDirOpenSwapLog: Failed to open swap log.

noreply@blogger.com (Hardcoded) — Tue, 17 Feb 2015 10:56:00 +0200

Daca primesti eroarea de mai jos:

2015/02/17 08:13:39| Store logging disabled

2015/02/17 08:13:39| Swap maxSize 30720000 + 2048000 KB, estimated 2520615 objects

2015/02/17 08:13:39| Target number of buckets: 126030

2015/02/17 08:13:39| Using 131072 Store buckets

2015/02/17 08:13:39| Max Mem size: 2048000 KB

2015/02/17 08:13:39| Max Swap size: 30720000 KB

2015/02/17 08:13:39| /var/spool/squid/swap.state: (13) Permission denied

FATAL: commonUfsDirOpenSwapLog: Failed to open swap log.

Cum rezolvi eroarea de mai sus si cum o rezolvi..

Principalul vinovat e cache-ul squid-ului si permisiunile acestuia..

Eu am intalnit-o pe un Centos..

Primul pas e sa afli locatia directorului squid cache

Intr-un terminal dai comanda

grep cache_dir /etc/squid/squid.conf

si vei avea un output de genul

cache_dir ufs /var/spool/squid 100 16 256

apoi dai comanda

# squid -k shutdown

Apoi ar cam trebui sa stergi directoarele de cache cu comenzile de mai jos

# rm -rf /path/to/dir/cache/
# rm -rf /var/spool/squid/

Apoi va trebui sa recreezi directoarele tocmai sterse si sa aplici permisiuni corespunzator owner-ului squid

# mkdir /var/spool/squid
# chown squid:squid /var/spool/squid

In cazul meu fiindca foloseam SELinux, a fost nevoie de restaurare a permisiunilor SELinux si se rezolva cu comanda

# restorecon -vr /var/spool/squid

Apoi va trebui sa recreezi directoarele de cache cu comanda

# squid -z

Si va afisa ceva de genul

2015/08/24 04:24:19| Making directories in /var/spool/squid/002015/08/24 04:24:19| Making directories in /var/spool/squid/012015/08/24 04:24:19| Making directories in /var/spool/squid/022015/08/24 04:24:20| Making directories in /var/spool/squid/032015/08/24 04:24:20| Making directories in /var/spool/squid/042015/08/24 04:24:20| Making directories in /var/spool/squid/052015/08/24 04:24:20| Making directories in /var/spool/squid/062015/08/24 04:24:20| Making directories in /var/spool/squid/072015/08/24 04:24:20| Making directories in /var/spool/squid/082015/08/24 04:24:20| Making directories in /var/spool/squid/092015/08/24 04:24:20| Making directories in /var/spool/squid/0A2015/08/24 04:24:20| Making directories in /var/spool/squid/0B2015/08/24 04:24:20| Making directories in /var/spool/squid/0C2015/08/24 04:24:20| Making directories in /var/spool/squid/0D2015/08/24 04:24:20| Making directories in /var/spool/squid/0E2015/08/24 04:24:20| Making directories in /var/spool/squid/0F

Poai va trebui sa pornesti serviciul squid cu

/etc/init.d/squid start

Apoi verifici functinalitatea cu comenzile de mai jos

# netstat -tulpn | grep :3128
# tail -f /var/log/squid/access.log # tail -f /var/log/squid/cache.log

Cum editezi Boot Manager-ul din Windows XP – cand ai mai mult de 1 sistem de operare instalat

noreply@blogger.com (Hardcoded) — Fri, 28 Jun 2013 11:57:00 +0300

Stim cu totii ca atunci cand computerul starteaza, incarca Boot Manager-ul.

Este vorba de acel ecran care ne arata sistemele de operare instalate.Daca aveam doar un sistem de operare instalat pe calculator,atunci acel boot manager nici nu il observam. Sistemul de operare default e primul in lista.

Daca avem mai mult de un sistem de operare instalat, atunci Boot Manager-ul sta pe ecran un anume timp, de obicei 30 de secunde.

Daca vrem sa excludem un anumit sistem de operare de la boot(sau am avut 2 sisteme instalate si unul l-am sters) putem edita foarte simplu acel boot manager.

Cum editezi boot manager-ul in windows XP ?

1.Primul pas si cel mai important e acela ca trebuie sa faceti un back-up(copie de siguranta) la boot.ini.

Right-click pe "My Computer" , apoi "Properties" pentru a deschide System Properties . Click pe tabul "Advanced" tab si click pe "Settings" din sectiunea Startup and Recovery.

2. Click pe "Edit" din sectiunea de System Startup pentru a deschide optiunea de Boot in notepad. Selectati tabul "File" din partea stanga a ferestrei. Dati apoi click pe "Save As" si salvati o copie pe "Desktop"

3. Alegeti optiunea "Create New Folder" . Numiti folderul "Temp" si apoi click pe "Open." Asigurati-va ca numele fisierului e "boot" si click "Save."

4. Mergeti din nou pe My Computer si din nou la "Properties."

5.Selectati tabul "Advanced" apoi click "Settings" in sectiunea Startup and Recovery.

6. Click pe "Edit" in System Startup pentru a se deschide boot.ini

7. Aici puteti modifica acel timp de 30 secunde prin modificarea optiunii "timeout"

8 . Puteti de asemenea modifica sistemul de operare default care se va incarca in cazul in care nu interveniti prin inserarea unui numar cum ar fi 1,2 sau 3 in linia default.

default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS

Exemplu default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1, 2 or 3 here)\WINDOWS

9. Puteti schimba numele sistemului de operare prin modificarea textului care apare intre ghilimele

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect

Exemplu: multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Textul care doriti sa apara" /fastdetect

Daca doriti sa stergeti un sistem de operare sa mai apara, va trebui sa stergetilinia respectiva.

Daca gresiti ceva si doriti sa reveniti, atunci va trebui sa incarcati acel boot.ini salvat la inceput pe Desktop.

Cum scapi de mesajul "You May Be a Victim of Software Counterfeiting"

noreply@blogger.com (Hardcoded) — Wed, 8 May 2013 14:58:00 +0300

Din cand in cand, cand introduci un CD, iti apare un mesaj care te sesizeaza "You May Be a Victim of Software Counterfeiting" . Asta se intampla cand incerci sa rulezi un soft necunoscut, sau de pe un disc de windows setup piratat.

Cum scapi de mesajul "You May Be a Victim of Software Counterfeiting" ?

1.Ti apasat "CTRL," "ALT" si "DELETE" pentru a intra in Windows Task Manager. Gasesti "wgatray.exe" si dai click pe "End Process."

2. Restartati calculatorul si apasati "F8" pentru a va aparea meniul de boot. Alegeti "Boot in Safe Mode." Apoi apasati "Enter."

3.Click pe "Start", apoi mergeti in My Computer, partitia C, directorul Windows , directorul System32 si gasiti fisierul “WgaTray.exe" pe care va trebui sa il stergeti.

4. Stergeti "dllcache" din aceeasi fereastra. Apoi inchideti fereastra de Windows.

5.Click pe "Start" apoi pe "Run" si scrieti "regedit" pentru a intra in editorul de registrii.

6. Selectati "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE," "SOFTWARE," "Microsoft," "WindowsNT," apoi versiunea curenta de windows , "winlogon," si "Notify key." Click dreapta pe "WgaLogon" si selecteaza "Delete."

7. Asta e tot. Restarteaza computerul si nu vei mai primi mesajul "You May Be a Victim of Software Counterfeiting"

Cum parolezi directoarele in Windows 7

noreply@blogger.com (Hardcoded) — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:09:00 +0200

Windows 7 vine cu o noua optiune de criptare care iti ofera posibilitatea de a parola fisierele si respectiv directoarele .Aceasta optiune blocheaza accesul la fisierele tale celor care nu au parola corespunzatoare.

Aceasta optiune e foarte buna pentru cei care au mai multi utilizatori la acelasi calculator.

Cum pui parole la fisiere sau directoare in Windows 7 ?

1. Intrati in My Computer si navigati pana la fisierul/directorul pe care il doriti parolat.

2. Right-click pe folderul care il doriti parolat, si selectati "Properties" . Click pe tabul "General" pentru a vizuliza proprietatile, apoi click pe butonul "Advanced"

3. Click pe optiunea(checkbox) numita "Encrypt contents to secure data." Click pe "OK" .

4. Se va fixa automat o parola pe directorul respectiv, care este parola cu care va logati la calculator.

Alti utilizatori care se logheaza in pc-ul dvs, vor fi obligati sa stie userul si parola pentru a putea accesa acest folder.

Cel mai simplu ca sa verificati,e sa va conectati/logati cu un alt utilizator si veti observa ca veti fi interogati de user si parola.

Cum poti castiga GRATUIT un laptop impreuna cu EMAG

noreply@blogger.com (Hardcoded) — Fri, 9 Nov 2012 21:16:00 +0200

Windows 8 in colaborare cu Emag.ro deruleaza un concurs cu premii pe masura.

Poti castiga oricare dintre cele 16 premii oferite de Microsoft :

- 1 x HP Pavilion G6-2230sq care e un laptop super atractiv, simplu si usor de folosti pentru activitati de zi cu zi cu familia si prietenii.
- 2 x Sony Vaio E15 cu un design prietenos, simplu dar distinct, confortabil la utilizare
- 3 x Acer Aspire V5 , un laptop din seria Aspire V5 ,foarte atractiv, ergonomic si durabil si cu un profil subtire, accent estetic elegant si texturi incantatoare care confera seriei Aspire un aspect solid si de unicitate.
- 10 x Microsoft ArcTouch

Ce trebuie sa faci ?

Tot ce trebuie sa faci e sa folosesti aplicatia Win 8@eMAG si intri automat in tragerea la sorti pentru unul din cele 16 premii oferite de Microsoft.

Toti participantii beneficiaza automat de un cover photo personalizat pentru profilul de Facebook,dar cel mai important e ca esti introdus automat in tragerea la sorti pentru cele 16 premii.

Participa.

Ce faci cand ti se strica laptopul ?

noreply@blogger.com (Hardcoded) — Thu, 2 Aug 2012 22:20:00 +0300

De când laptopurile au început să aibă performanțe rezonabile la un preț accesibil, piața calculatoarelor portabile s-a diversificat și tot mai multe persoane achiziționează laptopuri.
Problema e ca aceste laptopuri vandute la noi in tara la preturi sub 2000 lei sunt facute oarecum pentru noi romanii (si pentru alte piete slab dezvoltate sau in curs de dezvoltare) si au durata de viata relativ mica.
Se observa chiar si la exterior prin calitatea diferitelor materiale folosite/balamale..etc.
Ce faci atunci cand se strica ?
Cum anume procedezi cand ai nevoie de un Service Laptop ? Majoritatea dintre noi fie ne apucam sa le desfacem singuri sau rugam fel si fel de cunostinte sa le puna un diagnostic.
Modul acesta de a repara laptopul de catre persoane neavizate (fie ca sunt eu sau alte cunostinte) e total nerecomandat.
De ce ?
- laptopurile au fel si fel de cleme/suruburi/clipsuri/panglici etc. care se pot rupe si pentru a fi desfacute/reparate necesita anumite “scule” care costa. Vechiul cutit cu care desfaceam fel si fel de aparate e total nerecomandat. Ce sa mai zicem ca odata desfacut majoritatea ne uitam degeaba in el.
- un service laptop facut de un “mester” neavizat poate duce la defecte mult mai serioase. Sansele ca un laptop sa fie reparat sunt mult mai mari daca nu a mai incercat cineva inainte sa-l repare fara succes;
-acest diagnostic facut de cunostinte(care va livreaza numai sfaturi si presupuneri) nu e absolut gratis (lasati un coment mai jos daca nu va costa absolut nimic ..stiti voi ce spun aici) si daca adunati observati ca ajungeti la o suma foarte apropiata (sau mai mare) de cea platita intr-un service spercializat.Vi se pare mult sa platiti 50 lei pentru un diagnostic exact ?Sau sa nu platiti nimic daca laptopul este ireparabil sau daca decideti sa il reparati la aceeasi firma?
Va spun pentru ca eu recent am avut nevoie de o inlocuire display laptop.
Am cautat pe Google “display laptop si pot spune am avut norocul sa ajung la o firma serioasa si exigenta in ceea ce priveste calitatea lucrarii si a safisfactiei clientului. Nu prea sunt multe de genul!
Totul a fost super ok! Problema a fost reparata in aceeasi zi, iar diagnosticarea a fost gratuita pentru ca am facut reparatia la ei.
Ce am mai observat la Easy IT :
- dispun de aplicatie pentru vizualizare online a stadiului reparatiei si iti intocmesc o fisa cu toate seriile componentelor pentru a elimina orice dubiu;
- dispun de echipamente BGA cu infrarosii si aer cald;
- reparatia se face la nivel de componenta electronica care duce la costuri scazute, reprogramarea micro controlerelor si modificarea sistemelor de racire ca sa fie mai eficiente si sa previna problemele pe termen lung;
- iti ofera garantie la piese si lucrari, iar inginerii electronisiti de acolo chiar stiu ce fac, au studii in electronica nu au “invatat” de pe net ca altii si relationeaza cu tine intr-un mod profesionist si transparent;
- raportul calitate pret este unul pe masura, nu iti iau pielea de pe tine si vor ca toata lumea sa fie multumita pentru ca recomandarea unui prieten este cea mai buna publicitate!

Cum instalati Windows 8 Consumer Preview pe PC

noreply@blogger.com (Hardcoded) — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 09:24:00 +0200

Windows 8 Consumer Preview e o versiune mai completă decât cea Developer Preview din toamnă: mai stabilă, mai finisată și cu … mult mai multe aplicații. Deja avem o imagine mai bună despre cum o să fie Windows 8 pe sistemele noastre. Și nu doar pe cele cu touch – se poate folosi fără probleme și pe sistemele actuale ce rulează Windows 7 sau Vista.

Pentru toți cei interesați de a vedea efectiv la lucru pe sistemul propriu prima versiune beta a lui Windows 8, denumită Windows 8 Consumer Preview am asamblat un mic tutorial.

1. Asigurați-vă că aveți destul spațiu pentru instalarea noului Windows pe harddisc, pe o altă partiție. 20 GB ar trebui să fie suficient.

2. Salvați toate datele importante de pe Windows-ul actual ca să aveți copii de siguranță în caz că vor apărea probleme și trebuie reinstalare.

3. Obțineți kit-ul de instalare în format .ISO și Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool dacă aveți de gând (și vă sfătuiesc să faceți asta) să folosiți un stick USB pentru instalare.

64-bit (x64) Download (3.3 GB)
Sha 1 hash — 1288519C5035BCAC83CBFA23A33038CCF5522749

32-bit (x86) Download (2.5 GB)
Sha 1 hash — E91ED665B01A46F4344C36D9D88C8BF78E9A1B39

Product Key: DNJXJ-7XBW8-2378T-X22TX-BKG7J

Aduceți apoi Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool.

4. Introduceți un stick 4 GB în PC/laptop și porniți Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool. Alegeți imaginea .ISO (64 sau 32 biți) și apăsați Next. Alegeți apoi USB Device, selectați mediul USB și apoi Begin Copying. Așteptați până se termină crearea stick-ului bootabil.

ATENȚIE: toate informațiile de pe el vor fi șterse ca să se permită copierea kit-ului.

5. Opriți sistemul, intrați în BIOS și activați bootarea de pe stick-urile USB. Introduceți stick-ul creat la pasul anterior și porniți instalarea. În mare e similară cu una de Windows 7, așa că nu ar trebui să fie probleme.

Succes!

Cerințe minime: sistemul pe care doriți să puneți Windows 8 ar trebui să fie cel puțin la nivelul specificațiilor următoare.

CPU: 1 GHz sau mai rapid

RAM: 1 GB (32-bit) sau 2 GB (64-bit)

Hard disk: 16 GB (32-bit) sau 20 GB (64-bit)

GPU: Microsoft DirectX 9

Pentru Windows Store și accesul la aplicații e nevoie de o conexiune la Internet și un monitor cu o rezoluție de minim 1024 x 768

Tags: Cum instalezi Windows 8 Consumer Preview, Ghid de instalare windows 8 cu poze

Despre certificarile pentru profesionistii IT

noreply@blogger.com (Hardcoded) — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 18:57:00 +0300

In urmatoarele zile va avea loc evenimentul “Despre certificarile pentru profesionistii IT”

Dezvolta-ti cariera: Despre certificarile pentru profesionistii IT

ID eveniment: 1032496148

Hotel Ramada Nord

Str. Daniel Danielopolu 44 A

sector 1 Bucuresti România

Produse: Windows Server 2008 R2.

Publicuri: Dezvoltator amator, Factor de decizie IT, Generalist IT, Implementator IT şi Manager IT.

9.00 – 9.30 Inregistrare

9.30 – 11.00 Ce este Cloud Computing?

Introducere in platforma Microsoft Cloud Computing – Sebastian Vijeu, Technology Evangelist la Microsoft Romania

11.00 – 11.30 Pauza de cafea

11.30 – 13.00 Panel de discutii: “Cloud Computing si impactul asupra fortei de munca din IT“

· Esti pregatit pentru Cloud computing? – Angela Dobrea, Trainer Intelprof

· Cloud-ul fara IT Admin nu se poate – Nicu Aleman, Trainer Aleman Consulting

· Implementari reale de tehnologii Cloud si colaborarea cu echipa IT – Paul Roman, Managing Partner Pras Consulting

· Certificari disponibile pentru Microsoft Cloud Computing

In cadrul evenimentului se vor oferi, prin tragere la sorti, vouchere la examene de certificare pentru tehnologiile Microsoft Cloud Computing.

Integrating Lync 2010 with Exchange 2010

noreply@blogger.com (Hardcoded) — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 11:46:00 +0300

Articol scris de Paul Roman (MVP for Exchange)

I published a a new article on ExchangeInbox.com web site. If you need to integrate your Exchange infrastructure with Lync this is a good start.

Exchange 2010 and Lync 2010 are designed to improve communication and collaboration within the enterprise. The two are designed to work together but certain steps are required to integrate them together.

Exchange 2010 and Lync 2010 are at the moment two of the hottest products from Microsoft. Both are designed to improve communication and collaboration within the enterprise and together are covering all the requirements for the ultimate communication platform.
Exchange 2010 and Lync 2010 are designed to work together but not exactly out of the box. There are certain steps that need to be followed first. In all we have three areas that may be integrated:
Outlook local client - provides Outlook users with in-context access to the instant messaging, enhanced presence, telephony, and conferencing capabilities of Lync.
Outlook Web App - provides OWA users with web access to instant messaging and enhanced presence.
Voice integration - integrates voice capabilities of Lync with Exchange 2010 voice mail.
This article assumes you already have Exchange 2010 and Lync 2010 infrastructures in place. We also assume that the Lync Enterprise voice is enabled and working.

Exchange 2010 and Lync 2010 are designed to work together but not exactly out of the box. There are certain steps that need to be followed first. In all we have three areas that may be integrated:

Outlook local client - provides Outlook users with in-context access to the instant messaging, enhanced presence, telephony, and conferencing capabilities of Lync.

Outlook Web App - provides OWA users with web access to instant messaging and enhanced presence.

Voice integration - integrates voice capabilities of Lync with Exchange 2010 voice mail.

This article assumes you already have Exchange 2010 and Lync 2010 infrastructures in place. We also assume that the Lync Enterprise voice is enabled and working.

Integrating Outlook local client with Lync server

All the Outlook 2010/2007 integration features are enabled by default when you install the Lync client. You can control the settings individually using the Lync client, Outlook client, Office Group Policy objects or through Lync Server 2010 in-band policies. Each alternative provides access to different settings as described below.

Microsoft Outlook 2003 with the latest service pack and earlier versions of Exchange are compatible with Lync 2010 but do not support the full degree of integration. To find out more about Outlook 2003 and Lync client integration check the compatibility matrix.

1. Control integration via Lync Client

To access the Lync Client settigns, go to the "Options" button and then select "Personal". The following screen will show up:

Here you can control:

Whether or not Lync is to update presence based on Exchange calendar information
Whether we want to save within the "Conversation History" data regarding instant messaging or call logs
Whether we want to save Lync contacts in Exchange personal contacts folder

2. Control integration via Outlook client

From Outlook you can control if the presence information is displayed next to the person name. In Outlook 2010 | File tab, select Options, click Contacts and access the settings under Online status and photographs.

In Outlook 2007 go to Tools | Options | Other | Person Names and select Display online status next to a person name

3. Office Group Policy objects

There are a number of settings that are available only using Office Group Policy objects. I will not cover each of them here because there are too many. You can find the details in TechNet here:
Overview of Client Policies and Settings

4. Control via Lync Server 2010 in-band policies

All the Outlook 2010/2007 integration features are enabled by default but can be controlled via Lync Server 2010 in-band policies.

Using the Lync Server Management Shell run:
Get-CSClientPolicy

This will give you the client policies configured for use in your organization. If you did not define any custom Client Policy you will get the default Global Client policy shown bellow.

If for example you wanted to disable emoticons, you could run the following cmdlet from the Lync Server Management Shell:
New-CsClientPolicy -Identity NoEmoticons -DisableEmoticons $True

where "NoEmoticons" is the name that you want to give to this policy

To apply the newly defined Client Policy next run the following cmdlet:
Get-CsUser -LDAPFilter "l=Bucharest" | Grant-CsClientPolicy -PolicyName NoEmoticons

In this case, we filtered the users by using locality LDAP filter. To find out more about Get-CsUser command and LDAP filters check the TechNet Get-CsUser documentation.

The table that follows lists all the settings that can be modified using Lync Server 2010 in-band policies. This table is available from TechNet here and is being reproduced for your convenience:

Policy
Description

CalendarStatePublicationInterval
Specifies the amount of time, in seconds, that Lync waits before retrieving calendar information from Outlook and adding this data to your presence information.

DisableCalendarPresence
Disables the loading of free or busy data from Outlook.

DisableFreeBusyInfo
Prevents Lync from displaying Outlook information about free/busy states to other contacts.

DisableMeetingSubjectAndLocation
Prevents Lync from publishing the subject and location information of a meeting. This value is not used if DisableCalendarPresence is set or if the Update my status based on calendar data option is not set.

DisableOnlineContextualSearch
When set to True, disables the Find Previous Conversations menu option that appears when you right-click a user in your Contacts list.

DisablePresenceNote
Prevents users from selecting or clearing of the corresponding user setting, and disables retrieval of the Outlook Out of Office message.

EnableCallLogAutoArciving
Controls the automatic saving of information about incoming and outgoing phone calls. When set to False, the corresponding user dialog box setting is unavailable.

EnableExchangeContactSync
When set to True (the default value), Lync creates a corresponding personal contact in Outlook for each person on a user's Lync Contacts list.

EnableExchangeDelegateSync
When set to True, enables delegates that a user has configured in Exchange to schedule meetings for that user.

EnableIMAutoArchiving
Controls automatic archiving of instant messages to the Outlook Conversation History folder. When set to False, the corresponding user setting is unavailable, but users can still manually save individual conversations.

ExcludedContactFolders
Indicates which Outlook contact folders (if any) should not be searched any time Lync searches for new contacts.

MAPIPollInterval
For users of Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, specifies how often Lync retrieves calendar data from the Exchange public folders.

WebServicePollInterval
For users of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 and later versions of the product, specifies how often Lync retrieves calendar data from EWS.

Conclusion

The integration between Exchange 2010 and Lync 2010 should work easily as long as you are a little bit familiar with both products. It's a task that you should definitely do because it provides you with features that can be very helpful within your company.

Today we started exploring the integration options focusing on integrating the Outlook Client with Lync Server. In the next part we will continue the discussion. We still have to cover the integration of the Outlook Web App OWA interface and the integration of the Exchange 2010 Unified Messaging Server role.

One of the coolest features resulting from Exchange 2010 and Lync 2010 integration is to have access to presence and instant messaging in OWA. Today we continue our discussion doing just that.

In Integrating Lync 2010 with Exchange 2010 – Part 1 we started our discussion focusing on integrating the Outlook Client interface. Today we turn our attention to the Outlook Web App and see how to provide users with Lync functionality through it.

Integrating Outlook Web App with Lync server

One of the coolest features resulting from Exchange 2010 and Lync 2010 integration is to have access to presence and instant messaging in OWA. This is a straight forward setup and should work perfectly if you follow these steps:

On the Exchange 2010 Client Access Server do the following:
1. Download the Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Web Service Provider
2. Run CWAOWASSPMain.msi and select a location where to save the files.
3. From the location selected in the previous point, run the following programs (in this order):
  
  Visual C++ Redistributable (vcredist_x64.exe)
  
  Unified Communications Managed API (ucmaredist.msi)
  
  OCS Service Provider (cwaowassp.msi) - this has to be run from a command prompt with elevated rights
4. Using Exchange Management Shell run:
  Get-ExchangeCertificate
  
  In this manner we find out which certificate is used for OWA. You should get a result similar to:
  
  We need the one that has W as service.
5. Using the Exchange Management Shell run:
  Get-OwaVirtualDirectory |fl InstantMessaging*
  
  This returns the current Lync integration settings. You should get a result like:
  
  This means that for the moment there is no integration between your Exchange 2010 and Lync 2010 servers.
6. Using Exchange Management Shell run:
  Set-OwaVirtualDirectory "owa (default web site)" -InstantMessagingServerName <LyncPoolName> -InstantMessagingCertificateThumbprint <Thumbprint> -InstantMessagingEnabled $True -InstantMessagingType OCS
  
  <LyncPoolName> is your current Lync pool name
  
  <Thumbprint> is the policy thumbprint property. This is one of the policy settings we saw inIntegrating Lync 2010 with Exchange 2010 – Part 1 under Control via Lync Server 2010 in-band policies.
7. Using Exchange Management Shell again run:
  Get-OwaVirtualDirectory |fl InstantMessaging*
  
  ...to verify if the current Lync integration settings are as we want them. You should get a result like:
8. From the command prompt Reset IIS server by running:
  iisreset /noforce
On the Lync 2010 front end server do the following tasks:
1. Open Lync Topology Builder and create "New Trusted Application Pool"
2. Select "Single computer pool", enter your Exchange Server name under "FQDN" and click "Next"
3. Select your Lync Front End pool and click "Finish"
4. Use Lync Topology Builder to publish the topology just created
5. Using Lync Server Management Shell run:
  Get-CSTrustedApplicationPool
  
  This will help you check if the Trusted Application Pool was created correctly. You should get a result like:
6. From the Exchange Management Shell run:
  New-CsTrustedApplication -ApplicationId <OWAApp> -TrustedApplicationPoolFqdn <TAPFqdn> -Port <AppPort>
  
  <OWAApp> is the name that you want to give to this Application
  
  <TAPFqdn> is the Full Qualified Domain Name of your OWA server
  
  <AppPort> can be any port that is not used for any other service
  
  This will add Outlook Web App as a trusted application in Lync Server.
7. Using Lync Server Management Shell run:
  Get-CsTrustedApplication
  
  ...to verify if we have the right settings. You should get a result like:
8. Using Lync Server Management Shell run:
  Enable-CsTopology
  
  ...so as to apply the changes we just did at the Lync configuration
9. Test in Outlook Web App if chat and presence is available
10. A very important aspect is that you can disable or enable chat in OWA for certain users using Outlook Web App Mailbox Policies

Conclusion

Today we continued discussing how to integrate Lync Server 2010 with Exchange 2010. Here we saw how to enable access to presence and instant messaging in Outlook Web App OWA.

In the third and final part of this article, we will see how to also integrate the Exchange 2010 Unified Messaging Server role with Lync.

Exchange 2010 Unified Messaging brings voice and e-mail messaging into one place. Integrating Lync with Exchange we get a voice solution that replaces and is dramatically better than standard PBX solutions.

In Integrating Lync 2010 with Exchange 2010 – Part 1 we started our discussion focusing on integrating the Outlook Client interface. In Integrating Lync 2010 with Exchange 2010 – Part 2 we turned our attention to the Outlook Web App and saw how to provide users with Lync functionality through it. Today we conclude this series by integrating the Exchange 2010 Unified Messaging Server with Lync.

Exchange 2010 and Lync 2010 Voice Integration

Exchange Server 2010 Unified Messaging helps you get voice messaging and e-mail messaging into one place, accessible from a normal phone or a computer. Integrating Lync Server 2010 with Exchange we get a voice solution that replaces and is dramatically better than standard PBX solutions. Here are the steps needed to achieve this integration.

Install Exchange UM Role - I will not cover this aspect here. This is well documented at the Microsoft site, check:
Install the Exchange 2010 Unified Messaging Server Role
Configure certificates - Make sure that you have digital certificates installed and configured on each UM server. The certificates have to be issued by a root CA trusted by the Exchange and Lync servers.
- To find out if a certificate is in use for UM, from the Exchange Management Shell run:
  Get-ExchangeCertificate
  
  The one that has U as service is the one that you need.
- If no certificate is selected for the UM role, at the Exchange Management Shell on the server(s) that have the UM role installed, run:
  Enable-ExchangeCertificate -thumbprint <CertificateThumbprint> -Services UM
  
  <CertificateThumbprint> is the thumbprint of the certificate that will be used for this service.
Create and configure an Exchange UM SIP dial plan.

You need to create a SIP dial plan on the Exchange UM server and then associate the Unified Messaging servers to it.
- On the Exchange UM server, using the Exchange Management Shell run:
  New-UMDialPlan -Name UMDialPlan -NumberOfDigitsInExtension 5 -URIType SipName -VoIPSecurity Secured -CountryOrRegionCode 44
  
  This will create a new Dial Plan with the following settings:
  UMDialPlan - the name of the new dial plan
  5 - the number of digits available in the extension number
  SipName - means that this dial plan will support SIP URIs
  Secured - means that the traffic will be encrypted using mutual Transport Layer Security (TLS).
  44 - is the region code for UK.
- Next using the Exchange Management Shell run:
  Set-UMServer -Identity UMExch -DialPlans UMDialPlan -UMStartupMode TLS
  
  This will configure the server UMExch to use the UMDialPlan just created and to start the UM service in TLS mode.
- Restart the Exchange UM service
On the Exchange UM server create and configure a new AutoAttendant.

The UM auto attendant enables the Unified Messaging server to answer incoming calls.

Using the Exchange Management Shell run:
New-UMAutoAttendant -Name UMAutoAttendant -UMDialPlan UMDialPlan -SpeechEnabled $true -PilotIdentifierList +4400000 -Status Enabled

This will create a new auto attendant named UMAutoAttendant that will be speech enabled and answers to the +4400000 number
On the Exchange UM server run the exchucutil.ps1 script

From the scripts folder on the Exchange UM server (usually C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\v14\Scripts) using the Exchange Management Shell, run the exchucutil.ps1 script.

This will perform the following tasks:
- Grant permission to Lync Server to read Exchange UM AD objects like the SIP dial plans created in the previous task
- Creates a UM IP gateway object for each Lync Server Enterprise Edition pool or Standard Edition server
- Creates an Exchange UM hunt group for each gateway
Before running this script you need to make sure that all the AD replication has completed and that the Dial plan you created in 3 (Create and configure an Exchange UM SIP dial plan) was replicated.
Configure Lync Server dial plans

For Exchange Server 2010 RTM the Enterprise Voice dial plan has to have a name that matches the Exchange UM dial plan FQDN.

For Exchange Server 2010 SP1 or later, the Lync Server dial plan and Exchange UM SIP dial plan names do not need to match.

On the Lync Server run the Exchange UM Integration tool, ocsumutil.exe (C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Lync Server 2010\Support\OcsUmUtil.exe).

This tool will create Subscriber Access and Auto Attendant contact objects. It will also validate that there is an Enterprise Voice dial plan with a name that matches the Exchange UMdialplan FQDN. If you are running Exchange Server 2010 SP1, the dial plan names do not need to match, and you can ignore the tool's warning about this.
- Click Load Data to get the information from Active Directory. This will bring you a screen like this:
- Click Add to add a Subscriber Access contact
- Click Add to add an Auto-Attendant contact
- Finally you should get a screen like this. You can safely ignore the warning if you are using Exchange 2010 SP1 or later
Enable Enterprise Voice users for Exchange UM

The last step that you need to do is to enable Voice users to be able to use the Exchange UM. To do that, run the following Exchange Management Shell cmdlet:
Enable-UMMailbox -Identity testuser@testdomain.com -UMMailboxPolicy UMPolicy -Extensions 12345 -SIPResourceIdentifier testuser@testdomain.com -Pin 23753465 -PinExpired $true

This will enable testuser@testdomain.com for ExchangeUM.

To find out more about this command check the TechNet documentation for Enable-UMMailbox.

Conclusion

This completes our journey in the integration of Exchange 2010 and Lync 2010. Once you are a little bit familiar with both products, getting this to work is fairly easy.

Integration pays dividends in terms of productivity as users are able to employ both products through the same interfaces they work with every day. So it is definitely worth the effort. Integration should indeed be at the top of your priority list once these two products are deployed.

Information Store is not starting

noreply@blogger.com (Hardcoded) — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 11:42:00 +0300

Articol scris de Paul Roman

This is an issue that I've met more than once on server running MS Exchange and Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange.
After the Forefront definition updates were installed automatically the Information Store and the Transport service are refusing to start. When you try to start them you receive "The dependency service or group failed to start". If you investigate the dependencies you will see that both services are dependent of the FSCController service and that service cannot be started.
In the Application Event log you will find the error 2063 generated by the FSC controller - "An error occurred. Failed to initialize document."
To solve this you have to follow the steps:
1. Disconnect Forefront Protection services from MS Exchange.
From the folder "\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Forefront Protection for Exchange Server\", using command prompt run: Fscutility /disable.
Run Fscutility /status to check is you disconnected the service.
This will disable the link between Forefront and MS Exchange allowing you to start the Exchange services.
You can read the whole Microsoft KB here.
2. Uninstall Forefront Protection 2010 for MS Exchange from Control Panel, Program and Features
3. Rename the folder "\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Forefront Protection for Exchange Server\" to something else. If you get an error, you should restart the server before trying again to rename the folder.
3. Reinstall Forefront Protection 2010 for MS Exchange from the installation kit.
4. Reboot the server as requested and install all the updates related to Forefront Protection.
This should restore you the protection provided by Forefront for Exchange.

Steve Ballmer spune ca telefoanele cu Android sunt prea complicate

noreply@blogger.com (Hardcoded) — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:50:00 +0300

"Cel mai mare avantaj pe care-l avem fata de Android este ca nu trebuie sa fii expert in computere pentru a folosi un telefon cu Windows", spune Ballmer.

Android e mai bogat in chestii, dar din pacate muncesti la el de te ia naiba pana il faci sa arate cat de cat ok. Varaianta standard e un bulshit.
IOS-ul este intr-adevar un SO foarte inteligent, poate fi folosit de oricine in conditii optime.

Nu stiu cati dintre cei care nu sunt de acord cu afimatia lui Ballmer au folosit vreodata un Android si un iPhone in paralel. Eu am facut-o (vreo 6 luni), si iata concluziile mele:
1. iOS e MULT mai user friendly. De asemenea, ruleaza mai smooth, si arata mai ingrijit.
2. App-urile pentru Android sufera considerabil pe partea de calitate in fata celor scrise pentru iOS. Ca sa nu mai zic ca jocuri de mare succes (gen Infinity Blade) nu au fost "portate" pe Android.
3. De cele mai multe ori e nevoie de root la Android pentru a putea face un update de OS, pentru ca nu vine de la Google direct, ci de la producatorul telefonului (care poate alege sa nu se oboseasca sa faca un update pentru respectivul model de telefon).
In cazul iOS, de indata ce Apple are un update, e disponibil in iTunes. iOS a avut 25 milioane de download in primele 5 zile de la aparitie, de exemplu.
Asta face si scrierea de app-uri pentru iOS mai usoara, pentru ca developerii au de acoperit o plaja mai ingusta de versiuni de OS.
Pana la urma, fiecare isi ia telefonul si OS-ul pe care si le permite, sau care ii plac.
Nu neg faptul ca Android e o platforma in crestere, si concurenta e foarte buna, pentru noi, end userii.
Dar nu cred ca necesitatea de a face root si a instala un custom rom e accesibila majoritatii user-ilor de Android, la fel si cum unele din setarile de pe Android mi-au adus aminte de cele de pe Windows Mobile 6.5 (adica sunt bine ascunse, contra intuitive si greu de folosit).

Noua versiune de Windows Phone (7.5) este serios imbunatatita fata de cea cu care s-au lansat si din multe puncte de vedere bate deja Android. Este mai bine gandit si inchegat decat Android. Singurul dezavntaj major este ca Romania nu este una din tarile suportate de telefon. Ceea ce inseamna:
- nu se pot cumpara aplicatii, jocuri sau muzica de pe marketplace (unde exista deja mii de aplicatii si jocuri - aproape orice exista pentru android exista deja si pentru WP7).
- nu exista suport vocal pentru limba romana (telefonul nu stie sa converteasca pentru limba romana sunetul dictat in text si sa trimita un SMS spre exemplu si nici invers sa citeasca SMS-urile primite si sa le redea vocal in limba romana)
-lipseste personalizarea suportului de cautare pe internet pentru Romania.
...pentru Romania WP7 nu poate fi de preferat in fata Android, dar daca vorbim in schimb despre SUA , parerea mea este ca WP7 bate deja Android-ul la capitolul telefoane. ..si este parerea cuiva care a lucrat cu ambele. Asteptam asadar ca Microsoft sa includa si Romania intre tarile care se bucura de serviciile sale pe segmentul de telefonie.

Schimbare parola pentru useri in AD (Active Directory) din Command Prompt

noreply@blogger.com (Hardcoded) — Mon, 4 Jul 2011 10:30:00 +0300

Daca doriti sa schimbati , sper exemplu, parolele pentru 500 de useri in AD ( acceasi parola la toti ), urmand ca apoi ei sa-si schimbe parola puteti folosi comanda de mai jos.
dsquery user “ou=nume_ou,dc=nume_domeniu,dc=organizatie” -limit 0 | dsmod user -pwd noua_parola

Pentru schimbarea individuala puteti folosi consola Active Directory Users and Computers.

Unable to connect Outlook 2003 to Exchange 2010

noreply@blogger.com (Hardcoded) — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 09:40:00 +0200

Articol scris de Paul Roman (MVP for MS Exchange)

When you try open an email account located on an Exchange 2010 server using Outlook 2003 you will get the “Unable to open your default e-mail folders” error. If you try to connect to the same mailbox using Outlook 2007 or Outlook 2010 beta version you can connect without any problems.
This is caused by the fact that in Exchange 2010, by default, you need an encrypted conection to access the server. In Outlook 2007 and later this is the default setting but in previous versions this was optional.

To solve this issue, you have two options:

1. You configure your email client to use encryption (recommended). You can do this by accesing your email profile and check the “Encrypt data between Micrososoft Office Outlook and Microsoft Exchange” as you can see bellow:

2. Or you can disable the encryption on the Exchange 2010 Client Access Server using the following cmdlet (not recommended):

Set-RpcClientAccess –identity <ServerIdParameter> –EncryptionRequired $false

Usually I would go with the first choice. It is more secure and there is no reason not to do it. If you need to configure a large number of computers you can always use Group Policy. You can find more info about GPO templates for Office 2003 here:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/HA011402401033.aspx

#550 5.1.1 RESOLVER.ADR.ExRecipNotFound; not found ## when recreating an email account

noreply@blogger.com (Hardcoded) — Tue, 8 Mar 2011 09:39:00 +0200

Articol scris de Paul Roman (MVP for MS Exchange)

A week ago, one of our customers had a corrupt email account . Now they are using MS Exchange 2010, but they migrated to this solution a couple of months ago from MS Exchange 2003.
To fix the corrupted mailbox issue, we recommended them to export the valid emails, to delete the corrupted account, to recreate it and to import all the saved emails. Everything work as expected but soon some of their employees started to receive non delivery reports when trying to communicate with that person.
The reports look like:
The e-mail address you entered couldn't be found. Please check the recipient's e-mail address and try to resend the message. If the problem continues, please contact your helpdesk.
Diagnostic information for administrators:
Generating server: SERVER.contoso.com
IMCEAEX-_O=CONTOSO_OU=First+20Administrative+20Group_cn=Recipients_cn=mihaeladumitrache@contoso.com
#550 5.1.1 RESOLVER.ADR.ExRecipNotFound; not found ##
This is an issue that I’ve seen before. The obvious reason for this is the fact that outlook client caches the emails recipients and when you try to send an email to such a recipient, the email client uses the cached LegacyExchangeDN instead the one from the Organization GAL.
Since it was a migrated account from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010, the old LegacyExchangeDN attribute was different from the one generated for the new account.
The new one looks like: /o=Contoso/ou=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)/cn=Recipients/cn=username and the old one looks like: /o=Contoso/ou=first administrative group/cn=recipients/cn=username
A friend of mine (Brad Simionescu) that is working for that client came with an interesting idea:
- Remove the old disconnected mailbox
- Force the domain replication
- Using ADSI editor, replace the new LegacyExchangeDN with the old one
- Force the domain replication again
- Rebuild the Exchange address books
If somebody already downloaded the address book with the new LegacyExchangeDN, you have to follow http://support.microsoft.com/kb/287623 article to delete the new cached info and to download again the address book.

How to configure Form Based Authentication in the same time for internal accessing the Exchange server directly and external users accessing the server via Forefront TMG

noreply@blogger.com (Hardcoded) — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 11:04:00 +0200

Articol scris de Paul Roman (MVP for MS Exchange)

I answered a question today regarding the fact that when you publish an Exchange server via Forefront TMG and you want to have Form Based Authentication (FBA) for the external users, you have to disable it for the internal users.
Publishing OWA within TMG with FBA requires you to enable Basic Authentication for the owa (Default Web Site) virtual directory in Exchange and disable FBA .
If you don’t do that, when authenticating from outside your network you will be required to authenticate twice, once on TMG and another time on the Exchange Server.
In order to have Form Based Authentication in the same time for your internal and external users you have to create a new web site on the Exchange Server and create a new OWA virtual directory there.
The steps are:
1. Create a new Web site within your IIS management interface

2. Configure the new web site considering the followings:

- The IP address and port combination should be unique
- Create a folder for the Physical path and assign to the Local Service and the Network service read rights for that location
- Remember the site name because you will need it later

3. Verify that the new web site was created and it’s running

4. In Exchange Powershell console run the command New-OwaVirtualDirectory -WebSiteName "Internal OWA"

5. Create the corresponding ECP virtual directory by running the command New-ECPVirtualDirectory -WebSiteName "Internal OWA"

6. Configure the newly created OWA and ECP virtual directory for FBA authentication using the following cmdlets:
- set-OwaVirtualDirectory -Identity "owa (Internal OWA)" -FormsAuthentication $true
- set-ECPVirtualDirectory -Identity "ecp (Internal OWA)" -FormsAuthentication $true
7. Restart the IIS by running in elevated command promt the command iisreset /noforce
8. Instruct the internal users to access the newly created virtual directory

Windows PowerShell Graphical Environment pe Windows Server 2008 R2

noreply@blogger.com (Hardcoded) — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 14:34:00 +0200

PowerShell ISE (Integrated Scripting Environment), vechiul Graphical PowerShell, este o alternativa grafica la cunoscutul Command Prompt .
PowerShell ISE face parte din PowerShell 2.0 care e deja integrat in Windows 7 si Windows Server 2008 R2.
Principalul avantaj al lui PowerShell ISE este acela ca poti lucra cu 2 paneluri : unul pentru tastarea comenzilor si unul pentru afisarea outputului. Aditional putem adauga un al treilea panel pentru editarea scripturilor (se poate da disable ca sa avem mai mult spatiu).

Consola Windows PowerShell e instalata default pe Windows Server 2008 R2. PowerShell ISE nu e instalat default.
Pasi pentru instalarea PowerShell ISE :
1. Click Server Manager de pe toolbarul Quick Launch . Daca nu aveti Quick Launch ,dati click Start,mergeti la Administrative Tools, si apoi click Server Manager.
2. In Server Manager, selectati Features , si apoi click Add Features.
3. In fereastra Windows Features selectati Windows PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE).

4. Click Next, si apoi click Install.

Exchange 2010 - numarul de useri pe databse

noreply@blogger.com (Hardcoded) — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 21:53:00 +0200

Am avut nevoie de un mic script sa vad citi useri contine un database…

L-am pus si aici(captureaza si database name).

$useri_c=Get-MailboxDatabase

($useri_c | %{write-host $_.name (get-mailbox -database $_.name).count})

Cum salvezi in EventViewer toate comenziile executate in Exchange Management shell (EMS)

noreply@blogger.com (Hardcoded) — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 10:59:00 +0200

Daca doriti sa salvati in EventViewer toate comenziile executate in Exchange 2007 management shell , folositi urmatoarea cheia de registrii de mai jos .Ca si rezultat, toate comenziile executate in Exchange Shell vor fii salvate in eventviewer si va puteti intoarce la ele oricind. Astfel putem tine o istorie a schimbarilor facute zilnic.

set-itemproperty HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PowerShell\1\PowerShellSnapIns\Microsoft.Exchange.Management.PowerShell.Admin –Name

LogpipelineExecutionDetails -value 1

Cannot start Microsoft office outlook. Cannot open the outlook window

noreply@blogger.com (Hardcoded) — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 10:14:00 +0200

Daca primiti eroarea “Cannot start Microsoft office outlook. Cannot open the outlook window” faceti urmatorii pasi:
Start->run..si executati -> “Outlook.exe /resetnavpane”

enable ping / icmp in windows 7 din command prompt

noreply@blogger.com (Hardcoded) — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:09:00 +0200

Windows 7. Cea mai simpla metoda pentru a da permite cererile icmp/ping este sa deschizi o fereastra de command prompt cu privilegii de administrator,(right click in accesories si select run as administrator
in Command Prompt)
Aici rulati comanda C:\Windows\system32>netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name=”icmp” protocol=icmpv4:any,any dir=in action=allow
Asta e tot

Cum dai enable ping / icmp in windows 7 fara sa faci disable la firewall (modul grafic)

noreply@blogger.com (Hardcoded) — Thu, 6 Jan 2011 10:01:00 +0200

Pentru a permite cererile icmp catre computerul dvs. , fara sa dati disable la firewall ,trebuie sa adaugam o regula la firewall ca mai jos:
1. Mergeti la Control Panel -> System and Security -> Windows Firewall si click Advanced Settings.
2. Se deschide o fereastra Windows Firewall with Advanced Security (ca in screenshot).

3. Right click pe “Inbound Rules” in partea stinga si click “New Rule”.

4. In urmatoarea fereastra selectati
“Custom rule” si click Next.

5. In the next window select “All programs” and click Next.

6. In urmatoarea fereastra selectati Protocol Type -> ICMPv4 cum arata mai jos si click Next:

7. In urmatoarea fereastra click Next ca in fereastra de mai jos:

8. In urmatoarea fereastra click Next si selectati“Allow the connection” :

9. In urmatorul pas lasati bifate(Domain, Private, Public) si click Next:

10. La final dati un nume noii reguli , spre exemplu icmp permit:

Asta e tot, regula se va aplica imediat si va aparea in inbound rules. Computerul dvs. va raspunde cererilor ICMP fara a opri sau a da disable la windows firewall.

Windows 8 – posibil noul sistem de operare de la Microsoft

noreply@blogger.com (Hardcoded) — Wed, 5 Jan 2011 14:37:00 +0200

Windows 8. Acesta este numele neoficial al noului sistem de operare de la Microsoft. Nu se stie sigur daca Microsoft va folosi acest nume.Probabil ca da, avand in vedere review-urile foarte bune pe care le primeste Windows 7,si ca toata lumea deja vorbeste de Windows 8 cind se refera
la urmatoarea versiune de Windows.
Zvonurile au fost foarte “sustinute” in ultimele saptamini.
Un posibil zvon este acela ca zilele astea Steve Ballmer va prezenta niste imagini si informatii suplimentare referitoare la noua versiune de Windows..Tot la nivel de zvon a ramas si faptul ca noua versiune de Windows va oferi support pentru procesoarele ARM.
Ramane de vazut care va fi noua versiune de Windows si daca va veni cu noi caracteristici astfel incat sa convinga utilizatorii sa faca upgrade.

SharePoint 2007 Backup

noreply@blogger.com (Hardcoded) — Sat, 4 Dec 2010 23:45:00 +0200

Indiferent daca aveti unul sau mai multe servere cu roluri diferite, diverse baze de date SQL,customizari pe IIS , web part-uri etc.. trebuie sa mentinem citeva back-upuri.

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 ofera citeva tools-uri de back-up si recovery (central admin, stsadm, recycle bin) .

- Central Administration site

Cu acest instrument, un back-up poate fi efectuat la diferite niveluri, cel mai inalt nivel fiind asa numitul SharePoint farm şi nivelul cel mai de jos poate fi tot datebase-ul. Ar trebui remarcat faptul că acest instrument nu ofera o granularitate ridicata şi nu oferă acoperire la nive de site, subsite, sau la nivel de element.

Indicat e sa avem cit mai multe copii de siguranta pentru ca la restaurare daca back-upul e corupt…nu vom putea face restore.

De asemenea, un alt neajuns e ca
nu ofera optiuni de schedule back-up si adminul va trebui sa il porneasca manual sau sa scrie diverse scripturi pentru programarea back-upului

- O altă opţiune pentru utilizatorii avansaţi este din linia de comanda folosind stsadm.

La fel ca back-upul din Central Administration, acest tip de back-up are limitarile lui.Stim cu totii ca, executia diverselor task-uri din linie de comanda e oarecum greoaie. În timp ce acestea sunt utile în vederea îndeplinirii sarcinilor curente de administrator ele nu oferă o adevărata soluţie de backup. O restaurare a bazei de date cu config-urile de SP2007 (care contine multe setari ale farm-ului si multe alte setari din config ) nu se poate realiza cu stsadm si va treabui sa cautam unele solutii bazate pe VSS.

-Recycle bin - e bun pentru restaurari individuale de item-uri dar nu ofera multe solutii cind e vorba de optiuni de restaurare.Recycle bin este bun si face o treabă buna cind e vorba de un singur document,item. Daca e sa vorbim de optiuni,Recycle Bin nu are.

Dacă un utilizator şterge un document library, si numai un singur document trebuie să fie restaurat, trebuie restaurat intreg document library-ul. O alta problemă, şi poate si motivul pentru care Recycle Bin nu este considerată o soluţie de back-up buna, este că , captureaza doar item-urile sterse. Erori, date corupte pot aparea. Aceste probleme pot aparea la nivel de farm sau la un singur item…si acestea nu pot fi recuperate folosind Recycle Bin.

Voi ce solutii folositi ?