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An introduction to the DSAccess service in Exchange Server 2007
and global catalog servers that are the most suitable. To determine which to use, the DSAccess service performs 10 different tests on each domain controller. You can see the results of these tests by looking for Event ID 2080 in your System log.
Figure 2 shows what these tests and their results look like. The section that... More... Jun 17, 2009
Diamonds are forever, but not Active Directory backups
No matter how successful a backup turns out, it isn't permanent under Active Directory if you're using the Windows backup utility to back up a domain controller in a replicated environment...
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Apr 25, 2006
Worst Practice #6: Throttle the RAM available to Exchange
this will result in serious memory contention issues, and cause significantly degraded performance. Similarly, co-locating Exchange on a domain controller or global catalog server is not recommended.
Speaking of RAM, don't forget to pay attention to well-known tuning recommendations concerning: The... More... Jun 6, 2005
Still receiving inbound SMTP e-mail at a defunct domain
I have a client running Microsoft Exchange 2000 and they've changed their company name and DNS domain name. They are receiving inbound SMTP e-mail to the new domain fine. Even though I've removed the MX record from the old domain (two weeks ago) and removed the domain...
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Feb 13, 2006
Best practices for running ForestPrep and DomainPrep
Active Directory (AD). Active Directory consists of three separate partitions: the schema partition, the configuration partition, and the domain partition. In a default Windows Server installation, none of these partitions are equipped to handle an Exchange server until ForestPrep and DomainPrep are run.
... More... May 18, 2006
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How can I demote my mail server from DC status?
I have Exchange 2000 with OWA running on a domain controller named MailServer, which is a global catalog. I also have domain controllers, a primary domain controller (PDC) and a backp domain...
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Mar 5, 2003
Installing Exchange in a child domain controller
Can we install an Exchange server in a child domain controller? All users must get mail accounts that are placed in the main domain controller. Why not? There should be nothing preventing you from...
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Jul 1, 2005
Demote Exchange from domain controller to member server
My Exchange 2003 server is also a domain controller because it was the first domain controller in Active Directory. With other domain controller's now installed, we want to demote...
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Mar 23, 2006
Can Exchange 2000 be installed on a non-PDC Win2k server?
Can Exchange server 2000 be installed on a Windows 2000 server machine without the machine being a primary domain controller (not an Advanced Server or an NT machine just an ordinary Win2k server)? As long as the machine is a member of an Active Directory domain...
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Jun 4, 2003
Which gets migrated first -- the domain controller or Exchange?
2003 server with Exchange 2003. I'm wondering what to do first.
Since both Windows 2003 server and Exchange 2003 change the schema, which one goes first? Do I upgrade the domain controller first and have that write its schema changes, or do I upgrade Exchange 2000 to Exchange 2003 first? I've read some articles that say... More... May 3, 2006
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