A Month in #Exchange and #OCS: November 2010: Events

#Exchange2010 #Lync #MMMUG

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TechNet Webcast: The MOF Reliability Workbook for Exchange 2010 Client Access and Transport (Level 200) 
The Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF) Reliability Workbook for Exchange 2010 Client Access and Transport helps you fine-tune task lists that are used to monitor and maintain the health and reliability of your Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 environment. Attend this webcast to learn how MOF provides ready-to-use monitoring and maintenance activities and information on health risks and standard changes that you can incorporate into your existing operations processes or use to develop new processes.
https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032463486&EventCategory=5&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

Business Insights Webcast: Introduction to Microsoft Lync 2010 (previously known as: Introduction to Microsoft Office Communications Server “14”) (Level 100)
Technology has brought us a very long way in terms of how we communicate in the business world. Email, telephones, instant messaging, and conference calling make it possible for us to do things today that were unthinkable twenty years ago. But as these technologies have evolved, they have done so independently, in parallel with one another, creating communications silos. In this webcast, we describe how Microsoft Unified Communications brings all forms of communications together through software and services to provide more effective communications. This webcast will also introduce you to the newest Microsoft productivity solution, Microsoft Lync 2010. See how Microsoft Lync 2010 can enable your organization to connect people in new ways, anywhere, anytime.
https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032458331&EventCategory=5&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

HERO: Introduction to Microsoft Lync (new OCS)
Microsoft Lync Server 2010 is the new OCS version.  Learn about its new architecture, voice deployment, and high availability configuration.
https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032467410&EventCategory=5&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

** in Arabic **

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Not much at all really

Wednesday, November 10, 2010: TechNet Webcast: Information About Microsoft November Security Bulletins (Level 200)
Join us for a brief overview of the technical details of the November security bulletins. We intend to address your concerns in this webcast, therefore, most of the webcast is devoted to attendees asking questions about the bulletins and getting answers from Microsoft security experts.
https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032454441

Tuesday, November 16, 2010: Business Insights Webcast: Transforming your Communications and Productivity with Office 365 (Level 100)
Microsoft® Office 365 delivers the power of cloud productivity to businesses of all sizes, helping to save time, money and free up valued resources. Office 365 combines the familiar Office desktop suite with cloud-based versions of Microsoft’s next-generation communications and collaboration services: Exchange Online, SharePoint Online and Lync Online.
https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032458332

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November 25th Meeting – Windows Phone 7
GFI Software have kindly offered to sponsor this meeting – the theme being Mobility and we’ll be discussing and demo-ing the Windows Phone 7 devices with at least one Microsoft IT Evangelists.

This will be one of the only places you’ll be able to get your hands on a Windows Phone 7 device without actually buying one.

GFI Software provides a single source of Web & Mail Security, Archiving, Backup & Fax, Networking & Security and Hosted solutions software for small to medium-sized enterprises.

With award-winning technology, an aggressive pricing strategy, and a strong focus on the unique requirements of small to medium-sized enterprises, GFI Software satisfies the needs of SME organizations on a global scale.

http://www.mmmug.co.uk/general/november-th-meeting-windows-phone

A Month in #Exchange and #OCS: November 2010: News, Linkz and Downloads

#Exchange2010 #Lync  .. Sorry its a bit late, kind been busy which is well out of order .. any way, changing the format a

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Microsoft Office Communications Server … In
Blog Posts & News from last month Microsoft Communications Server … In Blog Posts & News from last month
Lync … In Blog Posts & News from last month

Check out Google fast flip too .. for Exchange, OCS and Lync

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Let me know if this doesnt work for you, but I have starred stuff in InstantPaper and my Favorites in Twitter.

http://www.instapaper.com/  (create a free account on it, you will be able to add “stared” items to a folder that include most of these, and will update when i do.  My username on Instantpaper is FLAPHEAD)

http://twitter.com/flaphead/favorites

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Exchange Server 2010 Architecture Poster
This poster highlights the architecture and feature set of Microsoft Exchange Server 2010.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=cea0cf7e-d824-49bb-8924-39d66a5fb88e

Infrastructure Planning and Design
The Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) guides are the next version of Windows Server System Reference Architecture. The guides in this series help clarify and streamline design processes for Microsoft infrastructure technologies, with each guide addressing a unique infrastructure technology or scenario.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=ad3921fb-8224-4681-9064-075fdf042b0c

Microsoft Junk E-mail Reporting Add-in for Microsoft Office Outlook
The Junk E-mail Reporting Tool lets you directly report junk e-mail to Microsoft and its affiliates for analysis to help us improve the effectiveness of our junk e-mail filtering technologies.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=53541292-ce94-4c5b-9127-b7d56f11b619

Microsoft Exchange Server MAPI Client and Collaboration Data Objects 1.2.1
Starting with Exchange 2007, neither the Messaging API (MAPI) client libraries nor CDO 1.2.1 are provided as a part of the base product installation. As a result, there is functionality missing that many applications depend on. Microsoft Exchange MAPI and CDO 1.2.1 provide access to these APIs
ExchangeMapiCdo.EXE (6.5.8190.0)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=94274318-27c4-4d8d-9bc5-3e6484286b1f

Communicator for Mac 2011 Deployment Guide
Intended for IT Professionals, the Microsoft Communicator for Mac 2011 Deployment Guide provides guidance for using Microsoft Communicator for Mac 2011 with Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=7c4f539d-eb3c-422a-9b35-022970fc9c34

Public IM Connectivity Provisioning Guide for Microsoft Lync Server, Office Communications Server, and Live Communications Server
This document describes the requirements and processes for activating and provisioning public instant messaging (IM) connectivity.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=9ccaac38-2da8-4a76-8193-96f4bbf04678

Office 365 Beta Service Descriptions
These documents provide a detailed description of the features and functionality of Office 365 services currently in beta.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=6c6ecc6c-64f5-490a-bca3-8835c9a4a2ea

I did not know you could do that with #Powershell

So I have a few scripts that run using the task scheduler, and recently I have noticed a shed load of cmd.exe and powershell.exe running, where the script for some reason has not completed. So a bit of googling and found some interesting stuff.

To get the current PID for the powershell session you are running:

[System.Diagnostics.Process]::GetCurrentProcess()

Now the funky bit, get a list of all cmd.exe and powershell.exe that are running:

get-wmiobject win32_process|where{($_.name -eq “powershell.exe”) -OR ($_.name -eq “cmd.exe”)} | sort processid | select processid,processname,commandline | ft –wrap

Now the wicked bit here is the commandline value (wow you can see it in taskmanager too Winking smile) it shows you what the commandline is that was used to execute the cmd or powershell.

Now just need to work on a wrapper that will stop the process if it’s already running