I pride myself on being an lazy admin. The preferred term is efficient, but what I mean by “lazy” is that I like to do the least amount of typing to achieve the desired result. Another key about my technique is that while I can use Remote Desktop or the Computer Management MMC to manage servers, … Read more
As a Microsoft Exchange 2010 administrator I am often asked to get information about messages that have been sent, received, or that didn’t get to or from their destination. Microsoft provides the Message Tracking tools to be able to do this from the Exchange Management Console in Exchange 2010. In Microsoft Exchange 2003 the Message … Read more
When considering a BCP (Business Continuity Planning) solution for your application server environment, one product that you should definitely consider is Double-Take Availability from Vision Solutions. I’ve been using the Double-Take product suite since its earliest days when the company was originally NSI Software. Over recent years the company became branded as Double-Take Software to … Read more
For those who have had exposure to development environments, you are probably familiar with TDD, or Test Driven Development. If not, then I highly recommend that you dig into the topic as it may be one of the best tools to have in your toolkit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test-driven_development The concept is simple: Design a test for an upcoming … Read more