RE: [ActiveDir] Recommendations for spam issue

2006-03-06 Thread Alborzfard, Alex
As you can see from the responses, you have lot of options. It just depends on your budget, time (setup administration), and expertise which one is the best bet for you. Alex Alborzfard From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rimmerman, Russ

RE: [ActiveDir] Windows Server mailing lists

2006-03-03 Thread Alborzfard, Alex
Can you get me a free copy of VMware??!! J I like the sunbelt site too. Alex Alborzfard From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alex Fontana Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 9:46 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: [ActiveDir] Windows Server

[ActiveDir] SBS 2003 Domain/Forest Rename

2006-03-01 Thread Alborzfard, Alex
This question is for Susan - SBS Goddess - but feel free to respond if you know the answer. Can a SBS 2003 domain/forest be renamed? If so, what's the best/recommended practice in doing it? TIA Alex Alborzfard List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ:

RE: [ActiveDir] SBS 2003 Domain/Forest Rename

2006-03-01 Thread Alborzfard, Alex
the Exchange name with no issues. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alborzfard, Alex Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 7:21 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: [ActiveDir] SBS 2003 Domain/Forest Rename This question is for Susan - SBS

RE: [ActiveDir] How Do You Test Your Exchange Disaster Recovery Plan?

2006-02-21 Thread Alborzfard, Alex
Unfortunately I cannot shed a light on your AD authentication woes. However, from a pure Exchange perspective, you can try using MS tool - Microsoft Exchange Server Disaster Recovery Analyzer Tool. I have tested it myself by bringing down (dismounting) a database and getting a report from

RE: [ActiveDir] Looking for Recommendations

2006-02-20 Thread Alborzfard, Alex
I'd be interested on getting that spreadsheet. I'm willing to pay for sanitation time. :) --Alex _ Alex Alborzfard mindSHIFT Technologies (215) 946-5877 www.mindshift.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf

RE: [ActiveDir] Looking for Recommendations

2006-02-20 Thread Alborzfard, Alex
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of |Alborzfard, Alex |Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 7:16 PM |To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org |Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Looking for Recommendations | |I'd be interested on getting that spreadsheet. I'm willing to |pay for sanitation time. :) | |--Alex | |_ |Alex

RE: [ActiveDir] Delete Uninstall directories?

2006-02-20 Thread Alborzfard, Alex
Title: RE: [ActiveDir] Delete Uninstall directories? I was never aware of having to keep a pagefile pointer on C: Why is that necessary? As far as minimum I go with RAM*2+1 formula on the other partition(s). --Alex _ Alex Alborzfard mindSHIFT Technologies (215)

RE: [ActiveDir] Active Directory Exchange Server

2006-02-09 Thread Alborzfard, Alex
Your question is not very clear to me either, but I'll take a stab at it: 1- Mailboxes are NOT physically located on DC, but on Exchange server's Information Store. 2- Email is only an attribute of the user's AD account, not a separate entity. 3- When Exchange is set up initially, the domains it

RE: [ActiveDir] exchange tool

2006-01-31 Thread Alborzfard, Alex
You can also try Microsofts Best Practice Analyzer tool. Im not sure if it lists all mailbox stores settings, but it generates a very comprehensive report. What settings do you need to know/document specifically? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

RE: [ActiveDir] exchange tool

2006-01-31 Thread Alborzfard, Alex
Where can I get ADMAP and ExMap? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hutchins, Mike Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 10:02 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] exchange tool There is also an Exchange version called ExMap...

[ActiveDir] Group policy not working on assigned app

2006-01-11 Thread Alborzfard, Alex
I'm sure I'm not the first one to have problem w. GP in regards to assign/publish apps. The problem I'm having is the app assigned under GP won't run. After running the GP modeling wizard under GPMC it says it couldn't load GP because it couldn't find the path. Then in DC's event log, it records

[ActiveDir] Access Denied error when joining the domain

2006-01-09 Thread Alborzfard, Alex
When trying to join PCs to domain, Access Denied error message is displayed. There are no entries in Event Viewer logs. PCs can ping DC by name IP address. Also there are no duplicate machines in AD. These PCs were part of bunch of PCs that were imaged and sent to remote site. Some are

[ActiveDir] DNS server question

2005-11-17 Thread Alborzfard, Alex
My apologies if this is a bit off-topic, but I was wondering if I ask the masters (bowing my head of course!) a DNS scenario question: Im at a client site, where theyre running AD2K, w. 2 DCs both running DNS, one is actually running Exchange (Yikes!). One DNS has forwarders enabled

RE: [ActiveDir] Server Monitoring

2005-10-18 Thread Alborzfard, Alex
A little late to put my 2 cents in, but I guess better late than never. I've used NAGIOS, Kaseya, and MonitorIT. If you're comfortable with Linux I'd go with NAGIOS, you can't go wrong with the price: FREE. Otherwise the other two are viable options, you get a whole lotta features. The down side

RE: [ActiveDir] AD Migration Question

2005-10-11 Thread Alborzfard, Alex
;en-us;325473 -- Kamlesh On 10/10/05, Alborzfard, Alex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the advice! Excuse my ignorance, but how do I upgrade the schema, while I'm installing the WIN2K3 server? Ditto for migrating FSMOs. Does it mean that I would have a 2K and 2K3 AD domain coexisting

[ActiveDir] AD Migration Question

2005-10-10 Thread Alborzfard, Alex
I have a W2K AD that I want to migrate to W2K3 AD. Whats the best option: In-place upgrade of the W2K DC or standing up a brand new W2K3 DC server And then upgrade the W2K DC to W2K3? By the way the W2K DC is also running DNS, DHCP, WINS. I have one more DNS server. If I go the

RE: [ActiveDir] AD Migration Question

2005-10-10 Thread Alborzfard, Alex
other servers out. Reinstall them with W2K3 and dcpromo them back in. Did this with a 700 user network with no downtime. Regards Peter Johnson P.S Look out for the article on migrating your DHCP database. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alborzfard