“The Microsoft SQL Server ODBC Driver for Linux provides native connectivity from Linux to Microsoft SQL Server. “ The ODBC driver can be downloaded from the following link.

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December 2011 cumulative time zone update for Windows operating systems contain update for Windows computers with Israel Time Zone (GMT+2).

The update can be downloaded from the following link.

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The following guide summaries the mail steps How to restore Exchange 2010 Database to Recovery Database (RDB).

Step 1 – Create a new Recovery Database (RDB):

“New-MailboxDatabase -Recovery -Name RDB-For-Mailbox1-Database -Server ExchangeServerName -EdbFilePath "D:\DataRecovery\RDB-For-Mailbox1-Database.edb" -LogFolderPath "D:\DataRecovery"”

Step 2: Restore the EDB/Logs files by using your backup software.

Step 3: Mounting the recovered  EDB/Logs

a. Copy the EDB/Logs to the "D:\DataRecovery\” folder.

b. Rename the old EDB file to “RDB-For-Mailbox1-Database.edb”.

c. Mount the database with the command “Mount-Database "RDB-For-Mailbox1-Database"”.

and review the database status by using the command:

“Get-MailboxDatabase "RDB-For-Mailbox1-Database"” | fl”

* Some third party providers allow you to recovery the data directly to the Recovery Database (RDB).

Step 3: Review the Recovery Database (RDB) content:

“Get-MailboxStatistics -Database"RDB-For-Mailbox1-Database””

Step 4: Recovered the date:

Overwrite the user mailbox:

“Restore-Mailbox -Identity 'Yuval Sinay' –RecoveryDatabase “RDB-For-Mailbox1-Database“

* Please note that the step above may delete user data. Due this, I would recommended to use the next option.

Copy the data to recovery mailbox:

“Restore-Mailbox –Identity  'Yuval Sinay' –RecoveryDatabase “RDB-For-Mailbox1-Database”  -RecoveryMailbox “RecoveryMailboxName”

Then you can you extract the data by using “New-MailboxExportRequest“ command, Outlook etc.
Step 5: Remove the Recovery Database (RDB) from the Exchange server:

“Remove-MailboxDatabase –Identity “RDB-For-Mailbox1-Database”"”

Troubleshooting:

If the recovered database wouldn’t mount, please use the following commands:

“eseutil /mh” – to verify that the database is a clean state.

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One of the questions that asked frequently – “Is restoring Exchange 2003 database to Exchange 2010 Server is supported?”.

Exchange 2003 & Exchange 2010 databases using the same file extension (.EDB).

However, the  schema/format of Exchange 2003 & Exchange 2010 databases is different. Due this, even if you can mount Exchange 2003 database with Exchange 2010 Server, you cant

restore/read the data (New-MailboxRestoreRequest & Restore-Mailbox commands would be failed).

As workaround you can use two options:

Option 1:

Restoring the Exchange 2003 database to a lab environment (e.g. Exchange 2003, with the same service pack level, same Exchange  server name, same Exchange organization name, same Active Directory domain name etc.)

Then the database can be recovered to a RSG (Recovery Storage Group) and from there you can export the data by using Outlook/Exmerge tool etc.

Option 2:

Use a third party tool to open the database and export the data to a target mailbox / PST file.

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Some customers reported that Inbound emails/meeting requests was moved automatically to “Deleted Items” folder.

To stop this unwanted behavior, please use the following command: 

“Set-CalendarProcessing -Identity "UserName" -AutomateProcessing:None”

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Mr. Ratish Nair (MVP) from Team @MSExchangeGuru wrote an interesting article on “Mystery of vanishing outlook meeting requests – SOLVED!!!”.

The article provided a methodology on how to resolve issues vanishing outlook meeting requests (e.g. Why my meetings went to “Delete Items” instead to my calendar etc.).

For further information, please review:

Mystery of vanishing outlook meeting requests – SOLVED!!!

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I setup a Restricted Groups for a customer a while ago. To verify the  Group Policy Object (GPO) operation I used Resultant Set of Policy (RSoP) in the Windows 7 SP1 client.

After reviewing the Resultant Set of Policy (RSoP) report I found out that a red alert message (with “X” inside it) was appeared in the Resultant Set of Policy (RSoP) report.

Then I reviewed the local group membership and I used “gpresult/v”. In practice, the issue didn’t reported by the other tools.

After contacting Microsoft support I found out that this issue is software bug, that may fix in the next version.

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Windows DHCP Server Redundancy can be obtained by using one of the following options:

1. DHCP Failover – Using Windows Clustering technology
DHCP Step-by-Step Guide: Demonstrate DHCP Failover – Clustering in a Test Lab
* Supporting by Windows Enterprise/Datacenter edition and required a shared storage.

2. Split-scope

DHCP Step-by-Step Guide: Demonstrate DHCP Split Scope with Delay on

* Supporting by Windows 2008 R2.

3. Setup two DHCP servers with non-overlapping DHCP scope.

4. Manually export/import DHCP settings to a stand by server.

How to move a DHCP database from a computer that is running Windows NT Server 4.0, Windows 2000, or Windows Server 2003 to a computer that is running Windows Server 2003

How to move a DHCP database from a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008

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Some customers complained that the Outlook delegation isn't function as it should. Some of them reported on NDR errors (e.g. “The e-mail address could not be found. Perhaps the recipient moved to a different e-mail    organization, or there was a mistake in the address. Check the address and try again. <ServerName.DomainName.local#5.1.7>”) while others reported freezing Outlook etc.

Mr. Chris Berry wrote a post that cover “Deleting Old Delegates using MFCMAPI” process. Using this guide you to delete orphaned/mismatch settings in the user mailbox.

For further information, please review:

Deleting Old Delegates using MFCMAPI

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Microsoft released Update Rollup 20 for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 (KB 2550098). The rollup can be downloaded from the following link.

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The following command report on users with “Full Control” permission to the mailbox:

“Get-MailboxPermission -Identity "FirstName LastName" |fl”

The following command report on users with a custom permissions (e.g. Send As etc.) to the mailbox:

“Get-ADPermission -Identity "FirstName LastName" |fl”

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Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection (FEP) 2010 Update Rollup 1 Tools”make it easier for Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 Update Rollup 1 customers to use Group Policy for centralized management, provide optimized settings for various server roles, and diagnose and troubleshoot support issues”. The update can be downloaded from the following link.

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Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 R2 Feature Pack is a collection of advanced tools for SQL 2008 R2 environment. The Feature Pack can be downloaded from the following link.

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