Ok, I know that the above is pretty easy using Powershell. In fact it is possible to also implement this using Automation Runspaces (again executing Powershell cmdlets from within the C# project) to achieve the same thing. But for a program that I am writing at the moment I needed to take a slight different [...]

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So as some of you will know I have been working on a number of programming projects over the last few years. Admittedly some are better than others – but the one thing that has always bothered me is how I can provide a better setup and configuration experience for my readers. Most of my [...]

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In January I released a very simple tool called ‘WinWOL’ (Windows Wake on LAN) which, as the name suggests is a Windows based Wake on LAN manager. Over the last few months I have been looking at the software again and wanted to change how it worked to make it a little simpler to use. [...]

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Released– Exchange Bulk User Creation Tool v2.0 (EBUCT 2.0)…

by Andy Grogan April 26, 2013

I guess that I never really finish a tool. There is always something that I can think of to add or a suggestion that someone makes that I want to code in! This is especially true for the Exchange Bulk User Creation Tool v2.0 (EBUCT) where hot on the heels of version 1.2 – I [...]

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Building an Exchange 2013 LAB Environment using Windows Server 2012 from scratch – Part 9: Cumulative Update 1

by Andy Grogan April 7, 2013

Ok, yes I know – I said that Part 8 was the last in this particular series – but then Microsoft went and released Cumulative Update 1 (CU1) for Exchange 2013 (on April 2nd) which left me feeling that if I did not cover this – then the LAB series was not properly completed. For [...]

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MVP Award for 2013 – half a decade ~ wow!

by Andy Grogan April 1, 2013

Wow, and I really mean wow! – here in the UK it has been a 4 day holiday due to Easter ~ However, to round off what has been a very cool four days with my family – I received the following e-mail just a few moments ago from Microsoft: Dear Andy Grogan,Congratulations! We are [...]

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Building an Exchange 2013 LAB Environment using Windows Server 2012 from scratch – Part 8: Users, Mailboxes, Distribution lists and Public Folders…

by Andy Grogan March 24, 2013

Ok, we are now in the final straight in this series with this being the final part of creating a test lab from scratch with Windows Servers 2012 and Exchange 2013. I could in truth perhaps go on forever as there are loads of things that I have not covered. But that is the beauty [...]

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Distribution List Reporting Tool (DLRT) 2.5

by Andy Grogan March 17, 2013

I have been adding a few features to the Distribution List Reporting Tool which I thought that would be useful and I am pleased to announce that I think that it is ready. Hope that you like it. Change History Version 1.0 Initial release Version 1.1 Added in handling for environments where there are no [...]

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Building an Exchange 2013 LAB Environment using Windows Server 2012 from scratch – Part 7: Setting up DAG Databases and SSL…

by Andy Grogan March 16, 2013

Wow – part 7 – this is now (I think) officially the longest running series that I have written and not forgotten to finish it (don’t worry this is not the end, there is one more part to go). Took a little while to get this one off the deck as there are a few [...]

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Building an Exchange 2013 LAB Environment using Windows Server 2012 from scratch – Part 6: Configuring a DAG…

by Andy Grogan March 3, 2013

Welcome to part 6 in my series of how you can build an Exchange 2013 LAB using Windows Server 2012. In the previous parts (should you wish to read them, refresh or catch up) can be found below: Part 1 We established our domain design, covered how to provision the Domain Controller for the LAB [...]

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