Thursday, January 27, 2011

Microsoft Forefront Protection Server Script Kit

Just installed Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server in one of my production servers yesterday (more on this in a couple of days) and I am waiting to install the Forefront Protection Server Management Console.
However, today I just found out about the Microsoft Forefront Protection Server Script Kit!
This kit provides multi-server management capabilities for Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server and Forefront Protection 2010 for SharePoint.

"In addition to the ability to manage multiple Forefront Protection Servers from a single location, this Solution Accelerator provides easily extensible command-line scripts that help enable server discovery, configuration deployment, and integration with existing management technologies. It also offers basic reporting capabilities to detect configuration drift and monitor server statistics.

Configuration Management and Reporting
- Capture server configuration snapshots and push snapshots to any number of servers
- Compare configuration of any number of servers or baselines
- Obtain statistics from one or many servers, including information about infected files, detected malware, server health, and more
- See summary and/or server detail views"


Going to try it straight away! :-D

More information here and the download here.

Monday, January 17, 2011

Exchange 2010 - Best Mail Server

According to InfoWorld, Microsoft Exchange 2010 is the best mail server!   :)

"Microsoft Exchange 2010 continues Redmond's longstanding market leadership in mail servers and related software. This release shows why the company's once-reviled product continues to be deployed widely in enterprises: it works, it scales, and it continues to gain important new features. In our tests, we saw improved management, administration, and reliability features plus an enhanced experience for users that includes automatic transcription of voicemails, delivery reports for messages, and extensive self-service options. Although light on wholesale changes and heavy on refinements, Exchange 2010 is nevertheless a major step up from Exchange 2007."

Source: InfoWorld's 2011 Technology of the Year Award winners

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Lync Server 2010 Protocol Workloads Poster

"This poster shows each workload in Microsoft Lync Server 2010 communications software, describing relationships, dependencies, flow of information, and certificate requirements."


Explore this poster online using Microsoft Zoom.It.
Download Lync Server 2010 Protocol Workloads poster