You may receive “Missing drivers” error when you try to install Windows 2012 in a physical machine using DVD.
Solution:
- The windows 2012 ISO file you downloaded may be corrupted
- Try to burn your Windows 2012 Media using at maximum 4x as a speed
Good luck
When you try to apply SP1 or SP2 on Exchange 2010 Server, you may receive the error stating that “Database is mandatory on UserMailbox. Property Name: Database.” in the Exchange setup log.
This error is caused by some information that missed in “System Mailbox”. In our case, “System mailbox” aren’t affected to a specific database. There are two solutions:
First Workaround:
1- Delete system mailbox from Active Directory using ADSI tools
- Click Start, click Run, type adsiedit.msc, and then click OK.
- Locate the Default Naming Context node, and then locate to the CN=Users container.
Locate:
- "DiscoverySearchMailbox {D919BA05-46A6-415f-80AD-7E09334BB852}"
- “System mailbox”
- Delete them
2- Run Setup.com /prepareAD, then, System mailboxes will be created
3- SP2 installation will be finish succesfully
Second Workaround:
1- Locate system mailboxes in AD with ADSI
2- Change HomeDB parameter, and affect mailboxes to an existing database
3- Rerun SP2 setup, it will finish succesfully
A nice surprise from MS, they revealed the Exchange edition called : Exchange 2013 Preview.
In order to download it refer to this link: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124558(v=exchg.150)
Good luck
No need to ADSI or LDIFDE Tools to configure the “Fine Grained Password Policy” in windows 2012 RC. All it’s done by GUI “Graphical User Interface”. It’s pretty simple and cool. As Microsoft Certified Trainer, my students found many difficulties when configuring PSO with the ADSI Tool.
1. The first step: “ Active Directory Administrative Center”
Remember, with windows 2008, we find the PSO object already created in a special container called “Password Setting Container”, under the “System” Container. So let’s go there…
2. Create the PSO object
Double click the container called “Password Setting Policy”, then, let’s do a right click…. Amazing, we can create the PSO object here. So simple…
3. A pretty cool GUI
This is the GUI to create a PSO object, I created “My first PSO Object” as you see in the following picture, the GUI is divided into two parts, the first one for the configuration purpose and the second to apply the created PSO to a user or group.
Best regards.
With Active Directory in Windows 2008 R2, configuring AD Recycle Bin request doing some pretty tasks with Powershell to activate this new feature and some others tasks to restore object. With Windows 2012 RC, such tasks become so simple relying to the GUI. You will find here, step by step in order to activate the recycle bin and for restoring an object with graphical user interface.
1. Activate the “Active Directory Recycle Bin”
You have to open “Active Directory Administrative Center”, Don’t forget, you must have at least a forest functional level equal or greater than “Windows 2008 R2”. Then click the option in the red square. (See the following picture)
2. The famous container “Deleted Object”
After activating the “ADRB”, refresh the screen, you will see a new container called “Deleted Object”, double click it.
3. Restoring an Object
Now, restoring a deleted object is pretty cool, you have only to make a right click, then you have a list of choice. (See the following picture)
Thanks Microsoft
After you install the SP1 for Exchange 2010, you try to open the Exchange PowerShell, you receive this error:
La chaîne commençant par :
Au niveau de ligne : 1 Caractère : 5
+ « . <<<< 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14\\bin\RemoteExchange.ps1´; Connect-ExchangeServer -auto »
n'a pas de terminateur : '.
Au niveau de ligne : 1 Caractère : 109
+ « . 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14\\bin\RemoteExchange.ps1´; Connect-ExchangeServer -auto » <<<<
+ CategoryInfo : ParserError: (C:\Program File...eServer -auto »:String) [], ParentContainsErrorRecordExc
eption
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : TerminatorExpectedAtEndOfString
To troubleshoot this issue, proceed by:
- Open the command prompt and execute the following command line:
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -noexit -command ". 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14\bin\RemoteExchange.ps1'; Connect-ExchangeServer <var><target server></var>"
where <target server> is the name of your Exchange server.
If this command line doesn’t function do the following:
- Install the Rollup Update 4 for Exchange 2010 SP1
Good luck
Microsoft released the Update Rollup 1 for Exchange 2010 SP2. For more information about the description of this RU1, you can visit this link .
To download RU1 For Exchange 2010 SP2.
Best Regards.
