Category Archives: PowerShell

Comparing PowerShell Switch Parameters with Boolean Parameters

Posted on July 2, 2009 by Devin

If you’ve ever take a look at the help output (or TechNet documentation) for PowerShell cmdlets, you see that they list several pieces of information about each of the various parameters the cmdlet can use: The parameter name Whether it … Continue reading →

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A certificate roundup

Posted on May 9, 2008 by Devin

Certificates are one of the biggest issues I keep hearing about with Exchange and OCS, and apparently I’m not the only one. Fellow MVP Michael B. Smith has recently posted two blog articles on certs: how to use SAN certificates … Continue reading →

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Sweet PowerShell lovin’…for free!

Posted on February 28, 2008 by Devin

And yes, that’s “free as in beer,” not “free as in what some people think all information wants to be.”[1] Frank Koch and Marcel Trümpy of Microsoft (in Switzerland) have created not one, but two Windows PowerShell ebooks, and you … Continue reading →

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Liveblogging the Unified Communications Voice Ignite conference, day 3

Posted on February 5, 2008 by Devin

Good morning! Back for day 3. (You can see my day 2 notes here.) 09:13: Back when I first started doing OCS, the vision included “hybrid“ gateway devices which included the Mediation Server role functionality in the gateway. Well, they exist … Continue reading →

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Post-Connections report

Posted on November 13, 2007 by Devin

Vegas was great again, this year; the hotel was as lovely as ever, but the overlap with the Latin Grammys sure did some interesting things to the elevators. Mandalay Bay felt full this year! On the other hand, the beach … Continue reading →

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It’s a release!

Posted on October 9, 2007 by Devin

For those of you who have been waiting for that sweet, sweet DPM 2007 goodness…wait no more. It’s gone RTM. DPM 2007 is an amazing product, so amazing that somebody and his cow-orker are writing a book about it. (Yes, … Continue reading →

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Testing your new Exchange 2007 Send connector

Posted on September 25, 2007 by Devin

Updated 1401 PDT: added the diagram. A recent post on a mailing list I frequent gives me today’s blog post. So you’ve got an Exchange 2000/2003 organization and you’ve decided that you want to upgrade to Exchange 2007. You’ve done … Continue reading →

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