Mailbox – email address count – Exchange 2010 Powershell CMD

To get a count of how many email addresses each mailbox is having

Power Shell CMD : get-recipient “username” | select name, @{Name=”Count”;Expression={[array]($_.EmailAddresses).Count}}

for SMTP addresses: get-recipient “username” | select name, @{Name=”Count”;Expression={[array]($_.EmailAddresses | Where {$_ -like “smtp*”}).Count}}

Enjoy!!!

OS X – Lion from Apple…releasing on July 2011!!!

In continuation of my previous blog about Mac OS X Lion developer preview 3, Apple announced its release on July 2001 to Mac App Stores for just $29.99. This software works hand in hand with apple hardware for a better operating system.

  • Built on a rock-solid UNIX foundation
  • OS X is engineered to take full advantage of the technologies in every new Mac
  • Deliver the most intuitive and integrated computer experience possible.

Enjoy!!!

Elcome International – Productivity goes up using latest Microsoft Technology

As a system integrator, My company, Elcome is well aware of the technologies available to make our clients lives easier…The deployment of Microsoft Dynamics has also had a major impact on the company’s ability to operate. “One big area that we’ve been able to focus on is reporting, in terms of KPIs and business intelligence. There have been a lot of advances in Dynamics and the supporting tools to make it easier to produce different types of reports, and the ability to allow end users to customise, specifically things like SQL reporting services that are part of SQL 2008. We were using an old version of Microsoft Dynamics GP. Two versions old in fact,” we realises. “When we upgraded to the latest version – and I think we were one of their first customers to go live with the latest version which is Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 – we also moved to the latest versions of all the underlying technology. That includes the latest version of Microsoft SQL Server 2010. We’ve also moved from 32-bit to 64-bit servers. Everything is now running on 64bit hardware and software.” – explains executive director at Elcome International, Jimmy Grewal…more information read the following article published by ITP publishers on ACN Magazine By Ben Furfie Published May 10, 2011, May 2011 issue..click here to read more

Microsoft Windows Phone – Previews of Next Release

In my previous blog i mentioned that  today May 25th, 2011, As promised, Microsoft intends to unveil a more detailed and full roadmap for the Windows Phone 7 mobile line. Yesterday, Microsoft previewed the next major release of Windows Phone, code-named “Mango,” through a series of media events around the world. “Mango” will deliver more than 500 new features to push the boundaries of the smartphone experience around communications, apps and the Internet. The “Mango” release will be available for free to Windows Phone 7 customers and is scheduled to ship on new phones beginning this fall. More details on device update timing will be provided closer to availability. Windows Phone will also add support for additional languages, expand access to apps by launching Windows Phone Marketplace in new countries, and partner with new OEMs to enable expansion to new markets.

This release include features such as

  • Threads: Switch between text, Facebook chat and Windows Live Messenger within the same conversation.
  • Groups: Group contacts into personalized Live Tiles to see the latest status updates right from the Start Screen and quickly send a text, email or IM to the whole group.
  • Deeper social network integration: Twitter and LinkedIn feeds are now integrated into contact cards, and “Mango” includes built-in Facebook check-ins and new face detection software that makes it easier to quickly tag photos and post to the Web.
  • Linked inbox: See multiple email accounts in one linked inbox. Conversations are organized to make it easy to stay on top of the latest mail.
  • Hands-free messaging: Built-in voice-to-text and text-to-voice support enables hands-free texting or chatting.

More information about this release, read the press release from Microsoft News Center.

Enjoy!!!

Exchange 2010 – Distribution group email id – Not able to receive email from external source – Solution

On Exchange server 2010, If you create a distribution group with scope as Universal and type as Distribution, in your domain active directory.

and then you enable the mail from creating the mailbox server, then do the testing of email flow from internal and external.,

if you ever had face an error, “Technical details of permanent failure: SERVER tried to deliver your message, but it was rejected by the recipient domain. We recommend contacting the other email provider for further information about the cause of this error. The error that the other server returned was: 550 550 5.1.1 User unknown (state 14).”

Please do the following.

From your active directory, select the property of the group email id, then under mail flow settings, select Message Delivery Restrictions, then select Properties…, new window will open.

uncheck the box which states “Require that all senders are authenticated” and click ok..then apply and ok again.

Give some time to replicate this to Edge server…

Enjoy!!!!

Microsoft GP 2010 – Analytical Accounting Menu Master Table (SY07110) Records Multiplying – Bug & Workaround

Analytical Accounting Menu Master Table (SY07110) Records Multiplying – Bug & Workaround  : read this solution/workaround from my collegue…a good post.

A good response from David Musgrave

The issue has been fixed in the latest hotfixes.. on Post1 and Post2

Enjoy!!!

SmartScreen® Application Reputation in IE9

One out of every 14 programs downloaded is malware, Microsoft reported in a blog post on Wednesday.  Application Reputation mechanism in Internet Explorer 9, Microsoft noted that IE blocks between 2 and 5 million attacks a day for IE8 and IE9 customers…PC Magazine has more news on this. Social-engineering attacks, like tricking a user into running a malicious program, are far more common than attacks on security vulnerabilities. Application Reputation  in IE9 helps protect users from these socially engineered malware attacks. Please click here to read this article from MSDN blog

Microsoft, Intel Don’t Entirely Agree on Next Windows

Chips based on ARM designs power Apple’s popular Iphone and iPad devices and devices that run Google’s Android software. Intel’s perceived momentum took another blow in January, when Microsoft said the next version of its mainstream Windows operating system will for the first time work on ARM chips as well as the x86 design sold by Intel and AMD.  Intel had one key mission at its analyst meeting this week: convincing investors that it can still catch up to rival ARM Holdings in the mobile market. One of its arguments seems to have miffed longtime partner Microsoft…more info Click here

Intel exec shares more on Microsoft’s Windows 8 plans..Click here to read this article from ZDNet

Forefront Endpoint Protection 2012 Beta

Forefront Endpoint Protection 2012 continues to deliver on the promise of Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010, simplifying and improving endpoint protection while also greatly reducing infrastructure costs. It builds on System Center Configuration Manager, allowing customers to implement endpoint protection as part of a unified infrastructure for securing and managing physical, virtual, and mobile client environments.  This shared infrastructure lowers ownership costs while providing improved visibility and control over endpoint management and security.  New features in the beta release include:- Support for System Center Configuration Manager 2012- Role-based administration- More efficient delivery of security updates..Click here to download.

Outlook Hotmail Connector 32-bit

With Microsoft Outlook Hotmail Connector 32-bit, you can use Microsoft Office Outlook 2003, Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 or Microsoft Office Outlook 2010 to access and manage your Microsoft Windows Live Hotmail or Microsoft Office Live Mail accounts, including e-mail messages, contacts and calendars for free!

Outlook Hotmail Connector enables you to use your Live Hotmail accounts within Outlook:

    • Read and send your Office Live Mail/Windows Live Hotmail e-mail messages.
    • Manage your contacts in Windows Live Hotmail.
    • Use advanced options for blocking junk e-mail messages.
    • Manage multiple e-mail accounts in one place.
    • Manage, and synchronize multiple calendars, including shared calendars to Windows Live Calendar from Outlook

If you use the Outlook Hotmail Connector with Outlook 2010 you gain these additional benefits:

  • Your Safe Sender List/Blocked sender list/Safe Recipient lists are synchronized between Outlook and Hotmail.
  • Send/receive works like your other Outlook accounts.
  • Your Hotmail account status appears in the Outlook status bar.
  • Rules work with the Hotmail account in Outlook even if it’s not your primary account.

To download this from Microsoft site, click here