Category Archives: Hyper-V

Exchange 2013 coexistence, EAC and ECP

When you introduce Exchange 2013 into an existing Exchange 2010 environment and you want to open the Exchange Admin Center (using https://localhost/ecp or using https://webmail.contoso.com/ecp) it ‘fails’ and it opens the Exchange 2010 ECP instead. This is caused by the … Continue reading →
Lync 2013 and Exchange 2013 Unified Messaging

In earlier blog posts I’ve written how to install Exchange 2013 and in another series of blog posts I’ve written how to install Lync Server 2013, including connectivity with a SIP trunk provider using a Lync 2013 mediation server. The … Continue reading →
Installing Exchange Server 2013–Part I

Exchange server 2013 consists of two server roles, the Mailbox Server (sometimes referred to as the back-end) and the Client Access Server (sometimes referred to as the front-end). All clients connect to the CAS Server and the CAS Server proxies … Continue reading →
Deploying Lync Server 2013

In a earlier blog post I explained the basics of Lync Server 2010 and how to install Lync Server 2010, including a Lync Edge Server and a reverse proxy to publish the accompanying web services. Microsoft has recently released Lync … Continue reading →
Load Balancing in Exchange 2013

I wrote about load balancing in Exchange 2013 earlier, but that blog was based on the beta of Exchange 2013. Time have passed and there’s some more insight so I decided to update this blog… In an earlier article I … Continue reading →

Exchange 2010 and Virtualization

Posted on May 18, 2011 by jaapwess

Looking at the number of blog posts and Tweets it’s hard to imagine you haven’t heard already about the new support policy around hardware virtualization and Exchange Server 2010: http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2011/05/16/announcing-enhanced-hardware-virtualization-support-for-exchange-2010.aspx Bottom line is that the Unified Communications server role in … Continue reading →

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Performance Monitor met Hyper-V

Posted on August 28, 2010 by jaapwess

Veel mensen willen nog wel eens naar Task Manager kijken om te bepalen hoe zwaar hun processoren worden belast. Onderstaand is een Hyper-V server met een Intel Xeon 5530 waarop een aantal (Exchange 2010) VM’s staan. De processoren doen voornamelijk … Continue reading →

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NLB en Hyper-V Virtual Machines

Posted on June 11, 2010 by jaapwess

Voor testdoeleinden maak ik gebruik van een aantal Windows Server 2008 R2 servers met Hyper-V. Voor het testen van de CAS Array binnen Exchange 2010 wil je eigenlijk een tweetal CAS Servers hebben in een NLB configuratie. Dat is ook … Continue reading →

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DPM 2010 en virtuele Exchange Servers

Posted on March 27, 2010 by jaapwess

In mijn domein draait een DPM 2010 (Release Candidate) server en die maakt backups van Exchange 2007 via een DPM agent die op de Exchange Server is geinstalleerd. De Exchange Server is echter een Virtuele Machine, draaiend op een Windows … Continue reading →