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Brien Posey is a freelance technical writer, and a five time Microsoft MVP. Over the last thirteen years, Brien has published literally thousands of technical articles and whitepapers, and written or contributed to dozens of books. Prior to becoming a freelance writer, Brien served as CIO for a national chain of hospitals and healthcare facilities. He has also served as a network administrator for the Department of Defense at Fort Knox, and for some of the nation’s largest insurance companies.
Network Administrators Past, Present, and Future
by Brien Posey | 11 July 2011 |
Even in the short time that PCs have been signficantly networked, what it means to be a SysAdmin has changed dramatically. From the first LAN parties to the lumbering infrastructures of today, the role of SysAdmin has evolved and adapted to the shifting needs of... Read more...
An Introduction to Microsoft Office 365
by Brien Posey | 13 January 2011 |  1 comment |
Microsoft Office 365 is the hot new Cloud suite coming out of Redmond, but information about it is either hard to come by, or a little fragmented. We asked Brien to take a look, and boil it all down to the essentials that everyone, including non-technical managers,... Read more...
Importing PST File Data into Exchange Server
by Brien Posey | 14 December 2010 |
Having read Brien's previous article describing PST Horror Stories, you should now be well aware of the dangerous pitfalls of rogue and unmanaged PST files. Thankfully, 3rd party tools offer us a painless away to entirely avoid these problems, as Brien now explains. Read more...
PST Horror Stories
by Brien Posey | 16 November 2010 |  4 comments |
Brien has been on the front line of Systems Administration for long enough to both respect and fear PST files. Though they are a handy tool when used wisely, they are too often misused, resulting in disaster. Brien relates a few tragedies to which he's had a... Read more...
Implementing Cluster Continuous Replication, Part 3
by Brien Posey | 12 March 2010 |
Cluster continuous replication (CCR) uses log shipping and failover to provide a more resilient email system with faster recovery. Once it is installed, a clustered server requires different management routines. These are done either with a GUI tool, The Failover... Read more...
Implementing Cluster Continuous Replication, Part 2
by Brien Posey | 19 November 2009 |  1 comment |
Cluster continuous replication (CCR) helps to provide a more resilient email system with faster recovery. It was introduced in Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 and uses log shipping and failover. configuring Cluster Continuous Replication on a Windows Server 2008... Read more...
Implementing Cluster Replication - Part 1
by Brien Posey | 23 September 2009 |
Imagine that you're researching Continuous Cluster Replication, looking for a simple, direct guide to the basics of getting it set up and running. What do you do if everything you find is either too specialised, or goes into far more detail than you need? If you're... Read more...
A Beginner's Guide to Virtualizing Exchange Server, Part 2
by Brien Posey | 10 June 2009 |  1 comment |
It isn't easy to measure the consumption of physical resources by servers in virtual machines, since each partition has its' own virtualised view of system resources. Not only that, but there is a subtle difference between virtual processors and physical processors.... Read more...
A Beginner's Guide to Virtualizing Exchange Server, Part 1
by Brien Posey | 05 May 2009 |  1 comment |
The advantage of virtualizing your servers is that it helps you make better use of your hardware resources, and reduces some of your licensing costs, However, there are disadvantages: With Exchange server, it isn't always obvious as to which server roles are... Read more...
An Introduction to Unified Messaging
by Brien Posey | 26 March 2009 |
For many years, everyone involved in the administration of offices has wished that there was a way of combining the voicemail, fax, the PBX with the Exchange Email system, particularly for highly mobile users. . With Exchange Server 2007, this has now become a... Read more...
Optimizing Exchange Server 2007
by Brien Posey | 24 November 2008 |  3 comments |
Brien Posey ponders an 'off the cuff' remark that Exchange 2007 runs so well with a default configuration that you don’t even have to worry about optimizing Exchange any more. He decides that there is actually plenty that can be done to help Exchange to perform... Read more...
Configuring Exchange Server 2007 to Support Information Rights Management
by Brien Posey | 02 October 2008 |  1 comment |
In Exchange Server 2007, Information Rights management is easy to set up once you have set up the prerequisites. It is also much cheaper, and easier to use. This is just as well, because of the increasing statutory regulations to prevent the mishandling of... Read more...
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