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Exchange 2010: Certificate Install Script

2011-06-30 1 min read Exchange Microsoft Security System Administration Zachary Loeber

Many of the cert providers require that you install both an intermediary and a root trusted cert on the servers which you are configuring your newly requested Unified Communications certificate on. If you are doing an Exchange migration including several ISA/TMG/Exchange (2003 and 2010) servers this can be a tedious process. Here is the quick way to install all three certificates once they are on the server

Exchange 2010: Automated Firewall Rule Generation

2011-06-24 2 min read Exchange Microsoft Networking Powershell Security System Administration Zachary Loeber

A single, or even a dual site Exchange 2010 deployment does not usually require too much internal firewall manipulation. But if you have to setup a Exchange 2010 environment where there are many global sites or a heavily segmented network, the number of firewall requests required to get a fully functioning configuration working can be daunting. Wouldn’t it be nice to have some of those firewall rules automatically generated for you?

Exchange 2010: Protect VIP Mailboxes with Exclusive Scopes

2011-05-04 16 min read Active Directory Exchange Exchange 2010 Microsoft Powershell Security System Administration Zachary Loeber

Prior to starting my new job I wanted to ensure that my previous employer was able to protect VIP mailboxes in their Exchange 2010 SP1 organization. I had to do this with exclusive scopes and these are the steps I had to follow. A general knowledge of role based security is assumed in this post.

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