Days in the Life of an IT Consultant: Recent Comments

Comment on How to Sysprep Windows Server 2008 R2

Johan Dreyer — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:26:55 GMT

Hi Lee,

Unfortunately I have never tried this and don't have the hardware at the moment to check it out. I usually just setup my partitioning after the server is built considering that it is possible in Windows 2008 to dynamically resize disks from the Disk Manager.

Kind Regards,

Johan

Comment on Import Contacts into Exchange 2007 using CSV

biotech coaching — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:42:08 GMT

hurray i am teaching excahnge server this time :)

Comment on How to Sysprep Windows Server 2008 R2

Lee Turchin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:32:11 GMT

I have read that the R2 sysprep image must somehow be configured to apply its special disk partitioning scheme during the sysprep phase. Do you happen to know which component of the answer file is configured for those settings. I believe that they are the system, recovery and windows partitions.
I found an Microsoft script that applies the following using diskpart.txt

select disk 0
clean
create partition primary size=3000 id=27
format quick fs=ntfs label="Recovery"
assign letter="R"
create partition primary size=300
format quick fs=ntfs label="System"
assign letter="S"
active
create partition primary
format quick fs=ntfs label="Windows"
assign letter="W"
exit

When I attempt to apply the above commands to the blade, I get a warning that "the partition you specified is not an OEM or ESP partition. Please select an OEM or ESP partition and try again."

Thank you in advance,
Lee Turchin

Comment on Updated! Upload Hundreds of Contacts into your Exchange 2007 in 8 simple steps -

Johan Dreyer — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 10:09:56 GMT

Hi Nass,

Glad you found the script useful. It is possible to manage and maintain your groups using scripts but you will have to use the ldifde tool. Unfortunately I do not have such a script as csvde has always been sufficient for my requirements (as a consultant, user administration is not something I usually work with.)

There is plenty of information available on the web that can help you build up this script.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Johan

Comment on Updated! Upload Hundreds of Contacts into your Exchange 2007 in 8 simple steps -

Nass — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:24:08 GMT

Hi Johan,

This script is great.. Is there any easy way that contacts can be automatically added to groups when they are imported?

Thanks..

Comment on Import Contacts into Exchange 2007 using CSV

web designing — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:06:18 GMT

good

Comment on Import Bulk Contacts into Exchange 2003

Jim — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:11:51 GMT

Sweet, great little XL file there, worked perfect!

Thanks

Comment on Import Bulk Contacts into Exchange 2003

Web Development Surrey — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:05:19 GMT

Hey, that was interesting,

This is a great way to import lots of contacts,

Keep up the good work,

Anyway, thanks for the post

Comment on Integrating Outlook Web App 2010 with OCS 2007 R2

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Comment on Import Contacts into Exchange 2007 using CSV

biotech coaching — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:19:18 GMT

He wanted a script to assist him in importing bulk contacts into his Exchange Server 2007 Organization.