Monthly Archives: January 2012
Average Mailbox Size Using Exchange PowerShell
PowerShell is now becoming more and more prevalent in Microsoft’s Exchange and Server software. This scripting language is becoming a must know for Administrators and knowing this scripting can help get all kinds of useful information. When I was an administrator for an Exchange system, it helped me to monitor the mailbox(s) and databases for their…
We’re Back from Blackout
First, I would like to apologize to anyone who found the blackout of this site inconvenient. We blacked out our site in solidarity with 75,000+ sites who joined together, in the largest online protest (to date), to try to let congress know to stop the SOPA and PIPA bills from passing. These bills would kill the internet…
Change IE Bookmarks Location
Recently in my job, I was looking for a way to keep as much data on the server as possible and making the Windows boxes hold as little data as possible in case of a crash. While I already redirect the “My Documents” drive to the server (note only if you trust your users do this). We…
Q&A Monday: IT Education
Question: Jim, For someone looking to segue into IT, what is the most direct educational route to take- tech school, university, or career diploma program? In general, what do you recommend for a good IT foundation? Tony DiPaciner Philadelphia, Pa Answer: Like most questions in IT, there is a lot of debate for the…