How to pst a exchange 2007 mailbox

In this article I’ll show you how to pst a exchange 2007 mailbox for backup purposes. First there are a couple of things you need to understand. PST mailboxes is very time consuming, but this is a great way for small organizations to get a brick level backup. I use symantec for my backups, but I always feel like I need another level of protection for the “just in case” of...

Connect to two exchange servers at the same time

In this article I show you how to connect to two different exchange servers at the same time. We all know the trick create on profile for one exchange server you need to connect to, and then create another profile for the other exchange server you need to connect to. However the problem is you can’t run the two profiles at the same time. Which is a big problem I had because I had a home...

Max users on a Blackberry Enterprise Server

How many users can you put on a blackberry server? I wasn’t sure either, but below are the numbers I got from tech support at RIM. This is for a blackberry server connected to exchange. Let us know if you’re able to get more on with no issues. BES with MSDE: 200-250 users BES with SQL (sql on a different machine): 2000-2500...

Moving BES from an MSDE database to SQL

So how do you move from MSDE to SQL on you BES server? If you didn’t know already MSDE can only handle about 200-250 users with Blackberry Server Enterprise. Though officially from Microsoft on paper it says 500, but according to blackberry support personnel it’s only 200-250 before you start expercining delays with email from you blackberry server or handheld. So what’s the...