Long-time readers of this blog will no doubt be aware of my HAProxy virtual appliance for load balancing Exchange 2010. I’ve not yet had time to create a version 2.0 with Exchange 2013 support – however it’s certainly not something I have forgotten about. In this new article for SearchExchange, I take a look at…
This morning I read on Rajith Enchiparambil’s twitter (@rajithe) about the free StartSSL certificates from StartSSL. I’ve been meanin to mention them for a while, as I’ve too been using them in my lab rather successfully. So, the free certificates… First of all, I’d like to elaborate on what the free “class one” certificates give…
A question I am often asked is “Steve, where can I find good training for Exchange 2010”. Although official Microsoft instructor-led courses are available or CBT training from companies like Train Signal, one problem many IT pros have is that their organization won’t pay to send them on training, which can cost thousands of pounds.…
An extra added cost to Exchange 2010 deployments is often a hardware load balancer, or even virtual load balancer appliances. These start at over £1000 for some of the cheaper ones and can cost tens of thousands, however there’s open source software out there that can do the same thing, just as well. I’ve wrapped…