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Set mailbox permissions in Exchange 2010

Out of the box Exchange 2010 doesn’t give admins mailbox access.  Many places that I have worked do want their administrators and helpdesk teams to be able to open any mailbox so they can help diagnose problems.  This blog demonstrates a few of the possible ways you can change mailbox permissions.

Find the distinguished name of an AD object (DSQUERY)

This post got me out of a hole today so i have reproduced it here for posterity –

Excel Tips & Tricks

I use Excel a lot.  Though not in the way that most people will use it.  Excel is a very powerful tool when it comes to text manipulation and working in IT I often have to wade through, process, manipulate, squeeze, expand or turn upside various huge text or csv files.  So here are a few Excel […]

Add a new disk to a Linux system

This is the procedure I use to add a disk to any of my fedora / centos / redhat systems.

T-SQL Example code: Select, Insert, Update, Delete

Various examples and snippets of Select, Insert, Update, Delete T-SQL

T-SQL Example code: Table Management

T-SQL table management tips, tricks and code snippets

T-SQL Example code: useful stores procedures and snippets

Here are some useful one liners that I find very useful

T-SQL Example code: User Management

Some useful commands for dealing with users (in a non violent way), and a very useful couple of lines for finding and then fixing orphaned users which often happens after moving a database to a differnet SQL server.

T-SQL Example code: Database Management

Here is some code that Iv’e found useful for managing databases:

T-SQL Example code: SQL Fixes

Here are a few lines of code that have got me out of troubel in the past:

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