I'm migrating an Exchange 2003 environment to Exchange 2010. The hardware has already been spec'd and is in place for our 2010 requirements but the back up solution is going to be upgraded separately. With that in mind I need to workout the likely storage uplift in changing from 2003 to 2010. Our current backup solution is spec'd for Exchange 2003 and has limited capacity for expansion.
We will not be increasing mailbox sizes until the new backup solution is in place but Exchange 2010 storage model changes means there will be an increase in data size regardless. I basically need to know what my current Exchange 2003 database sizes will look like in Exchange 2010. Can anyone advise how I can calculate or estimate this (e.g. combine .edb and .stm file sizes and add 5% for CI)? I've search the web but I can't find a clearer answer than between 20% - 50%.
Thanks
Read this blog and download the calculator.
http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2009/11/09/3408737.aspx
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I have a GCP instance based on Windows Server 2012 R2. Windows was activated from the start but a week ago apears like not activated. How can i fix this issue? I don't have high level support that i can use.
It looks like you are running a GCP free tier according to this.
In any case, like normal usage of Windows the use of the software have cost. I would recommend you to review the specifications you need, and estimate the cost it would have to run your VM on a payment model. Take a look at this calculator, it will help you in your estimation.
In addition Google Cloud Platform offers you significant discounts if you make the commitment to use the same type of VM and/or software for a long period of time. You can see the details here.
Getting back to your answer is not an issue, it's just the normal limitation of the free trial.
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I am trying to learn Dynamics 365, but the trials https://trials.dynamics.com/ are not long enough. What other alternatives do I have for a sandbox style environment for me to learn Dynamics, ideally something which is a lot longer than 30 days or if I have to pay, something which is not going to cost me an arm and a leg.
Are the following options (ideally without paying) in the hope that I get longer trials:
Use on-prem hyper-v servers to install and configure Dynamics 365 myself
Use the 1 year Azure trial to install and configure Dynamics 365 myself
A docker solution which has everything pre-configured for a 1 year Azure trial for Dynamics 365
Any other solution which I have not considered?
If any of the above options are possible, detailed instructions on how to get these configured would be highly appreciated.
Dynamics 365 purely works on licensing model & short trial period for prospect try-outs. Without license the show cannot run for long time, even for learning purpose. Forget about a year long free try-outs (or learning environment), the Dynamics online will give a 30 days with a possibility of another 30 days extension in trial environment. You can always take out the Customization (solution backup), data backup too and restore in another new 30 days trial to go on.
When we talk about on-premise environments, say Dynamics installed on local server or Azure VM - you will still get a roadblock with key or expiring trial licenses, probably 90 days (IIRC).
Installing D365CE 9.0 – step by step instruction by Andrew Butenko
One thing I remember is Dev Community Plan - I heard in one of the UG meetings, that it's available for a year but neither tried and not sure. This will fit you as this purely for Developer individual use.
If you want to build skills and learn more about Power Apps, Power Automate, and the Common Data Service, the Power Apps Community Plan is the right plan for you. The Power Apps Community Plan gives you a free development environment for individual use, where you can:
Learn to build business apps and workflows with the full
functionality of Power Apps and Power Automate.
Connect to any data source by using our 100+ out of the box
connectors or by creating your own custom connectors.
Explore how you can use the Common Data Service to build powerful
business apps with the common data model and the SDK.
Export the solutions you create in your individual environment, and
list them on AppSource so your customers can test-drive them.
TL;DR Buying a real Dynamics cloud environment with a couple of licenses to do learning/dev is probably simpler/cheaper.
On-prem
MSDN enterprise standard subscription gives you access to an on-prem Dynamics installation with no limit.
As far as I know, only the highest tier provides this. The spreadsheet from the pricing page shows that Dynamics is only for Enterprise, and the pricing page implies that access to those software is for a standard subscription - not monthly.
Pricing: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/pricing/
Access to Microsoft software for Dev/Test use (Windows Server, Windows
SQL Server, and more
Links to: https://download.microsoft.com/download/1/5/4/15454442-CF17-47B9-A65D-DF84EF88511B/Visual_Studio_by_Subscription_Level.xlsx
With the subscription, you can install everything needed to get one (or more) VM environments running, including Windows Server, SQL Server and Exchange.
Downside with on-prem is that many features are cloud-only nowadays (PCF, Flow/PowerAutomate, etc.) and the version is lagging behind even though cumulative patches are released regularly.
If you go this route, installation instructions are provided on MS Docs. Getting a basic HTTP configuration to work is simple enough, but to get the full functionality (incl. Outlook App on Exchange) it is a bit more involved: you'll have to setup HTTPS domain certificates and ADFS to enable IFD. I suggest to run ADFS5 on a Server 2019 VM if you ever plan to develop with the CRM web api in this configuration, eg to query from VsCode using tokens.
Are there any limitations on the number of projects within Visual Studio online? When I go to the Azure Pricing calculator, all the calculations for the visual studio online are based on the number of users not the number of projects. Lets say if I have 5 users (which will be free) with 10 projects or 200 projects, it should not matter in terms of the pricing, right?
There are 2 main kinds of storage that you use:
Blob store – this is the size of the files, attachments, etc that are stored on the service. The files are compressed so that affects the size. The blob store is, for all intents and purposes unlimited (though we may from time to time impose limits to prevent abuse). Legitimate use is basically unlimited.
Meta-data store – Metadata (version control version info, work item records, test execution results, etc) are stored in a SQL Azure database and SQL Azure has raised their max database size, also the data will be compressed, so you don’t need to worry about it.
More information, you can refer to this article. About Azure SQL Database resource limits, you can refer to this article.
Visual studio online offers unlimited number of projects and the license depends on the number of users, with 5 users free of charge.
I want to start learning SharePoint and I need my system setup.
I know I need a SharePoint server, whether on a physical server or a virtual machine. I have done this in the past for the company I worked for. But now I want to use my system to develop but the requirements doesn't meet the SharePoint server specification
I have seen this link and several others on serverfault and they always recommend the Virtual Machine approach
Where is the Location of Microsoft.Sharepoint.dll
I have also obtain a link to Microsoft Hyper-V pre-installed virtual machine but it's too heavy for my machine.
I have read article that says I should download dlls from a SharePoint server and paste in a replica directory structure on my system
http://www.techerator.com/2011/02/how-to-perform-sharepoint-development-on-a-client-workstation/
I see that a lot of developer are faced with this challenge and I wish to know if there is now a workaround. Also, what are the limitations?
Do yourself a big favor and upgrade your development box so that it can handle a VM with SharePoint. Hardware is cheap these days, and a SharePoint capable laptop doesn't break the bank.
The amount of time you spend on trying to come up with a working Gaffa tape solution will soon fall apart again when you need to debug something in a real life scenario. That time is then wasted and you wish you had gone for a proper setup instead.
Check out CloudShare. It is worth the price. There is a 14 day trial.
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What is your company solution for PPM (managing projects, demands, timesheets, etc)? And what is your experience with it?
I'm trying to know about the tool prespective and not your company's particular business process.
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Roadmap http://www.ppmroadmap.com/ takes the same, lightweight approach as Basecamp and applies it to PPM. In fact, Roadmap supports real-time integration with Basecamp. It's reasonably priced and easy to use.
In our company ms project standard is used for managing projects, demands, timesheets, etc.
I've used microsoft project gantt chart for project scheduling and tracking, it serves the purpose very well. You can download ms project trial version from microsoft website. You can get more details on ms project at this link.
We use Microsoft Great Plains, and hate it! We also use Siebel Service for defect tracking... and hate it!
A while back we implemented Mantis, an open source bug tracking tool for a small project that needed customers to access it (all our corporate apps are internal-access only). Mantis has been so successful we have 3 teams using it and resisting moving to using Siebel.
We also use dotProject for project management - its good, but I'm not sure its quite as good as more expensive Project tools.
So, my experience has been that the open source, web based tools are very good (eg OrangeHRM, WebERP, vTiger), very useable, (and free), and they do a perfectly good-enough job. The commerical apps can sometimes be complete pants.
For Visual Studio teams, Microsoft's Team Foundation Server is getting much better...2010 provides much more syncing and task hierarchical mgmt then 2008 and 2005 before, but still not a fully healthy PPM solution out of the box...if you have the skills, create an entire process template for your org and really get the power out of TFS. Kudos to msft for the 2010 version and the much improved MS Project 2010 product...I'm in the middle of evaluating this myself.
#task is awesome even in its standard edition suite - expensive, but allows total tracking, mgmt, dashboard, timesheet, doc mgmt, etc, etc, etc right out of the box on a SAAS model.
Basecamp has become the trendy adaptation to the PPM problem. I've used it some with clients, but would love to trial it for myself soon.
In our organization we use Microsoft Project 2010 for project portfolio management. It is used to gain visibility & control across all projects & teams, helps enhance decision-making, improves alignment with business strategy, helps maximize resource utilization and managing projects by enhancing project execution. Definitely recommend it.