How to protect Exchange with Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2010

The DPM team has released a new whitepaper on “How to protect Exchange with Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2010”
You can download this whitepaper from the following location:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=be885d26-25e5-41ff-afc8-506414aed960

DPM 2010 Guides

Here are the latest DPM 2010 guides from the DPM team:

Planning a System Center Data Protection Manager 2010 Deployment
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=277db8f2-dbd9-456a-a99d-8fb6f47f3203

Deploying System Center Data Protection Manager 2010 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=4ea389ef-7626-48ac-bac2-66ef4173f167

Data Protection Manager 2010 Operations Guide http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=58ed28c3-252a-452b-b6e1-992bd56cede0

Data Protection Manager 2010 Troubleshooting Guide http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=ed702ecc-0469-455c-9337-a0a7f14a3cf3

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 VHD

You can download a fully configured System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 VHD from the Microsoft site.  This download enables you evaluate Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2. 

Download:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=e0fadab7-0620-481d-a8b6-070001727c56

Exchange Server Active Directory Schema Changes Reference

This download includes the Active Directory Schema Reference, which provides information about the changes that Microsoft Exchange Server makes to the Active Directory schema when it is installed.

This provides a summary of the Active Directory schema changes that are made when you install Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1 (SP1), Exchange Server 2010, Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3 (SP3), Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2), Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1), Exchange Server 2007, and Exchange Server 2003. 

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System Requirements

• Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000; Windows 2000 Advanced Server; Windows 2000 Professional Edition ; Windows 2000 Server; Windows 2000 Service Pack 2; Windows 2000 Service Pack 3; Windows 2000 Service Pack 4; Windows Server 2003; Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1; Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 for Itanium-based Systems; Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2; Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 for Itanium-based Systems; Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition for 64-Bit Itanium-Based Systems; Windows Server 2003, Datacenter x64 Edition; Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition for Itanium-based Systems; Windows Server 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition; Windows Server 2003, Standard x64 Edition

• Access to a computer that is running Microsoft Word or a Microsoft Word viewer.

 
Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Administrator's Pocket Consultant

MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-662): Configuring Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 (Pro - Certification)
Mastering Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Best Practices
TS - Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, Configuring Practice Exam

Windows SFC and Registry Keys

SFC is System File Checker. SFC is running in system to protect system files. All the system files are located in C:\Windows and C:\Windows\System32 folders. These files are important for Windows Operating to work effeciently. If any of the files is deleted accidently the file gets restored from the DLLCache folder automatically with the help of SFC. Sometimes, you might need to disable the SFC for development and testing purpose. This article explains the registry keys you can play with to disable the SFC and various options. 

KEY Name:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon 
Entry Name: SFCDisable 
Date Type: REG_DWORD 
Value: 0,1,2,3,4

0 = enabled. This is the default option. The SFC is enabled by default on Windows Systems.
1 = disable the SFC. The value 1 disable the SFC but prompt the user at the boot to re-enable the SFC.
2 = This is to disable the SFC completely and users are not prompted to re-enable it.
4 = SFC is enabled but the popups are disabled.

At the same location at registry, you can configure one more registry entry: SFCScan. Data type for this is REG_DWORD and values could be 0,1,2. This entry can be useful to perform the scan of protected files of the systems.

• 0 = do not scan protected files at boot (default)
• 1 = scan protected files at every boot
• 2 = scan protected files once