demazter

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HIRE ME! I have extensive knowledge of a wide range of Microsoft Products, be that supporting existing installations or deploying new installations.  Contact me on glen@demazter.co.uk.(donotspam) IM glen.knight@ymail.com.(only official business)

Follow me on twitter @demazter

Visit my blog: http://demazter.wordpress.com/
Buy SSL Certificates at very reasonable prices using my affiliate website: http://www.exchangecertificates.com/


I run an independent IT Business providing support/consultancy/installation for Small/Medium sized Businesses mainly in the Gloucestershire area but I am happy to go further and a lot of problems can be solved remotely.  Contact details below.

I have migrated Exchange all through the versions from 5 to 2010 and Windows from NT3.51 through to Windows 2008 R2.  I enjoy solving problems and finding new solutions.

Over the years I have gained certifications in Novell, Microsoft, Citrix, 3Com which I have kept upto date throughout and more recently VMWare & Lefthand SAN/IQ and am looking forward to exploring these latest ones a lot further with the recent installation of a Lefthand iSCSI Virtualisation SAN with VMWare ESXi.

I started posting on EE at the begining of June 2009.  The first question I ever answered was on the 1st June 2009 and it was this one: http://www.experts-exchange.com/Programming/Languages/Scripting/Shell/Batch/Q_24453196.html

This is how it happened:
1,000,000 points site wide on 1st September 2009
2,000,000 points site wide on 19th November 2009
3,000,000 points site wide on 9th January 2010
3,500,000 points site wide on 31st January 2010
2,000,000 points in Exchange zone 05th February 2010
4,000,000 points site wide on 22nd February 2010
2,500,000 points in Exchange zone 14th March 2010
4,500,000 points site wide on 26th March 2010
5,000,000 points site wide on 04th May 2010
3,000,000 points in Exchange zone 21st Math 2010
5,500,000 points site wide on 10th June 2010

I currently hold 4 Genius certificates and they are as follows:

Exchange Server achieved on 1st December 2009
Windows 2003 Server achieved on 29th April 2010
Small Business Server achieved on 16th May 2010
Windows 2008 Server achieved February 2011

At the end of 2009 after posting for 7 months I finished the year with the following:

Exchange Zone - 8th Overall and 2nd for the year
Windows 2008 - 3rd Overall and 3rd for the year
Windows 2003 - 3rd for the year
Small Business Server - 4th for the year
Active Directory - 6th for the year

2009 Community Top Experts: http://www.experts-exchange.com/expertAwardsCommunity.jsp?year=2009

Most points by a rookie Windows 2003 Server
Most points by a rookie Exchange Email Server
Most points by a rookie Small Business Server

I finished the year in 9th place in All Zones for the year and 120th out of all experts overall.

My primary use of EE is to put something back into IT (I hope) and to continue to learn.  I have worked in IT for over 14 years and find resolving other peoples IT problems very rewarding.

Articles I have written:

Have a look at my articles, if you find them useful then please vote for them. http://www.experts-exchange.com/ARTH_2355264.html?arthOrderBy=3&arthSort=1#arth

Migrate Small Business Server 2003 to Small Business Server 2011:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Server/SBS_Small_Business_Server/A_4234-Migrate-Small-Business-Server-2003-to-Small-Business-Server-2011.html

Additional Domain for Exchange 2010:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/Server_Software/Email_Servers/Exchange/A_3982-Additional-Domain-for-Exchange-2010.html

Open multiple mailboxes on different Exchange Servers with Outlook 2010:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/Office_Productivity/Groupware/Outlook/A_3963-Open-multiple-mailboxes-on-different-Exchange-Servers-with-Outlook-2010.html

Use Remote Desktop Services on multi-homed server:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Server/Windows_Server_2008/A_3950-Use-Remote-Desktop-Services-on-multi-homed-server.html

SBS 7 – A first look:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Server/SBS_Small_Business_Server/A_3834-SBS-7-A-first-look.html

Yahoo! Blocking your mail server:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/Server_Software/Email_Servers/Exchange/A_3719-Yahoo-Blocking-your-mail-server.html

Controlling mail-flow with Message Classifications and Transport Rules in Exchange 2010:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/Server_Software/Email_Servers/Exchange/A_3710-Controlling-mail-flow-with-Message-Classifications-and-Transport-Rules-in-Exchange-2010.html

Use Smartphone for use on wifi network without the need to reconfigure:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/Server_Software/Email_Servers/Exchange/A_3703-Use-iPhone-on-wifi-network-without-the-need-to-reconfigure.html

Move WSUS Repository Small Business Server 2008:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Server/SBS_Small_Business_Server/A_3589-Move-WSUS-Repository-Small-Business-Server-2008.html

Disable Autostart of Server Manager:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Server/Windows_Server_2008/A_3594-Disable-Autostart-of-Server-Manager.html

Choosing the correct domain name:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Server/Windows_Server_2008/A_3575-Choosing-the-correct-domain-name.html

Deleting mail of a certain age from Exchange mailboxes:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/Server_Software/Email_Servers/Exchange/A_3538-Deleting-mail-of-a-certain-age-from-Exchange-mailboxes.html

Get more from Windows Updates:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Windows/Windows_7/A_3236-Get-more-from-Windows-Updates.html

Prevent users sending external e-mails with Transport Rules:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/Server_Software/Email_Servers/Exchange/A_3222-Prevent-users-sending-external-e-mails-with-Transport-Rules.html

Configure Moderated Distribution Group in Exchange 2010:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/Server_Software/Email_Servers/Exchange/A_3221-Configure-Moderated-Distribution-Group-in-Exchange-2010.html

Configure a shared mailbox in Exchange 2010:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/Server_Software/Email_Servers/Exchange/A_3219-Configure-a-shared-mailbox-in-Exchange-2010.html

Configure iPhone for use with Exchange Server:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/Server_Software/Email_Servers/Exchange/A_3211-Configure-iPhone-for-use-with-Exchange-Server.html

Exchange Server Mail Flow:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/Server_Software/Email_Servers/Exchange/A_3044-Exchange-Server-Mail-Flow.html

Mailbox Recovery Exchange 2010:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/Server_Software/Email_Servers/Exchange/A_2975-Mailbox-Recovery-Exchange-2010.html

Migrate Small Business Server 2003 to Exchange 2010 and Windows 2008 R2:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/Server_Software/Email_Servers/Exchange/A_2881-Migrate-Small-Business-Server-2003-to-Exchange-2010-and-Windows-2008-R2.html

Multi-Mailbox Search with Exchange 2010:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/Server_Software/Email_Servers/Exchange/A_2863-Multi-Mailbox-Search-with-Exchange-2010.html

Changing the default port of an Exchange Server Send Connector:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/Server_Software/Email_Servers/Exchange/A_2857-Changing-the-default-port-of-an-Exchange-Server-Send-Connector.html

Google Apps Migration for Microsoft Exchange 2003:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/Server_Software/Email_Servers/Exchange/A_2831-Google-Apps-Migration-for-Microsoft-Exchange-2003.html

Exchange 2007 Topology discovery failed:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/Server_Software/Email_Servers/Exchange/A_2829-Exchange-2007-Topology-discovery-failed.html

Exchange Offline Defrag:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/Server_Software/Email_Servers/Exchange/A_2730-Exchange-Offline-Defrag.html

High Availability Exchange 2010:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/Server_Software/Email_Servers/Exchange/A_2721-High-Availability-Exchange-2010.html

Importing PST files in to Exchange 2010:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/Server_Software/Email_Servers/Exchange/A_2709-Importing-PST-files-in-to-Exchange-2010.html

Export mailboxes using Exmerge and Exchange 2003:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/Server_Software/Email_Servers/Exchange/A_2710-Export-mailboxes-using-Exmerge-and-Exchange-2003.html

Notify External Recipient of email arrival:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/Server_Software/Email_Servers/Exchange/A_2581-Notify-External-Recipient-of-email-arrival.html

Configure Exchange 2007 or 2010 to relay email for an additional domain:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/Server_Software/Email_Servers/Exchange/A_2555-Configure-Exchange-2007-or-2010-to-relay-email-for-an-additional-domain.html

Migrate Windows 2003 with Exchange to Small Business Server 2008:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Server/SBS_Small_Business_Server/A_2465-Migrate-Windows-2003-with-Exchange-to-Small-Business-Server-2008.html

Backup Exchange 2010 Information Store using Windows Backup:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/Server_Software/Email_Servers/Exchange/A_2452-Backing-up-Exchange-2010-Information-Store-using-Windows-Backup.html

Migrate to Exchange 2007/2010 on same hardware:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/Server_Software/Email_Servers/Exchange/A_2413-Migrate-to-Exchange-2007-2010-on-same-hardware.html

Exchange DNS Configuration:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/Server_Software/Email_Servers/Exchange/A_2370-Exchange-DNS-Configuration.html

Outlook continually prompting for username and password:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/Server_Software/Email_Servers/Exchange/A_2300-Outlook-continually-prompting-for-username-and-password.html

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Personal Website:
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Experience:
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