I had a client that "broke" their OWA after a fresh Exchange 2007 install. Turns out that the BES installation had switched the aspnet_filter.dll to 32bit mode from the 64bit mode required by Exchange. I found a Microsoft KB article that outlines switching it back.

When you have multiple (or even one) virtual machines hosted on a server, you should take steps to ensure recovery in the event your host server reboots or crashes resulting in the virtual server services restarting.

First, create a regular user account that you will use to start the servers. This account should have limited privileges and will need to be assigned to rights. At the time of this writing, the directions provided by Microsoft do cover quite all of the steps and permissions required. I have summarized the entire process below.

I like to have readily available information available on my servers, and so I use a tool called Backinfo.exe that Microsoft includes as part of WSSRA-VE. I have attached the pertinent files here.

I run Gallery 2 for my picture gallery, and recently decided it was time to lock her down. What I have done follows.