Tag Archives: migration

Migrating a blog from Blogger to WordPress

Posted on December 30, 2009 by Shijaz Abdulla

 I have finally moved my blog from Blogger (Blogspot) to WordPress with zero downtime and zero search engine reputation loss (pagerank). I thought I’d share the process I followed here. Here are the main steps involved in Blogger-to-Wordpress migration: Setting … Continue reading →

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Setting up Virtual Windows XP (aka “XP mode”) in Windows 7

Posted on May 21, 2009 by Shijaz Abdulla

Last evening, I installed Windows 7 Ultimate Edition x64 Release Candidate (RC) on my Lenovo W500 notebook. Since I was moving from Windows 7 Ultimate x32 Beta, this meant a complete re-installation, as there is no upgrade option from beta … Continue reading →

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Removing leading/trailing white spaces from displayName using PowerShell

Posted on November 14, 2008 by Shijaz Abdulla

I am moving thousands of Exchange 2003 mailboxes to Exchange Server 2007 over this weekend. Most of these are student mailboxes which have been provisioned using another third party system. Due to a minor bug, the third party system added … Continue reading →

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Upgrading address lists created in Exchange Server 2003

Posted on January 29, 2008 by Shijaz Abdulla

EHLO again. Hope you enjoyed my previous post that explains how to upgrade Exchange 2003 recipient policies for use with Exchange Server 2007. This post deals with the “art and science” of upgrading Exchange 2003 Address Lists to its Exchange … Continue reading →

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Upgrading recipient policies created in Exchange 2003

Posted on January 29, 2008 by Shijaz Abdulla

After installing Exchange Server 2007 Mailbox server into an Exchange Server 2003 organization, you open Exchange Management Console and navigate to Organization Configuration > Hub Transport > Email Address Policies. You find all the legacy recipient policies that you created … Continue reading →

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When Setup fails: Exchange Server 2007 Mailbox Server Role

Posted on January 28, 2008 by Shijaz Abdulla

I went ahead to install the mailbox server role on one of the brand new servers commissioned for Exchange Server 2007. The prerequisite checks went OK, and setup began doing the ‘real stuff’. Happiness was shortlived, because, towards the end … Continue reading →

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