Mike Lagase

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Processor 0 increased CPU utilization

While looking on a Exchange 2010 server recently in task manager to review the amount of CPU...

Author: mikelag Date: 11/26/2010

How to unload/reload performance counters on Exchange 2010

  Previously I had wrote a set of steps for fixing/repairing broken Exchange 2007 counters at...

Author: mikelag Date: 09/10/2010

Detecting Low Virtual Memory Conditions in Windows 2008 and R2

On Windows 2008 servers with Exchange 2007/2010 installed, there are times when you may run out of...

Author: mikelag Date: 09/04/2010

Exchange 2007/2010 Performance Data Collection Script

In efforts to help streamline performance data collection on Exchange 2007/Exchange 2010 servers, I...

Author: mikelag Date: 07/09/2010

Audit Exchange 2007 SP2 Auditing

There have been a few cases that have been coming through the support channels stating that auditing...

Author: mikelag Date: 06/23/2010

Perfmon data viewing nuance…

Recently, I have been running in to a perfmon nuance that I would like to call out. On any given...

Author: mikelag Date: 05/25/2010

The effects of paged pool token memory usage and Outlook 2007’s shared folders feature

In Exchange 2003, we are bound by 32-bit architecture memory limitations and paged pool memory just...

Author: mikelag Date: 02/24/2010

Perfwiz for Exchange 2010

NOTE: This version of Perfwiz has been replaced by a newly written script that is talked about in...

Author: mikelag Date: 01/11/2010

Improved PAL analysis for Exchange 2007

I wanted to write a post regarding a lot of work that has gone into updating the Exchange Server...

Author: mikelag Date: 12/14/2009

How to fix/repair broken Exchange 2007 counters

I commonly get calls on the inability to see performance counters in Performance Monitor (perfmon)...

Author: mikelag Date: 10/21/2009

How to monitor and troubleshoot the use of Nonpaged pool memory in Exchange Server 2003 or in Exchange 2000 Server

This article is a high level overview on how to troubleshoot current Nonpaged pool memory usage on...

Author: mikelag Date: 09/15/2009

New ADAccess Performance counters included with Exchange 2007 SP2

Exchange 2007 SP2 has a new set of ADAccess Performance counters that only shows performance data...

Author: mikelag Date: 08/30/2009

Exchange 2007 SP2 Auditing Whitepaper

Exchange 2007 SP2 has introduced some new Mailbox Access Auditing features to help log events when...

Author: mikelag Date: 08/25/2009

Exchange 2007 Memory usage and helpful troubleshooting tips

In support, we get a lot of statements stating that Exchange is using all or most of the memory on a...

Author: mikelag Date: 08/20/2009

How to collect per request Performance Stats for IIS on Exchange 2007

Ever had a time where you were trying to troubleshoot an IIS Performance related issue on Exchange...

Author: mikelag Date: 07/20/2009

Windows Desktop Search and the implications on WAN performance

Windows Desktop search (WDS) is a great tool to help you to search through the unwieldy plethora of...

Author: mikelag Date: 05/04/2009

Outlook 2007 Performance Improvements Hotfix

If you haven't heard already, we have released a Pre-SP2 hotfix that help improve Outlook...

Author: mikelag Date: 03/12/2009

Client RPC Dialog box questionnaire for Administrators

There are times when you are troubleshooting an Exchange Server issue where it appears that the...

Author: mikelag Date: 02/12/2009

New Windows Dynamic Cache Service for 64-bit Windows 2003 servers

If you've ever had an issue where low memory conditions were causing working set trimming issues due...

Author: mikelag Date: 02/09/2009

Performance Counter Collection Tools for Exchange

I've created a Category called Perfwiz in which you can easily find all Perfwiz versions. Click on...

Author: mikelag Date: 02/02/2009

Getting started with Exchange 2007 Performance monitoring and Windows 2008

With all the moving bells and whistles of Exchange 2007 and the amount of dependencies that Exchange...

Author: mikelag Date: 01/23/2009

Updated Perfwiz for Windows 2008 servers

I updated my previous post that included only a Windows 2003 version of the Perfwiz replacement with...

Author: mikelag Date: 01/20/2009

Steps to help mitigate Excessive Paging and Working Set trimming issues on Exchange 2007 servers

Previously, I wrote a blog about excessive paging on Exchange 2007 servers due to a system wide...

Author: mikelag Date: 10/17/2008

Showing Process ID Information in Performance Monitor

In some situations while monitoring performance of a server, you may find a time when a particular...

Author: mikelag Date: 10/13/2008

Slow Outlook Online Mode Performance

Switching to or running Outlook in Online mode against an Exchange 2003 server may exhibit slower...

Author: mikelag Date: 08/31/2008

Certain AMD processors might cause inaccurate counter data

If during your troubleshooting, you run in to some counters (Disk Read/Writes) that just don't seem...

Author: mikelag Date: 08/26/2008

How to enable Store PFD tracing upon Reboot

Tracing Store startup problems upon server reboot is not an easy task as ExTRA tracing does not...

Author: mikelag Date: 08/22/2008

Search Folder Performance problem detection

One of the problems we see in support from time to time is High CPU or server not responding...

Author: mikelag Date: 08/22/2008

Using ExTRA to find long running transactions inside Store

During your normal flow of troubleshooting performance for Exchange, you may have the need to see...

Author: mikelag Date: 08/21/2008

Performance Troubleshooting using the PAL tool

If you have had Exchange performance issues in the past, you must know by now that there are a lot...

Author: mikelag Date: 08/20/2008

XML updates for the PAL tool

Here you will find the latest XML updates to the PAL tool for Exchange 2003 and Exchange 2007. See...

Author: mikelag Date: 08/20/2008

How to enable Exchange User Monitor tracing via the command line

For troubleshooting Exchange user performance related issues or to help plan your design for...

Author: mikelag Date: 08/20/2008

Outlook 2007 Performance tips and Messaging Guide for Office 2007

Need help troubleshooting Outlook 2007 performance issues? Well, this link will help you do just...

Author: mikelag Date: 08/18/2008

Upcoming!!! - Troubleshooting Exchange 2007 Performance

In the next couple of months, I will be talking about how I tackle performance related issues in...

Author: mikelag Date: 08/18/2008

Think powershell startup is slow?

Take a look at...

Author: mikelag Date: 07/18/2008

How to set System Cache upon Startup of a Windows 2003 server

In certain scenarios on Exchange 2007 servers, there may be the need to set the System File Cache on...

Author: mikelag Date: 07/18/2008

Understanding the Performance Impact of High Item Counts and Restricted Views...

Author: mikelag Date: 06/03/2008

WDS 3.01 and online mode crawling

Starting with WDS 3.01, to be able to use Windows Desktop Search to index an outlook profile running...

Author: mikelag Date: 05/20/2008

Perfwiz replacement for Exchange 2007

NOTE: This version of Perfwiz had been replaced by a newly written script that is talked about in...

Author: mikelag Date: 05/02/2008

Outlook 2003 Delegate hotfix available to help in multi-domain environment scenarios

I wrote an update to my original blog on the EHLO site regarding Delegate and DL problems in...

Author: mikelag Date: 01/26/2008

Update: Windows 2003 Scalable Networking pack and its possible effects on Exchange

I made an update today on the EHLO site for this blog at...

Author: mikelag Date: 12/28/2007

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