Exchange: Installed new SSL certificate and http redirect to https stopped working

After installing the new wildcard certificate on our Exchange 2010 servers, the top level the default website changed to "require SSL". 

 

"Require SSL" has to be unchecked for http to redirect to https.

DPM - System state/system protection "Replica is inconsistent"

If you are trying to backup the system state on 2008 or 2008 R2 and keep getting "Replica is inconsistent" make sure you have added "Windows Server Backup" in Features on the target server.

Adding a new web front end (WFE) to Sharepoint 2007

This might not be much use since it's Sharepoint but there's not a lot of info on setting up a new WFE on Server 2008 R2. 

We currently only have a 2 server Sharepoint 2007 farm (WFE and SQL). The WFE server has gone down twice in the last 6 months, both times it was the voltage regulator. When it happened the 2nd time I decided I was going to add a 2nd WFE just to have in case I need to retire that server. We are planning on upgrading soon but I don't feel comfortable doing it without another WFE. 

It was pretty simple since my environment is already 64-bit. I used a Hyper-V VM with 2008 R2 and added the Application Server and IIS roles, then installed MOSS 2007 with SP2. 

Sharepoint installed without a hitch, but it failed to connect to the config database during the configuration (step 2). "Failed to connect to the configuration database" "Access Denied". I figured it was because I needed to bring the server to the same update level. 

• I opened Central Administration on the original WFE, Operations>Servers in Farm and found the version (12.0.0.6504). 
• All you have to do it paste the number into search and you'll find a site that tells you the update level. Mine was the "April 2009 Cumulative update".
• I downloaded the corresponding updates and upgraded the new WFE.
• It still failed to connect after I reran the Configuration Wizard, so I restarted even though it didn't prompt me after installing the updates. After the restart it connected just fine.

Now what?