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A customer calls in saying that they're having problems sending email. They're using IIS SMTP and a web-based application to send the messages. What are 3 things which you would look for first, in the order you find most probable, in troubleshooting this issue?
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Windows Systems Administrator II

Interviewed at Rackspace Technology

3.5★
Oct 8, 2010

A customer calls in saying that they're having problems sending email. They're using IIS SMTP and a web-based application to send the messages. What are 3 things which you would look for first, in the order you find most probable, in troubleshooting this issue?

A customer has 1 server. It has multiple roles running on it, including Ad, DHCP, DNS, File, Print, SQL, etc... The server keeps failing and has all kinds of issues. The company has very little budget. How would you address this?
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IT Systems Administrator

Interviewed at MRE Consulting

3.9★
Mar 13, 2018

A customer has 1 server. It has multiple roles running on it, including Ad, DHCP, DNS, File, Print, SQL, etc... The server keeps failing and has all kinds of issues. The company has very little budget. How would you address this?

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