February, 2017 - 250 Hello

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Unable To Run Test-ActiveSyncConnectivity – Error Code 1

Posted on 28th February 2017 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

The below is an error which an Exchange administrator brought up on an Exchange 2010 engagement. They were trying to use the Test-ActiveSyncConnectivity cmdlet to validate the Exchange infrastructure. However, the cmdlet was not working as expected. In the below image you can see that it starts to perform the test, and then errors out.

Test-ActiveSyncConnectivity -TrustAnySSLCertificate | Format-

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The Case of: Outlook Destroying Desktops

Posted on 13th February 2017 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

As the name of the post implies, something was terribly wrong with Outlook. Or so it appeared.

This was a visit to a customer with poor user experience running Outlook 2016 on Windows 7. The level of impact was clear long before I even stepped on site. Management were under the impression that Outlook was crippling their desktops and blocking other business critical applications from working. T… Read the rest “The Case of: Outlook Destroying Desktops”

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Load Balancing WAP In Azure RM

Posted on 10th February 2017 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

In the previous post Load Balancing Azure AD FS Services we looked at using Azure RM to deploy and load balance AD FS services. This is the follow-up post to deploy the Web Application Proxy (WAP) servers and its associated load balancer into the DMZ.

In this post we will focus upon the highlighted area in the below diagram. The additional components were previously deployed, for details please … Read the rest “Load Balancing WAP In Azure RM”

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Testing AD FS Signon Page – An Error Occurred

Posted on 8th February 2017 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

There are many causes for receiving errors when signing onto AD FS. However some are more genuine than others. This is a quick tip to check that you are on the right track before diving into the details and potentially spending time troubleshooting when in fact nothing is wrong. Just lately, for some reason I’m seeing this more frequently. That has prompted the draft from last October to be fi… Read the rest “Testing AD FS Signon Page – An Error Occurred”

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External RDP Access To Azure RM VM

Posted on 1st February 2017 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Depending upon how your organisation has deployed Azure there may or may not be a need to have RDP access to Azure VMs from the Internet. In cases where there is a site to site VPN (S2S) the S2S VPN will typically be used to access VMs. Traffic will be routed from the corporate network over the S2S tunnel to the VMs. Client VPN may also be provided in some companies as an alternative.

Should the… Read the rest “External RDP Access To Azure RM VM”