July, 2018 - 250 Hello

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QuickTip–Delay Functionality In Windows Snipping Tool

Posted on 27th July 2018 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

In current versions of Windows the venerable snipping tool (snippingtool.exe) has been updated with improved functionality.

Windows 7 Snipping Tool

This is the Snipping Tool from a Windows 7 lab machine:

Clicking on Options we see:

Windows 10 Snipping Tool

The below were taken from my Windows 10 build 1803 machine. Note that there are now additional buttons present.

Specifically the Mode and Delay b… Read the rest “QuickTip–Delay Functionality In Windows Snipping Tool”

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Mail Not Flowing From Office 365 To On-Premises Exchange Server

Posted on 24th July 2018 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

This is a repro of a customer reported issue where they were having issues sending email from Office 365 to on-premises Exchange servers. Apparently this had been working previously with no issues, then mailflow started to have problems. Some email was flowing from Office 365, but some was delayed or not delivered at all.

There were no issues sending email from the on-premises Exchange servers to… Read the rest “Mail Not Flowing From Office 365 To On-Premises Exchange Server”

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Get-AdfsProperties Error ADMIN0120

Posted on 20th July 2018 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

The below is an issue which caused this week’s customer a little stress. They wanted to review the current AD FS configuration, but were not able to successfully run the Get-AdfsPropeties cmdlet.

The Get-AdfsProperties cmdlet would generate the error below.

For make most glorious benefit of search engines:
Get-AdfsProperties : ADMIN0120: The client is not authorized to access the endpoint net.tcp://… Read the rest “Get-AdfsProperties Error ADMIN0120”

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QuickTip – Windows Emoji Keyboard Shortcut

Posted on 17th July 2018 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Since today is World Emoji Day, the below tip is rather relevant!

Did you know that Windows now has a keyboard shortcut built in to allow to access emojis?

Windows key and period / full stop *

or

Windows key and colon

This will function across multiple applications and is not limited to Skype for Business. Enjoy!!

Word 2016

Skype for Business

Cheers,

Rhoderick

* – choose whiche… Read the rest “QuickTip – Windows Emoji Keyboard Shortcut”

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Connect to AD FS 2016 WID Using SQL Server Management Studio

Posted on 12th July 2018 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

As part of troubleshooting a recent Windows Server 2016 AD FS issue, I wanted to take a look at the database using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). In order to successfully connect there are a couple of gotchas to note as the database used was the Windows Internal Database (WID). This is the default AD FS 2012 R2 and 2016 deployments. There is no SQL management interface and the correct con… Read the rest “Connect to AD FS 2016 WID Using SQL Server Management Studio”

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Exchange Visual C++ Runtime Reminder

Posted on 3rd July 2018 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

After seeing multiple comments on this topic internally and on the TechNet forums, it is worth reiterating the requirements for the Visual C++ Runtime.

Exchange requires the installation of the Visual C++ Runtime if it was not already installed. Note that there is a different requirement for the Exchange Edge role. Edge requires Visual C++ Runtime 2012.

This addition of the Visual C++ Runtime was … Read the rest “Exchange Visual C++ Runtime Reminder”