Hello to 2019! Just like last year, let’s take a peek at the top 10 most popular blog posts based on hit count.
As previously noted, there is more of a demand for Office 365 and Exchange Online content. The steps to run a manual sync cycle was the most popular post. Remaining current on support life cycle is also critical, and the Windows 2008/R2 and Exchange 2010 aspect is an issue many compani… Read the rest “Most Popular Blog Posts For 2018”
Exchange 2019 has been released and is now available from the Microsoft Volume Licensing Service Center. This is the latest version of the Exchange Server on-premises product with the most up to date feature set.
There are some significant changes, see the details below.
OS Support Exchange 2019 requires Windows Server 2019. Older versions of Windows Server are not supported.
Windows Server Core For … Read the rest “Exchange 2019 Released”
Exchange 2016 CU11 has been released to the Microsoft download centre! Exchange 2016 has a different servicing strategy than Exchange 2007/2010 and utilises Cumulative Updates (CUs) rather than the Rollup Updates (RU/UR) which were used previously. CUs are a complete installation of Exchange 2016 and can be used to install a fresh server or to update a previously installed one. Exchange 2013 h… Read the rest “Exchange 2016 CU11 Released (Updated C++ Runtime Notes)”
Today is patch Tuesday for September 2018 and contains a security advisory bulletin for Exchange 2010. Due to the way that Exchange 2010 is serviced, security updates are released as a new update rollup (RU). Separate updates were also released for Exchange 2013 and Exchange 2016.
This is build 14.03.0419.00 of Exchange 2010, and KB 4458321 has the full details for the release. The update file nam… Read the rest “Exchange 2010 SP3 RU24 Released”
Today is patch Tuesday for August 2018 and contains a security advisory bulletin for Exchange 2010. Due to the way that Exchange 2010 is serviced, security updates are released as a new update rollup (RU). Separate updates were also released for Exchange 2013 and Exchange 2016.
This is build 14.03.0417.001 of Exchange 2010, and KB 4340733 has the full details for the release. The update file name … Read the rest “Exchange 2010 SP3 RU23 Released”
In current versions of Windows the venerable snipping tool (snippingtool.exe) has been updated with improved functionality.
This is the Snipping Tool from a Windows 7 lab machine:
Clicking on Options we see:
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”
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”
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”
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!!
Cheers,
Rhoderick
* – choose whiche… Read the rest “QuickTip – Windows Emoji Keyboard Shortcut”
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”