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Windows Phone Upgraded

Feeling pretty pumped over here as I’ve just deployed the latest and greatest build onto my Windows Phone.

In honour of all things retro, the phone team have gone a little old school and have tweaked the interface a smidgeon.

The interface has been, well let’s just say “streamlined”.

Update 1-4-2015:  Yes this was an April 1st prank…  You can download the app for your Windows phone.

In addition to the … Read the rest “Windows Phone Upgraded”

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Exchange 2013 Network Port Reference

Exchange And Firewalls

There have been a few requests for an Exchange 2013 network port reference article.  Exchange 2007 and Exchange 2010 both had sections on TechNet with that title.

While the port reference is good to obtain a high level understand what Exchange is doing, many deployments would then start to deploy firewalls which blocked network traffic between Exchange servers and from Exchange to Domain Controllers.… Read the rest “Exchange 2013 Network Port Reference”

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Exchange 2013 CU8 Released

Exchange 2013 CU8 has been released to the Microsoft download centre!  Exchange 2013 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 2013 and can be used to install a fresh server or to update a previously installed o… Read the rest “Exchange 2013 CU8 Released”

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Exchange 2010 SP3 RU9 Released

The Exchange team today announced the availability of Update Rollup 9 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 3. RU9 is the latest rollup of customer fixes available for Exchange Server 2010. The release contains fixes for customer reported issues and previously released security bulletins.

Update 25-3-2015 Please see an emerging issue with ActiveSync after deploying Exchange 2010 SP3 RU9 or Exchange 2… Read the rest “Exchange 2010 SP3 RU9 Released”

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Update 015-027 Revised (3002657)

In the March 2015 security bulletin, update 15-027 was released.  This is to address a vulnerability in the Netlogon component of windows that could allow spoofing.  The security bulleting for 015-027 is available in the Security TechCenterKB 3002657 provides details of the update. 

Please be aware that the update has been revised, and version 2.0 is now available.  Versi… Read the rest “Update 015-027 Revised (3002657)”

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How To Check Exchange Schema And Object Values In AD

This content was extracted from a separate upcoming Exchange 2013 schema post to maintain focus on viewing the Exchange schema attributes.

Exchange 2013 admins should assume that a Cumulative Update (CU) will have AD schema updates.  The release notes and release blog post will discuss this in detail for each CU.  This is very similar to the Exchange 2007/2010 service packs of old.

Table Of Exchange

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How To Get Azure VM IP Addresses Using PowerShell

Curious as to what IPs are used by your Azure VMs?  This may seem a simple question, but it was not until last year that Azure allowed you to set static IPs on VMs.  Prior to this it was a first come first served basis.  The net result was that you powered VMs on in a set order to preserve the IP assignment scheme that you wanted.

The first usable IP address on the Azure VM subnet is the .4 address… Read the rest “How To Get Azure VM IP Addresses Using PowerShell”

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Exchange 2013 Workshop Links – February 2015

This is link throw down for items that we discussed in a recent Exchange 2013 workshop.  Well, actually two workshops.  Depending upon which one you attended the additional links will be slightly different.

Exchange 2013

Client Connectivity in an Exchange 2013 Coexistence Environment

Exchange 2013 and Exchange 2010 Coexistence with Kerberos Authentication - beware the prerequisites and review closely.… Read the rest “Exchange 2013 Workshop Links – February 2015”

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Which Azure Disk Is Not Attached

Over time a typical Azure subscription will create, delete and manage multiple virtual machines.  When removing an Azure VM there is the option to retain the disk.

In a large environment with lots of disks and VMs, how can we easily see what disks are not currently in use?

 

Azure Portal

The portal can show the disks that are attached and not attached.

Azure - Using Portal To See Which Disks Are Not Attached or In Use

This is good for a few disks, though if … Read the rest “Which Azure Disk Is Not Attached”

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Office 365 Command You Tried To Run Isn’t Currently Allowed Due To DeHydration

One of the customers I was working with last week encountered an error whilst attempting an operation in Exchange Online PowerShell.   This surprised them, as they were logged on as an account in the Organization Management RBAC Role group.

They received an error running the following cmdlet:

The Command You Tried To Rin isn't Currently Allowed In Your organization

This reported failure was due to an error with CmdletInvalidOperationInDehydratedContextException.

This actua… Read the rest “Office 365 Command You Tried To Run Isn’t Currently Allowed Due To DeHydration”