Since some of my test machines are a touch low on resources, having to wait for the server manager process to finish loading can be a little bit painful. On those machines a very pertinent question is: How can I disable Server Manager from auto starting?
There are group policy and local policy options to suppress this in addition to editing the registry.
There is always the option to disable it dire… Read the rest “How To Hide Server Manager At Logon”
Exchange 2013 CU5 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 one. Exchange 2013 SP… Read the rest “Exchange 2013 CU5 Released”
The Exchange team today announced the availability of Update Rollup 6 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 3. RU6 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. For example, the security issue that was addressed in Exchange 2010 SP3 RU4 is contained in RU6.
When I was in Seattle for some internal training in January, one of the chaps delivering a demo used a feature that I wish I’d known about previously. When he was demonstrating some of the update mechanics for Office Pro Plus he immediately skipped to the correct portion of the registry by using a shortcut feature in Registry Editor.
Yes, there is a favourites bookmark feature!
Update 20-8-2014: Ad… Read the rest “Registry Editor Favourites – Who Knew?”
Security is an integral aspect of running modern IT operations. There is a clear understanding that we need to protect our IT assets, company data and personal identifiable information. So when we discuss a migration to Office 365, security is an inevitable topic. One aspect that we need to discuss is around account lockout, and how to protect our Active Directory accounts as part of the overal… Read the rest “Enabling AD FS 2012 R2 Extranet Lockout Protection”
MEC 2014 session recordings and slides are now available for everyone’s enjoyment!
As always Ross Smith, Scott Schnoll and Brian Day deliver some great content that you must check out! If you are in the throes of deploying Exchange 2013 SP1 right now, then please do look at Brian Day’s session. You will not regret it!
Take some time to go through these 74 awesome sessions.
My MEC 2014 write-… Read the rest “MEC 2014 Content Available”
Well then, here we are in part three already! Previously we:
Installed AD FS 2012 R2 For Office 365 in part 1
Now we want to change the Office 365 domain to be a federated domain. As discussed in part 1, this means that all of the users who authenticate using this domain will become a federated identity and the on-premises AD FS server is responsi… Read the rest “How To Install AD FS 2012 R2 For Office 365–Part 3”
In part one we installed the AD FS server on our corporate network, and tested that it was working.
Now we need to make the AD FS infrastructure available to the Internet in a secure fashion, so that Office 365 will be able to contact the AD FS proxy to authenticate user requests.
In part three we will add the AD FS infrastructure to the Office 365 configuration,
When discussing and reviewing Office 365 with customers, I wanted to have a series of posts to illustrate the steps involved when deploying Office 365. In the burgeoning drafts folder Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) was at the top, so that got finished first!
The act of deploying and configuring AD FS 2012 R2 for Office 365 will be broken down into three separate blog posts
In the smelly MEC 2014 man purse, there was a shiny Exchange 2103 SP1 architecture poster. The MEC attendees were the first ones to get the update to the older Exchange 2013 RTM poster, which is now published for everyone!
I created a deep zoom of the poster so that it is easy to scroll around on phones and tablet devices. Click the
toggle button at the bottom right hand… Read the rest “Exchange 2013 SP1 Architecture Poster”