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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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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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Quick Tip – Download .NET Framework 4.5 Offline Installer

Posted on 23rd March 2018 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

This post will attempt to resolve some download frustration if your are looking for an older version of the .NET Framework. This is an issue with Exchange 2010 as the initial .NET framework for that platform has not been updated, whereas .NET Framework support in Exchange 2013 and 2016 now leverage newer versions of .NET framework, at the time of writing 4.6.2 and 4.7.1 are supported for Exchang… Read the rest “Quick Tip – Download .NET Framework 4.5 Offline Installer”

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Quick Tip–How To Easily Open Additional Instance or Elevate Applications

Posted on 16th March 2018 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

This tip is for all the folks out there who want a quick and easy way to open an additional instance of an application which they are running or to elevate an application.

The below tips were captured from a Windows 10 build 1709 machine.

The below should work for most applications – if you find one that does not, please leave a comment.

Additional Instance

In this example we have a cmd prompt o… Read the rest “Quick Tip–How To Easily Open Additional Instance or Elevate Applications”

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Quick Tip–Easily Accessing Certificate MMC

Posted on 2nd February 2018 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Having to manually open a blank MMC and add in the certificate MMC every time will quickly bore you. I used to then save it onto my desktop as shown below so I would only have to do this once per server. It could also be copied to other servers. The chosen name goes back to TechEd 2002 – don’t ask…

While that is useful for servers you commonly use, what about other servers? What if you work wit… Read the rest “Quick Tip–Easily Accessing Certificate MMC”

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Quick Tip–Adding Same ISO DVD Image To All Hyper-V Lab VMs

Posted on 18th August 2017 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

When building out a lab, you might need to attach the same ISO to multiple VMs. In this case I was installing multiple Exchange 2016 severs, and wanted to easily add the same ISO file to each of the VMs.

This was on my Windows 10 laptop which makes quick work of the task since we can use PowerShell.

The VMs to target all have the same naming convention. The VMs for the Exchange 2016 lab start with… Read the rest “Quick Tip–Adding Same ISO DVD Image To All Hyper-V Lab VMs”

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Quick Tip Windows 10 – Unable To Stop Device Notification

Posted on 14th April 2017 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

This is one of those little things that make life much, much easier. Imagine the scenario; you go to eject a USB disk drive or USB flash and Windows tells you that it is still in use. How to track down which application is using the drive?

Eject, Eject, Eject

In the below example, the USB flash drive E: will be ejected. Or at least, we will try...

Alas, no! There is a problem ejecting the USB mas… Read the rest “Quick Tip Windows 10 – Unable To Stop Device Notification”

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Quick Tip: Is There A Shortcut URL To Download Online Sign In Assistant

Posted on 16th November 2016 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

For those wondering what the download page is for the Microsoft Online Services Sign In Assistant, using your favourite search engine in your favourite browser is one choice.

Alternatively you can use the handy dandy shortcut URL:

https://aka.ms/SIA

This will take you to the latest version of the Sign In Assistant download page.

For reference purposes, the intent of the Sign-In Assis… Read the rest “Quick Tip: Is There A Shortcut URL To Download Online Sign In Assistant”

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Quick Tip: Is There A Shortcut URL To Download Azure AD PowerShell?

Posted on 19th June 2015 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Yes Virginia there is! *

For those wondering what the download page is for the Azure Active Directory PowerShell module, using your favourite search engine is one choice.

Another is to memorise the below handy shortcut URL:

https://aka.ms/aadposh

Which is take you directly to the manage Azure AD using PowerShell documentation/download.

Cheers,

Rhoderick

* – For non-US folks, the “Yes Virginia” response co… Read the rest “Quick Tip: Is There A Shortcut URL To Download Azure AD PowerShell?”

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Quick Tip: What Restarts Has Managed Availability Issued

Posted on 14th February 2015 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Exchange 2013 introduced the Managed Availability feature to provide a very capable automated monitoring and management framework. Managed Availability allows Exchange to self diagnose and to self correct issues without having to escalate to a carbon life based unit for every issue. Whilst Managed Availability may still have to page humans, the frequency is certainly reduced compared to Exchange… Read the rest “Quick Tip: What Restarts Has Managed Availability Issued”