Depending upon how your organisation has deployed Azure there may or may not be a need to have RDP access to Azure VMs from the Internet. In cases where there is a site to site VPN (S2S) the S2S VPN will typically be used to access VMs. Traffic will be routed from the corporate network over the S2S tunnel to the VMs. Client VPN may also be provided in some companies as an alternative.
Should the… Read the rest “External RDP Access To Azure RM VM”
There is an upcoming planned change in Office 365 to restrict relaying email messages in certain scenarios. This change has been scheduled many, many months in advance.
This post is just a reminder to raise awareness and to hopefully ensure that everyone who needs to update their Exchange Online Protection (EOP) connectors has done so.
For all the details please refer to these two … Read the rest “Reminder – Upcoming Change in Office 365 EOP Connectors”
This is one of those handy little tricks to keep in a toolbox to narrow down issues when troubleshooting. It can be useful to understand if the client is connecting via Outlook Anywhere or MAPI/HTTP. To troubleshoot such issues MAPI/HTTP can be disabled on the client, and then re-tested to see if the issue continues. Note that permanently disabling MAPI/HTTP is not an acceptable solution, and t… Read the rest “How To Disable MAPI/HTTP For A Single Mailbox”
2016 is done, and that is a wrap! As in previous years, it’s always fun to take a look back and see what content was popular and compare trends to prior years…..
There is an increased requirement and demand for both Azure and Office 365 content. The steps to run a manual DirSync/AAD Sync/ AAD Connect surfaced to the #1 position. The RDC Manager post remains a perennial favourite. Exchange on-pre… Read the rest “Most Popular Blog Posts For 2016”
Exchange 2013 CU15 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 … Read the rest “Exchange 2013 CU15 Released”
Today heralded the arrival of Rollup Update Rollup 16 (RU16) for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 3. RU16 is the latest rollup of customer fixes available for Exchange Server 2010. All updates are delivered via a RU for Exchange 2010 and 2007. Exchange 2013 and 2016 have a different release model, where security updates are decoupled from the standard cumulative updates.
To update Exchange 2007… Read the rest “Exchange 2010 SP3 RU16 Released”
Exchange 2016 CU4 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 ha… Read the rest “Exchange 2016 CU4 Released”
The below is a repro of a customer issue where they were unable to RDP to an Azure RM VM from the Internet. Previously this was not something they had setup as connecting to VMs was provided by a site to site VPN. There was no requirement to provide RDP access from the Internet, until they wanted to allow connectivity from one specific business partner to some VMs. The partner is not part of th… Read the rest “Azure RM VM Connect Button Greyed Out”
As mentioned in this blog's previous posts on deploying AD FS, one option is to deploy all or part of the AD FS solution in Azure. This is very valuable if there is insufficient capacity on-premises or if you only have a single datacentre and wish to increase resiliency.
Deploying the AD FS solution or connecting it to Azure is pretty straight forward. However, if you not correctly plan the Azure… Read the rest “Load Balancing AD FS Services In Azure RM”
One of the added features in AD FS 2012 R2 was the ability to leverage group managed service accounts (gMSA) which obviated the requirement to manually change the password associated with the service account. See Getting Started with Group Managed Service Accounts for some background on gMSA. You may also see the term sMSA which is a standalone managed service account.
Managed service accounts and … Read the rest “Change AD FS 2012 R2 Service Account Password”