Installing Exchange 2010 on Windows Server 2012 R2
Installing Exchange 2010 onto Windows Server 2012 R2 is a request that frequently heard on the TechNet Exchange forums. You may have seen posts from me in the past saying …
Windows Server 2012 R2
Get-AdfsProperties Error ADMIN0120
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 …
Install DFSRDIAG On Windows 2012 R2 and Windows 2016
Working on multiple versions of Exchange means having multiple different labs. Each lab will have different versions of Exchange, different update levels and also different Active Directory site layouts. They …
Change AD FS 2012 R2 Service Account Password
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 …
New Netstat Options
New? Well some options are not that new really. Others are however!
Sometimes it is the little things in life that can help immensely. Take our venerable friend, netstat! …
Script To Remove Windows Update Server Values From Registry
In some of the lab environments provided to me, the base Windows image has pre-set WSUS updates servers. When I then move the lab VMs to a different network, the …
Updating Windows Server 2012 R2 AD FS SSL and Service Certificates
The below content is superseded — for information on updating your certificates please see:
Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) heavily leverages X.509 …
Exchange Services Not Starting on Windows Server 2012 Due to Network Location Profile
Some of my lab servers run in Microsoft Azure with no redundancy. This is because they are only a lab, and I want to minimise the monthly billing costs for …
Install Desktop Experience – Windows Server 2012 R2
This is an updated version of the original Windows Server 2012 post. The genesis of which was an application requirement to install Media Player onto a couple of servers. This …
Add-DatabaseAvailabilityGroupServer – You Must Provide A Value For This Property
When creating a new Database Availability Group, there was a bit of rude shock when the installation failed. This customer had deployed multiple Exchange 2010 DAGs over the lifespan of …