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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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Get-AdfsProperties Error ADMIN0120

Posted on 20th July 2018 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

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 Get-AdfsPropeties cmdlet.

The Get-AdfsProperties cmdlet would generate the error below.

For make most glorious benefit of search engines:
Get-AdfsProperties : ADMIN0120: The client is not authorized to access the endpoint net.tcp://… Read the rest “Get-AdfsProperties Error ADMIN0120”

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Connect to AD FS 2016 WID Using SQL Server Management Studio

Posted on 12th July 2018 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

As part of troubleshooting a recent Windows Server 2016 AD FS issue, I wanted to take a look at the database using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). In order to successfully connect there are a couple of gotchas to note as the database used was the Windows Internal Database (WID). This is the default AD FS 2012 R2 and 2016 deployments. There is no SQL management interface and the correct con… Read the rest “Connect to AD FS 2016 WID Using SQL Server Management Studio”

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Exchange 2010 Support For Windows Server 2016 Domain Controllers

Posted on 21st June 2018 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Previously Exchange 2010 was not supported with Windows Server 2016 Domain Controllers. The support position was discussed in the Exchange Support For Windows Server 2016 post back in 2016. This was a challenge for organisations who still had Exchange 2010 deployed yet wanted to move forward with AD DS upgrades so that they could take advantage of the newer AD features. While people would try … Read the rest “Exchange 2010 Support For Windows Server 2016 Domain Controllers”

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Easy Way To Retrieve Certificate Thumbprint Using PowerShell

Posted on 14th May 2018 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Since many certificate operations involve knowing the certificate’s thumbprint, it is always useful to to have an easy way to get this information. In some of the online documentation it mentions you can copy the thumbprint out of the Certificate MMC snap-in and then manually delete the spaces between the data. No thanks.

However, if you *really* want to do that, or a quick and easy way to launch… Read the rest “Easy Way To Retrieve Certificate Thumbprint Using PowerShell”

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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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Exchange 2016 Prerequisites AS-HTTP-Activation Missing

Posted on 13th March 2018 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

The below was an exercise in paying attention to detail for one of my customers. They were in the middle of an Exchange 2010 to 2016 migration and were attempting to install the first Exchange 2016 server into the organisation. Windows Server 2016 was being used as the OS for these new servers.

However it was not going swimmingly.

As part of the pre-work they were installing the OS, applying Window… Read the rest “Exchange 2016 Prerequisites AS-HTTP-Activation Missing”

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Unable To Ping Windows Server

Posted on 26th January 2018 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

You have just deployed a shiny new Windows 2012 R2 member server, and joined it to the domain. After the server has restarted you try and ping it from one of the other domain machines, but ping is dropped. You check the Network Location Awareness, as you have been burnt by that before, but that is fine and it can see the AD domain.

In the below example, note that the DNS request was successful. … Read the rest “Unable To Ping Windows Server”

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Install DFSRDIAG On Windows 2012 R2 and Windows 2016

Posted on 24th November 2017 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

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 are all required to test and validate different configurations.

These VMs are not always running. As a result, DFS sometimes needs attention if the environment was powered off for an extend… Read the rest “Install DFSRDIAG On Windows 2012 R2 and Windows 2016”

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End of Exchange 2007 Support

Posted on 11th April 2017 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Today’s the day to say goodbye to our old friend, Exchange 2007. At this point you should have completed the project to move all mailboxes and resources from Exchange 2007 to a supported version of Exchange, and uninstall the Exchange 2007 servers.

Thanks to Exchange 2007 I went to MCM, and discovered just how badly Greg Taylor and accomplices can break an Exchange environment and turn it into a qu… Read the rest “End of Exchange 2007 Support”