Quick Tip–How To Easily Open Additional Instance or Elevate Applications
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 …
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Exchange 2016 Prerequisites AS-HTTP-Activation Missing
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 …
Unable To Ping Windows Server
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 …
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 …
End of Exchange 2007 Support
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 …
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The below content is superseded — for information on updating your certificates please see: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 …