Weekly IT Newsletter – May 26-30, 2014

Microsoft Exchange:

· Released: Exchange Server 2013 Cumulative Update 5 – 27-May-2014

· All Exchange 2013 Servers become unusable with permissions errors – 27-May-2014

· RBAC Made Easy (Part 2) – 29-May-2014

· New Hybrid Configuration Wizard features in Exchange 2013 CU5 – 27-May-2014

· Why did my migrated mailbox disappear? – May-2014

· Microsoft releases Exchange 2013 Cumulative Update 5 and Exchange 2010 Update Rollup 6 – 27-May-2014

· Outlook Certificate Security Alert after Exchange Server 2013 Installation – 29-May-2014

· Learn your options for monitoring Exchange deployments – May-2014

· Guided walkthroughs for Exchange and Office 365 – 28-May-2014

· Exchange2013: Create and manage room mailboxes and Room lists – 28-May-2014

· Exchange Server 2010 to 2013 Migration – Reviewing Autodiscover Configuration – 29-May-2014

· Planning and Migrating a Small Organization from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2013 (Part 6) – 27-May-2014

Microsoft Lync:

· Lync 2013 Meeting Options Policies – 28-May-2014

· Real-time speech translation coming to Skype later this year, shown in video – 27-May-2014

· Set-CsCustomPresence.ps1 in Lync – 26-May-2014

· Get-userandpolicy V_1 released – 31-May-2014

· Lync Tools – Get Lync Objects and Policies – 26-May-2014

· Video Temporal Scaling Behavior in Lync 2013 – 27-May-2014

· Script: Lync QoS (Quality Of Service) Configuration Report – 28-May-2014

· How to use Lync Key Health Indicators – 28-May-2014

· Using Lync Client SDK to Automate Call Testing – 28-May-2014

· Grandstream Demonstrates GXV3240 Video IP Phone Running Microsoft Lync 2013 – 30-May-2014

· Where is My Lync Server 2013 Central Management Store (CMS)? – 26-May-2014

· Get a list of Lync Conference IDs – 30-May-2014

Active Directory:

· Finding Group Policy Differences Between OUs – 28-May-2014

· Configuring AD users and managers with PowerShell – 29-May-2014

· Weekend Scripter: Use PowerShell to Automate Active Directory Accounts – 31-May-2014

· Microsoft Federation Services – The Series – 30-May-2014

· Restoring cloud services during an outage of the ADFS (Federation Services) – 28-May-2014

Office 365:

· Exchange Online Attachment Size Limit – 27-May-2014

· Office 365 – Replacing the SSL Certificate in AD FS 3.0 – 27-May-2014

· The odd case of Chrome and the disappearing Office 365 mailboxes – 30-May-2014

· Some factors that make it much easier to introduce new features in the cloud – 28-May-2014

· Office Developer Platform code samples – 29-May-2014

· Join the Office 365 support webcast June 3: Office 365 Message Encryption (OME) – 29-May-2014

Windows Azure:

· Run SAP applications on Microsoft Azure today! – 30-May-2014

· My on-premises VM already uses D:, can I still move that VM to Azure? – 29-May-2014

· How do I scale / manage my IOPS in Microsoft Azure? – 29-May-2014

· Azure RemoteApp… give it a try! – 28-May-2014

· Sample quote of an Azure VM project – 28-May-2014

· Azure will be available via Open Licensing – 27-May-2014

Windows Server 2012 & Windows Server 2012 R2:

· How To Hide Server Manager At Logon – 30-May-2014

· Why you should avoid manual ‘server hardening’ – 29-May-2014

· Hyper-V 2012 Hotfixes: Where I can find it and how to automate the deployment? – 28-May-2014

· How to manually rebuild Performance Counters for Windows Server 2008 64bit or Windows Server 2008 R2 systems – 27-May-2014

· Update adds BPA rules for DirectAccess in Windows Server 2012 R2 or Windows Server 2012 – 27-May-2014

Windows 8 & Windows 8.1:

· Surface Pro 3: An update to the Type cover, a dramatic improvement in usability – 30-May-2014

· Almost all of Microsoft’s engineering teams collaborated on “next Windows” internal memo – 30-May-2014

· Surface Pro 3: A brand new power adapter – 29-May-2014

· Microsoft reveals Skype Translator; Windows 8 beta coming late 2014– 28-May-2014

· How to reset TCP/IP by using the NetShell utility – 28-May-2014

· Surface Pro 3 – The front button placement saga – 27-May-2014

· Microsoft to update Surface Pro 3 to fix battery charging issue before launch – 27-May-2014

Windows Phone:

· Tip o’ the Week #229 – Cortana, let’s rock! – 30-May-2014

· Hands-on with Files for Windows Phone 8.1 – 30-May-2014

· WhatsApp returns to Windows Phone, brings new features – 30-May-2014

· Microsoft’s smartwatch rumored to be compatible with iPhone, Android and Windows Phone – 29-May-2014

· WhatsApp competitor Telegram Messenger is now available for Windows Phone – 27-May-2014

Microsoft Office:

· Fix Outlook connection problems by upgrading to the latest version – 30-May-2014

· Identify and resolve sending or receiving issues in Outlook by using the Office Configuration Analyzer Tool – 26-May-2014

SharePoint & Office Web App Server:

· SharePoint 2013 with SAML Claims and Provider Hosted Apps – 30-May-2014

· Learning about DLP in SharePoint Online – a most unusual activity for an Exchange person – 29-May-2014

· The Garage Series for Office 365: Achieving the ‘impossible’ to extend SharePoint using the new app model – 28-May-2014

SQL:

· Virginia Tech Exec Q&A – 28-May-2014

· Working with Temporal Data in SQL Server – 29-May-2014

· Write DAX queries in Report Builder – 21-May-2014

System Center:

· Updated OpsMgr 2012 Alert Update Connector Management Pack – 30-May-2014

· SC Advisor – Error 3000: Unable to register to the Advisor Service & Onboarding Troubleshooting Steps – 29-May-2014

· SCOM Alert: WinRM is not functional or not the right version – 27-May-2014

· MDOP 2014 brings upgrades to App-V and BitLocker management – 28-May-2014

KB’s:

· Store.exe crashes if you create a deeply nested subfolder in Outlook – 29-May-2014

· Organizer name and meeting status field can be changed by EAS clients in an Exchange Server 2010 environment – 27-May-2014

· Event ID 1000 and 7031 when you cannot connect to mailboxes in an Exchange Server 2010 environment – 27-May-2014

· Cannot connect to Exchange Server 2010 when the RPC Client Access service crashes – 27-May-2014

· Exchange RPC Client Access service freezes when you open an attached file in Outlook Online mode in Exchange Server 2010 – 27-May-2014

· Exchange ActiveSync proxy does not work from Exchange Server 2013 to Exchange Server 2007 – 27-May-2014

· Unable to launch the BlackBerry Administration Service Console after upgrading to 5.0.4 MR7 – 29-May-2014

· Exchange Shared Cache Service restarts frequently in Exchange Server 2013 Cumulative Update 5 – 27-May-2014

· Additional default gateways may appear in persistent routes when you use LBFO – 30-May-2014

· Users always get the FBA page when they access OWA or ECP in Exchange Server 2013 – 27-May-2014

· The 32-bit version of Outlook freezes when you print in a 64-bit version of Windows 7 – 29-May-2014

· Slow performance in Outlook Web App when Lync is integrated with Exchange Server 2013 – 27-May-2014

· Message routing latency if IPv6 is enabled in Exchange Server 2013 – 27-May-2014

· EWS integration for Lync works incorrectly in an Exchange Server 2013 and 2007 coexistence environment – 27-May-2014

· You cannot sync contacts or tasks in Microsoft CRM client for Outlook in an Exchange Server 2013 environment – 27-May-2014

Downloads & Recent Releases:

· Media eXperience Analyzer – 28-May-2014

· Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 14.4.2 Update – 28-May-2014

· Exchange Server 2013 CU5 UM Language Packs (KB2872696) – 28-May-2014

· Rules Update for Direct Access Best Practice Analyzer for Windows Server 2012 R2 (KB2896496) – 28-May-2014

· Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3 white paper: Integration with Microsoft Project – 29-May-2014

· Service Pack 1 for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 (KB 2941390) – 29-May-2014

· Migrating to a Hybrid Server Environment with Microsoft Azure – 29-May-2014

· .NET Framework Regular Expressions – Quick Reference – 30-May-2014

· Empowering Employee Mobility with New World of Work – 30-May-2014

Scripts & PowerShell:

· List all member servers not protected by DPM – 27-May-2014

· Get all GPOs in the domain and export to XLS2013 with fields – 27-May-2014

· Find certificates that are put in the Trusted Root Certification Authorities store incorrectly on the local computer – 28-May-2014

· Get OS Info from SCCM Server – 27-May-2014

· SCCM Configmgr 2012 SSRS Dashboard Client Health Summary Report – 28-May-2014

· GalSync Between Two exchange Forest using PowerShell Script – 28-May-2014

· PowerShell Best Practices: Advanced Functions – 30-May-2014

· PowerShell Best Practices: Simple Functions – 29-May-2014

· PowerShell Best Practices: Simple Scripting – 28-May-2014

· PowerShell Best Practices for the Console – 27-May-2014

· How to remove all network printers on a computer – 29-May-2014

· How to change Time Zone in Windows 7 or Windows 8 – 28-May-2014

· How to check if master key for master database is not encrypted – 27-May-2014

· [Script of May 27] How to export multiple Visio pages to png file (VBA) – 26-May-2014