Weekly IT Newsletter – December 8-12, 2014

Microsoft Exchange:

· Exchange releases: December 2014 – 9-Dec-2014 –

· Exchange 2013 CU7 Released – 9-Dec-2014 –

· Exchange 2010 SP3 RU8 Released – 8-Dec-2014 –

· Exchange Server 2013 Backup and Restore 101 – Disabled mailboxes (Part 3) – 11-Dec-2014

· Remove older Exchange 2013 and IIS Log Files with this one-liner – 11-Dec-2014

· A brief history of Exchange Time Management – 8-Dec-2014

· Export Email Addresses in Exchange 2013 – 11-Dec-2014

· Completing Individual Move Requests from a Migration Batch – 10-Dec-2014

· Health Manager does not start on Exchange 2013 Edge Transport Server – 9-Dec-2014

· Exchange 2013 CU7, 2010 SP3 UR8, 2007 SP3 UR15 released & Known Issues – 9-Dec-2014 –

· Dumping out the MailTips for all the recipients using EWS and Powershell – 8-Dec-2014

Microsoft Lync:

· Lync for Windows Phone update—more settings for voice calls – Office Blogs – 10-Dec-2014 –

· Skype for Business Upgrade – 9-Dec-2014 –

· Video calls between Skype and Lync now possible – 8-Dec-2014 –

· Lync 2013 Backup Service errors (4098, 4071, 4052) – 8-Dec-2014 –

· New Lync features for Android—Anonymous Join, Passive Authentication and Contact Management – 11-Dec-2014 –

· Restoring Lync 2013 topology – 13-Dec-2014 –

· Skype & Lync Interop also works with Legacy Lync Clients – 11-Dec-2014 –

· A Look at the Yealink T48G for Lync – 9-Dec-2014

· Issue with Lync Conversation Window Extension – 11-Dec-2014

· Issues with Polycom cx600 and wildcard certificate on internal Exchange Autodiscover and EWS HLB – 8-Dec-2014

· Microsoft releases Lync Server 2013 December 2014 cumulative update (5.0.8308.857) – 11-Dec-2014

· Number missing from Call Button but present in Contact Card – 8-Dec-2014

· Update Digest: Lync Server 2013, Lync for Android and Windows Phone Mobile Cumulative Update (Dec 2014) – 13-Dec-2014

· Multiple Lync Persistent Chat pool headaches – 10-Dec-2014

· Telstra SIP Connect IP Addresses – 13-Dec-2014

· How to Script Location Information Service (LIS) database – 9-Dec-2014

· Lync Reverse Proxy – 5-Dec-2014

Active Directory:

· Triaging Active Directory Migration – 9-Dec-2014 –

· Introducing new 2012 R2 domain controllers to a 2003 environment – 12-Dec-2014 –

· Recovering Active Directory From Total Lost Disaster Recovery Basic Steps – 10-Dec-2014 –

· How to Make a Domain Controller a Global Catalog – 10-Dec-2014

· Notes when working with Microsoft CA (Certificate Authority) services – 14-Dec-2014

· Group Policy Best Practices Play-by-Play at Pluralsight – 11-Dec-2014

Office 365:

· Purge deleted users in Office 365 – 10-Dec-2014 –

· The top five Office 365 features – 10-Dec-2014 –

· Mailbag: Tech the Halls (Issue #4) – 12-Dec-2014

· Analytics tool for IT admins safeguards Office 365 data – 9-Dec-2014

· Microsoft’s Office 365 migration services concern IT pros – 8-Dec-2014

· Windows Intune error: You must specify the URL to an iOS app from the App Store – 10-Dec-2014

Windows Azure:

· Announcing General Availability for Application Proxy and more! – 10-Dec-2014 –

· New Azure Solution Accelerator – Hybrid Cloud – 11-Dec-2014 –

· New Azure Solution Accelerator – Azure Identity – 11-Dec-2014 –

· Wrapping up the year with a boat load of Azure AD news! – 11-Dec-2014

· Two Powerful ways to use Azure to Back Up your Enterprise – 8-Dec-2014

· Announcing General Availability of Microsoft Azure Government – 9-Dec-2014

· Network Traffic Costs for Server-Side Azure Storage Move – 5-Dec-2014

· Introducing Premium Storage: High-Performance Storage for Azure Virtual Machine Workloads – 11-Dec-2014

· Azure HDInsight Introduces Built-in Integration with Azure Websites to do Web Log Analytics – 9-Dec-2014

· Step-by-Step: Revoking and Reinstating Client VPN Certificates for Azure Point-to-Site VPNs – 9-Dec-2014

Windows Server 2012 & Windows Server 2012 R2:

· December 2014 DST Cumulative Update for Windows Operating Systems – 9-Dec-2014 –

· Troubleshooting Cluster Shared Volume Auto-Pauses – Event 5120 – 8-Dec-2014

Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10:

· Free e-books for Windows administrators [updated] – 8-Dec-2014

· Windows Update Fail – 0xC80003F3 – 12-Dec-2014

· Old build of Windows 10, 9834, has leaked – 10-Dec-2014

· Join us to hear about the next chapter of Windows 10 – 11-Dec-2014

· Microsoft offers a workaround for a Windows 10 Preview installation bug – 9-Dec-2014

Windows Phone:

· OneDrive for Windows Phone updated with promised UI changes – 12-Dec-2014 –

· The best personal finance apps on Windows Phone – 9-Dec-2014 –

· Minecraft: Pocket Edition now available for Windows Phone – 10-Dec-2014

· Candy Crush Saga comes to Windows Phone – 11-Dec-2014

· Blinkbox Movies now available on Windows Phone – 12-Dec-2014

· VLC private beta for Windows Phone gets its first small update – 8-Dec-2014

· Facebook app gets updated for Windows Phone with sticker comments – 8-Dec-2014

Microsoft Office:

· Outlook 2010 gets MAPI/http support – 12-Dec-2014 –

· First look at Insights for Office in Word Online—bringing the knowledge of the web to your document – 11-Dec-2014 –

· OneNote Class Notebook Creator updated with top educator requests and new language support – 9-Dec-2014

· New Document Inspector features for Excel, PowerPoint and Word – 9-Dec-2014

SharePoint & Office Web App Server:

· SQL for SharePoint – 9-Dec-2014

SQL:

· Microsoft Strengthens Data Platform with SQL Database and Big Data Appliance Updates, Adds New Java SDK for its NoSQL Service – 11-Dec-2014

· Best of 2014: Top 10 Data Exposed Channel 9 Videos for Data Devs – 8-Dec-2014

System Center:

· Operations Manager 2012 R2 – Set-SCOMLicence Command Hangs – 13-Dec-2014

· SCOM 2012x Console On Steroids? Try MDoP – 9-Dec-2014

· Free eBook for Extending System Center Operations Manager Reporting – 8-Dec-2014

· Using SMA to Building Your Own Microsoft OpsMgr Management Pack Catalog On SharePoint 2013 – 8-Dec-2014

· Error When Trying To Remove Web Application Transaction Monitor – 10-Dec-2014

· Managing JBoss Application Server 7 with System Center Operations Manager 2012 R2: Part 1 – Standalone Mode – 11-Dec-2014

KB’s:

· Outlook connection issues with Exchange 2010 mailboxes because of the RPC encryption requirement – 11-Dec-2014 –

· December 2014 security update for Exchange Server 2007 and Exchange Server 2010 – 9-Dec-2014 –

· External user cannot sign in to a Lync client by using a new domain SIP address in a Lync Server 2013 environment – 11-Dec-2014 –

· Office 2010 cumulative update for December 2014 – 9-Dec-2014 –

· Cumulative Update 7 for Exchange Server 2013 – 9-Dec-2014 –

· Office 365 Click-to-Install fails on certain Windows 8.1-based computers – 9-Dec-2014 –

· Public folder database migration issue in a mixed Exchange Server environment – 9-Dec-2014

· Planning and Migrating a Small Organization from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2013 (Part 17) – 9-Dec-2014

· Agents in a response group cannot receive a call in a Lync Server 2013-based Lync client – 11-Dec-2014

· IPsec traffic is dropped when a primary network is unplugged on a dual network in Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2 – 9-Dec-2014

· Servers restart unexpectedly when the Lsass.exe process crashes in Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7 – 9-Dec-2014

· Cannot migrate mailboxes in a multiple domains environment in Exchange Server 2013 – 9-Dec-2014

· December 2014 cumulative time zone update for Windows operating systems – 9-Dec-2014

· December 2014 security update for Exchange Server 2013 Service Pack 1 and Cumulative Update 6 – 9-Dec-2014

· Can’t set up Outlook for Mac 2011 to use the archive mailbox feature in Exchange Online – 12-Dec-2014

· Changing distribution group takes a long time in an Exchange Server 2010 environment – 9-Dec-2014

Downloads & Recent Releases:

· Security Update for Microsoft Office Web Apps Server 2013 (KB2889851) – 9-Dec-2014 –

· Update Rollup 15 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3 (KB2996150) – 9-Dec-2014 –

· Security Update For Exchange Server 2013 CU6 (KB3011140) – 9-Dec-2014 –

· Update Rollup 8 v2 For Exchange 2010 SP3 (KB2986475) – 12-Dec-2014 –

· Microsoft Office Configuration Analyzer Tool 1.2 – 9-Dec-2014 –

· Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 14.4.7 Update – 9-Dec-2014

· Exchange Server 2013 CU7 UM Language Packs – 9-Dec-2014

· System Center Service Manager Connector 3.1 for Exchange – 11-Dec-2014

· Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Servicing Extension – 9-Dec-2014

· Exchange Server 2010 Monitoring Management Pack – 9-Dec-2014

Scripts & PowerShell:

· Powershell: Check For Misplaced Certificates – 10-Dec-2014

· Weekend Scripter: Create PowerShell Graphical Help Function – 14-Dec-2014

· How to (correctly) check file versions with PowerShell – 8-Dec-2014

· Powershell script to monitor CPU utilization and notify on a threshold breach – 8-Dec-2014

· PowerShell Job Debugging – 11-Dec-2014

· How to Manage Permissions to Registry Keys in Windows – 8-Dec-2014

· How to Manage Permissions to Folders or Files in Windows (PowerShell) – 10-Dec-2014

· How to find out stale statistics of databases in SQL Server – 10-Dec-2014

· PowerTip: Zoom the PowerShell ISE – 8-Dec-2014

· How to assign a Role to multiple users in Exchange Online – 15-Dec-2014

· How to change Windows Explorer’s(in taskbar) Starting Location – 8-Dec-2014