Weekly IT Newsletter – April 20-24, 2015

Microsoft Exchange:

· Larger messages and Enhanced NDRs come to Office 365 – 21-Apr-2015 –

· A better way to collect logs from your Exchange servers – 20-Apr-2015 –

· Clutter Threshold and Probability Outlook form – 24-Apr-2015

· Exchange Server 2013 Upgrade Fails Due to Receive Connector Conflicts – 24-Apr-2015

· Methods for Migrating to Office 365 – 23-Apr-2015

· Exchange Server 2013 Backup and Restore 101 (Part 11) – 21-Apr-2015

· Shared mailboxes give productivity a lift – 17-Apr-2015

Skype for Business:

· Skype for Business Readiness Series (13/15) – 22-Apr-2015 –

· Lync Registration on VVX Phones – 19-Apr-2015 –

· Install Skype for Business Server 2015 prerequisites on Windows Server 2008R2, 2012 and 2012R2 – 20-Apr-2015

· UC Extend v1.5 Released – 23-Apr-2015

· Managing Lync Online with PowerShell – 20-Apr-2015

· TechNet Upgrade to Skype for Business Server 2015 Step by Step eBook – 22-Apr-2015

Active Directory:

· Microsoft Releases Updated version of Azure AD Sync Tool – 20-Apr-2015 –

· Employee Self-Service App Access for Azure AD now in preview! – 23-Apr-2015 –

· Active Directory-related sessions at Microsoft Ignite – 20-Apr-2015 –

· ADFS 2012 R2 Web Application Proxy – Re-Establish Proxy Trust – 20-Apr-2015

· Microsoft Identity Manager Public Preview Updated – 21-Apr-2015

Office 365:

· Office 365 Performance Management – 23-Apr-2015 –

· Boosting Cloud Security in Office 365 – 24-Apr-2015 –

· Office 365 – Unable to Activate Directory Synchronization – 21-Apr-2015 –

· Import Whitelist and Blacklist into EOP Office 365 via PowerShell – 25-Apr-2015

· Announcing Customer Lockbox for Office 365 – 21-Apr-2015

Windows Azure:

· Microsoft reveals Azure Service Fabric, platform behind Cortana and more – 20-Apr-2015 –

· Azure Multi-Factor Authentication – Part 7: Securing AD FS – 23-Apr-2015

· Bring your own domain name to Azure AD Application Proxy – 22-Apr-2015

· Getting Started with Azure – 22-Apr-2015

Windows Server 2012 & Windows Server 2012 R2:

· “Description cannot be found” error in event logs in Event Viewer in Windows Server 2012 R2 or Windows Server 2012 – 21-Apr-2015

Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10:

· Windows 10 Technical Preview Build 10061 now available – 22-Apr-2015 –

Windows Phone:

· Windows 10 Technical Preview Build 10052 now available for phones – 21-Apr-2015 –

· Microsoft releases Contacts+Message backup app for Windows Phone – 25-Apr-2015 –

· Accept payments on the go with PayPal Here on Windows Phone – 21-Apr-2015

· Cut the Rope 2 available for Windows and Windows Phone – 24-Apr-2015

· Windows 10 for phones build 10070 leaked image shows updated Start screen – 25-Apr-2015

Microsoft Office:

· OneNote Staff Notebooks—streamlining the administration of a school – 22-Apr-2015

· Outlook for Android comes out of preview – 22-Apr-2015

· Early look at the new Outlook on the desktop, Windows 10 and phones – 22-Apr-2015

· Take control of data with Excel’s business analytics tools – 20-Apr-2015

SharePoint & Office Web App Server:

· Evolving Data Loss Prevention in SharePoint Online/OneDrive for Business and Office applications – 21-Apr-2015

· Connecting Salesforce and SharePoint Online with Azure App Services – 26-Apr-2015

· Understand your SharePoint usage with Application Insights – 22-Apr-2015

SQL:

· Microsoft Recommends Waiting for Fixed Version of SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 1 – 23-Apr-2015 –

· SQL Server 2005 support ends April 2016. Are you ready? – 21-Apr-2015

· Azure Premium Storage provides highest performance for SQL Server in Azure VM – 23-Apr-2015

System Center:

· Free eBook: Microsoft System Center Operations Manager Field Experience – 24-Apr-2015 –

· Teaser: How To Solve Event ID‘s 11502, 33333 & 4502 – 24-Apr-2015

· What’s The Diff Between SCOM 2007 R2 Default MP & SCOM 2012 R2 Default MP? – 20-Apr-2015

KB’s:

· How to integrate Exchange Online with Lync Online, Lync Server 2013, or a Lync Server 2013 hybrid deployment – 21-Apr-2015

· Exchange Online users can’t keep messages for longer than 14 days in Office 365 – 21-Apr-2015

· “451 4.4.0 DNS query failed” Exchange Server error in message queue when you send email to remote domains – 23-Apr-2015

· Search-AdminAuditLog with parameter returns empty results in Exchange Server 2013 – 22-Apr-2015

Downloads & Recent Releases:

· Skype for Business 2015 Protocol Workloads Poster – 26-Apr-2015 –

· IdFix DirSync Error Remediation Tool – 26-Apr-2015 –

· Cumulative Update 6 (KB3042099) for Microsoft AppFabric 1.1 for Windows Server – 26-Apr-2015

· Photos (Part 2) – Exchange / Active Directory/ Office 365 Photo Importer – 24-Apr-2015

· Active Directory Rights Management Service Client 2.1 – 26-Apr-2015

Scripts & PowerShell:

· PowerShell Tools for Visual Studio – Now Available – 19-Apr-2015 –

· PowerTip: Roll Back Active PowerShell Transaction – 24-Apr-2015

· Find and Use Windows PowerShell Providers – 20-Apr-2015