Weekly IT Newsletter – January 11-15, 2016

Microsoft Exchange:

· Exchange Analyzer v0.1.0-Beta.1 Released –

· Exchange Best Practices: Client Access Namespaces –

· Event ID 9041, An exception has been thrown: Microsoft Exchange Assistants TransientMailboxException

· Exchange Best Practices: Keeping Servers Updated

· Configure Kemp Load Balancer for Exchange 2016

· Reporting on Folder RetentionTag Statistics Exchange 2010-16

Skype for Business:

· Skype call scheduling and more updates for Outlook for iOS and Android –

· Microsoft releases January 12, 2016, update for Lync 2013 (Skype for Business) (KB3114502) –

· New Document Uploaded: Zen and the Art of Skype for Business Maintenance Version 1.0 –

· Reading the Skype for Business Server 2015 – Hybrid Handbook

Active Directory:

· Azure AD Application Proxy Overview –

· Group Policy Automation Engine – Deployed Printers

· Migrate Microsoft CA to SHA-2

Office 365:

· New end-user experience: Mobile Application Management for iOS –

· What’s new on the Office Roadmap – 2016-01-14 –

· What’s new: December 2015 –

· Clutter in Office 365 (Part 2)

· Office 365 – What’s Your Office 365 “Secure Score”?

· Leading the way in the fight against dangerous email threats

Microsoft Azure:

· Optimize your network infrastructure for Microsoft’s cloud –

· Azure RemoteApp Enhancements –

· Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer preview: January update and roadmap

· Free ebook: Enterprise Cloud Strategy

· Announcing the Azure Automation PowerShell ISE add-on

· Azure MFA–Publishing MFA Portals using Web Applicaion Proxy

Windows Server:

· Introduction to Hyper-V High-Availability –

· Announcing enhanced migration and disaster recovery for VMware using ASR

· How to create Microsoft FO cluster in ESX

Windows Client:

· How to install Git for Windows

· Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 11099 –

· HotFix: Windows 10 upgrades are not downloaded in System Center Configuration Manager –

· Microsoft finally has a proper way to opt out of Windows 7/8 to Windows 10 upgrades

· Does your win 8.1 /2012 R2/win10 logon hang after a password change?

Windows Phone:

· New Remote Desktop client could almost make me a Continuum believer –

· Prep for 10: Microsoft’s UpdateAdvisor now available for Windows Phone

· Windows 10 Mobile concept shows that small tweaks could make it great rather than acceptable

· Microsoft’s new Windows 10 Mobile ‘Upgrade Advisor Beta’ app spotted on Windows Store

Microsoft Office:

· Boost your productivity with the new Full Screen view feature in Outlook for Mac –

· Tip o’ the Week 310 – New Year, new Outlook discipline

· OneNote is all you need with Skype for Business

SharePoint & Office Web App Server:

· Using Azure AD Domain Service for SharePoint IaaS Deployments

SQL:

· Data security, SQL Server 2016, and your business –

· Effortlessly Analyze Data History Using Temporal Tables

· Microsoft Business Intelligence PASS keynote: Five minutes to sign up; five minutes to WOW!

· Preview the newest ODBC SQL Server Driver for Windows and Linux

System Center:

· Still seeing large EventParameter tables after applying the latest Update Rollup for Microsoft Operations Manager

· Latest Version Jalasoft Xian Network Manager IO: No SCOM Support

· Report Of The First WMUG NL Event 2016: Introduction To OMS Alerting

KB’s:

· “The address type is not valid” error when you sign in to Lync 2013 (Skype for Business) by using domainusername format

· Lync 2013 (Skype for Business) call monitor UI flashes constantly

· Outlook 2013 or 2016 may not connect using MAPI over HTTPs as expected

· Snapshot contents are not accessible when Server for NFS has handle signing enabled

· Messages in an e-mail thread are automatically moved to the Deleted Items folder

Downloads & Recent Releases:

· Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 14.6.0 Update –

· January 2016 Security Release ISO Image –

· Microsoft Office 365 Mapping of Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Control Matrix 3.0.1

· Microsoft Power BI Publisher for Excel (Preview)

· January 12, 2016, update for Office 2010 (KB3114555)

· Email stays in the Outbox folder until you manually initiate a send/receive operation in Outlook

· Outlook performance issues when you have many shared folders or mailboxes open

Scripts & PowerShell:

· PowerShell ISE Editor Features I love –

· How to query an Azure SQL database with PowerShell

· PowerTip: Find Help about PowerShell Pipelines

· Easy Debugging of PowerShell DSC for Azure Virtual Machines

· Introduction to Advanced PowerShell Functions