Weekly IT Newsletter – February 8-12, 2016

Microsoft Exchange:

· .NET Framework 4.6.1 and Exchange Compatibility –

· Installing Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 –

· Exchange Server Deployment Assistant Updated with New Exchange 2016 Scenarios –

· Episode 56: Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted –

· Improvements to Compliance in Exchange 2016 (Part 2)

· Enumerating Public Folders using EWS and reporting on Rules and Folder Stats

· Exchange Best Practices: Mailbox Storage Quotas

Skype for Business:

· Lync 2013 / SfB 2015 Client Update – February 2016 –

· Free e-Book – Preparing for Skype for Business –

· Microsoft releases February 9, 2016, update for Lync 2013 (Skype for Business) (KB3114502) –

· Microsoft releases February 9, 2016, update for Skype for Business 2016 (KB3114696) –

· How to use UM Voicemail for CellMobile calls –

· Skype for Business Online Voice Quality Service Level Agreements Published

· Recommended Telephony Devices for Skype for Business

· O365 voicemail fails for Lync SBA users

· .NET Framework 4.6.1 and Skype for Business Server 2015/Lync Server 2013

Active Directory:

· Security Thoughts: Update for Active Directory Federation Services to Address Denial of Service –

· Setting up Azure AD Connect

· Windows 2012 R2 Deploy Certificate Authority Step by Step Part-1

Office 365:

· Advanced Threat Protection and Advanced Threat Analytics –

· Office 365 Groups Accelerate Collaboration

· Creating a Hybrid Configuration with Exchange and Office 365

· Submit a request for removing your mail server IP from Office 365 black list

Microsoft Azure:

· Announcing new Log Analytics (OMS) resource for Azure VMs –

· Operations Management Suite – Azure Automation –

· Reset the Password on Azure VM – ARM

Windows Server:

· Increasing performance and resilience by clustering load balancers

· Remote Desktop Server farm is unavailable over DirectAccess (single/multisite)

· MS16-014: Security update for Microsoft Windows to address remote code execution: February 9, 2016

Windows Client:

· Free ebook: Introducing Windows 10 for IT Professionals, Technical Overview –

· Windows 10 updates finally get some release notes –

· Enterprise State Roaming public preview makes device hopping a little easier –

· How to remove personal information from pictures on Windows 10

· Third party disk encryption use with Windows 10 upgrade

· Windows 10 February 2015 CU Rolling Out Now, Addresses Edge Caching for InPrivate Browsing

Windows Phone:

· Announcing Windows 10 Mobile Insider Preview Build 10586.107 –

· Windows 10 Mobile Insider Preview build 10586.107 heads to the Slow ring

Microsoft Office:

· Office 2016 C2R Current Branch for Business is GA and it has a New Name –

· Why is there an Outlook folder missing from Outlook Web App? –

· Deploying Office Online Server (OOS) (Part 2)

· Setting your Office Click-to-Run Deployment Branch at Install with the Office Deployment Tool

· KB3114717 Causes High CPU and Breaks Office 2013 Applications

· Tip o’ the Week 313 – Live Writer lives!

· Deferred Channel build now available for the Office 365 Client apps

SharePoint & Office Web App Server:

· January 2016 CU for SharePoint 2013 sp1 – The installation of this package failed

· SharePoint 2016 – Collaborate in the Cloud On Your Terms

SQL:

· Exclusive Launch Event – SQL Server 2016

· Azure SQL Data Warehouse: January 2016 Updates

· Announcing SQL Server Express images in the Azure Gallery

System Center:

· Microsoft Operations Management Suite review – Part 1

· Updated MPs

KB’s:

· No missed call notification generated in Lync 2013 (Skype for Business) –

· Lync Server 2013 Front-End Service Does not Start on Pool Failback –

· How to troubleshoot Operations Management Suite onboarding issues

· IMAP clients that use NTLM authentication protocol are continually prompted for credentials in Exchange Server 2013

· Meeting request not removed from Inbox after responding from Calendar

· “554 5.2.0 STOREDRV.Deliver.Exception:ObjectNotFoundException.MapiExceptionNotFound” NDR when users send mail in Exchange Online

· February 9, 2016, update for Office 2010 (KB3114750)

Downloads & Recent Releases:

· Azure Compute Benchmark Scores –

· Fix for a known issue with Update Rollup 9 for System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager

· Application Insights Tools for Visual Studio 2015 Update 1 v4.2.0

· Security Update for Microsoft Office Web Apps Server 2013 (KB3114338)

Scripts & PowerShell:

· PowerShell Desired State Configuration: The Basics –

· Manage machines using PowerShell in untrusted domains

· PowerShell script to export OneDrive for Business site information

· PowerShell – Collect Server Info