Weekly IT Newsletter – August 25-29, 2014

Microsoft Exchange:

· Exchange 2013 CU6 Released – 26-Aug-2014 –

· Exchange 2010 SP3 RU7 Released – 26-Aug-2014 –

· Don’t Deploy Exchange 2013 CU6 If You’re a Hybrid Customer – 30-Aug-2014 –

· Exchange 2010 & 2013 – Disaster Recovery Troubleshooter – 29-Aug-2014 –

· The UC Architects Podcast Ep42 – 27-Aug-2014 –

· Microsoft manages to ship yet another broken Cumulative Update – 30-Aug-2014

· OWA bug compromises item preservation for litigation and in-place holds – 28-Aug-2014

· Why does my old password work via Activesync? – 25-Aug-2014

· Hybrid EAC & Ex2007 issues in Ex2013 CU6 – 30-Aug-2014

· Deploying an Exchange 2013 Hybrid Lab Environment in Windows Azure (Part 13) – 28-Aug-2014

· Planning and Migrating a Small Organization from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2013 (Part 11) – 26-Aug-2014

· Managing RBAC Roles with RBAC_Manager, with Five easy steps – 27-Aug-2014

· Public Folder Updates in Exchange 2013 CU6: Improving Scale and More – 26-Aug-2014

· Microsoft releases Exchange Updates Rollups – August 2014 – 26-Aug-2014

Microsoft Lync:

· Lync Snom Phone Manager – 28-Aug-2014 –

· Polycom VVX FTP Provisioning Server Creation Script – 29-Aug-2014 –

· Certificate requirements for internal servers – 29-Aug-2014 –

· Lync 2013 Reverse Proxy Solution with IIS ARR (Application Request Routing) – Installation and Consulting guide – 26-Aug-2014 –

· Lync Mobile update–Gallery View on iPad and participant management on both iPad and iPhone – 26-Aug-2014 –

· Lync Server 2013 Guidance Series: Do I really Need Hardware Load Balancer? – 27-Aug-2014 –

· Lync 2013: call on behalf of RGS group – 26-Aug-2014

· Lync Call Concurrency and SIP Channel Usage – 26-Aug-2014

· Microsoft Lync and Other Stuff: Configure Sonus gateway to translate a 408 to 504 for Lync – 26-Aug-2014

· Locate Lync Lapses with a Look – 26-Aug-2014

· Lync Edge Server or Pool Server have uncommon call drops (30sec) and other IM issues – 26-Aug-2014

· Lync 2013 SQL Reporting Services error – 27-Aug-2014

· Quick Tip: IIS/ARR and Authenticated Traffic Failing – 26-Aug-2014

· Ringback, Silence, Ringback – 26-Aug-2014

Active Directory:

· Remove Windows Store app from Taskbar with Group Policy – 26-Aug-2014 –

· Quick and dirty DirSync install automation – 29-Aug-2014 –

· All things RMS sharing app – 27-Aug-2014

Office 365:

· OneDrive for Business Access by External Users – 26-Aug-2014 –

· How To Create an Office 365 Support Organization – 26-Aug-2014 –

· Office 365 news round-up – 29-Aug-2014 –

· Migrating mailboxes from Gmail to Office 365 incorrect credentials – 30-Aug-2014

· Reed Elsevier rallies around Office 365 to collaborate across countries and cut costs – 25-Aug-2014

· TechNet Radio: (Part 3) Modernizing Your Infrastructure with Hybrid Cloud – Planning Hybrid Cloud Networking – 29-Aug-2014

Windows Azure:

· How to connect to virtual networks in Azure – Site-to-site and ExpressRoute – 28-Aug-2014 –

· Azure Essentials Web Series – Prescriptive technical & business guidance to jump start your Azure practice – 29-Aug-2014 –

· Azure Files and IaaS Domain Controllers – 27-Aug-2014 –

· Doc Updates for Azure RMS – August 2014 – 29-Aug-2014

· Microsoft lowering the price on some Azure features, is playing to win – 26-Aug-2014

· Azure Networking PowerShell Module – 28-Aug-2014

Windows Server 2012 & Windows Server 2012 R2:

· Hyper-V Did Not Find Virtual Machines to Import – Error 32784 – 29-Aug-2014

· Symantec ApplicationHA for Hyper-V – 28-Aug-2014

· Windows Troubleshooting – Special Pool – 27-Aug-2014

· Windows Troubleshooting – Stop 9E Explained – 27-Aug-2014

· Best Practices for Windows Server 2003 End-of-Support Migration – 23-Aug-2014

Windows 8 & Windows 8.1:

· Microsoft finally tries to de-crap the Windows Store – 28-Aug-2014 –

· Tip o’ the Week #238 – quiet hours on Windows Phone 8.1 – 29-Aug-2014 –

· Dropbox Pro now $9.99 a month for 1TB, but Microsoft still offers a better deal – 27-Aug-2014 –

· Remove the Windows Store app from the Start Screen – 29-Aug-2014

· Direct Access on Windows 8 error – iphttps interface creation failure 0x34 – 31-Aug-2014

Windows Phone:

· HTC One M8 for Windows Review: Making a run for the top – 29-Aug-2014 –

· Windows Phone 8.1 now on almost 25% of devices, Microsoft owns 95% of the hardware – 29-Aug-2014 –

· Spotify Windows Phone app gets quick update to fix sign-up issue – 27-Aug-2014 –

· Microsoft updates OneDrive apps, everyone is getting new features – 28-Aug-2014 –

· Microsoft removes 1500 apps from Windows Store, will refund anyone who purchased them – 27-Aug-2014 –

· Microsoft said to be interested in popular Android mod, Cyanogen – 30-Aug-2014

· Top Rated Football Apps for your Windows Phone – 30-Aug-2014

· Tip o’ the Week #236 – Lumia Cyan on the way – 26-Aug-2014

· Flipagram for Windows Phone 8.1 returns with bug fixes – 27-Aug-2014

Microsoft Office:

· Preventing an image in your Outlook signature from pixelating – 29-Aug-2014

· Visio webcasts are back! Register now for Visio Organizational Diagramming – 26-Aug-2014

· Sync Google Calendar with Outlook – 18-Aug-2014

· Join us for Tuesday’s webinar: Archiving items in Outlook – 29-Aug-2014

SharePoint & Office Web App Server:

· SMA Runbook: Update A SharePoint 2013 List Item – 30-Aug-2014

· Search for sensitive content in SharePoint and OneDrive documents – 29-Aug-2014

· Get detail report of all Documents in SharePoint site using PowerShell – 26-Aug-2014

SQL:

· PASS Summit 2014 – Don’t miss the largest conference for SQL Server Professionals – 27-Aug-2014

System Center:

· You can now export Advisor’s search results to Excel! – 29-Aug-2014 –

· Updated Management Packs – 27-Aug-2014 –

· Updated MPs! A Whole Wave Of Them! – 27-Aug-2014

· Unifying SCCM and WSUS – 27-Aug-2014

· SCVMM bare metal deployment failure with SuperMicro servers – 29-Aug-2014

· Unable to install DPM 2012 R2 Update Rollup 3 via Windows Update – 26-Aug-2014

· DPM 2012 R2 fails to install when using FQDN during setup for credentials – 26-Aug-2014

· Windows Server 2012 R2 WDS doesn’t work without Option 66, 67 in DHCP reliably – 30-Aug-2014

KB’s:

· Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2 Domain Controller delayed response to LDAP or Kerberos requests – 28-Aug-2014 –

· Poor network performance on virtual machines on a Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V host if VMQ is enabled – 29-Aug-2014 –

· Responses from external meeting attendees do not appear in Outlook tracking – 28-Aug-2014 –

· You cannot add attachments, delete or move many email messages in bulk in Outlook Web App – 26-Aug-2014 –

· Calendar item body disappears in Outlook online mode in an Exchange Server 2013 environment – 26-Aug-2014 –

· Exchange Server 2013 databases unexpectedly fail over in a co-existence environment with Exchange Server 2007 – 29-Aug-2014 –

· A backup to Azure Backup fails if the data source is larger than 850 GB – 27-Aug-2014

· Removed Default or Anonymous permission for Outlook folders cannot be restored in an Exchange Server 2013 environment – 26-Aug-2014

· New IP addresses for BlackBerry.com and RIM.com – 26-Aug-2014

· EAS device cannot sync free/busy status if an item is created by EWS in an Exchange Server 2013 environment – 26-Aug-2014

· RPC Client Access service crashes on an on-premises Mailbox server in an Exchange Server 2013 hybrid environment – 26-Aug-2014

· Incorrect voice mail message duration in an Exchange Server 2013 environment – 26-Aug-2014

· Cannot access DFS root when the DFS path is offline and you log on to a Windows-based computer for the first time – 29-Aug-2014

· VPN connection cannot be established when you use a Wi-Fi connection in Windows 8.1 or Windows 8 – 22-Aug-2014

· “HTTP 400 – Bad Request” error when you open a shared mailbox in Outlook Web App in an Exchange Server 2010 environment – 26-Aug-2014

· Assistant stops processing new requests when Events in Queue value exceeds 500 in Exchange Server 2010 – 26-Aug-2014

· Poor network performance on virtual machines on a Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V host if VMQ is enabled – 29-Aug-2014

· Creating multiple File Server resources in one group does not work correctly in a Windows Server 2012 Failover Cluster – 26-Aug-2014

· Domain controller is overloaded after you change Active Directory configurations in Exchange Server 2010 – 26-Aug-2014

Downloads & Recent Releases:

· Exchange Server 2013 CU6 UM Language Packs – 26-Aug-2014 –

· Cumulative Update 6 for Exchange Server 2013 (KB2961810) – 26-Aug-2014 –

· Update Rollup 14 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3 (KB2936861) – 26-Aug-2014 –

· Update Rollup 7 For Exchange 2010 SP3 (KB2961522) – 26-Aug-2014 –

· Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 14.4.4 update – 26-Aug-2014 –

· Self-Service BI in Excel 2013 – 26-Aug-2014

Scripts & PowerShell:

· Weekend Scripter: Parse Folder of Data with PowerShell – 31-Aug-2014

· How to create GALs based on UPN’s domain in Exchange Online – 25-Aug-2014 –

· PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Set Primary and Secondary DNS Server Addresses – 30-Aug-2014 –

· Use PowerShell to Fix Address Issues Prior to Export – 28-Aug-2014

· PowerShell Function to get Hyper-V host(s) networking configuration – 29-Aug-2014

· How to kill SQL Server connection which was an idle session – 26-Aug-2014

· How to get all users in a group in SharePoint – 29-Aug-2014