Weekly IT Newsletter – November 17-21, 2014
Guy Bachar
November 22, 2014
Active Directory, Azure, Exchange, Lync, Office 365, PowerShell & Scripts, SharePoint, SQL, System Center, Windows Client, Windows Phone, Windows Server
Newsletter
Microsoft Exchange:
· Are Lagged Database Copies a Waste of Time? – 17-Nov-2014 – 
· Creating a new address list for Exchange Online (Office 365) – 21-Nov-2014 – ![clip_image001[1] clip_image001[1]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/clip_image0011_thumb3.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Planning and Migrating a Small Organization from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2013 (Part 16) – 20-Nov-2014
· Move database and log folder path in Exchange 2013 – 20-Nov-2014
· A virtual Exchange Server is nothing to fear – Nov-2014 |
Microsoft Lync:
· Lync become Skype for Business (#skype4b) – vNext – 18-Nov-2014 – ![clip_image001[2] clip_image001[2]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/clip_image0012_thumb3.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Give the gift of Lync Room System (November 2014 Updates) – 18-Nov-2014 – ![clip_image001[3] clip_image001[3]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/clip_image0013_thumb3.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Microsoft releases Lync Server 2013 November 2014 cumulative update (5.0.8308.834) – 21-Nov-2014 – ![clip_image001[4] clip_image001[4]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/clip_image0014_thumb3.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Web Application Proxy in Windows Server 2012 R2 passes Lync Server 2013 Approved Reverse Proxy Validation – 20-Nov-2014 – ![clip_image001[5] clip_image001[5]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/clip_image0015_thumb3.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Summary of Lync 2013 November-2014 updates – 22-Nov-2014 – ![clip_image001[6] clip_image001[6]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/clip_image0016_thumb3.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Update Digest: Lync Server 2013 Cumulative Update, Management Pack, etc. (Nov 2014) – 21-Nov-2014 – ![clip_image001[7] clip_image001[7]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/clip_image0017_thumb3.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Lync 2013 Client Update – November 2014 – 16-Nov-2014 – ![clip_image001[8] clip_image001[8]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/clip_image0018_thumb3.png?resize=20%2C20)
· One Liners: Finding Elevated Accounts That Are Enabled For Lync – 18-Nov-2014
· [Tutorial] Deploying a reverse proxy for Lync Server 2013 – 21-Nov-2014
· The Importance of Lync Location Policies – 19-Nov-2014
· TIP #1419: Check SQL Database Disk Space Usage (Lync Server 2013) – 16-Nov-2014
· How Lync 2013 client polls for calendar info from Exchange – 20-Nov-2014 |
Active Directory:
· How to force the Synchronization using AADSync – 20-Nov-2014 – ![clip_image001[9] clip_image001[9]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/clip_image0019_thumb3.png?resize=20%2C20)
· How to install Microsoft Azure Active Directory Sync Services – 19-Nov-2014 – ![clip_image001[10] clip_image001[10]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/clip_image00110_thumb3.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Microsoft Identity Manager Public Preview is now available! – 18-Nov-2014 – ![clip_image001[11] clip_image001[11]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/clip_image00111_thumb3.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Accessing Azure AD connected apps on Android phones, iPhones, and iPads – 19-Nov-2014 |
Office 365:
· My top 10 Office 365 features that are currently rolling out & In development – 15-Nov-2014 – ![clip_image001[12] clip_image001[12]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/clip_image00112_thumb3.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Getting Started with Office 365 Video – 20-Nov-2014 – ![clip_image001[13] clip_image001[13]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/clip_image00113_thumb3.png?resize=20%2C20)
· My first week with Office 365 Clutter – 21-Nov-2014 – ![clip_image001[14] clip_image001[14]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/clip_image00114_thumb3.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Office 365 news round-up – 21-Nov-2014 – ![clip_image001[15] clip_image001[15]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/clip_image00115_thumb3.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Announcing details of OneDrive for Business availability for Office 365 ProPlus customers – 17-Nov-2014 – ![clip_image001[16] clip_image001[16]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/clip_image00116_thumb3.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Office 365 – How to Handle “Large Messages” During Migration – 18-Nov-2014
· Office 365 Message Encryption (Part 1) – 18-Nov-2014
· Secure and sync with Information Rights Management on OneDrive for Business – 19-Nov-2014
· Yammer Sign-in Now Tied with Office 365 – 21-Nov-2014 |
Windows Azure:
· Update on Azure Storage Service Interruption – 19-Nov-2014 – ![clip_image001[17] clip_image001[17]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/clip_image00117_thumb3.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Announcing Azure Media Services Live streaming with AES encryption – 19-Nov-2014 – ![clip_image001[18] clip_image001[18]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/clip_image00118_thumb3.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Introducing Cloud Witness – 13-Nov-2014 – ![clip_image001[19] clip_image001[19]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/clip_image00119_thumb3.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Azure Virtual Network Resource Groups – 22-Nov-2014
· Quick Tip: List all Static IPs on an Azure Virtual Network using PowerShell – 17-Nov-2014
· Migrating Azure Virtual Machines to another Region – 16-Nov-2014
· How to configure DNS Server in Microsoft Azure – 17-Nov-2014 |
Windows Server 2012 & Windows Server 2012 R2:
· A Fixed MS14-066 Being Reoffered to Windows Server 2008 R2 and 2012 – 18-Nov-2014 – ![clip_image001[20] clip_image001[20]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/clip_image00120_thumb3.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Retrieving Cluster Error 1135 From Servers – 19-Nov-2014
· When Creating a New Resource or Role, the Network Name Fails to Come Online or Failed to Create Associated Computer Object in Domain – 17-Nov-2014
· New in Windows Server 10 Web Application Proxy – 20-Nov-2014 |
Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10:
· OneDrive getting worse to get better in Windows 10 – 15-Nov-2014 – ![clip_image001[21] clip_image001[21]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/clip_image00121_thumb3.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Windows 10 preview build 9879 is coming next week for Slow ring users – 21-Nov-2014 – ![clip_image001[22] clip_image001[22]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/clip_image00122_thumb3.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Windows 10: How to enable the hidden taskbar search box in build 9879 – 17-Nov-2014
· Windows 10 build 9888 shows up with a kernel version of 10.0 – 21-Nov-2014
· Why Windows 10 isn’t version 6 anymore and why it will probably work – 22-Nov-2014 |
Windows Phone:
· Buy a HTC One (M8) for Windows, get an Xbox Dot View cover! – 18-Nov-2014 – ![clip_image001[23] clip_image001[23]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/clip_image00123_thumb3.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Office Mobile for Android Smartphones update available with OneDrive sharing and Dropbox support – 20-Nov-2014 – ![clip_image001[24] clip_image001[24]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/clip_image00124_thumb3.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Redesigned Foursquare app now available for Windows Phone – 19-Nov-2014
· Offline data for Maps on Windows Phone 8.1 is getting updated – 20-Nov-2014
· Microsoft’s Photosynth 3D panorama app gets higher-res capture mode in latest update – 21-Nov-2014
· Credit Karma now a universal app on Windows Phone and Windows 8.1 – 21-Nov-2014
· Viber for Windows Phone gets a visual refresh with the latest update – 18-Nov-2014
· Microsoft pushes out long-overdue update for Windows Phone 8.1 Podcasts app – 18-Nov-2014 |
Microsoft Office:
· All About ‘Clutter’ – Home Run for Microsoft Office Graph – 17-Nov-2014 – ![clip_image001[25] clip_image001[25]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/clip_image00125_thumb3.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Why the Outlook for Mac folder pane changes colors – 19-Nov-2014
· Introducing a new feature in Access 2013 web apps—Download in Excel – 21-Nov-2014 |
SharePoint & Office Web App Server:
· Troubleshooting Search in SharePoint Online (O365) – 21-Nov-2014 – ![clip_image001[26] clip_image001[26]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/clip_image00126_thumb3.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Office Web Apps Server no longer available for download – 19-Nov-2014 – ![clip_image001[27] clip_image001[27]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/clip_image00127_thumb3.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Video Comes to Office 365 and SharePoint Online – 20-Nov-2014 |
SQL:
· Azure HDInsight Adds Deeper Tooling Experience in Visual Studio – 19-Nov-2014
· Azure HDInsight Clusters Allows Custom Installation of Spark Using Script Action – 17-Nov-2014
· Who Updated DB OR Who Accessed The Database – 18-Nov-2014 |
System Center:
· Savision: Pay As You Go & Unity – 21-Nov-2014
· Exchange Server 2010 MP & SCOM 2012x – 17-Nov-2014
· SCCM 2012x: Microsoft SQL Server Report Builder Error: Unable To Connect To Data Source – 17-Nov-2014
· Installing VMM 2012 R2 Cluster in My Lab – 19-Nov-2014 |
KB’s:
· November 2014 Cumulative Update 5.0.8308.834 for Lync Server 2013 Bandwidth Policy Service – 20-Nov-2014 – ![clip_image001[28] clip_image001[28]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/clip_image00128_thumb3.png?resize=20%2C20)
· November 2014 update rollup for Windows RT, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2012 – 21-Nov-2014 – ![clip_image001[29] clip_image001[29]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/clip_image00129_thumb3.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Lync Web App users are disconnected from a video meeting on a Mac device in a Lync Server 2013 environment – 20-Nov-2014
· Response group usage report displays incorrect amount of offered calls and answered calls in Lync Server 2013 – 20-Nov-2014
· Slowness in Windows Explorer when you click a subfolder or drive on a remote server – 19-Nov-2014
· Office documents hang when you save through a slow network on a domain-joined Windows 8.1 or Windows 8 computer – 18-Nov-2014
· DHCP client always includes option 61 in the DHCP request in Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2 – 20-Nov-2014
· Office 365 users are unable to add new apps to Outlook Web App – 20-Nov-2014
· “Unable to identify a suitable account namespace” error when you run the Hybrid Configuration Wizard – 21-Nov-2014
· Event 36023 is consistently logged on multiple front-end servers in a Lync Server 2013 environment that enables CAC – 20-Nov-2014 |
Downloads & Recent Releases:
· New Remote Desktop Connection Manager 2.7 Released – 19-Nov-2014 – ![clip_image001[30] clip_image001[30]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/clip_image00130_thumb3.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Lync Server 2013 Management Pack – 21-Nov-2014 – ![clip_image001[31] clip_image001[31]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/clip_image00131_thumb3.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Microsoft Lync Room System Administrative Web Portal – 21-Nov-2014 – ![clip_image001[32] clip_image001[32]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/clip_image00132_thumb3.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Lync Server 2013 Cumulative Update KB 2809243 – 21-Nov-2014 – ![clip_image001[33] clip_image001[33]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/clip_image00133_thumb3.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Windows Firewall Notifier – 16-Nov-2014 – ![clip_image001[34] clip_image001[34]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/clip_image00134_thumb2.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Update for Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 Update 4 (KB3018885) – 22-Nov-2014
· Windows Management Framework 5.0 Preview November 2014 – 21-Nov-2014 – ![clip_image001[35] clip_image001[35]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/clip_image00135_thumb2.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Office 365 for Business Training – 21-Nov-2014
· Microsoft Intune Company Portal App for 8.1 – 21-Nov-2014
· MSDN Subscription Admiration Guide – 17-Nov-2014
· Hyper-V Snapshot Remover – 18-Nov-2014 |
Scripts & PowerShell:
· PowerShell and WMI Webinar This Friday! – 18-Nov-2014 – ![clip_image001[36] clip_image001[36]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/clip_image00136_thumb2.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Introducing: PowerShell Gallery – 19-Nov-2014 – ![clip_image001[37] clip_image001[37]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/clip_image00137_thumb.png?resize=20%2C20)
· PowerShell DSC Azure Extension 1.5 is now available – 20-Nov-2014 – ![clip_image001[38] clip_image001[38]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/clip_image00138_thumb.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Documenting DSC Part 2 – 19-Nov-2014
· PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Show Hidden Files – 22-Nov-2014
· Documenting PowerShell Commands with PowerShell – 16-Nov-2014
· Exchange Server Database Availability Group Health Check Script – 22-Nov-2014
· Lync UCS Contacts Reporting with Powershell – 21-Nov-2014
· Weekend Scripter: Use PowerShell to Get, Add, and Remove NTFS Permissions – 22-Nov-2014
· Managing Azure IaaS with Windows PowerShell: Part 5 – 21-Nov-2014
· PowerShell ISE add-on to manage WMI permanent event filters, consumers, and bindings – 17-Nov-2014 |
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