Weekly IT Newsletter – November 24-28, 2014

Microsoft Exchange:

· Exchange Mailbox Auditing with Powershell – 25-Nov-2014 –

· OWA functionality gap widens between Office 365 and Exchange 2013 – 25-Nov-2014 –

· Datacenter Activation Coordination Mode – 26-Nov-2014 –

· Deploying and Managing Exchange Server 2013 High Availability – 25-Nov-2014 –

· Exchange Server 2013 High Availability: What Would You Like to Know? – 27-Nov-2014

· ePublishing for Technology: a new book on Exchange 2013 High Availability – 24-Nov-2014

· Exchange Receive Connector – 24-Nov-2014

· Brick backups and Exchange – not recommended – 28-Nov-2014

· What to include in an Exchange lab to test patches – Nov-2014

· Deploying an Exchange 2013 Hybrid Lab Environment in Windows Azure (Part 18) – 27-Nov-2014

· Exchange Server 2013 Backup and Restore 101 – Recovering individual items (Part 2) – 25-Nov-2014

· Exchange Server 2010/2013 Config Backup and Restore (v1.1) – 26-Nov-2014

Microsoft Lync:

· Thoughts on UC: Skype for Business – 24-Nov-2014 –

· AudioCodes ShellShock Patch Released – 25-Nov-2014 –

· Lync 2013 and Microsoft Azure Operational Insights (aka System Center Advisor) – 23-Nov-2014 –

· Update to Lync 2010 when trying to view a PowerPoint shared via Lync 2013 Web App User – 26-Nov-2014 –

· CX8000 v15.11 Release Notes – 24-Nov-2014

· Upcoming Webinar: Integrate Lync with Your Avaya Environment – 26-Nov-2014

· Top Support Solutions for Microsoft Lync Server 2013 – 26-Nov-2014

· Lync Server 2013 Cumulative Update : November 2014 – 24-Nov-2014

Active Directory:

· Active Directory Week on the Hey Scripting Guy Blog and Free AD PowerShell Videos at Microsoft Virtual Academy – 26-Nov-2014 –

· ADFS Deep Dive: Planning and Design Considerations – 24-Nov-2014 –

· List the Active Directory forest’s milestones – 26-Nov-2014 –

· TIP 1421A: Active Directory Group Membership (PowerShell) – 25-Nov-2014

· How to enable the Security Auditing of Active Directory – 27-Nov-2014

Office 365:

· Office 365 – Renew your certificates (on-premise ADFS) alert – 28-Nov-2014 –

· Office 365 Migration Failure: O365 to On-Prem – 23-Nov-2014 –

· Shared Mailboxes in Office 365 – 28-Nov-2014 –

· Office 365 Business—Do your best work from anywhere on your favorite devices – 26-Nov-2014 –

· Configure claim rules for greater Office 365 access control – 24-Nov-2014

· Block spam this holiday season with the new enhanced bulk mail experience in EOP – 24-Nov-2014

· Auto-forward in Office 365 – 26-Nov-2014

· Get the Office for Android tablet preview apps today – 26-Nov-2014

· Office 365—Our latest innovations in security and compliance – 28-Oct-2014

Windows Azure:

· How to modify the DNS Server settings in Microsoft Azure – 25-Nov-2014 –

· Chocolatey with Custom Script Extension on Azure VMs – 25-Nov-2014 –

· Doc Updates for Azure RMS – November 2014 – 28-Nov-2014

· Using Twitter Application with Azure Active Directory – 24-Nov-2014

· An End-to-End Prototype of AES Encryption with ACS Authentication and ACS Token Authorization – 26-Nov-2014

· Migrating Existing Services to Regional Scope – 26-Nov-2014

· Installing WordPress in a Sub-Folder on Azure Websites – 27-Nov-2014

Windows Server 2012 & Windows Server 2012 R2:

· Mailbag: Black Friday (Issue #3) – 28-Nov-2014

· vNext Failover Clustering in Windows Server Technical Preview – 12-Nov-2014

Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10:

· Latest Windows 10 update shows how rapid releases work in practice – 25-Nov-2014 –

· New in Windows Server 10 Remote Desktop Services (RDS) – 26-Nov-2014 –

· Windows 10 will support FLAC natively – 26-Nov-2014 –

· Windows 10: Build 9888 in the wild, shows off new animations and more – 28-Nov-2014

· How to find the WiFi password in Windows 8.1 – 25-Nov-2014

· 5 intriguing apps for Windows 8.1: November 28, 2014 – 28-Nov-2014

· Awesome Black Friday deals on Windows PCs and Tablets – 24-Nov-2014

Windows Phone:

· Tip o’ the Week #253 – Using Cortana in the Car – 28-Nov-2014

· Tip o’ the Week #252 – Web browsing on WP8.1 – 25-Nov-2014

· Windows Phone users get Rovio’s Angry Birds games for free for a limited time – 24-Nov-2014

· Official GOQii fitness app arrives on Windows Phone Store – 28-Nov-2014

· The best travel apps on Windows Phone for the holidays – 25-Nov-2014

Microsoft Office:

· Power Query November 2014 update—Connect to Analysis Services, Salesforce and more! – 25-Nov-2014

· Take control of Black Friday and Cyber Monday with OneNote – 25-Nov-2014

· Mac Solution for OneDrive For Business – 25-Nov-2014

SharePoint & Office Web App Server:

· The SharePoint 2013 search results return errors when you are querying federated locations with SEP CU 2014 OR higher applied – 24-Nov-2014

· 10 Reasons Why Your SharePoint 2013 Migration Failed – 27-Nov-2014

· Open SharePoint Links into another tab – 26-Nov-2014

· SharePoint script for Daily Monitoring on servers – 24-Nov-2014

SQL:

· SQL Server 2012 Installation – 28-Nov-2014

· SQL Server Upgrade Guide_MS White Paper – 27-Nov-2014

System Center:

· Access your Operational Insights on the Go – 24-Nov-2014 –

· OpsConfig Agent Remediation Tool v1.0 – 26-Nov-2014 –

· You’re In Charge For The Next Gen MPs. What Would You Do? – 25-Nov-2014

· What’s Hammering My SCOM 2012x Database?! – 24-Nov-2014

· Top Support Solutions for System Center 2012 Operations Manager – 26-Nov-2014

· Configuration Manager Connection to Intune – 26-Nov-2014

· Top Support Solutions for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager – 26-Nov-2014

· Updated MP: SCOM 2012 MP For WS File & iSCSI Services 2012 – 24-Nov-2014

· Updated MP: SCOM 2012 R2 MP For JEE Application Servers (2014/10) – 24-Nov-2014

· SCOM Agent Installation Error – 80070645 – This action is only valid for products that are currently installed – 28-Nov-2014

· VMM 2012 Addendum Management Pack: Detect Failed VMM Jobs – 28-Nov-2014

KB’s:

· Event IDs 32402, 61045 are logged in Lync Server 2013 Front End servers that are installed in Windows Server 2012 R2 – 23-Nov-2014 –

· “Access Denied” when you use some Silverlight applications in Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 8.1 – 26-Nov-2014 –

· Microsoft Exchange Health Manager service stops unexpectedly on Exchange Server 2013 Edge Transport server – 24-Nov-2014 –

· How to configure the BlackBerry Collaboration Service for Microsoft Lync in a Resource Forest configuration – 24-Nov-2014

· Error 80048888 when Windows Phone 8 tries to connect by using ActiveSync – 27-Nov-2014

· External recipients don’t receive email messages that are sent to a distribution group in Exchange Online, and senders don’t receive nondelivery reports – 23-Nov-2014

· Taskbar and desktop icon display issues when using multiple monitors with different DPI scaling levels in Windows 8.1 – 24-Nov-2014

· End-to-end configuring and troubleshooting DirectAccess – 26-Nov-2014

· MS14-079: Vulnerabilities in kernel-mode driver could allow denial of service: November 11, 2014 – 24-Nov-2014

· Update for remote applications and Remote Desktop Easy Print that uses RDP 8.1 client in Windows 8.1 or Windows 7 – 23-Nov-2014

Downloads & Recent Releases:

· Windows Azure SDK for .NET – 2.5 – 24-Nov-2014

· Azure Resource Manager 2.5 for Visual Studio – 26-Nov-2014

· Outlook Google Calendar Sync v.1.2.1.2 – 28-Nov-2014

· Azure ISV Solution Collateral – 25-Nov-2014

· QuickMon v3.28 – 28-Nov-2014

· PowerShell App Deployment Toolkit v3.5.0 – 24-Nov-2014

· Monitor network traffic and limit data usage with NetBalancer for Windows – 28-Nov-2014

Scripts & PowerShell:

· PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Get List of FSMO Role Holders – 28-Nov-2014 –

· Active Directory Week: Get Started with Active Directory PowerShell – 24-Nov-2014 –

· Exchange Server internal Protocol Health Test with Excel Report – 22-Nov-2014 –

· PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Find if User Is Nested Group Member – 25-Nov-2014