Weekly IT Newsletter – July 6-10, 2015

Microsoft Exchange:

· Deep Sixing PST Files – 8-July-2015

· Exchange Unwashed Digest – June 2015 – 6-July-2015

· How to Notify Users When an Email is Received by Another Mailbox – 9-July-2015

· Managing SPF and reverse DNS in Exchange Server (Part 2) – 10-July-2015

Skype for Business:

· Changes to Lync and Skype for Business meeting join experience when Google Chrome is the default browser – 8-July-2015

· Released: Lync User Management Tool 1.1.0.0 (Jul 12, 2015) – 12-July-2015

· Skype for Business Client ADMX Group Policy Template – 6-July-2015

· Skype for Business Music on Hold (MoH) Not Playing – 10-July-2015

· My First Look at Skype for Business Meeting Broadcast – 10-July-2015

· Server 2012 or 2012R2 Blue Screen when installing Skype for Business or Lync Servers – 9-July-2015

· New Tool – Skype for Business Monitoring – 2-July-2015

· How to Setup Your Office 365 Skype for Business Cloud PBX & Dialin PSTN in 5 Minutes – 6-July-2015

· In-Call QoE Reports in Skype for Business – 9-July-2015

· DID (Direct Inward Dial), Pilot Numbers and Extentions in Skype for Business Enterprise Voice – 8-July-2015

· Polycom Releases UC Software 5.4.0 for VVX and SoundStructure (July, 2015) and introduce VVX 101 and 201 series – 3-July-2015

· Microsoft releases Lync Server 2013 July 2015 cumulative update (5.0.8308.920) – 10-July-2015

· Skype for Business Windows Phone App is now here – 6-July-2015

Active Directory:

· Azure AD Reporting API Public Preview – 7-July-2015

· AD FS Certificates Best Practices, Part 3: Cryptographic Next Generation (CNG)-generated Private Keys – 11-July-2015

· What is Microsoft Advanced Threat Analytics? – 10-July-2015

· Fix for “Service FIMSynchronizationService was not found on computer” when installing AADConnect – 2-July-2015

· The IP address you have entered for this network adapter is already assigned to another adapter – 4-July-2015

· How to Configuring external time source on PDC and why – 7-July-2015

Office 365:

· What’s new on the Office Roadmap – 9-July-2015

· Announcing compliance toolset for public folders – 2-July-2015

· Announcing new activity logging and reporting capabilities for Office 365 – 9-July-2015

· Office 365 – Why Your UPN Should Match Your Primary SMTP Address – 7-July-2015

· Enterprise Plans for Mobile Security – 7-July-2015

· Managing Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for Android phones with Intune – 10-July-2015

· Intune and Exchange ActiveSync (Part 1) – 2-July-2015

Windows Azure:

· Connect to a Home Network from Anywhere via Azure, Point to Site and Site to Site VPNs – 6-July-2015

· Azure Preview Portal Improvements (June Update) – 2-July-2015

· Announcing Spark for Azure HDInsight public preview – 7-July-2015

· Enabling Client Certificate Authentication for an Azure Web App – 2-July-2015

· Azure Batch Generally Available – 9-July-2015

· Announcing the GA of Disaster Recovery for VMware Virtual Machines and Physical Machines to Azure using ASR – 9-July-2015

Windows Server 2012 & Windows Server 2012 R2:

· Transitioning to Application Proxy from UAG and TMG – 2-July-2015

· Windows Server 2012 R2 – Add cluster node / Cluster Service “Keyset does not exist” – 2-July-2015

Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10:

· Updates to Entertainment in Windows 10 – 6-July-2015

· Windows 10 build 10176 has leaked onto the web – 10-July-2015

· Windows 10 for Desktop build 10166: What’s new, changes, improvements, and gallery – 10-July-2015

· Windows 10: Preparing to Upgrade One Billion Devices – 2-July-2015

· Tip o’ the Week #285 – Windows 10 picking up pace – 3-July-2015

· Welcome to the faster Fast ring – 2-July-2015

Windows Phone:

· Announcing Windows 10 Mobile Insider Preview Build 10166 – 10-July-2015

· Windows Phone Weekly Digest – 12-July-2015

· The best feature of the Windows 10 Mobile Store: Listing in-app purchases – 11-July-2015

· Windows 10 Mobile build 10166 – Quick hands-on video – 10-July-2015

Microsoft Office:

· Office 2016 for Mac is here! – 9-July-2015

· Introducing new and modern chart types now available in Office 2016 Preview – 2-July-2015

· Office 2016 Preview—update 2 – 1-July-2015

· Current Cumulative Updates for Office – Q3 2015 – 1-July-2015

System Center:

· Updated MP: SQL Server (2005/2008/2012) v. 6.6.0.0 – 1-July-2015

· System Center Open Source Software Management Packs Walkthrough Part 2: MySQL Server – 8-July-2015

· New Update Rollup for Microsoft Monitoring Agent now available – 7-July-2015

· Automating OpsMgr Part 5: Adding Computers to Computer Groups – 5-July-2015

· Microsoft Whitepaper ‘Enabling Hybrid Cloud Today with Microsoft Technologies’ – 1-July-2015

KB’s:

· Office 365 DNS Diagnostics and DNS configuration – 7-July-2015

· July 2015 update for Lync 2010 (KB3072611) – 1-July-2015

· CPU usage percentage of the RTCSrv.exe process is high on a Lync Server 2013 front-end server – 10-July-2015

· Lync Server 2013 Front End service cannot check conference service availability – 10-July-2015

· Pull-down list of the Call menu and “Sharing” message of a shared window are displayed unexpectedly in Lync 2010 – 2-July-2015

· Video freezes for about 5 seconds in Microsoft Video App when playback resumes – 7-July-2015

· Limited connectivity through a manual proxy setup in Internet Explorer and Windows 8.1 Enterprise – 1-July-2015

· Repeated calls against the same folder are slow in Exchange Server 2013 – 2-July-2015

Downloads & Recent Releases:

· O365 Training: Work like a network – 11-July-2015

· Lync Server 2013 Cumulative Update KB 2809243 – 11-July-2015

· Work Smart Guide Zip Download – 5-July-2015

· Skype for Business Call Quality Methodology poster – 5-July-2015

· Technical Preview: Skype for Business Online, Meeting Migration Tool (32-bit) – 5-July-2015

· Microsoft System Center Management Pack for SQL Server 2014 Replication – 5-July-2015

· Office 365 Training: Get it done from anywhere – 11-July-2015

Scripts & PowerShell:

· Understanding Advanced Functions in PowerShell – 9-July-2015

· Fun with PowerShell Functions – 8-July-2015

· Use PowerShell to Find Changes to Active Directory – 3-July-2015