Weekly IT Newsletter – August 10-14, 2015
Guy Bachar
August 15, 2015
Active Directory, Azure, Exchange, Lync, Office, Office 365, PowerShell & Scripts, SharePoint, Skype for Business, SQL, System Center, Windows Client, Windows Phone, Windows Server
Newsletter
Microsoft Exchange:
· Hybrid deployment best practices – 
· Use Hierarchical Address Book to assign order to recipients – ![clip_image001[1] clip_image001[1]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/clip_image0011_thumb2.png?resize=20%2C20)
· The right disks avoid Exchange 2013 storage snags
· Off-boarding email from Office 365 to Exchange 2013 (Part 3)
· Deploying an Exchange 2013 Hybrid Lab Environment in Windows Azure (Part 32) |
Skype for Business:
· Announcing the preview of Skype for Business apps for iOS and Android – ![clip_image001[2] clip_image001[2]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/clip_image0012_thumb2.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Gartner Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications 2015 – The Maturity Maze – ![clip_image001[3] clip_image001[3]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/clip_image0013_thumb2.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Skype for Business – Call via Work Manager – ![clip_image001[4] clip_image001[4]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/clip_image0014_thumb2.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Selective Caller ID Blocking in Lync/Skype for Business – ![clip_image001[5] clip_image001[5]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/clip_image0015_thumb2.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Issue: Skype for Business Client Will Not Perform Transfer – ![clip_image001[6] clip_image001[6]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/clip_image0016_thumb2.png?resize=20%2C20)
· How to build a custom report for Lync/Skype for Business – ![clip_image001[7] clip_image001[7]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/clip_image0017_thumb2.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Lync 2013 / SfB 2015 Client Security Update – August 2015 – ![clip_image001[8] clip_image001[8]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/clip_image0018_thumb2.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Skype for Business Mobile Client Preview Release
· Lync 2010 Client Security Update – August 2015 |
Active Directory:
· Move Ad Computer Accounts from csv File into Target OU
· Active Directory Moving Users to Another OU via CSV File
· Now in public preview: The Converged Microsoft Account and Azure Active Directory Programming Model – ![clip_image001[9] clip_image001[9]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/clip_image0019_thumb2.png?resize=20%2C20) |
Office 365:
· PowerShell Script to Test Federated Domain Proof TXT Record for Hybrid Deployments – ![clip_image001[10] clip_image001[10]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/clip_image00110_thumb2.png?resize=20%2C20)
· What’s new on the Office Roadmap – 2015-08-12 – ![clip_image001[11] clip_image001[11]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/clip_image00111_thumb2.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Considerations for naming an Office 365 tenant – ![clip_image001[12] clip_image001[12]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/clip_image00112_thumb2.png?resize=20%2C20)
· What’s new: July 2015 – ![clip_image001[13] clip_image001[13]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/clip_image00113_thumb2.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Managing Office 365 updates – ![clip_image001[14] clip_image001[14]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/clip_image00114_thumb2.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Office 365 Mobile Device Management – Activation and Initial Configuration
· What’s new on the Office Roadmap – 2015-08-13 (Yammer Edition)
· Office 365 Mobile Device Management – Managing Device Policies
· Office 365 Service Comparison Web Site
· Where is my Office 365 tenant? |
Microsoft Azure:
· Static vs. Dynamic Gateways in Azure – ![clip_image001[15] clip_image001[15]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/clip_image00115_thumb2.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Azure Data Factory is generally available – ![clip_image001[16] clip_image001[16]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/clip_image00116_thumb2.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Azure Files Preview Update – ![clip_image001[17] clip_image001[17]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/clip_image00117_thumb2.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Azure HDInsight now available in the Azure Preview Portal – ![clip_image001[18] clip_image001[18]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/clip_image00118_thumb2.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Azure Backup enables backup of large volumes, VMs, databases and more
· Azure Media Player update with multi-audio stream support |
Windows Server:
· Storage Spaces Direct in Windows Server 2016 – ![clip_image001[19] clip_image001[19]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/clip_image00119_thumb2.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Windows Server 2016 build 10514 screenshots leak online – ![clip_image001[20] clip_image001[20]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/clip_image00120_thumb1.png?resize=20%2C20)
· What’s New in Windows Server 2016 Preview Jump Start – ![clip_image001[21] clip_image001[21]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/clip_image00121_thumb1.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Request and Enroll Multi-SAN certificates on Windows Server 2012
· Name Resolution Performance of Authoritative Windows DNS Server 2012 R2
· New Technical Build of Windows Server 2016 Possibly Coming Next Week
· PSA: Great Series on Windows Performance
· Top Ten: New Features in vSphere 6.0 |
Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10:
· Microsoft pushes another cumulative update to Windows 10 – ![clip_image001[22] clip_image001[22]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/clip_image00122_thumb1.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Windows 10 is now running on more than 50 million devices – ![clip_image001[23] clip_image001[23]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/clip_image00123_thumb1.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Windows 10, Azure AD and Microsoft Intune: Automatic MDM enrollment powered by the cloud! – ![clip_image001[24] clip_image001[24]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/clip_image00124_thumb1.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Xbox streaming on Windows 10 has a hidden “very high quality” setting
· Windows 10 support on Hyper-V
· Windows 10 vs. 8.1 vs. 7 Performance Tested, Benchmarked
· Windows 10 and your privacy
· Windows 10 Learning Resources
· Fitbit announces their new Universal Windows App for Windows 10, designed to motivate with enhanced features |
Windows Phone:
· Here are the known issues in the new Windows 10 Mobile preview build 10512 – ![clip_image001[25] clip_image001[25]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/clip_image00125_thumb1.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Windows Phone Weekly Digest: August 9, 2015 – ![clip_image001[26] clip_image001[26]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/clip_image00126_thumb1.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Microsoft rolls out Windows 10 Mobile Insider Preview build 10512 – ![clip_image001[27] clip_image001[27]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/clip_image00127_thumb1.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Screenshots of Windows 10 Mobile build 10512 leak
· Microsoft updates Cortana with ability to replace Google Now on Android devices
· Microsoft says its latest Windows 10 Mobile preview includes over 2,000 fixes |
Microsoft Office:
· New Outlook partner add-ins and expanded rollout of Outlook.com preview – ![clip_image001[28] clip_image001[28]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/clip_image00128_thumb1.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Preview real-time co-authoring on OneDrive – ![clip_image001[29] clip_image001[29]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/clip_image00129_thumb1.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Tip o’ the Week #290 – get your Groove on
· Breaking down hierarchical data with Treemap and Sunburst charts
· Optimizing Yammer for teams
· 10 little-known keyboard shortcuts for editing in PowerPoint
· 4 updates in Power Query for Excel |
SharePoint & Office Web App Server:
· Increase upload file size in Sharepoint 2010
· Security Update for Microsoft Office Web Apps Server 2013 (KB3055003) |
SQL:
· Always Encrypted with SQL 2016 – ![clip_image001[30] clip_image001[30]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/clip_image00130_thumb.png?resize=20%2C20)
· SSIS Catalog Logging and Reporting in the Enterprise |
System Center:
· SCOM 2012 R2 UR#7 Released! – ![clip_image001[31] clip_image001[31]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/clip_image00131_thumb.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Update Rollup 10 for System Center 2012 SP1 Operations Manager is now available – ![clip_image001[32] clip_image001[32]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/clip_image00132_thumb.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Update Rollup 8 for System Center 2012 Operations Manager is now available – ![clip_image001[33] clip_image001[33]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/clip_image00133_thumb.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Support Tip: OpsMgr web console generates “The Operations Manager web console requires some additional configuration to be fully functional” |
KB’s:
· MS15-080: Description of the security update for Lync 2010: August 11, 2015
· Outlook cannot connect to Gmail after July 15, 2014
· Event 31551 when Operations Manager tries to connect to the Data Warehouse database
· SupportMultipleDomain switch, when managing SSO to Office 365
· RPC Client Access service crashes and Event 4999 is logged in Exchange Server 2013
· August 11, 2015, update for Office |
Downloads & Recent Releases:
· Free eBooks for Windows administrators [updated]
· SQL Server Connector for Microsoft Azure Key Vault
· System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Upgrade Assessment Tool
· Microsoft Dynamics ERP and CRM Fact Sheet
· Microsoft System Center Operations Manager Management Packs for Windows Server Technical Preview
· Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 14.5.4 Update |
Scripts & PowerShell:
· IIS Logs Compress and Archive PowerShell Script – ![clip_image001[34] clip_image001[34]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/clip_image00134_thumb.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Weekend Scripter: PowerShell 5 Overview Video – ![clip_image001[35] clip_image001[35]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/clip_image00135_thumb.png?resize=20%2C20)
· Exchange Lync Admin Script – ![clip_image001[36] clip_image001[36]](http://guybachar.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/clip_image00136_thumb.png?resize=20%2C20)
· PowerTip: Get Latest Entry from Event Log with PowerShell
· How to import ActiveSync devices to Exchange Online
· Bulk Enable Office 365 License Options |
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