Weekly IT Newsletter – December 14-18, 2015
Guy Bachar
December 20, 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:
· Showing the Calendar Configuration of a Mailbox or Meeting Room using EWS
· December 2015 Updates for Exchange Server 2010 and 2007 –
· Surprise changes in the Exchange 2016 release –
· Exchange Server 2013 Cumulative Update 11 Released –
· Exchange Online Identity Models & Authentication Demystified (Part 4)
· Outlook for iOS adds Contacts support –
· Smarter address book and flight confirmations coming to Outlook on the web
· Exchange Management Shell and Mailbox Anchoring
· Released: December 2015 Quarterly Exchange Updates –
· Unable to Delete Exchange 2016 Database
· How to Simulate E-mail Spoof Attack |Part 11#12
· Exchange Cloud/Hosted: Suppress Autodiscover Popup |
Skype for Business:
· Lync Server 2013 Update – December 2015 –
· Updated Release: Lync User Management Tool 1.3.0.0 (Dec 17, 2015) –
· Skype for Business Mobile Client for Android –
· Call Quality Dashboard for Skype for Business Online now in Public Preview –
· Skype for Business Client Update (Ver 16.0.6326.1010) –
· Skype for Business Online Quality of Service DSCP Markings –
· Lync voice routing: block 9xx premium numbers
· Call Flow Manager Beta for Lync and Skype for Business
· Users do not show up in Lync Online
· Skype for Business for Android now available
· Skype for Business 2015 – Enable User “Active Directory operation failed” |
Active Directory:
· AAD Sync – Modifying a filter rule –
· Azure AD Mailbag: Syncing with Azure AD Connect –
· Azure AD Delegated app access management is now GA!
· Azure AD Connect – “The specified domain does not exist or cannot be contacted” when adding an untrusted AD forest |
Office 365:
· Announcing the Office 365 ISO 27001 and ISO 27018 audit assessment report –
· New Updates to Office 365 for Exchange Professionals –
· Office 365 – SPF, DKIM and DMARC in Exchange Online (Part 2 of 2) –
· Office 365 news roundup –
· Admins—get ready for Office 365 Planner preview! –
· What’s new on the Office Roadmap – 2015-12-18 –
· Data immutability and Office 365 tenant lifecycle
· My intern experience: Adding Touch ID support to Microsoft Intune mobile application management
· December update for Office 365 for Exchange Professionals (2nd edition)
· New to Office 365 in December—Office Mobile for Windows 10 phone, updates for Apple and Android, Office 365 Planner preview and more
· Take Office 365 data security from the cloud into your own hands |
Microsoft Azure:
· Making the most of Azure Mobile Engagement –
· Azure Automation jobs fail with “The quota for the monthly total job run time have been reached”
· Microsoft targets new workloads and smaller enterprises with expanded StorSimple offerings
· September update for Web Apps and App Service environments in the Azure Preview Portal
· Azure Data Lake now integrated with Azure Data Catalog |
Windows Server:
· Microsoft DirectAccess Remote Access (VPN) with Windows 10 and Server 2012 –
· Leading Your Customers to Modern IT with Windows Server 2012 R2: Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit
· Leading Your Customers to Modern IT with Windows Server 2012 R2: Windows Clustering
· Microsoft Loves Linux Deep Dive #12: Summary of Running and Managing Linux and FreeBSD in Your Datacenter |
Windows Client:
· Windows 10 build 10586.36 arrives for general users via KB3124200 update –
· How to enable Hibernate on Windows 10
· How to disable Action Center in Windows 10
· Pandora for Windows 10 now available
· Netflix Launches New Universal App for Windows 10 as Windows Store Reaches 2.5 Billion Visits
· Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 11082
· Signing into Windows 10 with your Face – Using an Xbox One Kinect with Windows Hello |
Windows Phone:
· Announcing Windows 10 Mobile Insider Preview Build 10586.36 –
· Insiders might soon get their hands on Windows 10 Mobile’s Redstone build –
· OneDrive for Windows 10 Mobile updated with moved ‘sort’ toggle
· Microsoft pulls Windows 10 Mobile 10586.29 update as it investigates installation issues
· Windows 10 Mobile updates for older Windows Phones delayed until early 2016
· Microsoft delays Windows 10 Mobile upgrade for existing handsets until “early next year” |
Microsoft Office:
· Get the overview of the Next Generation OneDrive for Business Client –
· OneDrive for Business update on storage plans and Next Generation Sync Client –
· Learn how to unpivot static tables in Excel 2016
· Global learning and collaboration with OneNote |
SharePoint & Office Web App Server:
· SharePoint Server 2016 Installation – |
SQL:
· Enhanced Always On Availability Groups in SQL Server 2016 –
· Planning an efficient upgrade from SQL Server 2005: Step 3 of 3
· SQL Server 2016 CTP 3.2: Introducing end-to-end mobile BI
· Tuning Workload Performance with Query Store |
System Center:
· Top Support Solutions for System Center 2012 Operations Manager –
· System Center Management Pack for Dynamics CRM 2016 is now available
· System Center Configuration Manager Updates Hit Whiplash Speed |
KB’s:
· Slow performance when you access Azure files storage from Windows 8.1 or Server 2012 R2 –
· FIX: Appointment on the Outlook calendar isn’t updated to a meeting when attendees are added –
· FIX: Error message occurs in Outlook after you change a single instance of a recurring meeting by using an iOS device –
· Exchange Server 2016 mailbox server can be added to an Exchange Server 2013 DAG –
· FIX: Very long URLs in an email message do not open in OWA in Internet Explorer –
· December 2015 cumulative update 5.0.8308.941 for Lync Server 2013 Core Components
· December 16, 2015, update for Outlook 2010 (KB3114560)
· Items are missing from the search results when Office 365 users search their mailbox in Outlook on the web
· Organizer’s name isn’t displayed in the subject of the recurring meeting requests in Exchange Server 2010
· Shared mailboxes are unexpectedly converted to user mailboxes after directory synchronization runs in an Exchange hybrid deployment
· Mail user who has proxy addresses that use non-verified domains isn’t synced in an Exchange hybrid deployment
· The new “End of Life” upgrade notification for Internet Explorer
· Error occurs when you manage audit policies, performance counters don’t work, or mailbox backup fails in Windows
· December 2015, cumulative time zone update for Windows operating systems |
Downloads & Recent Releases:
· Windows Management Framework 5.0 –
· Cumulative Update 11 for Exchange Server 2013 (KB3099522) –
· Update Rollup 12 For Exchange 2010 SP3 (KB3096066) –
· Office 2016 Deployment Tool –
· Skype for Business Server 2015, Stress and Performance Tool –
· OneDrive for Business Next Generation Sync Client Documentation and Administrative Template Files
· OneDrive for Business Next Generation Sync Client Documentation for Mac
· Microsoft Advanced Threat Analytics Update 1.5
· Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 14.5.9 Update
· Office 365 Desktop Setup Tool for Office 2010 and Office 2007
· December 2015 Security Release ISO Image |
Scripts & PowerShell:
· Network Virtualization and DNS registration using PowerShell
· ScriptAnalyzer v1.2.0 Released
· Find Mail Box Size Office 365 Powershell & Expoert csv
· Exchange 2013 EAS Device Details with LatSyncTime
· Failed Logins Report
· How to find out how many users are running what version of the client
· What is Pester and Why Should I Care? |
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