Weekly IT Newsletter – January 4-8, 2016
Guy Bachar
January 10, 2016
Active Directory, Azure, Cumulative Updates, Exchange, Exchange Online, Lync, Office, Office 365, PowerShell & Scripts, SharePoint, Skype for Business, SQL, System Center, Windows Client, Windows Phone, Windows Server
Newsletter
Microsoft Exchange:
· Improvements to OWA in Exchange 2016 (Part 2) –
· Turn Exchange Anonymous Relay On or Off with Toggle-ExternalRelayReceiveConnectors.ps1 –
· Mailbox audit logging in Exchange 2016 –
· Managing Relay in Exchange Server 2013 (Part 1)
· Exchange Unwashed Digest – December 2015
· Removing Default Exchange 2016 Mailbox Database |
Skype for Business:
· Call Monitor Skype for Business Client –
· Released: Lync User Management Tool 1.4.0.0 (Jan 04, 2016) –
· How to Setup Shared Line Appearance in Skype for Business Server 2015 –
· Lync Server 2013 Update – January 2016 –
· Powershell script interface to Skype for Business and Lync CDR and QoE data sample –
· Kuando Box: a small device but a bright idea
· Skype for Business Online IP Phone Manageability
· How to Delete the Skype for Business (Lync) SIP Profile
· Finding Unused PSTN Usages
· Block Inbound/Outbound Calls on Sonus SBC 1000/2000
· Irish Public Holidays 2016 set for Skype for Business Server |
Active Directory:
· Azure AD Mailbag: PowerShell tips and tricks –
· It’s 2016– And the future of Group Policy Is …? –
· Best way to connect to Office 365 and Azure AD (latest data) + Azure AD Connect Momentum –
· Microsoft InTune for the Old-School GPO Admin
· Common error in ADFS configuration and MSCRM IFD |
Office 365:
· Office 365 news roundup –
· Five things you should know about cloud security
· How to enable outbound DKIM signing for your domain in Office 365 |Part 5#5 |
Microsoft Azure:
· Understand password write-back and Azure AD –
· Announcing Azure Storage Data Movement Library 0.2.0
· Azure Automation: Graphical and textual runbook authoring
· Support Tip: Microsoft Azure Backup job fails with irrecoverable error (0x086C8)
· WordPress on Azure App Service backed by MySQL Virtual Machines |
Windows Server:
· Virtual Machine Queue (VMQ) CPU assignment tips and tricks –
· How to access Hyper-V VMs behind native NAT
· Install and use IIS Advanced logging
· Backup and Restore DHCP with Failover Configuration
· Installing and configuring Windows 10 KMS Activation with Windows Server 2012 R2 |
Windows Client:
· Windows 10 now on more than 200 million devices, and people are using the Store –
· Windows 10 build 11097 is being tested internally, no UX changes yet, all structural –
· FAQs for Microsoft Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) – Part 2 –
· Coming soon: Support for new Windows 10 features, Apple VPP for Business, and more
· Windows 10 IoT editions explained
· New Windows 10 Redstone Insider builds most likely to start flighting next week |
Windows Phone:
· Microsoft has released Windows 10 Mobile Insider Preview build 10586.63 [Update] –
· George’s Best Windows Phone Apps and Games of 2015
· Changelog for Windows 10 Mobile 10586.63 reveals small but useful fixes including Band and Cortana usage |
Microsoft Office:
· Current Cumulative Updates for Office – Q1 2016 –
· OneDrive for Business Next Generation Sync Client and Update on Storage Plans –
· Installing and configuring KMS server to activate Office 2016
· Create a One Click Run As Shortcut with PowerShell
· Ring in the New Year with OneNote Class and Staff Notebook updates! |
SharePoint & Office Web App Server:
· SharePoint Server 2016 Prerequisites, Installation and Deployment –
· Collaborate anywhere, anytime with the Microsoft Immersion Experience
· Using Site Columns to Create Searchable Metadata in SharePoint Online’
· SharePoint Item Level Permissions |
SQL:
· JSON in SQL Server 2016: Part 1 of 4 |
System Center:
· Managing Office 365 Pro Plus client updates with SCCM 1511 –
· System Center Configuration Manager – Collocated SQL Server installation
· Capacity Planning – OMS Vs. OpsLogix Capacity Reports MP
· SCCM 2012x ADR vs SCCM 1511 ADR
· DPM 2012 R2 with Scale-out File Servers
· Free OMS Ebook (Preview Release)
· DPM 2012 R2 Error VSS Application Writer or VSS Provider in a Bad State |
KB’s:
· Safety Net hold time settings are not synced to Exchange Server 2013 Edge Transport server –
· January 2016 cumulative update 5.0.8308.945 for Lync Server 2013 web components server –
· Office 365 users can’t use a forwarding rule to send to more than 10 recipients –
· Users in a hybrid deployment can’t access a shared mailbox that was created in Exchange Online
· Skype for Business Online users in an Office 365 domain can’t IM or detect users in an on-premises domain
· Recommended hotfixes, updates, and known solutions for Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V Network Virtualization (HNV) environments
· Items in the Inbox appear in duplicate or are visually distorted
· Windows 8 Client and Windows Server 2012 General Availability Update Rollup |
Downloads & Recent Releases:
· Visual Studio Code – Microsoft’s new free code editor
· Send to Sway Add-In for OneNote (Preview) |
Scripts & PowerShell:
· Get-ADComputer – Display computers in OU or AD group with PowerShell
· Weekend Scripter: Unexpected Case Sensitivity in PowerShell
· Delete and/or Archive IIS Logs |
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