Pricing consideration on Exchange on-premise – v – Office 365
Since Microsoft has decided to annoy all small business IT admins by discontinuing the Windows Small Business Server (SBS) product line, it’s time to look in to what to replace the good old SBS with....
View ArticleSBS 2011 Internet Explorer Maintenance missing from Group Policy Management
Came across another interesting behavior doing a SBS 2011 migration. By default the User Group Policy sets the Internet Explorer home page to point to the Companyweb. Which is all and fine, we all got...
View ArticleSmall Business Server 2011 Migration preparation tool reports 2 errors...
I had previously addressed some errors that Windows Small Business Server 2011 Migration Preparation tool reported. As usual, there’s always something new that i haven’t seen before. In the previous...
View ArticleLenovo Helix, ultimate Windows 8 device? First impressions
I have been using Windows 8 on my ageing laptop and home workstation as well. There are many nay-sayers out there, but my personal opinion is that Microsoft has finally made something that is new...
View ArticleHow i virtualized my physical Windows Home Server 2011
The more i was working with Microsoft’s latest Windows Server incarnation, the more i was thinking about using the free Hyper-V Server 2012 to virtualize my Windows Home Server 2011. One of the main...
View ArticleAnnoying Sticky-Key issue while using RDP from a LogMeIn Free session
This really annoying problem has been happening recently more and more. In case you haven’t came across this problem – lucky you i say. But i guess otherwise you probably wouldn’t be reading this...
View ArticleMicrosoft System Center Advisor
Recently i have been made aware of a service that i believe to be very useful for any IT professional. It’s called Microsoft System Center Advisor. It seems to be part of Microsoft’s push of services...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 Failover Cluster network configuration powershell script
I have been trying to setup a lab configuration to test Failover cluster in Windows Server 2012 R2. In this process i was trying to follow the best practices available on various posts, while trying to...
View ArticleMissing RulesKey values when loading the data warehouse database from...
I have been recently working on preparing a migration readiness assessment for a customer’s on-prem SQL servers to Azure. As is often the case, Microsoft provides a variety of tools that help our...
View ArticleActive Directory Domain Services unable to establish a connection with Global...
As part of my lab setup, I used to run an older physical server which was my Primary Domain Controller and file server. This server also owned all the FSMO roles. In addition to this DC, I also had...
View ArticleAzure Automation rubook to update Site-to-Site VPN with dynamic local public...
While testing some Azure configurations, i though i would try to setup a site-to-site VPN from Azure to my home network. I’m running a mini PC with Sophos UTM v.9.6, with a home use license which...
View ArticleConfiguring Synology Hyper Backup with Azure Archive Storage
I have been using Microsoft’s Windows Home Server (WHS) for many years, mostly as a local backup for my pictures, but also to run a backup offsite to Amazon AWS Glacier. As the support for Windows...
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