Top Microsoft Support solutions for the most common issues experienced when using IIS (updated quarterly).

1. Solutions related to slow page response or hang:

• Performance issues
• Managing Performance Settings
• Using Debug Diagnostic Tool v2.0 to troubleshoot IIS problems

2. Solutions related to runtime errors and exceptions, including HTTP 400 and 50x errors:

• Diagnosing HTTP Errors
• Using Failed Request Tracing
• The HTTP status code in IIS 7.0, IIS 7.5, and IIS 8.0
• Error Logging in HTTP APIs

3. Solutions related to process termination (crash):

• Using Debug Diagnostic Tool v2.0 to troubleshoot IIS problems
• How to use the Debug Diagnostics tool to troubleshoot an IIS process that stops unexpectedly
• How to Use the Debug Diagnostic Tool v1.1 (DebugDiag) to Debug User Mode Processes

4. Solutions related to Windows authentication:

• IIS 7+ Kerberos authentication failure: KRB_AP_ERR_MODIFIED
• IIS logging for Windows Integrated authentication

5. Solutions related to Site Behavior and Performance - High CPU usage:

• Performance issues
• Managing Performance Settings
• Using Debug Diagnostic Tool v2.0 to troubleshoot IIS problems

6. Solutions related to SSL and SSL Server certificates:

• Troubleshooting SSL related issues (Server Certificate)
• Config Security

7. Solutions related to Active Server Pages – Application:

• Running Classic ASP Applications on IIS 7 and IIS 8

8. Solutions related to Application Request and Routing (ARR) - URL rewrite rules:

• URL Rewrite Module

9. Solutions related to Application pool identity:

• Application Pool Identities

10. Solutions related to Site Behavior and Performance - High memory usage:

• Performance issues
• Using Debug Diagnostic Tool v2.0 to troubleshoot IIS problems
• Managing Performance Settings
• How to use the Debug Diagnostics tool to troubleshoot a process that has stopped responding in IIS

When attempting to use the Difference Tool to compare changes on the Change History Details page when clicking on the Old or New Value in Audit and Control Management Server 2013:

you may receive the following error:

The content type text/html of the response message does not match the content type of the binding (text/xml; charset=utf-8). If using a custom encoder, be sure that the IsContentTypeSupported method is implemented properly.

To fix the error, log into the ACM web server, go to Server Manager > Manage > Add Roles and Features, and in the Features list, enabled HTTP Activation in .Net Framework 4.5 Features > WCF Services:

Perform an iisreset. The difference tool will then compare the values successfully:

Dec.

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Script Download:  
The script is available for download from https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com//How-to-grant-permissions-1f1b46e5.  You can also use  Microsoft Script Browser for Windows PowerShell ISE to download the sample with one button click from within your scripting environment. 

This T-SQL script will demo how to grant permissions to a user-defined role and assign the role to some of the users in a specified database.​

As some customers want to know how to grant some permissions to some users, it is better to create a user-defined role and grant it to the users who need the role permission. In this script, users will get all the permission from login except the permission of deleting rows in a table.

You can find more All-In-One Script Framework script samples at http://aka.ms/onescriptingallery

当存在诉讼的合理预期时，需要组织保留与事实相关的以电子方式存储的信息 (ESI)，包括电子邮件。这种预期通常会在知道事实的细节之前发生，并且保留内容通常很广泛。组织可能需要保留与特定主题相关的所有电子邮件，或特定个人的所有电子邮件。如果未能保留电子邮件，则可能会使组织面临法律和财务风险，例如组织的记录保留和发现过程的审查、不利的法律判决、制裁或罚款等。

“就地保留”和“诉讼保留”是Office 365/Exchange Online中提供的用于保留电子数据展示数据的保留功能。“诉讼保留”使用邮箱的LitigationHoldEnabled属性。“就地保留”基于查询参数、保留期和放置多个保留的功能提供精细的保留功能，而“诉讼保留”仅允许您指定诉讼“保留持续”时间、无限期保留所有项目、或一直保留到删除保留。

我们可以通过Set-Mailbox cmdlet启用或删除“诉讼保留”，如下面的命令在touser06的邮箱上启用“诉讼保留，并指定“诉讼保留”持续时间为2555天（大约7年）:

而下面的命令则在touser06的邮箱上删除“诉讼保留”：

在邮箱设置了“就地保留”或“诉讼保留”功能后，如果删除相应的 Office 365 用户帐户，则该邮箱会变为非活动邮箱。非活动邮箱的内容将无限期保留。这使得管理员、合规部主管或记录管理员可以使用 Exchange Online 中的“就地电子数据展示”功能来访问非活动邮箱的内容。非活动邮箱无法接收电子邮件，也不显示在您组织的共享通讯簿或其他列表中。

Exchange Online 管理中心里的收件人面板中，非活动邮箱仅显示在已删除邮箱列表中，所以我们不能通过Exchange Online 管理中心删除非活动邮箱的“诉讼保留”。似乎Set-Mailbox cmdlet是删除非活动邮箱的“诉讼保留”的唯一选择，但Set-Mailbox cmdlet真的可以做到吗？

虽然上面的命令失败了，但它提示说应添加参数InactiveMailbox：

在参数InactiveMailbox的帮助下，非活动邮箱的“诉讼保留”被成功删除了。

也许您会发现在关于Set-Mailbox cmdlet的Exchange Online的帮助文档（http://technet.microsoft.com/zh-cn/library/bb123981(v=exchg.150).aspx）中现在并没有提到参数InactiveMailbox，因为这是Office 365/Exchange Online在2014年10月份发布的新功能。

Cette année, je m’occupe du parcours Infrastructure Datacenter et Cloud (de la PME à la grande entreprise) des Microsoft TechDays 2015. Ce parcours qui va s’étaler sur les 3 journées (du 10 au 12 février 2015 à Paris Porte Maillot) sera particulièrement riche du fait d’une bonne actualité produits et services (Prochaine édition de Windows Server, Microsoft Azure IaaS, migration de Windows Server 2003…).

Cet article vous détaille toutes les sessions auxquelles vous allez pouvoir assister dans ce parcours durant les 3 jours des Microsoft TechDays 2015

Automatisez rapidement vos opérations IT, on-premise ou dans le Cloud avec Azure Automation, Orchestrator et Service Manager
Session animée par : Jean-François Berenguer, Rémy Bovi et Romuald Gauvin
Description : Découvrez comment tirer profit d’Azure Automation et Orchestrator pour automatiser et piloter toutes vos opérations de management IT aussi bien en local que dans Azure. Profitez de Service Manager pour offrir un catalogue de services à la demande à vos utilisateurs et réduire les délais de réalisation sans vous rajouter de travail ! Au travers de cas d’usage concrets, nous passerons en revue les points de passage type de chaque projet ainsi que les aspects techniques tels que les modules PowerShell d’Azure Automation.Enfin, nous vous présenterons comment faciliter l’accès à vos services au travers d’interfaces tactiles à vos utilisateurs sans changer vos traitements de back office déjà orchestrés. Des scénarios de management d’infrastructures, de gestion d’opérations, quotidiennes ou à la demande, viendront illustrer l’ensemble..
Plus d'informations : https://techdays.microsoft.fr/programmes/2015/fiche-session.aspx?ID=5c3c0a8c-d4aa-4bd3-ac7a-a59a9ab79d9f

Azure IaaS pour les IT - Demo Extravaganza
Session animée par : Arnaud Lheureux, Pascal Sauliere et Stanislas Quastana
Description : 3 slides, 45 minutes de démonstration sur la partie IaaS de Microsoft Azure : de la VM Windows, Linux, du stockage, du réseau, du PRA.... Le tout dans la bonne humeur et sans stress
Plus d'informations : https://techdays.microsoft.fr/programmes/2015/fiche-session.aspx?ID=70c6654f-3083-41b7-bb01-da0151976824

Bonnes pratiques de StorSimple v2 et interconnexion dans le cloud
Session animée par : Philippe Berthot
Description : Comment mettre en place la nouvelle version de StorSimple dans votre environnement informatique et dans Azure pour créer l'Hybrid Cloud Storage
Plus d'informations : https://techdays.microsoft.fr/programmes/2015/fiche-session.aspx?ID=7793c5d8-2ae1-4f53-9cd0-97c44318ac5a

Concevoir votre infrastructure cloud privé avec Hyper-V et System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 R2
Session animée par : Cédric Bravo et Florent Chambon
Description : Sur la base de cas pratiques issus d'expériences terrain, cette session se propose de vous donner les clefs pour traiter les principales problématiques qui peuvent se poser en entreprise lors de la construction d'une infrastructure cloud privé. Définition du service, identification des différentes briques fonctionnelles, conception système et réseau, architecture physique et logique, sauvegardes et plan de reprise d'activité. Nous aborderons aussi différentes problématiques liées à l'automatisation et aux déploiements de charges applicatives en entreprise.
Plus d'informations : https://techdays.microsoft.fr/programmes/2015/fiche-session.aspx?ID=60576210-c12e-40e4-9f39-899e5ba9c020

En route vers Active Directory 2012 R2 et au-delà
Session animée par Christophe Dubos et Nadim Bioud
Description : La fin de support prochaine de Windows Server 2003 est pour de nombreux clients l'occasion de migrer leur environnement Active Directory existant. C'est aussi l'occasion de regarder les évolutions apportées par les versions 2012 / 2012 R2 d'Active Directory afin de ne pas limiter cette opération à une simple montée de version mais de l'utiliser comme une occasion de mettre en place les évolutions en terme de fonctionnalités et d'architecture qui permettront d'envisager de nouveaux scénario de mise en œuvre. De quoi faire d'une pierre deux coups en restant pleinement supporté et en apportant à vos utilisateurs de nouveaux services… de quoi permettre à votre DSI de retrouver le sourire en transformant un souci en occasion de briller…
Plus d'informations : https://techdays.microsoft.fr/programmes/2015/fiche-session.aspx?ID=b86a8058-60e4-4a15-b33d-565b4bb4b25b

Extension de votre de votre infrastructure vers Microsoft Azure avec ExpressRoute
Session animée par : Pierre Chesne et Thomas Varlet
Description : ExpressRoute est un service qui permet de connecter votre réseau à Microsoft Azure via une connexion direct avec un débit garanti. Ce service ouvre Azure à de nombreux nouveaux cas d'usage car il connecte votre datacenter à Microsoft Azure via un lien sécurisé, privé et rapide. Dans cette session venez découvrir ce service et les cas d'usage et comprendre les offres de deux de nos partenaires InterCloud et Orange.
Plus d'informations : https://techdays.microsoft.fr/programmes/2015/fiche-session.aspx?ID=6832d915-1be5-4c37-8760-571fc735e66c

Fin de support et migration des infrastructures, quels choix pour les PME ?
Session animée par Pierre Chesne et Tarik Lahlou
Description : Beaucoup de PME en France disposent déjà d'une infrastructure, souvent basée sur les anciennes versions de Small Business Server. Cette session passe en revue les différentes options qui s'offrent aux PME pour migrer leur existant vers des solutions de cloud privé ou public avec Microsoft Azure. Vous y découvrirez un récapitulatif des étapes importantes pour bien préparer sa migration.
Quand migration peut rimer avec modernisation ! Plus d'informations : https://techdays.microsoft.fr/programmes/2015/fiche-session.aspx?ID=6a1aa052-a33c-4b86-9ebc-ee0f022260fb

Fin de support Windows Server 2003, quelles options ?
Session animée par Fabrice Meillon, Christophe Dubos et Hervé Thibault
Description : La fin de support Windows Server 2003 est un de vos enjeux majeurs pour 2015. Ce sujet est complexe car il ne se limite pas à une migration de système d'exploitation; vos questions sont nombreuses et légitimes. Cette session y répondra avec une approche innovante. Les thématiques pourquoi migrer, comment aborder ce projet, vers quoi et comment gérer l'obsolescence seront abordées; et surtout venez poser vos questions !
Plus d'informations : https://techdays.microsoft.fr/programmes/2015/fiche-session.aspx?ID=722b8d9c-fba6-4301-a1cb-da0a42dd22fe

Geek is in da {new} House
Session animée par David Catuhe, Laurent Ellerbach, Stanislas Quastana et Sébastien Warin. Notons aussi la participation d'Arnaud Lheureux en pré-session
Description : Cette année nos geeks ont presque tous déménagé. Nouveaux logements --> Nouveaux projets et nouveaux défis pour "gadgetiser" la maison et le jardin toujours en intégrant la dimension WAF. C'est dans une chaude ambiance et de la bonne humeur que nous vous accueillerons dans cette 4ème édition de Geek in da House avec comme chaque année de la geekerie de qualité française !
Plus d'informations : https://techdays.microsoft.fr/programmes/2015/fiche-session.aspx?ID=74426b9c-3037-4d4c-b8ee-a79e510ffee9

Introduction à Azure Active Directory
Session animée par Frédéric Wickert et Stéphane Renaud
Description : Dans l'ère cloud public et hybride, l'identité est d'une importance fondamentale. Dans cette session, vous allez voir comment étendre l'accès de votre identité aux applications du cloud public ou privé, avec une expérience unique pour les utilisateurs : le SSO avec des milliers d'applications, l'authentification multi-facteur (MFA), du self-service pour la réinitialisation du mot de passe et l'intégration des groupes, l'intégration de vos applications, etc.
Plus d'informations : https://techdays.microsoft.fr/programmes/2015/fiche-session.aspx?ID=889c3c38-d7b7-4d83-bdf3-4ee392746501

Le cloud-in-a-box avec Cloud Platform System (CPS) et Windows Azure Pack
Session animée par Emmanuel Sache, Emmanuel Torchy et Fabrice Meillon
Description : Microsoft apporte son expérience dans la conception et la gestion des centres de données et du cloud avec un système convergent entièrement validé et intégré en usine. CPS associe une pile logicielle éprouvée avec Windows Server 2012 R2 et System Center 2012 R2, le portail Windows Azure Pack et les infrastructures serveurs, stockage et équipements réseau de DELL. Basé sur un bloc de construction évolutif et extensible, CPS raccourcit le temps de mise en oeuvre tout en proposant une expérience cohérente du cloud telle que demandée par vos métiers.
Plus d'informations : https://techdays.microsoft.fr/programmes/2015/fiche-session.aspx?ID=3c396446-8925-471e-b4b4-dbd9b18833e8

Machines Virtuelles dans Azure quoi de neuf ?
Session animée par Maelle Glemarec et Pierre Chesne
Description : Cette session passe en revue des nouveautés autour de l'infrastructure dans Microsoft Azure. Nous verrons toutes les dernières évolutions : les modèles de VM, le stockage, le réseau, la console …
Plus d'informations : https://techdays.microsoft.fr/programmes/2015/fiche-session.aspx?ID=164c6052-60fb-4a2d-a23e-a34b1e463f90

OpenStack et Windows
Session animée par Arnaud Lheureux
Description : Comment Windows s'intègre dans OpenStack ? Pourquoi et comment Hyper-V peut être utilisé dans un cloud OpenStack ? Quelles sont les options d'interopérabilité pour les clouds en mode hybride ? Voici quelques-unes des questions que nous aborderons dans cette session
Plus d'informations : https://techdays.microsoft.fr/programmes/2015/fiche-session.aspx?ID=6c95a230-1831-47e3-9e4f-34a8fb76f117

Operational Insight : la supervision depuis le cloud !
Session animée par Christophe Cygan, Pierre Buffiere de Lair et Jean-François Berrenger
Description : Operational Insight est la réponse de Microsoft au défi technique de la collecte et analyse des informations depuis tous les serveurs sans les contraintes que peuvent parfois apporter des outils traditionnels comme Operations Manager. Avec ou sans Operations Manager, vous avez maintenant un outil basé sur la puissance d'analyse du cloud Microsoft Azure, permettant la corrélation entre les données de performances et évènements importants de votre infrastructure.
Plus d'informations : https://techdays.microsoft.fr/programmes/2015/fiche-session.aspx?ID=987ef865-e90b-4be8-b81f-ee89ddfa1273

PowerShell Desired State Configuration & Azure
Session animée par Fabien Dibot et Jean-Marie Savin
Description : Depuis la version 4 de PowerShell, Desired State Configuration vous permet de consolider vos infrastructures et apporte la notion d'intégration continue. Cette session vous exposera les enjeux derrière la technologie DSC en vous montrant par des démos comment créer vos configurations et les utiliser dans Azure.
Plus d'informations : https://techdays.microsoft.fr/programmes/2015/fiche-session.aspx?ID=07872947-6151-4a9d-ac0d-440927d925ea

Retour d'expérience : rendre votre IT agile grâce au cloud hybride
Session animée par Eric Tran, Johan Demay et Sébastien Crespin
Description : Cette session est destinée à vous présenter des retours d'expériences de solutions cloud pour rendre votre IT plus agile. Cette session animée et interactive vous permettra de découvrir plusieurs solutions que vous pourrez intégrer progressivement.
Plus d'informations : https://techdays.microsoft.fr/programmes/2015/fiche-session.aspx?ID=1f00743a-db7d-43ac-84fc-80138e044104

Retour expérience MS IT
Session animée par Patrice Trousset
Plus d'informations : https://techdays.microsoft.fr/programmes/2015/fiche-session.aspx?ID=c321383d-9944-4c4a-89b2-591fbb99e91d

Software Defined Networking dans Windows Server vNext
Session animée par Arnaud Lheureux
Description : La prochaine version de Windows Server s'annonce riche en nouveautés pour le réseau : le Software Defined Networking (SDN) est mis au coeur des investissements.
Au programme de cette session, venez découvrir le nouveau rôle "Network Controller", centre du SDN dans Windows, mais également les nouvelles techniques d'encapsulation et de pilotage des périphériques réseau. Nous étudierons également le Software Load Balancing, la passerelle de virtualisation ainsi que le pare-feu pour le datacenter dans la prochaine version de Windows Server.
Plus d'informations : https://techdays.microsoft.fr/programmes/2015/fiche-session.aspx?ID=e65f4c66-0f41-44a4-8020-587517bfc8b1

Solutions de sauvegarde et PRA avec Microsoft Azure
Session animée par : Pierre Chesne
Description : Cette session a pour but d'aborder la protection de vos données sous différents angles. Sauvegardez vos données dans le cloud à l'aide d'Azure Backup, créez un PRA facilement avec Azure Site Recovery (ASR) pour l'ensemble de vos serveurs (Hyper-V, VMware et physique) et découvrez les bénéfices de StorSimple pour simplifier votre processus de sauvegarde.
Plus d'informations : https://techdays.microsoft.fr/programmes/2015/fiche-session.aspx?ID=9ed9cb9d-4bd7-4028-b765-b0f1b7e22088

Windows Server vNext- administration et réseau
Session animée par Arnaud Lheureux, Stanislas Quastana et Pascal Sauliere
Description : La prochaine version de Windows Server va être riche en terme de nouveautés sur l'administration, le réseau et le VDI. Venez faire le tour de ces nouveautés en 45 minutes !
Plus d'informations : https://techdays.microsoft.fr/programmes/2015/fiche-session.aspx?ID=08ace49d-c539-47c0-a8f8-3ea457b70be0

Windows Server vNext- virtualisation et stockage
Session animée par Arnaud Lheureux, Stanislas Quastana et Pascal Sauliere
Description : La prochaine version de Windows Server va être riche en terme de nouveautés sur la virtualisation de machine et sur le stockage. Venez faire le tour de ces nouveautés en 45 minutes !
Plus d'informations : https://techdays.microsoft.fr/programmes/2015/fiche-session.aspx?ID=1eb64980-fa2d-42ec-8cbc-544d2aa19cdc

Bref, du bon contenu à venir et de superbes sessions en perspective \o/ Nous vous attendons nombreux à ces présentations.

Pour vous inscrire aux Microsoft TechDays 2015, c’est très simple et gratuit sur : http://www.microsoft.com/france/mstechdays

- Stanislas Quastana -

Merhaba Sevgili Wiki Ailesi ;

2014 yılının son gününde, yılın son bloğunu yazmak istedim. İlk olarak 2014 yılı biz Türk Wiki Ninjaları için son derece verimli geçtiğini belirtmek isterim. Takımımıza yeni arkadaşlar katıldı ,webcastler verdik ve etkinliklerde bir arada olduk. Takım olabilmenin en önemli kilit anahtarı olan  kişisel ilişkilerimizi geliştirdiğimiz ve samimi bir ortam yarattığımız bir dönem geçirdik.

Wiki Ninjalar olarak toplandığımız bir Sql Pass Submit geçirdik.

Elbette sadece makeleler yazmadık !  Eğlenmeyi de unutmadık.Aslında çok zor olan bir durumu ekip olarak başardık. Her birimiz farklı şehirler ve ülkelerde yaşamamıza rağmen,bir bütün gibi olmayı başarabildik ve bir araya gelebildik. Tüm özverili takım arkadaşlarım adına teşekkür ederim.Yoğunluğundan dolayı katılamayan arkadaşlarımızla ise ilerleyen dönemlerde karşılaşmayı umuyorum.

Yukarıda kısa fırça darbeleri ile ve kabaca bizler neler yaptık ve nasıl bir takımızı sizlere ifade etmeye çalıştım. Günün özel sözünü ise sona bırakmak istedim.
 Yeni yılda tüm insanlığa sevgi, barış , sağlık dolu yaşam ve insanların sevdikleriyle huzurlu yaşaması dileğimdir.

Hasan Dimdik -MTTC

Olá Comunidade TechNet Wiki!

Hoje é dia de Wiki Life Especial, pois é véspera de Ano Novo!!!!

Nesse dia, último do ano, trago a vocês alguns assuntos pertinentes ao Wiki Life!

 Retrospectiva:

Veja nesses links algumas retrospectivas de nossa comunidade!

- Entrevistas do TechNet Wiki Brasil de 2014

- O que aconteceu na Comunidade TechNet Wiki em 2014

- Maiores Contribuintes da Semana de Dezembro de 2014

 Para 2015:

Já iniciamos o ano de 2015 cheios de novidades sendo a principal o nosso evento:  

TechNet Wiki Internacional Summit 2015

Que acontecerá em Março/2015, acompanhem o Blog do TechNet Wiki e fiquem por dentro desse grande evento.

Temos além do evento TechNet Wiki Internacional Summit, temos o evento Microsoft Insights 2015 Powered by TechEdque acontecerá em Maio/2015 e será um dos maiores eventos de tecnologia do Brasil, além dos grandes eventos em que os Wiki Ninjas sempre estão presentes palestrando e prestigiando como o Visual Studio Summit, ALM Summit, MVP Summit, Management Summit, Azure Summit, e muitos outros nacionais e internacionais.

A comunidade tem muito trabalho para frente, contribuindo com:

- Artigos e Guias de Sobrevivência no Portal do TechNet Wiki!

- Curações no Microsoft Curah!

- Participando da premiação do TechNet Guru Awards

- Participando da premiação TechNet Wiki Day!

- Ganhando Faixas do TechNet Wiki conforme suas contribuições

- Tendo suas contribuições na página da nossa revista TechNet Wiki Magazine

- Participando dos Desafios do Blog do TechNet com assuntos pertinentes as tendências tecnológicas e necessidades da comunidade.

É isso pessoal! Um Feliz Ano Novo a toda Comunidade TechNet Wiki Nacional e Internacional!

Alan Carlos
TechNet Wiki Ninja

I was recently working with a customer helping them migrate to the Eliminated state of Sysvol migration so I thought to highlight the steps that we took for this migration.

Before the migration, we verified:

- All domain controllers are in the Redirected state. Run dfsrmig /getmigrationstate against each domain controller in the domain to verify this. It is very important step

- Run net share to verify the Sysvol share. Confirm that Sysvol share is still being shared out by all domain controllers and that the Sysvol share path points to the path that is being replicated by the DFS Replication service

- Verify Active directory replication. You can check this by running the command repadmin /replsum.

Once the prerequisites are verified, you can run the below command on the PDC Emulator to migration Sysvol to Eliminated state:

dfsrmig /setGlobalState 3’

Use dfsrmig /getMigrationState’ to confirm that each domain controller has reached the Eliminated state. When the DFS Replication service on each domain controller reaches the ‘ELIMINATED’ state, Information event 8019 will be registered in the event log.

Read my favorites blogs:

Assigning File Share permissions using Power Shell

Disk Read Error when migrating virtual machine from one cluster to another

Designing a backup less Exchange 2010 Architecture

Appear Offline in Microsoft Office Communicator Server 2007

Microsoft Exchange 2010 Test cases

Microsoft Exchange 2013 and ADRMS Integration

Since the Forefront brand of products have been retired, yes I miss TMG, please be aware of the extended support date for Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange. 

This product is slated to exit extended support on the 31st of December 2015:

On a semi-related aspect, Exchange 2010 will transition into its extended support phase on the 13th of January 2015.  Please see this post for details.

Cheers,

Rhoderick

Outlook for Mac for Office 365 has several new email notification options available to configure so you can customize how you are notified of new emails you may have missed.  This blog post will explain these email notification options.

Note: Email notifications only appear if you miss the email arriving in Outlook.  This means that if Outlook is the selected application (if the Outlook application menu is visible, as shown below), the email notifications will not appear.  

In order to have email notifications appear, Outlook must not be the selected application. 

Outlook for Mac 2011 Notifications

Outlook for Mac 2011 had limited options when it came to notifications for new messages.  These were located under the Outlook menu, Preferences, Notifications and Sounds.  You had the options to enable or disable the desktop alerts, choose how much information displays on the alerts, and whether or not to have the Outlook icon bounce in the Dock.  You also have the option to display sounds when a new message arrives and other events.

The notifications for new email in Outlook for Mac 2011 were not able to be customized in appearance, and always appeared similar to this:

Outlook for Mac for Office 365 Notifications

Outlook for Mac for Office 365 offers some additional options when it comes to notifications because they are now integrated in the Mac OS X Notification Center.  The same options are available in the Outlook Notifications and Sounds Preferences as in Outlook for Mac 2011, nothing has changed there, however now additional options can also be configured in the Mac OS Notifications for Outlook.  You can access Outlook for Mac’s Notification Center preferences by opening System Preferences, clicking Notifications and then selecting Microsoft Outlook from the list of applications on the left.

There are options for alert styles (None, Banners, Alerts), and options regarding Notifications.

Banners vs. Alerts vs. Notifications

When you configure the Notification Center preferences, an important thing to understand is the difference between Banners, Alerts, and Notifications. 

Banners and Alerts are small windows that appear in the upper right corner of your screen when a new email is received.  Notifications appear in the Notification Center, which is the gray bar that appears on the right side of your screen when you click the menu icon at the top right (circled in the image below).

Banners
Alerts
Notifications

You can enable or disable Notifications independently of Banners or Alerts.   It is possible to enable both Banners and Notifications or Alerts and Notifications.  Here’s an example of having Alerts selected for your alert style and having Notifications enable as well:

You can also choose None as your alert style and still have Notifications enabled, or disable Notifications but still enable Banners or Alerts.

Alert Styles (None, Banners and Alerts):

The alert style options available are None, Banners, and Alerts.  Let’s go through the differences between these first.

None:

• No new email notifications are displayed on the desktop when this option is selected.

Banners:

• Banner notifications are the default option selected in the Notification Center.
• Banners appear for 5 seconds and then disappear on their own. 
• Banners do not have any buttons, however you can click on the banner in order to open the email.  
• If multiple emails arrive in Outlook at the same time, still only 1 Banner will display at a time.

Alerts:

• Alerts do not disappear on their own.  You must dismiss them by performing an action on them, which are as follows:
  • Click Close to dismiss the Alert.
  • Click Delete to delete the email and dismiss the Alert.
  • Click on the email in the Alert to open the email and dismiss the Alert.
  • Open the main Outlook window and mark the emails as read.
• If multiple emails arrive in Outlook and you do not dismiss the Alerts, multiple Alerts will display.  If enough alerts accumulate, they will begin to stack on top of each other (as shown below).

Notifications

Notifications are enabled by default, and will appear in the Notification center until you take action on them, such as by clicking the alert to open the email, or marking the email as read in Outlook.  Items in the Notification Center will also disappear as new items arrive, based on the number of recent items you have selected to be shown in the Notification Center.  Here's a screenshot of the options available regarding Notifications for Outlook.

Some of these are self-explanatory while others are not extremely clear.  Here’s an explanation for each option:

• Show notifications on lock screen
  • Enabling this setting will display banner style notifications (even if you have Alerts selected) on the lock screen or screensaver.  They disappear on their own after 5 seconds.  
• Show in Notifications Center: [# Recent Items]
  • When this is enabled, new email notifications will appear in the Notification Center in addition to the Banners or Alerts.  These will appear in the Notification Center even if you have selected “None” as your alert style.
  • When this is enabled, you can choose 1, 5, 10, or 20 recent items to be displayed in the Notification Center.  The default is 5.
  • Disabling this will stop new emails from appearing in the Notification Center.

• Badge app icon
• • This displays the number of new emails on the Outlook icon in a red circle. 
  • Here’s a comparison of the results of having this option enabled vs disabled.
    
• Play sound for notifications
  • This option is overridden by Outlook’s preferences for sounds under the Outlook menu, Preferences, Notifications and Sounds.

Here’s a summary of the main features and behaviors for the different notifications:

The Technical Conference is back with more learning opportunities than ever as the R&D teams for both Microsoft Dynamics AX and Microsoft Dynamics CRM come together to put on one stellar event. It has been scheduled from February 2nd – 4th, 2015 at Seattle, WA.

Whether you’re new to the products or looking to enhance your knowledge, the Technical Conference provides a unique opportunity to connect and interact directly with the people that build Microsoft Dynamics AX and Microsoft Dynamics CRM.

Learn

Learn from and get inspired by Microsoft experts and your colleagues at the Microsoft Dynamics Technical Conference.

Interact

Interact directly with the people that build Microsoft Dynamics AX and Microsoft Dynamics CRM, along with their colleagues from Microsoft Dynamics Marketing, Microsoft Social Listening, Office, Parature, SharePoint, Visual Studio and more.

Value

Whether you are new to Microsoft Dynamics AX and/or Microsoft Dynamics CRM, or looking to keep your edge by going deeper and staying up to date on the new enhancements, there will be targeted sessions that fit your needs! The opportunity to interact with peers and Microsoft experts will exist at all levels so this is your chance to get access to information and expertise that you will rarely find anywhere!

Who Should Attend

If you serve in any of the following roles for your organization, the Microsoft Dynamics Technical Conference is the place for you to be!

• Solution Architect (functional and technical)
• Implementation Consultant (functional and technical)
• Application Developer
• Support

Why You Should Attend

Make key business connections with the people who implement and build on Microsoft Dynamics AX, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Microsoft Dynamics Marketing, Microsoft Social Listening, and Parature, along with expertise on technologies such as Azure, Office 365, Power BI, SharePoint, Visual Studio and others.

Hear about new, practical and technical content, as well as recommended best practices, delivered by Microsoft leaders and technology experts.

Stay up-to-date around Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3 and the latest releases of Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Microsoft Dynamics Marketing, Microsoft Social Listening and Parature, along with new enhancements.

In order to register for this conference, click here.

To get more details about the speakers in the conference, click here.

To view the session catalog, click here.

To view more details about this conference, click here to access the main conference portal.

Make sure to register and interact with the community folks and experts.

The Connector for Microsoft Dynamics v3 Cumulative Update 4 was released earlier this month. This was an important release which provided the support for integrations into Dynamics CRM 2015. However, it no longer supports Dynamics CRM 2011 or Dynamics CRM 4.0

Some of the interesting features of this release have been listed below.

• Support for CRM 2015, which requires the updated CRM solutions included in this release (1.0.1603.5) - these CRM solutions include "CRM2015" in their file names
• These solutions also provide support for both the summary and information forms for the targeted entities within CRM 2015
• New mappings for Microsoft Dynamics AX and CRM Contact integration that handle the new address 3 fields included in CRM 2015 contacts properly.  Those changes can be found in the map changes section.
• The required Microsoft .NET Framework versions (3.5 and 4.5.2) are checked for during installation.  The Microsoft .NET Framework version 4.5.2 can be downloaded here: web installer or offline installer.
• The new integration template for creating and integration between Microsoft Dynamics GP and CRM using CRM contacts has been removed
• All previous updates for CU 3 have been incorporated into this release

To download this release for your Microsoft Dynamics ERP system, go to Customer Source:

• Connector for Microsoft Dynamics AX
  • If you have applied AX 2012 R2 CU 6 or later or if you are targeting AX 2012 R3, an XPO is no longer needed.  You can run the ConnectorHelper class that is included in those releases to accomplish the required setup tasks in AX 2012 R2.
  • Any release after Connector V3 CU2 (3.2.606.2) will support AX 2012 R3
  • AX 2012 R3 CU 8 is fully supported
  • The contact integration maps have been updated to include mappings for the new CRM 2015 address 3 fields, see the map changes section for more information on these changes
• Connector for Microsoft Dynamics GP
  • All previously supported versions of GP 2010 and GP 2013 are supported
  • GP 2015 is fully supported
  • The ability to create an integration from a template using GP customers and CRM contacts has been removed
• Connector for Microsoft Dynamics NAV
  • Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015 and all previously supported versions of Dynamics NAV are supported with this release
  • If you are targeting a multi-tenant deployment of Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 R2 this release will make that configuration and integration process easier.  The steps outlined in this post are no longer need with this release of Connector for Microsoft Dynamics.
• Connector for Microsoft Dynamics SL
  • Previously supported versions of SL continue to be supported by this version

Check out the product team blog article in the link below which has more information regarding this release.

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dynamicsconnector/archive/2014/12/04/connector-for-microsoft-dynamics-v3-cu-4-released.aspx

Happy downloading and integrating…

As 2014 draws to a close, we wish to thank all the partners across the globe for their support, which is the core reason of existence of the Partner Services team.

We wish you all a very Happy and Prosperous New Year 2015 and we wish to keep us engaged with you throughout 2015, just the same way as we did in 2014.

Here is a new year wish from Microsoft to all our partners and customers.

Wishing you all a very Happy and Prosperous New Year 2015 again. Hope we share the same partnership in the forthcoming year and even better it.

When first trying to upload a high-res photo for user’s mailboxes, you’ll likely start with the manual for Set-UserPhoto and try to write some Powershell script like the below command:

$user = 'john.doe@contoso.com'

$userphoto = "C:\Temp\"+$user+".jpg"

Set-UserPhoto -Identity $user -PictureData ([System.IO.File]::ReadAllBytes($userphoto)) -Confirm:$false

(Documentation for Set-UserPhoto is here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj218694.aspx)

When trying to run this, however, one might run into is an error when trying to upload a >10 kb photo, saying “The remote server returned an error: (413) Request Entity Too Large”. There is a fix for this! In the script that you use to create an Exchange Online Powershell session, make sure that the yellow highlighted section below is added. The normal proxy method won’t work for >10kb files.

$ExSession = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https://outlook.office365.com/powershell-liveid/?proxymethod=rps -Credential $MSOLCred -Authentication Basic -AllowRedirection

Run the first script again, and it now works great with larger photos!

Do keep in mind that the photos you upload should be 648 pixels by 648 pixels if you want the maximum photo size for Office 365. That size comes from the Lync documentation, which explains how Exchange creates the multiple sizes that get used throughout the system. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj688150.aspx

We are happy to announce the upcoming release of AX 2012 R2 CU8 in Q1 of 2015. Stay tuned to our blog for upcoming release details.

Recently I had a need to write to the event logs using PowerShell.  I knew there was a built in command for this action so I decided to test it out.  After some time using the Write-EventLog cmdlet, I kept getting errors generated which seemed to be symptoms from the following constraints of the event log itself.  When using the cmdlet, the following apply:

-You must specify a source and a log (Application, System, etc) to write to.  An example of a source would be “Windows Error Reporting” in the Application log.

- A source can only be associated with one event log.  If you attempt to write an event using the source “Windows Error Reporting” to the System log, you will get the following error: The source 'Windows Error Reporting' is not registered in log 'System'. (It is registered in log 'Application'.)

Since the Write-EventLog cmdlet makes you specify the log to write to with the mandatory –LogName parameter, this can be problematic because you have to know which log the source is associated with.  From a programmatic perspective, you can’t guarantee all computers everywhere have the source “AutomationLogs” registered, and you also can’t guarantee which event log this is registered to.

I developed the following function to assist me in writing to the event logs that I plan to implement in a lot of my scripts moving forward.  I wanted to be able to call a command and specify what I want to write and not have to worry about sources, log locations, registering new event logs if needed, and so on.

The function first checks to see if the source is already registered with an existing log.  If the source exists, the function leverages the static method LogNameFromSourceName from the System.Diagnostics.EventLog class to determine which log to write to.  If the return from this function is null or an empty string, we know the source does not exist and will have to register a new event source to the desired log (as passed in by the caller). 

This function requires administrative access in an elevated command prompt, because it needs to check the Security log, and this access is also required when registering new sources.

According to the MSDN documentation regarding creation of event sources– after registering a new event source, it should not be immediately used.  I am not sure exactly how long we should wait but I assumed 5 seconds is ample time for whatever replication/post-processing tasks need to happen on the back end before we use this.

I have tested this on Server 2012 and 2012 R2, but any machine with PowerShell 3 or later should be able to leverage the function.  The function is below and can also be found on the TechNet Script Gallery here.

function Log-Event {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
        [ValidateNotNullorEmpty()]
        [String]$Message,

        [ValidateNotNullorEmpty()]
        [String]$Source = "ScriptOutput",

        [int32]$EventID = 1,

        $LogName = "Application",

        [System.Diagnostics.EventLogEntryType]$Type = "Information"
    )
    try {
        $SourceLogName = [System.Diagnostics.EventLog]::LogNameFromSourceName($source, ".")
        if (![string]::IsNullOrEmpty($SourceLogName)) {
            Write-EventLog -LogName $SourceLogName -Source $Source -Message $Message -EntryType $Type -EventId $EventID
        }
        else {
            New-EventLog -Source $Source -LogName $LogName
            #After register new event source, do not use right away, accoring to MSDN:
            #http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/2awhba7a(v=vs.110).aspx
            Sleep 5
            Write-EventLog -LogName $LogName -Source $Source -Message $Message -EntryType $Type -EventId $EventID
        }
    }
    catch {
        Write-Warning "Unexpected error occured while attempting to write to log."
        Write-Warning "Caller command: $((Get-PSCallStack)[1].Command)"
        Write-Warning "Error: $($_.exception.message)"
    }
}

Dear MVA learners,

As 2014 comes to a close, we wanted to send all of you around the world a personal note of thanks for all your support this past year. Your excitement about MVA and how it can help you build your skills and your careers has taken us to new heights.

Just last week we hit 2,600,000 million registered users. This is an incredible milestone especially given less than two years ago we were celebrating our first 1,000,000 registered customers. Now we see over 1,200,000 unique people coming to MVA to learn every month. 2 years ago is was 400,000 people per month. We now have thousands of courses across in 14 different languages spanning 20 diverse topic areas. We are humbled by your interest, and the amazing growth we have experienced because of your passion to improve yourselves.

While the usage of MVA has skyrocketed, your feedback continues to help us improve to better meet your needs. In the last few months we began regular monthly surveys to better understand where you are satisfied and where we need to improve both in terms of the site experience and course topics. This is helping inform our plans for improvements in 2015.

Thank you all for not only learning on MVA but also taking the time to help make us better. Please keep the feedback coming, we are listening!

On behalf of the entire MVA team we want to wish you all around the world a happy and healthy 2015!

Summary: Windows PowerShell MVP, Richard Siddaway, makes a recommendation for 2015.

 What Windows PowerShell topic should I learn in 2015?

 Desired State Configuration (DSC).

Note  Today's PowerTip was supplied by Windows PowerShell MVP, Richard Siddaway.

Уважаемые коллеги!

Подготовлен документ с планами разработки Microsoft Dynamics AXи информацией по выпущенной функциональности по состоянию на 30 декабря 2014 года.

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