Deployment–Timezones other than Pacific Standard Time with PDT VMCreator
By default, Windows uses Pacific Standard Time during setup unless another timezone is specified. Prior to PDT 2.5, VMCreator did not allow you specify timezone, so all VMs created used Pacific...
View ArticleSkype celebrates Mela, Europe’s largest South Asian festival
If you’re in London on Sunday, you can attend London Mela, Europe’s largest South Asian festival. It’s free, and as Skype’s Big Blog describes it, “has become a major celebration throughout the global...
View ArticleEnd of week report? Great Outlook Search Folder solution
I was working with my peer Andre today on our weekly update on Lync Dedicated Voice projects. Lately the challenge is that we have also been assisting with topology upgrades for many of the same...
View ArticleProject Online: Updating OData connections in Excel for different PWA instances
Interesting question came in from one of our good partners, Campana and Schott, concerning the update of the connection string for Excel reports based on OData when moving the Excel books between...
View ArticleReminder that the “Early Experts R2” will be launching in September.. Read on…..
Research has shown that approximately 65% to 70% of organizations today have more than one hypervisor deployed. This presents a large opportunity for IT Professionals to increase their technical...
View ArticleReminder that the “Early Experts R2” will be launching in September.. Read on…..
Research has shown that approximately 65% to 70% of organizations today have more than one hypervisor deployed. This presents a large opportunity for IT Professionals to increase their technical...
View ArticleReminder that the “Early Experts R2” will be launching in September.. Read on…..
Research has shown that approximately 65% to 70% of organizations today have more than one hypervisor deployed. This presents a large opportunity for IT Professionals to increase their technical...
View ArticleWorried about malicious apps? Here’s some good news from Windows Phone
A release from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security about malware threats on mobile phones sparked some anxiety for smartphone users. As long as there are unscrupulous characters out there, there...
View ArticleHelp prepare kids to go back to school with these Windows 8 apps that work...
Surface Senior Manager Kristen Batch just moved to Seattle from Chicago with her family, and in a post on the Surface Blog she explains how helpful the Surface RT has been in acclimating her two girls...
View ArticleMOSS 2007 - Find the default view url for all lists in a web app using...
param( $url = $(Read-Host -Prompt "WebApp Url"))# Default View for lists in All Sites# Lookup Web Application as specified in the command line parameter$wa =...
View ArticleInstalling Update Rollup 2 for Exchange 2010 Service Pack 3 may fail or...
[This post comes to us courtesy of Manish Kapoor from Microsoft Commercial Technical Support]Update Rollup 2 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 3 has been released and may be offered by WSUS on your...
View ArticleMeet the Exchange Experts at Ignite Summits
Ignite Summits are unique and special events for IT Pros delivered by the Exchange team. We share our knowledge and experience deploying and managing the new Office products and services and hear from...
View ArticleProtect your privacy in the cloud – a guide
Any time you post, send or create something via a Web browser or an app, the information goes from your computer or phone to the cloud. This includes checking email, posting on social media sites,...
View ArticleTip of the Day: 'Simple' Is Not What You'd Expect
Today’s tip… Windows Server 2012 has three resiliency types for Storage Spaces.Simple Mirror Parity The term 'simple' might cause some confusion as people are likely to relate it to a 'simple' volume...
View ArticleFixing permmask field
Issue:=====Edit item options are missing in the ribbon and in the drop down of the items in a list Cause:=====Issue is due to PermMask field schema has missing "RenderXMLUsingPattern", it can be at the...
View ArticleGet started as an "Early Expert" on Windows Server 2012 R2 with this FREE eBook!
Research has shown that approximately 65% to 70% of organizations today have more than one hypervisor deployed. This presents a large opportunity for IT Professionals to increase their technical...
View ArticleRecreating default display, edit and new forms of a list in SharePoint 2010...
Following script recreates dispform.aspx, editform.aspx and newform.aspx of a list using PowerShell, useful in scenarios where we need to recreate these forms to fix issues induced due to upgrades$url...
View ArticleWebLogic Management Pack Explained: Discovery Process and Monitoring
In this blog post I will briefly discuss the discovery and basic monitoring on WebLogic from the JEE Feature of SCOM 2012 (http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29270). Although it...
View ArticleHear the difference – Xbox One will use Skype’s audio codec
One of the things we all have to look forward to with Xbox One is the incredible improvement made to voice chat with the integration of Skype’s audio codec. Not only does the codec have a proven track...
View ArticlePowerShell script to Remove Application Servers: Only Applicable to...
I would like to take a moment to clarify a point about the PowerShell script to remove application servers (aka RemoveJEEAppServer.ps1) that was recently brought to my attention. This mechanism for...
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