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Microsoft product end of support dates are sometimes not easy to find and its not getting any better with the "current branch" releases and cloud solutions being governed by the Modern lifecycle policy . The Modern lifecycle policy page further links to 3 product catagories, O365, Cloud platform and Dynamics. Unfortunately, its not clear (at…
Continue readingSo you've just picked up your shiny new Microsoft Surface Laptop and want to put your current Windows 10 Enterprise SOE on it. Of course you have it all set up in SCCM (right?), so you figure you'll kick off a build and be up and running in a half hour or so. Granted, the…
Continue readingI've had various versions of AD Sync/Azure AD Connect running in my development environment over the years, and have used a number of different service accounts when testing out different configurations or new features. Needless to say, the permissions for my Sync account were probably a bit of a mess. Recently, I wanted to try…
Continue readingTelstra and MS have agreed to provide a PSTN option (finally) from Skype for business online. The telstra sales spead can be found here - https://www.telstra.com.au/business-enterprise/solutions/collaboration-conferencing/cloud-collaboration/telstra-calling-365 A good rundown of it (with less sales-speak) is available here - http://www.skype4badmin.com/telstra_calling_for_office365_announced/?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_feed%3BlvXSTr%2FARtuirZuPGlYhyA%3D%3D The author, concentrates on the release, the price point and the basic concept of what it…
Continue readingIt's been a loooooong time coming, but it's almost here! A number of our clients provide Surface Pro's for their staff, and for what seems a very long time, have been complaining about the lack of a Surface with LTE. It seems like such a simple thing, yet Microsoft haven't released it in Australia. IT…
Continue readingAs I’m sure you’re all aware, there was another vulnerability advertised to the general public over the Christmas new year period, and if you’ve been following the details, the patches to fix this specific vulnerability have been recalled. The advice from Intel and other vendors currently is, “ don’t deploy the patch as it can…
Continue readingHi all, For many of you that switched off over the xmas break (like me), you may have missed that there are now patches (released Jan 3rd 2018) for the creatviely (almost bond movie like) named vulnerabilities of "meltdown" and "spectre". You can find more detail on these Vulnerabilities here - https://meltdownattack.com/ Advice for Microsoft…
Continue readingWith the recent release of Server 1709 (and the fact that it's Server Core only), Microsoft have also recently released a preview of a new server management product. This product is currently code-named 'Project Honolulu', and is a light-weight web-based management console for Windows Server. Details of the original preview release can be found here…
Continue readingIn September 2016, Microsoft released Server 2016. A couple months ago, they then released Server 1709. You'd be forgiven for thinking that Server 1709 is an upgrade to 2016 - because it's actually not. Much like Windows 10, Microsoft have gone down the path of having multiple 'Channels' with the Server products. Essentially: Server 2016…
Continue readingIntel released a security advisory yesterday (22/11/2017) advising of vulnerabilities with their management engine firmware - which can he found here The reason why this is concerning for corporate customers is that basically every PC, Server and laptop that you have, most likely will be exposed, as the vast majority of corporate level hardware contains…
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