Logon enabled for comments due to spam
Hey all, i've forced logon for comment posting.... not something i wanted to do, but in the last month or so the amount of spam comments has gone through the roof.
Continue readingSCCM 2012 reference build updates fail due to proxy error when WPAD in use
Installing windows updates into a reference build has long caused hassles for less experienced SCCM admins... in general, as long as you cover the following, it will work: - Ensure there is an IP boundary which covers the VLAN the reference machine is on - Ensure the SMSMP client property is specified (or if you…
Continue readingWow – thats impressive – even for government
An employee sent me this link.... http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2013/07/us-government-destroys-170000-of-hardware-in-absurd-effort-to-stop-malware/ Some of our clients would come close..... some of the decisions made are astounding.... but that really is taking a lack of basic understanding (if the story is true) to a new level..... bravo Economic Development Administration, you are the new benchmark.
Continue readingMS monitoring agent 2013
http://m.windowsitpro.com/operations-manager/microsoft-releases-monitoring-agent-works-or-without-operations-manager Interesting approach from MS, releasing a SCOM compatible agent that can work either with SCOM or without. Every now and again, MS do something that makes sense..... it can be a bit of a shock.... especially at the moment.
Continue readingMS Exams..... how much worse can they get ?
I sat 70-412 this morning, as part of my "exam updating" process that I go through every 3 years or so. I've now passed 30-ish (I think it might be 33) MS exams since 1997, so I think I'm reasonably qualified to talk on the topic. While I agree with many people out there that…
Continue readingVMXNet3 drives for PE
So I imagine most of you do your reference builds (and test builds) in virtual machines..... if your running Hyper-V - this "just works"..... Today I had a client who mandated the use of VMXNet3 in their VMware 5.1 environment, instead of E1000 - which we usually ask for (and get) - "that's fine, ill…
Continue readingLync 2010/2013 to Skype
The full guide is here... http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=39071 For those of that already have PIC enabled (most of you i would assume).... i found the guide to be a little bit off, in that my existing provider was called "MSN" - not "Messenger" So, my suggestion is to open up your Lync powershell and....... Get-CsPublicProvider note the…
Continue readingDirect Access 2012 and Outlook RPC/HTTP
I have a client for whom i recently implemented 2012 Direct Access.... there was a number of teething problems in the implementation - but once its working, DA is actually pretty good. If i could ask the product team for anything in DA 2012 R2, it would be re-introduce wildcard certificate support (it was in…
Continue readingHyperV in 2012 R2
Link to Bink article... - http://www.bink.nu/what’s-new-for-hyper-v-in-windows-sever-2012-r2 Some of the stuff in there looks pretty cool.... hopefully the release of VMM2012 R2 will follow this a bit quicker than it did for 2012 Hyper-V.
Continue readingSCCM – Install at logoff (or similar)
A few times over my career, ive run into certain situations where an application is always running and does not have a nice method of shutting itself down in order to update or install. An example of this is a data terminal in a police car, or a kiosk run by a government department.... both…
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