by Rocky Beaven | Jul 12, 2021 | Microsoft KB, Patching/Security, Server 201x
A Server 2016 VM was stuck at 0% attempting to download updates. Neither a manual restart of the Windows Update service, nor a server reboot, rectified the problem. Even tried to manually download the latest servicing stack update and cumulative update from the...
by Rocky Beaven | Jul 6, 2021 | Miscellaneous, SBS 200x, Server 201x
If you use the native Windows Server Backup utility you may on occasion see it seemingly pause for a lengthy interval at the ‘Preparing media to store backups’ stage. This part of the process relates to the checking and consolidating of the existing...
by Rocky Beaven | Jul 3, 2021 | Miscellaneous, Windows 10/11, Windows 7/8
There is a comprehensive article on the Windows OS Hub that discusses administrative shares and how they can be tricky to access in a non-domain environment. I needed to run psexec against a standalone machine and the solution for that was to add an entry to the...
by Rocky Beaven | Jul 2, 2021 | Microsoft 365
You can quickly see the size of the mailboxes in use within your 365 tenant via the 365 Admin Center. Login as a global admin (or global reader/reports reader) and navigate to: Reports | Usage Under the Email activity heading select View More and then the Mailbox...
by Rocky Beaven | Jun 28, 2021 | Exchange Server, Microsoft 365, Outlook
The Calendar Checking Tool for Outlook is a command-line program that checks Outlook Calendars for problems. To use this tool, the Outlook calendar must reside on a Microsoft Exchange Server. The tool does not work with IMAP, with POP3, or with other non-Exchange mail...
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