by Rocky Beaven | Jun 18, 2021 | Group Policy, PowerShell, Software
When you encrypt drives with BitLocker it can be a nightmare to manually keep track of recovery keys, it therefore makes sense to use the built-in integration with Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). Cyril Kardashevsky of The IT Bros has an excellent...
by Rocky Beaven | Jun 17, 2021 | Microsoft 365, Office, Software
When two Excel workbooks are linked, or referenced, selected cell data in the Source workbook appears in referenced cells in the Destination workbook. If data is then updated in the Source workbook, the linked cell in the Destination workbook reflects the change. This...
by Rocky Beaven | May 28, 2021 | Microsoft 365, PowerShell
The process for connecting PowerShell to your 365 (Exchange Online) tenant has been made a little easier. Assuming you are running a compatible PS version (and have previously set Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned) , on first run you need to run PS as admin and enter:...
by Rocky Beaven | May 26, 2021 | Server 201x, Software
Recently noticed that the IP address, and certificates, for various remotewebaccess.com (AnywhereAccess) sites – on Server 201x Essentials – were not updating. The cause is the retirement of earlier TLS versions, that Microsoft decided not to push an...
by Rocky Beaven | Jun 14, 2020 | Miscellaneous
We’ve had a couple of Dell PowerEdge servers that had fans that seemed to be running continuously – and were loud – out of the box, and they didn’t quieten down even after the array had completed its build and/or updates had been applied. There...