by Rocky Beaven | Dec 1, 2015 | Server 201x, Software, Windows 10/11, Windows 7/8
Remote desktop connections are not enabled by default in Windows 7 and later, and although I normally enable it when installing PCs, there has been the odd occasion where I find that I forgot just when I need it! There are four steps to complete to remotely enable...
by Rocky Beaven | Sep 18, 2015 | Exchange Server, Microsoft 365, PowerShell
If you need a list of all devices currently (or historically) connected to Exchange via ActiveSync, this PowerShell script will list the relevant info for you: Get-Mailbox | ForEach {Get-MobileDeviceStatistics -Mailbox:$_.Identity} | select-object Identity,...
by Rocky Beaven | Sep 18, 2015 | Exchange Server, Microsoft 365, PowerShell
Have been doing a number of cut-over migrations from on-premises Exchange server (SBS usually) to Office365, and it is very handy to have a list of all the defined SMTP addresses for each user, along with who has full access to which mailboxes etc, to ease the setup...
by Rocky Beaven | Aug 28, 2015 | Hyper-V
By default when you create a new VM in Hyper-V – and a create a virtual disk at the same time – it creates a dynamic disk (i.e. it expands to the specified size as required). This is not usually a recommended option for production environments, albeit the...
by Rocky Beaven | Aug 26, 2015 | Server 201x, Software
Attempting to install the .NET 3.5 feature on a clean (domain joined) Server 2012 R2 Std VM (with internet access) failed as the wizard couldn’t find the source. I suspect that the server was looking to WSUS for the files rather than actually going out to...
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