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Office 365: Self Service of Distribution Groups

The ability to self service the creation of distributions groups has been a feature for quite some time in my Exchange experiences.  Now that I am in Office 365 / Exchange Online this functionally is no longer available for synced groups. This now forces the enlistment of the support department to facilitate all mortification for […]

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Cut Sugar From Your Diet

I love sugar as much as the next gal/guy however too much of a good thing isn’t so good. Here are some reasons why we should all cut back on the use of sugars in our daily diets. 1. Sugar isn’t food – It offers your body calories but has a low nutritional value and […]

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Get Windows 10 Technical Preview – March Update

Yes its close, very close so why not get to testing out the latest version of Windows 10 build 10041. Keep in mind that this is an early build of Windows 10 so issues may exist; however I’ve not run into many worth mentioning   The download links can be found here Product key: NKJFK-GPHP7-G8C3J-P6JXR-HQRJR  

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Technical

Office 365: Initiate a full password sync using DirSync

Having a need to rapidly sync passwords to Office 365 using Directly Sync (DirSync) I come across the following method that seems to work with minimal effort.  By default the DirSync only kicks off ever 3-5 min’s. To initiate a full password sync you can do the following: Open PowerShell, and then type: Import-Module DirSync   […]

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Personal

Salad-In-A-Jar

Looking for new ways to make my healthy prepared meals interesting and Pinterest worthy I decided to prep my salads in a mason jar. Not only does it keep my salad creations fresh, it looks awesome. This Salad-In-A-Jar consists of: Edamame, Chickpeas, Carrots, Broccoli, Kale, Spinach, Cherry Tomatoes, Red Onion and Bell Pepper – Largest portion of […]

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Office 365: Directory Synchronization Isssues

Yes!  In Office 365 at last and now synchronizations are failing The followin message is shown in the forefront identity manager: stopped-server-down And with the event id of 655 the following message is shown: Failed credential provisioning ping. Error: Microsoft.MetadirectoryServices.ServerDownException: Failed even after 5 retries. Action: ProvisionCredentials, Exception: Unable to communicate with the Windows Azure […]