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How-To Software Technical

Remove Dead Exchange Servers from Active Directory

Working with  my Exchange 2012 Hybrid configuration I into the following error: ERROR : Subtask NeedsConfiguration execution failed: Configure MRS Proxy Settings Execution of the Get-WebServicesVirtualDirectory cmdlet has thrown an exception. This may indicate invalid parameters in your hybrid configuration settings. The task wasn’t able to connect to IIS on the server ‘exchange’. Make sure […]

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News Software Technical

Cumulative Update 6 for Exchange Server 2013

I’ve been working with the Microsoft team on several issues I have faced with my Exchange Hybrid deployment. Most recent issue: HCW Serialization Error Today I am informed that Cumulative Update 6 for Exchange Server 2013 was just released. Cumulative Update 6 for Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 was released on August 26, 2014. This cumulative update […]

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Hardware How-To Software Technical

Dirty Cache – Dell, Equallogic Storage Array

Dirty Cache – Dell, Equallogic Storage Array I hope you never encounter such an issue, but if you found yourself searching for a method to get online you’re in luck. Symptoms: Equallogic Storage Array  no longer responds to pings iSCSI attached volumes have all gone offline Unable to access the Equallogic Storage Array using SAN HQ […]

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How-To Software Technical

Using built in Windows tool to secure wipe free disk space

So your working and had to make a backup copy of the CEO’s outlook data file onto your local computer. After your work on his or her mailbox, you delete the backup.  So you think!  We know this isn’t the true and with the many free and paid tools out today a person would attempt […]

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How-To Personal Software Technical

O365: Forefront Identity Manager & Office 365 DirSync Failing

I encountered an issue where both Forefront Identity Manager and Office 365 DirSync both failed to start. My investigation of this after I received an email from @MicrosoftOnline.com which had informed me that Windows Azure Active Directory did not register a synchronization attempt from the Directory Sync tool. First I attempted to do was start the Microsoft Online […]

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How-To Software Technical

Azure Active Directory Module for Windows Powershell – How to Connect

I recently needed to use this and well; I’m learning as I go. So one of the tasks I needed to do in O365 was to delete a user.  This required me to use Azure AD PowerShell. Fist step was simple.  Install Windows Azure Active Directory Module for Windows PowerShell onto a system. Next was […]