Well, there goes about 40 Hours of my time on a support case with Microsoft. A short while back I wrote this article which fixed once, but the problem returned. This time, I opened a case with Microsoft and for the last month or so, the case has been doing the rounds of Microsoft PSS people. Finally, the issue was… Read more →
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Microsoft Release another Firmware update for the Surface Pro 3
From WindowsCentral _____________ Microsoft is keen on keeping the Surface Pro 3 running in tip-top shape, and that includes rolling our frequent firmware updates to get the hardware to perform at its best. Starting at 1 PM ET today, Surface Pro 3 users can now grab the October 28 System Firmware Update, the second for this month. The changelog is… Read more →
Office 365 Login Scripts from Ryan are super handy!
Today again I found myself trying to remember the logon commands for Office 365 Powershell! (Weirdly, I can remember commands once I am in, but constantly forget the logon ones). Anyway, because this frustrated me again, a bit of Googling found me this blogpost from Ryan Mangan. Now, the whole story is not on Ryan’s site. There are some other… Read more →
Blocking Executable Attachments (even in ZIP files) on Office 365 – Updated!
SEE BELOW FOR UPDATES Original Post 16.10.2014: ________________________________________________________________________________________ Today, I was working with a nice PSS chap in Microsoft (Hi there Om Prakash Nath!) We were both working on a problem we were having where transport rules in Microsoft Office 365 were not correctly blocking executable attachments within emails to our clients. This is something of a vital requirement… Read more →
Windows Backup not showing Messages and Jobs, but is running?
Another weird one today…. Windows Backup on Server 2012 R2 was showing me this: Notice how the “Last Backup” shows nothing, and also the Messages at the top are blank? Well, this was the case even though the backups were running perfectly in the background. I opened a Microsoft case on this one, because I thought it would be something… Read more →
Windows 10 Technical Preview Updates
So, if like me you are already running Windows 10, make sure to click Check for Updates! Microsoft have already released KB3001512 according to WP Central who make the following comments: Update for Windows Technical Preview for x64-based systems (KB3001512) Issues that are fixed in this update Issuer Distribution Point (IDP) sets are removed from Windows Tech Preview or Windows… Read more →
Disabling Data Deduplication on Windows Server 2012R2
Sometimes you have to give up a technology because it doesn’t suit all scenarios…. Today, I had to remove Windows Server 2012R2 Data De-duplication, which is a very clever technology that reduces disk space use. The downside in my scenario was that it also seemed to cause massive slowdown in Windows Server Backup, and whilst it gave me great disk… Read more →
Surface Pro 3 Firmware Updates
I am now a proud owner of a Surface Pro 3 i7 model. Honestly, this is one of the best tech devices I have ever owned (that does not fly). There have been various people in the Microsoft forums reporting issues with overheat and shutdown of the device. My device only got “hot” once, and that was when I first… Read more →
The Server is out of space. Onedrive for Business
With the recent 1TB upgrade of user personal storage on Microsoft Office 365 you have lots of space to play with… this is a great thing. However last week I ran into a weird issue where I was uploading about 20 large files (not over the 2GB limit). All went well, but on just three of the files, I hit… Read more →
Needle in a haystack – Azure benefits for Partners
Well, that was convoluted to say the least! This link is where you need to go if you are a Microsoft Partner and wish to access your Cloud Benefit credit for Azure. Its simple because the link is here, but trust me… it took 1 hour and a chat to the support person for me to find it! Read more →