First you need to create the resource. (For Example River Room). ECP -> Recipients -> Resources. Once the resource is created then open up the Exchange PowerShell Tool. Then type “Set-MailboxCalendarFolder RiverRoom:\Calendar -PublishEnabled $true”. This will publish the calendar with the basic defaults, such as 30 days forward and 30 days behind, availability only. Then we need to know what the URL is. So we need to type “Get-MailboxCalendarFolder RiverRoom:\Calendar |fl”. This will show our […]
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How to temporarily prevent a driver update from reinstalling in Windows 10
To temporarily prevent the driver from being reinstalled until a new driver fix is available, a troubleshooter is available that provides a user interface to hide and show Windows updates and drivers for Windows 10. The following troubleshooter is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center: Download the “Show or hide updates” troubleshooter package now. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3073930/how-to-temporarily-prevent-a-driver-update-from-reinstalling-in-window
An error occurred while using SSL configuration for endpoint 0.0.0.0:444
A customer of mine contacted me complaining Exchange was down, OWA failed, and all Outlook clients could not connect. They were running Exchange 2013 CU13. In the system logs, the following error was experienced throughout: Log Name: System Source: Microsoft-Windows-HttpEvent Date: 28/09/2017 7:24:32 AM Event ID: 15021 Task Category: None Level: Error Keywords: Classic User: N/A Computer: exchange.domain.local Description: An error occurred while using SSL configuration for endpoint 0.0.0.0:444. The error status code is […]
Outlook – To create a signature without the logo showing as an attachment
Problem When adding a logo to a signature, the recipient sees your email as though it has an attachment. Solution The logo needs to be added in a GIF form so that the signature is shown without being an attachment Part 1: Convert Image to Gif Note the image must be a GIF file for this to work correctly. You can convert a jpeg or png file to gif file by using ‘Paint’ application […]
Exchange 2013 – Renewing your Certificate
Note Current Cost of SSL SAN Certificate February 2016 Digicert 3 year SAN (four domains) $700 Comodo 3 year SAN certificate (three domains) £705 (plus £105 per additional domain) Trustsign 3 year UCC Certificate (three domains) £295 plus VAT ($410 plus VAT) plus £90 ($125) per additional domain Also note that after February 2018 the longest period you can buy is 2 years. Sealion require four domain SAN for Exchange mail.sealionshipping.co.uk autodiscover.sealionshipping.co.uk mail.sealion.com.br autodiscover.sealion.com.br Process To […]
GTMailPlus – Server 2012 Installation Prerequisite – EFS DATA Encryption
Other than the .NET FRAMEWORK v4.6.2 prerequisite that needs to be installed on a Windows 2012 server, once GTMailPlus is installed you will need to enable EFS folder encryption on the MailBoxRepository folder located in the C:\Encore folder or the Encore service (essential to mail transmission) will fail. Data Recovery Agent Note that EFS requires a certificate and this is associated with the logged on user. In the case of the server that logged on […]
E-Mails Not Showing Images
Ever come across a situation where you have downloaded an e-mail, such as a Newsletter, and the images don’t appear. Instead you get plain boxes with red crosses in them. You have turned on the option in Outlook to automatically download these images and yet they still don’t appear. This is usually due to you “Temporary Internet Files” area filling up. The “Temporary Internet Files” area has a restricted size allocation and can reach it’s limit. […]
Fast Startup Issue. (On boot one screen is on but black and the other is off).
The issue is that when the PC is turned on you can see the usual boot screens of rotating dots, but when it’s booted one screen is on but showing as black and the other is off, on dual screen systems. The PC can be rebooted several times and possibly on one occasion it actually gives you a login. This can be due to the fact that the processor of the PC can’t handle the […]
Windows Server 2012 NIC Teaming and Netgear Prosafe switches
I’m used to working with medium-sized datacenters where walls are filled with server blades and SANs and stuff I do not understand. My new job – not so much. On my first visit to the “server room” I found a pair of HP ML 350 G3 (!) servers gathering dust in a corner. In order to support a more advanced CI process and virtualize the few production systems we have, I invested in a HP […]
Windows Time Server Commands
Force synchronizing the time asap w32tm /resync /nowait Check NTP configuration w32tm /query /configuration Display time source – all DCs w32tm /monitor Display time source w32tm /query /source Display list of all configured NTP servers and their status w32tm /query /peers Display time service status i.e whether it is getting time from local cmso clock/external NTP server w32tm /query /status Force domain computers to synchronise the time with the DC (use elevated command) w32tm /config […]