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SCCM 2012 WTF moment
We’ve been migrating from SCCM 2007 to SCCM 2012 at work. One very interesting part of SCCM 2012 for us has been the support for Mac OSX that was added in SCCM 2012 SP1. We have about 70 Mac clients, I...
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Exchange 2013 and Bugcheck 0x000000ef
After our recent Exchange 2013 rollout, we noticed a problem with the Exchange 2013 servers (virtual guests on a HyperV cluster) experiencing clock drift and ultimately bugchecking (aka blue screen)...
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Microsoft’s Marketing confusion
Just lately Microsoft seem to be determined to mix up brand names to confuse customers. For a while now we’ve had OneDrive for Business, the product that is built on the back of totally has nothing to...
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Migrating from ADFS 2.1 to 4.0
Windows 2016 Licensing – going into production with evaluation media So Windows Server 2016’s availability this month raises a couple of questions, such as “If you’re deploying this right now, how are...
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Scratching the Surface
At work I tend to turn up to meetings with a MacBook Pro. This surprises a few people who know me as a former Microsoft MVP, a Windows Server/Infrastructure person and the manager of a IT system that...
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Paying the price of free software
Microsoft’s march towards filling their operating system with adverts continues, with people upset to see adverts for OneDrive popping up in Windows Explorer. And lets be honest, we’re all right to be...
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Upgrading Windows PKI from SHA1 to SHA2
As I’m sure most of us know by now, SHA1 cryptography hashes have been increasingly under attack, and are now regarded as fully broken. In fact, my use of “now” kinda understates the point; you should...
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Easy PC rebuilds with Chocolatey
One of the things that I’ve always been interested in is automation, and being able to reproduce a ‘known state’ reliably and consistently. This applies at work when building servers or workstations...
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I talked previously about using Chocolatey for home use. It makes building a PC at home nice, simple and fast. It makes supporting non-technical friends and family nice and easy, ensuring you can build...
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Tuning up Intune, an introduction.
Introduction to Microsoft Mobile Device Management I’m currently settling in to a new job where I’m spending a fair amount of time working with Microsoft’s Mobile security management tools, mostly...
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