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Free ebook: Microsoft System Center: Integrated Cloud Platform
Microsoft Press have released another free System Center ebook, Microsoft System Center: Integrated Cloud Platform. The ebook can be downloaded from here, or view the original Microsoft Press blog...
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How to add a USB disk to a Windows 2012 Hyper-V VM
In this post I’ll show you how to mount a USB drive inside a Hyper-V virtual machine. If you work in an environment where USB drives are allow to be used with servers this can be quite a handy way of...
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Veeam PowerShell: How to schedule an inventory of a drive and mark the media...
Since version 7 of Veeam Backup and Recovery I’ve started to use the new capability of backup to tape from within Veeam for offsite storage, rather than continue using Symantec Backup Exec to backup...
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Dell Server Update Utility SUU 14.7 released
The latest version of Dell Server Update Utility (SUU 14.07.00) has been released. The SUU is an application used to help patch Dell PowerEdge servers. It will compare currently installed drivers and...
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Veeam Task Manager for Hyper-V released
Veeam have released a new free tool which looks pretty useful for small Hyper-V deployments, Veeam Task Manager for Hyper-V. On a Hyper-V machine we know that the host Task Manager only shows the...
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How to change the AutoPlay settings on Windows 8.1 when a memory card is...
I’m a keen photographer and for years have been using Breeze Downloader Pro to download photos from memory cards to my computer, before editing them in Adobe Lightroom. Recently though I’ve been...
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Exchange PowerShell: How to enumerate and modify Distribution Group properties
Here is another quick Exchange PowerShell post on distribution groups, in it we will look at how to check and modify a particular setting. A client recently got in touch after a suspect email was sent...
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Exchange 2010 SP3 Update Rollup 7 released and installation tips
On August 28th Microsoft released the Exchange 2010 SP3 Update Rollup 7. The Update Rollup 6 for Exchange Server 2010 SP3 contains the fixes for the security issue that is described in KB2961522....
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Vendors’ response to Shellshock bug
The Shellshock vulnerability in Bash (a command line shell) hit the news last week and has the potential to be far more serious than the Heartbleed bug discovered earlier in the year. The Shellshock...
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Veeam – Task failed Error: No connection could be made because the target...
Last week I rebooted one of the management servers I use, everything looked fine, but the Veeam backup didn’t run that evening. Veeam reported the following error: “Task failed Error: No connection...
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How to install Exchange 2013 (SP1) on Windows Server 2012 R2
Exchange 2013 SP1 was released in February this year providing support for Windows Server 2012 R2. In this blog we’ll run through the installation process. The demo environment I am using includes a...
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Dell OpenManage Essentials 2.0 released
OpenManage Essentials 2.0 was released on the 8th September 2014. It adds support for 13th Generation servers, enhancements in search and discovery, deployment of iDRAC service modules, enhanced...
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Dell Server Update Utility SUU 14.10 released
The latest version of Dell Server Update Utility (SUU 14.10.00) has been released. The SUU is an application used to help patch Dell PowerEdge servers. It will compare currently installed drivers and...
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PowerShell: Get-ADComputer to retrieve computer last logon date (and disable...
In this article we’ll look at using Get-ADComputer and Set-ADComputer to list computer accounts which haven’t logged in for xx days, and then automatically disable them. In part 1 we looked at how to...
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How to upgrade Windows Server 2012 R2 evaluation version to full version
On a couple of occassions recently I’ve changed an 180 day Windows 2012 R2 evaluation server into a full production version. This is particularly useful if your evaluation has worked out well, but you...
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Outlook 2013: How to save Sent Items in a Shared Mailbox
In this post I’ll show you how to save Sent Items in a Shared Mailbox in Outlook 2013 or Outlook 2010. In a lot of companies I work with there are instances where a department will use a Shared...
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Veeam News – December 2014
Veeam have had a busy couple of few months recently, they are a company at the top of their game and there have been several big announcements recently: Veeam Task Manager for Hyper-V – was released...
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Exchange 2010 SP3 Update Rollup 8 released and then pulled!
On the 9th December Microsoft released the Exchange 2010 SP3 Update Rollup 8. The Update Rollup 8 for Exchange Server 2010 SP3 contains the fixes for the security issue that is described in KB2986475....
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Exchange 2010 SP3 Update Rollup 8 v2 released and installation tips
On 9th December Microsoft released the Exchange 2010 SP3 Update Rollup 8, the update was subsequently pulled and then re-released as Update Rollup 8 v2 a few days later. See my post regarding the...
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Top 10 Blog posts of 2014
Happy New Year! Following on from 2013’s success, 2014 was a busy blogging year, with 66 posts, 560,000 views and visitors from 218 countries! The OxfordSBSGuy.com blog has gone from strength to...
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