Why IAAAlways use TLS for everything
I was reading an Ars Technica article about the latest big routing mistake on the Interwebs, recent 'misconfigurations' by China Telecom, and speculation whether they were actually mistakes or...
View ArticleSoftphone integration with Active Directory\Office 365 contacts
Hello everyone,I need a suggestion for a reasonably priced or free softphone that integrates with Active Directory or\and Office 365 contact list. The softphone must support SIP trunking.Is anyone...
View ArticleInfographic: The Game Is On for College Esports
It’s only been two years since the National Association of Collegiate Esports launched, but its rapid jump in membership speaks volumes about the popularity of this newest campus sport! Just how...
View ArticleSmart TV / Laptop Wireless Screen Mirroring
We currently have Samsung Smart TV's and have been using WIN10 Laptops to to a screen share to them but with issues. The connections drop and freeze randomly and many blogs I have read all users...
View ArticleWindows 1803 Oct Cumulative Update caused kernelbase.dll issues. Is it fixable?
I closely watch sites like AskWoody to get a feel for the safety level of Windows Updates. Unfortunately, I used myself as a guinea pig for the October cumulative update to 1803.Shortly after the...
View Article802.1x Wireless Issues after Domain Schema Upgrade
We are using 802.1x authentication for our staff WiFi network. Our wireless infrastructure consists of a pair of Cisco 2504 WLC (configured for HA) and 10 Cisco APs. Over the past year, we completed a...
View ArticleMicron’s 5210 ION Enterprise SATA QLC SSD Delivers 8x Faster Machine Learning!
Colfax just published their findings in “How New QLC SATA SSDs Deliver 8x Faster Machine Learning,” a white paper in which they analyze how the Micron 5210 SSD outperforms legacy (traditional) machine...
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No CAL Required
Do you have backup or storage needs and are in a #Windows environment? Our Windows Storage Servers feature no Client Access Licenses (CAL) required. This allows you no additional costs for adding...
View ArticleIssues with BItLocker after installing a new hard drive on ThinkPad T420s
Hello,I have a Lenovo ThinkPad T420s on which I have installed a brand new Intel SSD hard drive. Then I've installed fresh Windows 10 Pro, but can't get the BitLocker to work with TPM. When enabling...
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Favorite Thanksgiving food or drink?
Food lovers unite!Turkey is good, but... What are your favorite Thanksgiving sides, appetizers, or drinks?Please share, so we can all join you, in your splurge this year!The 2 best submissions will...
View ArticleAD FS - Broken, or incomplete setup?
I have just inherited a Very Exciting Network. TL;DR - well-established company has plowed through six sysadmins in the last few years and there isn't a single complete project - just mountains of...
View ArticleCongrats to our newest PC!!
Ladies, and gentlemen, without further ado...Gary D Williams!!
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Crisis and Disaster Management: Are you Ready for 2019?
With 2018 coming to a close, what can businesses do in order to ensure they are properly preparing for the coming year's risk of crisis and natural disaster? Below I will outline a few best practices...
View ArticleiPhone sluggishness/slow mail delivery. A worn SIM connector may be the culprit
Learned a new one yesterday...A colleague noticed his iPhone seemed kind of slow lately for no apparent reason. I feared it might be some form of malware or spyware...He took it in to have a mobile...
View ArticleServer 2012 R2 UPDs corrupt on server crash
Hello,I have about 12 RDSH with a connection broker.From time to time windows crashes and reboots and users get a temp profile.I tried closing files on the File server where the UPDs are stored but...
View ArticleSBS 2011 to Server 2016 with Office 365 Migration
My dear fellow Spiceheads,I want to migrate my SBS2011 to a Server 2016 Standard server. Exchange has already been migrated to Office 365. I tried looking for some guides but a lot of them talk about...
View ArticleThis is some "Heavy" news.
So apparently, scientists decided it's time to change up how we weigh things and are going to be swapping out the current standard for something else. Does this mean we have to go to remedial school?...
View ArticleInteractive Big Screen TV / Monitor Options
Several years ago we purchased a "BigTouch", interactive 70" TV / Computer/ Touch-screen Monitor. Basically it was a big touch-screen monitor with an integrated PC running Windows 10.It has since...
View ArticleIncrease Office365 message send and receive limits
I'd like to increase all mailbox send and receive limits in our O365 environment, anyway to do this with PS or something else? Obviously, changing each mailbox isn't a good use of time. Ty all!
View ArticleMailbox permissions
Hello, I am in a hybrid O365 environment with one way replication (to the cloud). I need to be able to read Send As and Full Access permissions on a shared mailbox via power shell.I tried the...
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