I was working with a client today trying to talk about the Distributed Cache in SharePoint 2013 and I found this great article by Sean McDonough (spmcdonough). http://blog.idera.com/sharepoint/the-five-minute-cheat-sheet-on-sharepoint-2013s-distributed-cache-service/ High points: Distributed Cache replaces the older Cache mechanisms in SharePoint 2007 and 2010 and adds some security stuff as well Runs on the AppFabric Cache model…
This is the second of a three part blog series highlighting the integration available between System Center Operations Manager 2012 and SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor. This topic was initially mentioned around the timeframe of the Microsoft Management Summit this year – information is available at: http://myitforum.com/myitforumwp/2013/04/09/monitor-the-monitor-alert-on-operations-manager-health/. I’ve been working with the folks at SolarWinds…
I’ve run into multiple issues with this task, so I thought I’d write a post on how to successfully update your Exchange 2010 Edge server to Service Pack 3. In my scenario, I’m running a single server with the following services: Exchange 2010 SP1 Edge server Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 Forefront Protection for…
One of the new features of SharePoint 2013 is improved Social features. The activity feed is significantly improved and integrated with hash tags to make it easier to see content from people that you are not following. The ability to follow a user, a document, a site, a hashtag all make it easier to interact…
A good friend of mine reached out to me recently to ask me a candid question. He works in the monitoring industry and has a lot of history using open source solutions such as Nagios. Here’s what he asked and my thoughts on the topic. Question: “Why should I use SCOM to monitor my…
Microsoft has released Office for iPhone! All iPhone users can download it, however, only users with an active Office 365 subscription can use it. First Look In the Apple App Store, search for Microsoft Office or Microsoft Office Mobile After downloading and opening the app, the next step is to sign in with your Office…
At first glance – there really isn’t much to the current version of the management pack (6.0.5000.0). It does not even include views to see the health of WSUS (as discussed in this thread) . But if you are using this version of WSUS you need something to monitor it and this is what’s currently…
Remove messages from queue with specific subject: Remove-Message -Filter {Subject -eq "ENTERSUBJECT HERE"} -WithNDR $false
Microsoft is rolling out two factor authentication for Windows Azure Active Directory (WAAD) called Windows Azure Active Authentication, http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/services/identity/. I wanted to give this a test drive, here is my experience with the new Active Authentication. Setup Microsoft published a TechNet Article about configuring WAAD for Active Authentication, http://technet.microsoft.com/library/dn249466.aspx From the Article: Creating an Active…
At MMS 2013, Rob Doucette showcased their Hyper-V capacity planning in VMM with a very cool free extension. A subset of that presentation is available here. In summary, this is an extremely cool free extension to Virtual Machine Manager 2012 which provides tips for hosts and virtual machines in VMM. After a quick talk with…
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