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Lync 2013 Client for Mobile – Cart before horse
Heads up in case you come across this… What So you’ve just installed the new Lync 2013 Mobile client (iOS, Android and possibly Windows 8) and you get the following error (You can’t sign in with this version of Lync. Please install Lync 2010). Ya, I was excited too, to see it in the Canadian …
Read onThe App Pitch Vancouver–March 13, 2013
Cool event coming to Vancouver, March 13th. What is the App Pitch? The App Pitch is the opportunity to show the Vancouver startup, student, designer and developer community YOUR app ideas for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8. Register to pitch your app as an individual or as a team of two. You will …
Read onLoving us some PowerPivot and our 50” LED Screen
With our 2013 migration complete, we’ve been polishing up our BI (thanks Jarrod and Colin) and refreshing the office LED Screen. This is powerful for us as those doing a “walk by” are always aware of any risks or challenges. Combined with our Orb, we are really plugged into our business and becoming less and …
Read onFound a USB to Ethernet Adapter for my UltraBook that was completely plug and play with Windows 8
In case this helps someone else, as I didn’t come across many sites or resources (just jibber jabber in forums)… What I was looking for a USB to Ethernet adapter for my new Windows 8 UltraBook (Lenovo Yoga … sweet by the way) as it only comes with wireless networking (a trend I think that …
Read onHelp Eliminate annoying 1111 System Event Log Entries
You know what I’m talking about. You are wading through Event Logs on a server and see a bunch of event logs you are going to ignore, but look critical. RED. EXCLAMATION POINTS! Ack! While there are ways to turn this off server side (though I’m still looking for the trick on 2012, must find …
Read onFix for The WebReady Document Viewing service has been disabled by the administrator for your organization
I got Exchange wired up with Office Web Apps tonight for previewing supported documents right inside Webmail but had to fight a strange issue. Your mileage may vary but thought I’d share the fix that worked for me… Reference Article: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj150495.aspx Before The WebReady Document Viewing service has been disabled by the administrator for your …
Read onWhich Hyper-V Host Am I on?
I was trying to determine which Hyper-V host I was on today. I discovered that this setting is captured in the registry (perhaps there is a way in the GUI to find it quickly but I didn’t see anything that stood out). So, with some handy PowerShell (this should work on Windows Server 2008, 2008 …
Read onNow where did I put those PowerPivot DMP files?
In Central Admin today, I was reviewing “problems and solutions” and discovered we were having a little bit of grief with PowerPivot. PowerPivot: One or more minidump files were found in the Logs directory, indicating a program crash I did read the details it gave me but I guess being an “old Windows guy”, …
Read onTwo Thumbs
Kick Ass. Whose got two thumbs and is now (immensely) enjoying the benefits of Windows Server 2012, SQL Server 2012, SharePoint 2013, Exchange 2013, Lync 2013, Nintex 2013, Office 2013 and Windows 8. That’s right. This guy!
Read onHow to set the Exchange 2013 Mail Header/Banner for SMTP
What For mail to be delivered reliably with any mail system, it should come from a mail source that is deemed trustworthy. There are many factors including SenderID/SPF, open SMTP ports, Reverse DNS (PTR) records, etc. But as well, the banner of the mail server should really match the host they are expecting to connect …
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