After you install or upgrade the new CA and certificate chain in your environment, you need to verify that all the servers and network devices trust the new authorities. This also applies to the reverse proxy and sometimes it gets little more complicated. This is a scenario that the client certificate was issued by the…
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Update Your KMS Service Key To Activate Windows Server 2012 R2 And Windows 8.1
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Yahoo is so irresponsible – Yahoo China to end email services
Related news: Yahoo China to end email services – China News – SINA English. Yahoo China detected my @yahoo.com account and gave me the reminder every time when I log in, but in the page it only mentioned @yahoo.com.cn and @yahoo.cn will be stopped. My email is @yahoo.com, then what? The problem is my…
It seems Apple is not perfect
Problem, early this year: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4100536?start=0&tstart=0 Three years ago: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2615197?start=0&tstart=0 Last year: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3753653?start=0&tstart=0 Last month: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2537287?start=0&tstart=0 Something could be done on the server side, like this: http://www.amixa.com/blog/2012/07/03/iphone-ipad-cannot-verify-server-identity-ssl-issue-and-resolution/; but Apple is not configurable.
Improvements in customizing UI in UAG
There are few improvements, the major improvement is the portal (PortalHomePage) which is ASP.NET with Ajax and now you have CSS and XML for strings. You can read the Forefront UAG customization guide: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee861168.aspx The following topics describe: Customizing the portal—The customizations you can make to the Forefront UAG portal to modify the look and…
Active an Office KMS host offline
To active an Office KMS host via the Internet, you can follow the instructions in the following links: http://blogs.technet.com/b/odsupport/archive/2012/11/07/how-to-setup-kms-activation-host-for-microsoft-office-2013-on-windows-server-2012.aspx http://blogs.technet.com/b/odsupport/archive/2013/01/03/how-to-setup-microsoft-office-2013-kms-host-on-windows-server-2008-r2.aspx But if you want to keep your KMS host off from the Internet, you can use the Deployment Guide for Office 2013, which can be downloaded from Microsoft. Here are some notes: Run the following…
Windows Azure Overview
Cloud ComputingInfrastructure/Platform/Software as a ServiceApp-Data-Runtime-Middleware-O/S-Virtualization-Servers-Storage-Networking… a boring video about Microsoft moduler datacentre contrainer … Windows Azure Overview Windows Azure ComponentsSQL Databases, Tables, Blobs. Operational aspects. Database High Availability and Disaster Recovery Skillsets required for the operations team Monitor and diagnostics Premier Support for Windows Azure Premier Services
Why Windows Update always failed, and how to fix it?
Most of the time, Windows Update is something invisible to many PC users. Maybe you would notice the balloon pops up from the system tray once a month tells that the smart Microsoft software has done the update for you. But sometimes, especially on the 10+year-old Windows XP machines, this could be a headache, even…
SCOM best practices and web resources (a different version)
Best web resources: http://blogs.technet.com/b/kevinholman/ Recommended toolbox: – SCOM 2007 R2 resource kit – effective configuration viewer – MP viewer – Override explorer – MPtoXML.ps1 – Remote maintenance mode scheduler Best practices for SCOM: General Always run 64 bits hardware, OS and 64bits SQL Be sure to have enough bandwidth for core OpsMgr components and agents….
SCOM 2007 Administrative and implementation best practices
The best practices are collected and created by the OpsMgr team with feedback of the communication, Customers and MVP’s so the real world scenarios really get back in the following optimization tips. Agent management: Never connect agent directly to the Root Management server. Never connect gateway server directly to the Root management server. R2 improvement…