Exchange 2013 CU13

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Exchange 2013 Cumulative Update 13 contains approximately 21 fixes along with new daylight saving time (DST) update for Exchange.  One notable security issue that is patched in this version of Exchange is described in MS16-079.  For new installations of Exchange 2013 you should install Exchange 2013 using the latest downloadable Exch CU media.  Any existing version of Exchange 2013 can be upgraded directly to Exchange 2013 CU13.  **Warning: Exchange 2013 CU13 introduces a public folder indexing Read more [...]

launch a true powershell window from command prompt

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Issue: You need to launch a new powershell window from a command prompt.  This is useful in many scenarios including managing a Windows Hyper-V core server.

Solution: From a command prompt, enter the following: runas /user:administrator “powershell.exe”

Or for PowerShell version 2.0:
runas /user:administrator “powershell.exe -version 2.0”

Look for my next article on managing Hyper-V Server Core from Powershell…

How to Install Dell Firmware+Bios updates ESXi hosts

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Issue: you need to install Dell Firmware and Bios Updates on a VMWare ESXi host server. How to Install individual Dell Firmware / Bios updates using DOS USB Bootable.  For example I installed H800 firmware update using this method: "How to create a Bootable USB Pen drive / Flash USB key using the DELL Diagnostics Utility" https://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/04/SLN284362/EN Alternatively you can create an Install package of multiple updates by creating bootable Dell repository. Update Read more [...]

How to get Cloud free for Nonprofits

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Did you know that nonprofits can often qualify for free Cloud solutions, that for-profit businesses pay tens of thousands for monthly or annually. By leveraging free or discounted cloud solutions, a non-profits only cost will be their IT implementation services, which is often less than half of the over cost for IT. Free cloud solutions for non-profits ranges from hosted email to full infrastructure. Imagine no longer bearing the cost of in-house IT and getting out of the IT hardware game altogether, Read more [...]

reinstall or disable Time Matters add-ins and integration

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The correct way to re-install, disable or change Time Matters application integration, for example Time Matters Outlook Add-In's is to select/unselect them in the Time Matters application itself. Launch Time Matters by right clicking 'run as administrator' Click File > Setup > General > Workstation Level Click 'External Program Setup' Modify the application integration checkboxes as needed.  For example unchecking the Outlook related checkboxes will properly remove the Time Read more [...]