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  • Hosting Virtual Machines in Azure IaaS - Part 2 Prepare the session

    Posted 6 months ago
    by Sachin Filinto}
    ########################################################################### # Prepare the session # ########################################################################### # Reference http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/jj152841...

  • Spelunking with the Key Management Server (KMS) to activate office 2013.

    Posted 6 months ago
    by Sachin Filinto}
    Some learnings of the week gone by… Methods of activating Office 2013 1. Multiple Activation Key (MAK) MAK activates systems on a one-time basis, using Microsoft's hosted activation services, either via the Internet or by telephone...

  • Hosting Virtual Machines in Azure IaaS - Part 1 Prepare the Workstation for connecting to the azure subscription

    Posted 6 months ago
    by Sachin Filinto}
    I have been using azure for hosting my virtual machines for several months. I will not list the advantages it gives me in this blob, but since i did not find any blog listing out the steps for an ITpro to simply follow, i am putting the steps i personally...

  • How to Migrate Distribution Groups Across a Forest

    Posted 9 months ago
    by Sachin Filinto}
    Building on my previous couple of blogs on Cross-Forest Migration, in this blog I will describe how Groups can be successfully migrated across a forest. I will also list out some gotchas & how they can be addressed. Migrating groups is something...

  • Flesch Reading Ease

    Posted over 1 year ago
    by Sachin Filinto}
      Thanks to an internal communiqué, I recently came across a Readability test of word documents. Surely made for some interesting reading. To Enable it, you need to enable readability statistics from the options.   Once done, on completing a...

  • Patching Exchange 2010 Servers

    Posted over 1 year ago
    by Sachin Filinto}
      I Often get questions around how best to install Exchange updates or service packs. This Blog Post attempts to answer that Question. To start with, I recommend having a Patch management Policy. A Good Patch management policy document should have...

  • Some Quick Leanings of Exchange 2013

    Posted over 1 year ago
    by Sachin Filinto}
      *Features ~95.5% reduction in IOPS Exchange 2013 is capable of being deployed in a multi-site worldwide architecture with a single namespace. ( using multiple technologies ) Auto re-seed to spare disk. ( but needs operational maturity )  ...

  • Executing Exchange PowerShell commands from a CMD Prompt

    Posted over 1 year ago
    by Sachin Filinto}
    A Quick blog on how to execute an Exchange PowerShell script (.ps1 extension) from a command prompt. A .ps1 cannot be executed from a Command prompt. to execute it one needs to use a PowerShell shell. Further if this script calls any exchange cmdlet,...

  • A Quick Note on ADMT Versions & Pre-requisites.

    Posted over 1 year ago
    by Sachin Filinto}
    ADMT At the time of writing this Blog; ADMT 3.1 - 32 Bit version. ( Will not install on Windows 2008R2 ) This installer has SQL 2005 Express Edition ( with necessary service pack integrated into the installer ) ADMT 3.2 - 64 Bit Version. ( The first &...

  • Moving to a new forest and retaining the same SMTP domain ( with native scripts ) - Part II

    Posted over 1 year ago
    by Sachin Filinto}
      3. Moving the Active Directory account using ADMT ADMT is a great tool for Migrating and Restructuring Active Directory Domains ( user accounts, passwords, groups & group membership, computer accounts & much more.) However It is very important...

  • Moving to a new forest and retaining the same SMTP domain ( with native scripts ) - Part I

    Posted over 2 years ago
    by Sachin Filinto}
    The purpose of this blog is to document how a cross-forest migration is done with native Exchange 2010 tools. Another reason I am writing this blog is that I did not find this method documented either in the Microsoft community content nor on the internet...

  • Architecting Virtual Workloads - Exchange 2010

    Posted over 2 years ago
    by Sachin Filinto}
    Some months back I delivered a session on virtualizing exchange server for Microsoft Partners who in turn deploy exchange for their customers. I had forgotten about this until last week when a customer asked me for the slide deck. Key Points for...

  • My first Panorama

    Posted over 3 years ago
    by Sachin Filinto}
    Here is another reason I love the company I work for. On a recent trip to the remote northern border of our country, I decided to make a panorama of a lake I saw. Quickly clicked several photos standing at the edge of the lake & when I got back home...

  • Always SSL when using Hotmail

    Posted over 3 years ago
    by Sachin Filinto}
    Many years back I setup ISA Server ( V 2000 ) in proxy mode for a customer. Playing around with it I saw how easy it was to eavesdrop on any e-mail & IM traffic ( MSN & Yahoo ) leaving the corporate network via the ISA Proxy. Capturing the password...

  • Sharing files with users on the internet using fuselabs

    Posted over 3 years ago
    by Sachin Filinto}
    Given that everything is now moving to being cloud based, I tried using DriveSpace for sharing an excel file with a relative. Unfortunately I did not know her Live ID ( dint even know if she had one ) but went ahead and sent an invite to her gmail address...

  • Finding Commands On the Office 2007/2010 Ribbon.

    Posted over 3 years ago
    by Sachin Filinto}
    With Office 2007 & 2010 coming up with a Ribbon, Struggling to find where the command / feature you used in Office 2003 was, might not be uncommon. Having spend time 'searching' for the commands myself I understand the pain. A nice tool from...

  • Solving The Family Tree Challenge With Visio

    Posted over 3 years ago
    by Sachin Filinto}
    I love Microsoft products. Here is an example of why. Working for Microsoft I get to play around with them for free. This Blog is an example of what I am talking about. A couple of years back my mother started documenting our entire extended family...

  • Some more blogs....

    Posted over 3 years ago
    by Sachin Filinto}
    When i Travel the Juices of thought flow. given that i have been Travelling this week after a long time, got many thoughts in my mind. so i am just completing a couple of blogs.

  • Windows Hot-fixes needed for Exchange 2010 Sp1

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Sachin Filinto}
    I dint find this well documented anywhere hence I put together this Blog post on the required hotfixes for Exchange 2010 sp1 on Windows 2008 R2 . As you may already know a total of 6 Hotfixes are required. Kb 979099 http://www.microsoft...

  • New Calendar Publishing features of Exchange 2010.

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Sachin Filinto}
    You may have heard of an Outlook feature to publish a calendar to the internet. ( link available in the Further Reading Section ) This works well, however there was a limitation. You need outlook to be opened regularly to push the details onto...

  • Server Hardening

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Sachin Filinto}
    Two incidents in a month prompted me to write this blog; Incidents where I spent so much time in troubleshooting why a certain product was not working the way it should. The culprit eventually turned out to be "Server hardening". Modern Operating...

  • Cleaning up personal information from office documents.

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Sachin Filinto}
    Do this. Pickup any office document ( Word , Excel, Powerpoint ) which was sent across to you & have a look at the properties. Bet you could be amazed with the details you find. In some documents I received I found details of persons who...

  • Secure Printing

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Sachin Filinto}
    Picture this scenario. You have a bunch of documents to be printed and the contents are not desirable to be public. ( e.g. Your pay slip ) The printer is always busy and colleagues hanging around at all times. Here is a solution which have...

  • Prevent Reply-all without IRM

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Sachin Filinto}
    And then there was IRM which allowed an e-mail sender to restrict a recipient from reply-all functionality. Very Useful when sending an e-mail to a large amount of people. (I will not discuss pain points here. ) But how about preventing a reply...

  • Some 'work In progress blogs'

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Sachin Filinto}
    Solving the family tree challenge with Visio ( long one ) securing printing removing hidden document information Securing your Home Wi-fi internet connection. ( long one ) and many more... ( which i started first writing on the 22 may 2009...