• How To Hide Server Manager At Logon

    Since some of my test machines are a touch low on resources, having to wait for the server manager process to finish loading can be a little bit painful. There are group policy and local policy options to suppress this in addition to editing the registry...
  • Exchange 2013 CU5 Released

    Exchange 2013 CU5 has been released to the Microsoft download centre! Exchange 2013 has a different servicing strategy than Exchange 2007/2010 and utilises Cumulative Updates (CUs) rather than the Rollup Updates (RU/UR) which were used previously. CUs...
  • Exchange 2010 SP3 RU6 Released

    The Exchange team today announced the availability of Update Rollup 6 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 3 . RU6 is the latest rollup of customer fixes available for Exchange Server 2010. The release contains fixes for customer reported issues and...
  • Registry Editor Favourites - Who Knew?

    When I was in Seattle for some internal training in January, one of the chaps delivering a demo used a feature that I wish I’d known about previously. When he was demonstrating some of the update mechanics for Office Pro Plus he immediately skipped...
  • Enabling ADFS 2012 R2 Extranet Lockout Protection

    Security is an integral aspect of running modern IT operations. There is a clear understanding that we need to protect our IT assets, company data and personal identifiable information. So when we discuss a migration to Office 365, security is an inevitable...