Monthly IT Newsletter–August 2016

Microsoft Exchange:

· Unable Connect Exchange Remote PowerShell Using Windows 10 Anniversary Update –

· Migrating to Exchange Server 2016 –

· Exchange Server 2016 and Microsoft Cloud (Part 9) –

· How to Change the From Address in OWA

· How to Unblock a Mobile Device in Exchange Server

· SenderID, SPF, DKIM and DMARC in Exchange 2016 – Part II

· Reasons not to move from on-premises Exchange to Office 365

· Installing Cumulative Updates and Service Packs for Exchange Server 2013

· Analyzing Exchange Logs with Azure Log Analytics (Part 1)

Skype for Business:

· Lync 2013 Server Update – August 2016 –

· Lync 2013 / SfB 2015 Client Security Update – August 2016 –

· Lync/S4B Client Can Normalize Numbers with Plus Sign?!?!? –

· Skype for Business – Migration Methodology –

· AudioCodes SBC 7.2 firmware –

· Skype for Business – Update Installer – There were errors during the installation process.

· Cloud Connector Edition 1.4.1 with Management Service for Auto-Upgrades

· Why you should never route internal Skype4B media traffic externally

· The UC Bell: Skype for Business 2016 clients only support new (V16) ICE

· Skype for Business Support Q & A: Common Causes of Users Reporting “Call Dropped on Answer”

· Sonus SBC1k2k Release Notes

· North American Call Authorization Tricks

· UC Software Release Version 5.4.4 Rev P

Active Directory:

· What’s new in Active Directory for Windows Server 2016 –

· 23 more apps now work with #AzureAD! –

· #AzureAD Mailbag: MFA Q&A, Round 5! –

· How to export users data which reported to have validation error in Azure AD Connect –

· #AzureAD Conditional Access Policies for iOS, Android and Windows are in Preview!

· Microsoft Authenticator: Updates on our unexpected hit app!

· Update enables you to use one certificate for multiple Relying Party Trusts in an AD FS 2.1 farm

· #AzureAD Identity Protection news: Enhanced support for federation and European availability!

· Windows 2012 Active Directory Add A Record into DNS via PowerShell

Office 365:

· Important notice for Office 365 email customers who have configured connectors –

· July 2016 Updates to Office 365 for IT Pros, 3rd Edition –

· Office 365 news roundup –

· Office365 Licensing Management Agent for Microsoft Identity Manager –

· Office 365 Workshop Links–August 2016

· Schedule Office 365 PowerShell Tasks Using Azure Automation

· Ensuring mobile devices are up to date using Microsoft Intune

· Microsoft Intune provides day 0 support for Android Nougat

· Productivity and inclusion—Office 365 accessibility update

Microsoft Azure:

· Azure Multi-Factor Authentication Server version 7.1.2.1 for your convenience –

· #Azure updates Aug 2016 –

· Announcing Azure App Service MySQL in-app (preview) –

· Azure DevTest Labs Artifact for Installing PowerShell on Linux

· Why enterprises trust Azure with their apps and data

· JSON support is generally available in Azure SQL Database

· Application Insights: Track an Analytics query in a dashboard

· Network topology considerations when using Azure AD Application Proxy

· Implementing Microsoft’s hybrid cloud solution

Windows Client, Windows Server and Windows Phone:

· Hyper-V raises the bar on scale. Again –

· Windows 10 build 14393.103 for PC and Mobile now available in Slow and Release Preview rings –

· Windows 10 Anniversary Update crashes when a Kindle is plugged in –

· This Week on Windows: Cortana tips, Windows 10 PC offers and more

· Where did the native NAT switch go in Windows 10 1607?

· Windows 7, 8.1 moving to Windows 10’s cumulative update model

· How to prevent accidental DNS Zone deletions in Windows Server

· Windows Server 2016 Launches in September; Free License for VMWare Users Who Migrate

· Microsoft goes after VMware with free(ish) Windows licenses for Hyper-V converts

Microsoft Office:

· August 2016 updates for Get & Transform in Excel 2016 and the Power Query add-in

· Microsoft releases a 64-bit version of Office for Mac for everyone

· OneNote Diagnostics Tool

· How to create automatic lists from your custom tags in #OneNote

· What is Exclusive About Microsoft Office?

SharePoint & Office Web App Server:

· SharePoint 2013: Presentation: IT pro training

· SharePoint 2010 The search service stopped the filter daemon because it was consuming too many resources

· The SharePoint Framework (SPFx) is here!

· When a GUID is not really unique – I’m looking at you SharePoint!

SQL:

· Critical Update for SQL Server 2016 Analysis Services (KB3179258)

· Microsoft® SQL Server® 2014 SP2 Latest Cumulative Update

· Five must-see speakers at the Microsoft Data Science Summit

· ODBC Driver 13.1 for SQL Server released

· Data Resiliency in Office 365

· Privacy in Office 365

System Center:

· Update Rollup 11 for System Center 2012 R2 –

· ConfigMgr OMS Connector –

· OpsMgr Agent Task to Configure OMS Network Performance Monitor Agents

· OMS Network Performance Monitor Power BI Report

· How to Enable Updates and Servicing in SCCM 1511

· Support Tip: Some Microsoft Operations Manager Management Packs Require Proxy Configuration

KB’s:

· DFS Replication: How to troubleshoot missing SYSVOL and Netlogon shares

· You can’t view mailbox folders on an Exchange ActiveSync or Outlook client after an IMAP migration

· Test-OutlookConnectivity cmdlet fails with “Sequence contains no elements” error in Exchange Server

· Calls to UM Auto Attendant fail when custom greetings are used

· Delivery receipts aren’t generated when users send mail to external recipients

· Large mailbox migrations are slow because of network latency

· You can’t leave voice mails after an Exchange UM Routing application is recovered from an outage in Lync Server 2013

· Long silence when you dial into a meeting in Lync Server 2013 that has name recording disabled

· MS16-098: Description of the security update for Windows kernel-mode drivers: August 9, 2016

Downloads & Recent Releases:

· Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 14.6.7 Update

· Tracking the Support Lifecycle of Microsoft Products

· Visual Studio “15” Preview 4 now available, bringing improvements to the installer

· Microsoft Lync Room System Administrative Web Portal for Lync Server 2013

· System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager Cmdlet Library

· Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable Update 3

Scripts & PowerShell:

· Microsoft announces PowerShell is open sourced, available on Linux –

· Install PowerShell on Ubuntu 16.04 –

· Roll back UPN Script –

· PowerShell DSC and implicit remoting broken in KB3176934

· PowerShell Desired State Configuration: DSC Resources

· Script to create missing DNS records for DHCP clients

· Use PowerShell to maintain IIS logs

· Inject PowerShell into Azure VM using VM Agent

· How to recyle the application pool if the response time of website is high

· Determining which version and edition of SQL Server Database Engine is running

· PowerShell Script to Convert Shared Mailbox or User Mailbox with Delegates into Distribution Group