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As a SCCM administrator you are probably fully aware that you have a lot of power available to you when carrying out deployments using task sequences. But you can add even more options to SCCM task sequences by adding Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) integration. This gives you a load more options during a task sequence including a large number of …
How to create a MDT Package within SCCM Read MoreWhen using Configuration Manager, you may find that some things may not work fully if you are also behind a web security proxy service. We came across this problem recently where the Asset Intelligence Point was being blocked from contacting the internet due to web security. This caused this error in our Configuration Manager Console: So we started to investigate …
SCCM – Full list of web security proxy exceptions Read MoreFollowing on from some of our previous product reviews, we have been sent the Eyn iPhone Wallet Case to test out. We have had it for around two weeks and been using it with an iPhone 7 every day since it was received. Our full review below has been carried out by one of our ladies who loves a pink …
Eyn iPhone Wallet Case Review Read MoreA few days ago we posted here about two Microsoft updates that had been causing us a number of problems with our older Windows 7 machines. We thought that we had resolved all of our issues in relation to these updates, but we have this week seen machines dropping off the network and ramdomly rebooting themselves when connecting to wireless networks. …
KB4099950 & KB4093113 – Yet More Faulty Windows Updates Released by Microsoft Read MoreWe have recently been testing the Vapor Zeus Kit supplied to us from Vapor4Life.com and having used it for close to three weeks, this is our review from one of guys who is trying to quit smoking. Delivery and Packaging The Vapor Zeus Kit from Vapor4Life.com arrived extremely quickly and in excellent packaging. The kit came from the USA to …
Vapor Zeus Kit Review from Vapor4Life.com Read MorePowershell is an awesome tool and can help IT professionals in gathering information in a split second whereas otherwise it could take hours manually. We were recently asked to carry out a number of tasks for information gathering for annual housekeeping. The tasks were varied but were made up of information from Active Directory and Exchange. This meant that we …
Powershell – Export all members of all AD Security Groups to CSV Read MoreWe recently received a request to provide a project manager with a full list of all shared mailboxes with their primary SMTP addresses that were in Microsoft Exchange. To do this is a pretty straight forward task using Exchange Management Shell (EMS). Just go ahead and open your EMS and run the following command: This will go through your Exchange …
Exchange Shell – Get all shared mailboxes with primary SMTP Read MoreMicrosoft have yet again released another Windows Update which has caused corruption and crashing on Windows computers. We have particularly hit with issues on Windows 7 machines. Although there are reported issues with Server 2008 R2 as well. So, having spent a few hours searching for todays culprit, we found that the update causing the issue is this one: KB4093118 …
KB4093118 & KB4093108 – Another Faulty Windows Update Released by Microsoft Read MoreThere was a surprise release of Football Manager Touch for the Nintendo Switch today. Priced at just £29.99 in the UK, this could be a game changer for the Switch. Football Manager has long had a cult following and the release of their Touch version could open up a completely new demographic for the Switch. Being a massive Football Manager …
Football Manager Touch on Nintendo Switch Read MoreIf you want to use Active Directory modules for Powershell then you can will need to run the commands to import the required module and then install the RSAT tools. To do this, open up an elevated Powershell command box and run the following command to import the Server Manager module: Import-Module ServerManager Once that has completed, then run the …
Import Active Directory Powershell Module Read MoreUsers love to keep their email for as long as they possibly can, but when IT Admins start telling them to archive their email because their mailbox is too big, sometimes things get worse and PST files end up being created all over your corporate Filestores. Even worse than that, users will create their PST files and keep them locally …
SCCM – Report on PST File Locations Read MoreWe have been looking into a problem with our RSS feed which has not been working correctly for a while. We were not aware of this until recently and we have now found that due to the number of posts on our blog, the feed was too large and causing timeouts. This means that anyone using Feedburner, RSS or Feedly …
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