Windows 10 Anniversary Update Released

So it’s been a whole year since the release of Windows 10 and Microsoft have today released the “Windows 10 Anniversary Update”. There are a number of new features and changes being included in this update including: Start Menu layout and design changes Taskbar changes Microsoft Edge Extensions added and new improvements Windows Ink new feature Xbox Play Anywhere new feature …

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Skype v7.26 Released – MSI Download Link & Silent Install Instructions

Skype version 7.26 has now been released and if you would like to either add this to your Configuration Manager Software Catalog or even have it available through WDS or Group Policy, then you will want to download the MSI file for it. Skype do provide a direct download link for its Skype software and the installer is packaged as …

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How to Show Shoretel User Licenses Allocations

If you have a Shoretel telephony system in your corporate environment and you want to know which extensions have which licenses, then you can do this by running a simple query across your Shoretel MySQL database. Login to your HQ server and open MySQL and login to your main Shoretel database. Then run these following queries on it: Show all …

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Export Exchange Mailbox Address Details to CSV

If you need to export your Exchange mailbox address details to CSV then you can run the following EMS PowerShell command to export the name, primary SMTP email address and the mailbox database where the mailbox is allocated. Get-Recipient -Resultsize unlimited | select name, primarysmtpaddress, Database | export-csv C:tempaddresses.csv You can change the file location to wherever you want to …

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SCCM OSD Fails with Error 80220005 at the “Apply Windows Settings” step

If you are trying to deploy an operating system using SCCM and you are getting an error 80220005 at the “Apply Windows Settings” step, then there can be two reasons for this. One is that the computer name that you are trying to give to the machine is over 16 characters long and will cause a failure. The second is …

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SCCM Distribution Point Pre-Requisite Powershell Script

If you are setting up some distribution points for Configuration Manager (SCCM) then you will need to ensure that you have all the correct server features installed and also the correct firewall ports opened. To do this, we have created a quick PowerShell script to carry this all out for us. To download this script for yourselves, please click the …

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