Reading Time: < 1 minuteMicrosoft System Center: Configuration Manager Field Experience (ISBN 9780735683044) by Rushi Faldu, Manish Raval, Brandon Linton, Kaushal Pandey and the System Center series editor Mitch Tulloch, is now available. DOWNLOADS Download the PDF here Download the companion content here Download Read More …
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Free ebook: Microsoft System Center: Optimizing Service Manager
Reading Time: < 1 minutethe next free ebook in our System Center series – Microsoft System Center: Optimizing Service Manager. DOWNLOAD LINKS Download the PDF – here Download the companion content – here Download the Mobi file for Kindle –here Download the ePub file Read More …
Free ebook: Microsoft System Center: Troubleshooting Configuration Manager
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMicrosoft System Center: Troubleshooting Configuration Manager (ISBN 9780735683020) by Rushi Faldu, Manoj Kumar Pal, Andre Della Monica, Kaushal Pandey, and the System Center series editor Mitch Tulloch, is now available. DOWNLOADS Download the PDF here Download the Mobi file for Read More …
Free ebook: Microsoft System Center: Cloud Management with App Controller
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMicrosoft System Center: Cloud Management with App Controller by Yung Chou and Keith Mayer, and the System Center series editor Mitch Tulloch, is now available. DOWNLOADS Download the PDF here Download the Mobi file for Kindle here Download the ePub Read More …
Free ebook: Introducing Microsoft System Center 2012 R2
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMicrosoft released a new free ebook – Introducing Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 by Mitch Tulloch with Symon Perriman and the System Center Team. Well at least couple of chapters are there 🙂 DOWNLOAD LINKS Download the PDF – here Read More …
Quick Start to Office 365 for Small to Medium Businesses
Reading Time: < 1 minuteQuoting exactly from the TechNet site (full copy & paste): Users are the key to realizing the full potential of your investment in Office 365. To drive user adoption to its highest potential, use our proven change management strategy to Read More …
Happy New Year: Taking A Break!
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHello folks, 2013 is coming to an end and it’s time for a time out 🙂 and it is time to close the channel here for a few weeks of rest, relaxation, and family time. It’s been a huge year Read More …
Exchange 2010 & 2013 Active/Passive Database IOPS Reduction
Reading Time: 3 minutesAs you can see, Microsoft has made a tremendous number of improvements with the way that Exchange Server manages it’s storage in DAG environments. Passive database copies generates fewer IOPS (a 50% reduction), and failover happens more quickly than ever Read More …
Exchange 2013: Activate Your Exchange Receive Connector
Reading Time: < 1 minuteVery small video, just showing which default connector you should active in your Exchange 2013 organization. All you have to do is to browse through the different receive connector, double click on it and save, and that would do the Read More …
Exchange Client Network Bandwidth Calculator
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAnother exchange based post for calculating the bandwidth requirement for the exchange clients. Link follows: Donload the excel file: http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/exchange/Exchange-Client-Network-8af1bf00/file/49302/4/Exchange%20Client%20Network%20Bandwidth%20Calculator%20-%20Public.0.48BETA4%20-%20TimeZone.v5.xlsx This is an excel file bearing 288KB of data.
Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Installation (PDF)
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAnd here is the final distribution of the document “Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Installation” in pdf format….people been asking for it and the link for the pdf download follows: Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Installation
Exchange Server 2013: Exchange Administration Center (EAC)
Reading Time: 2 minutesEAC is web-based management console in Exchange 2013 which is replaced EMC in Exchange 2010. The MMC base console used to be slow when it loads and new business logic in Exchange 2013 forced to have new EAC in my Read More …
Exchange 2013 Server Role Requirements Calculator v6.1
Reading Time: < 1 minuteToo many people have been asking me for the calculator, and I am tired of sending it by mails. now here is it. Quoting from the site “Microsoft has released the Exchange 2013 Mailbox Server Role Requirements Calculator long back Read More …
Windows Server 2012 R2: Fine Grained Password Policy for Relaxed CxO’s
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAnother small video that shows you how you can configure a relaxed password policy for the relaxed CxO’s 🙂 of your SOHO organization. I would not recommend it but your CxO’s needs to adhere to the global password complexity requirements, Read More …
Windows Server 2012 R2: Backing up your DNS Records
Reading Time: 2 minutesAbout DNS, a one liner: You might already know this, but saying it once more, that AD DS is heavily dependent on DNS since it resolves the naming systems. Backing up your DNS records is always a good idea, suppose Read More …
How To Create an Autodiscover Record for Exchange Server 2013/2010
Reading Time: 2 minutesFirst, an Autodiscover record is created in DNS to help mail clients connect to users to their respective mailboxes, as simple as that. Elaboration follows: Why do you need it? All you have to do is create an Autodiscover record. Read More …
Count Email Addresses per Mailbox
Reading Time: < 1 minuteRecently I’ve been struggling to find out how many users are there in a single mailbox…the following worked great after spending 4 hour of time…..wasted…due to lack of knowledge…anyway thought I should share this so that it might save time Read More …
Get All Active Email Addresses on Exchange Server 2013/2010/2007
Reading Time: 2 minutesFriend of mine asked me if I can help him out with his Exchange Server 2013 so that he can find out how many active email addresses are there, and can we produce a list of it or not. So Read More …
New hyper-v Online resize virtual hard disk in Windows Server 2012 R2
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe new Generation 2 Hyper-V that comes with Windows Server 2012 R2 having an extended feature rich capabilities. The summary follows: Feature or functionality New or updated Shared virtual hard disk New Resize virtual hard disk Updated Storage Quality of Read More …
Installing Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 – Continued
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDecember 2013 Issue: Installing Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 – Continued
Installing Microsoft Exchange Server 2013
Reading Time: < 1 minuteNovember 2013 Issue: Installing Microsoft Exchange Server 2013, continued to December 2013.
Windows Azure Hyper-V Recovery Manager- Last Part
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOctober Issue: Windows Azure Hyper-V Recovery Manager- Last Part
Windows Azure Hyper-V Recovery Manager
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSeptember Issue: The following article published on the September edition of the “Computer Bichitra”
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2 Preview Installation (PDF)
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAnd here is the file I have distributed earlier to my friends of net-workers. This pdf file explains the Installation of Active Directory, SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2012 and finally step by step installation of the Syctem Center Configuration Read More …
Issue an SSL Certificate (PKI) for Exchange Server 2013
Reading Time: 2 minutesPrimarily we can configure our AD to offer Certificates by installing the PKI infrastructure. This way we can configure the Root CA and have it configured to deploy for Exchange Server 2013. For internal purpose this is a common criteria Read More …
System Center Configuration Manager Company Portal App
Reading Time: 2 minutesQuoting from the web “The System Center Configuration Manager Company Portal app allows users of Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 machines to view and install applications made available to the user by their administrators. The machine must be managed by Read More …
Battery Cell Replacement for your OLD Laptop Battery
Reading Time: < 1 minuteJust showing how to replace your laptops battery cells. Just gently take out the cover, if you can retail the locks, then please do. Either way you are not gonna need it after opening a factory locked item, most likely Read More …
Lync Server 2013 Capacity Calculator
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHello folks, this is just a small post and is about Lync Server 2013 where you will need these tools for planning and sizing Lync 2013. People been asking about these files and here are the links. There is dedicated files that Read More …
USB Access to Generation 2 Hyper-V Method 2 (Enhanced Session Mode)
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA new training video has been uploaded in YouTube @ my channel. The Link for the video @ YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klzhkzJMW0I This video demonstrates how to access host machine resources like a USB thumb drive, portable mass storage etc. This process Read More …
Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Installation Notes
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLync Server 2010 Installation Prerequisites This document was prepared long back, but unfortunately forgot to share….now here it is. Click on the above link for the pdf.
What’s Discontinued in Exchange 2013
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLink to the excel file: Discontinued Features of Exchange Couple of my friends were asking for the features that were discontinued in Exchange 2013….and here is the list of it. This is just a screenshot; the link to the excel Read More …
Developer roadmap for Exchange
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWas wondering about this topic and found out the following….coders out there, this info is for you guys. Click for larger picture.
Features Removed from Outlook 2013
Reading Time: < 1 minuteJust a really short note, providing you the link for the comparison….nothing to talk about much…Click on HERE Another link @ Office @ Microsoft is HERE
Exchange 2003 Support in Outlook 2013
Reading Time: 2 minutesMany friends of the networkers were asking me this question, why can’t outlook 2013 fetch mails from Exchange 2003 Server? While my Android/iOS can? As a techie you can understand that there are various reson’s for it, but cannot explain Read More …
Outlook 2013: OST Cache Behavior
Reading Time: 4 minutesPeople been asking me about their version of Outlook 2013 Experience, and seeking explanations of Outlooks formations regarding Offline Storage files, which has OST extension. Allow me to explain that a bit. The new OST is much smaller than the Read More …
Audio Booth – Planning & Design
Reading Time: 2 minutesAudio_Booth_Diagram (3D Studio MAX Diagram File) This Booth is Planned, designed and implemented by me & Brian (Broadcast Engineer, BBC) over 5 years back. Recorded voice in a smooth suppressed environment, at first it was freaky for me to speak Read More …
Office Consumables Budgeting, Planning / Forecast
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOfficeConsumables-IT Now this file is designed to get a lineup/forecast of expenditure in the office/IT consumables. Have a look. Descriptions are added/removed and tied to SAP, GL Codes. The one I use right now is too complex to share and Read More …
Datacenter Civil Works / Office Setup
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOfficeSetup- Data-center-edited-final This file contains all electrical work, civil, and construction leads. I have been developing this long back since 2002. And I still am using it, updating as requirements pours in. (Ignore the spelling mistakes) Screen-Shot follows:
Active Directory- New User Account Request Form
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAD-Request-FORM, AccountRequest_DC Now these files were created long back while I was working @ BBC World Service Trust, Bangladesh. This form was introduced but never got used. I developed it nearly five years back. Screenshot follows:
Technical Specification or BOM of a DataCenter – Template
Reading Time: < 1 minuteNow this is a must have tool where the techies, need to lineup business requirements, which in turns aligns IT backbone requirements. It’s a four sheet layout culminating to a final BOM. Final page screenshot is provided. This file is Read More …
Software BOM Template
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHere is a sample BOM Template for your software deployment. I have used and modified it accordingly, as necessity arisen. Click HERE to get the xlsx file.
Test Plan & Fallback Plan
Reading Time: 20 minutesTest Plan The test plan covers the test strategy for client applications, how the test environment is configured, and how the team will test the installed/migrated database and support scripts. It describes the tools, methodologies, best practices, events, resources, and Read More …
Office Budgeting Spread Sheet
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis is sample budgeting I used long back….hope this helps a bit how to do the office expenses, maintain it…and stay alive in the business! You might have a similar or more complex document connected to more GL codes or Read More …
System Center 2012 R2 VHDs Download
Reading Time: < 1 minuteKind of late but friends of networkers been asking tirelessly to post the links for the VHD’s, and here it is. The download requires registration. You can also try System Center 2012 R2 by directly downloading VHDs that offer installed Read More …
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview: Enable Active Directory Recycle Bin
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis is rather small video. Describes how to enable the Active Directory Recycle Bin under Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2. And how to restore deleted items from the Active Directory Administrative Center. Moderate workaround is shown. The Link for the Read More …
Software Implementation RoadMAP – A Four Year Plan
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis excel (Soft-ImplementationRoadMap–V-4) file took me a long time to prepare. As I was helping out people of same sort (IT), were looking for something like this….to check and balance their progresses in a Yes/No format and all those software’s Read More …
IT RoadMap Planning
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe following file I’ve been using for long time, have a look, it might help you out a bit….the biig and the new one will be posted in another post. Search for the “Soft-ImplementationRoadMap–V-4”, this file is seriously important can Read More …
Install Desktop Experience Feature in Windows Server 2012 & R2
Reading Time: < 1 minuteJust a simple note, people being asking a lot that in a testbed solution they were unable to experience desktop features like Media playing capabilities, recording features, Ink services and similar services. In a production server you do not need Read More …
Creating a First Windows Server 2012 Domain Controller- Last Part
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis article was printed on “Computer Bichitra” on August 2013 Edition on Page 38 and the last part of the installation. This publication is also available in this blog. All you have to do is to search for it. Original Read More …
Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Preview Installation on Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (Visual Only)
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA new video is uploaded to my YouTube channel few hours back. The Exchange Server 2013 Preview Installation is somewhat recorded earlier with some presence of friends. Audio is omitted because we were chatting about features of Exchange Server 2013 Read More …