With the new Microsoft Windows Multipoint Server, better and improved features are designed to make business operations much more productive and cost effective. With support for thin clients and older workstations as well as better connectivity with other Microsoft Server products, the new Multipoint Server is sure to be a much more versatile tool to [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Microsoft'
The New Windows Multipoint Server
January 19th, 2012 · No Comments · Backup, Microsoft, Servers, Storage
Preparing to Migrate to Office 365
January 9th, 2012 · No Comments · Managed Services, Microsoft
We recently blogged about the process of migrating a customer from BPOS to Office 365. While we discussed the steps in the final changeover, the planning and analysis stages leading up to the final migration are critical in ensuring a smooth transition. ChannelPro has posted an excellent article outlining the planning steps necessary for planning [...]
Memory Issues for IE 8 in Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop
January 5th, 2012 · No Comments · Microsoft, Servers
I recently had a user call to advise that they were experiencing latency and performance issues when opening links in new tabs in a published IE 8 window. I checked Task Manager on the server that the user was logged into and realized that this user had seven different iexplore.exe processes running at the same [...]
Bypassing Command Line for Windows Server 2008 R2 Core
December 29th, 2011 · No Comments · Microsoft, Servers
Going from GUI (graphical user interface) to CLI (command line interface) can be even more frustrating than it is daunting. If there is a mistype in the syntax and it’s not caught until after the command is run, it has to be edited by either retyping the entire command or manually editing each part. This [...]
Tags: Microsoft·Server 2008·Windows
Resolving an AutoEnrollment Event ID 13 Error
December 22nd, 2011 · No Comments · Microsoft, Servers
The AutoEnrollment Event ID 13 can plague a Directory Service log within the Event Viewer. The problem with this error is the rate at which is it logged: every 6 hours. How do you catch an event that logs only once during business hours? You don’t: the issue is relatively simple to resolve. The problem [...]
Tags: AutoEnrollment·errors·Event ID 13·Microsoft·Servers·Windows Server
BPOS to Office 365 Transition
December 8th, 2011 · No Comments · Managed Services, Microsoft
For those of you who haven’t heard, Microsoft released Office 365 – their new hosted platforms environment – this summer. We have a customer that utilizes the Microsoft Hosted Exchange environment for email, and I recently had the opportunity to migrate this customer’s email off of the old Microsoft hosting platform BPOS (Business Productivity Online [...]
Tags: business productivity·Managed Services·Microsoft·Office·Office 365
Cool Tool Friday: WinSCP
November 18th, 2011 · No Comments · Dallas Data Center, Data Centers, Microsoft
Welcome to this week’s installment of Cool Tool Friday! Each Friday we will feature a tool – hardware or software – that we’re using and think you might enjoy. Whether it increases productivity, helps with organization, provides a quick work-around for difficult networking situations, or is simply interesting and fun, we’ll share it if we [...]
Tags: Cool Tool Friday·cool tools·Linux·Microsoft·Windows·WinSCP
Exchange Database Size Considerations
November 7th, 2011 · No Comments · Microsoft, Servers
Over the years I’ve seen a lot of variation in database sizes in Exchange environments. Working for the Microsoft Exchange team allowed me to get a feel for what the support engineers at Microsoft see and what they’d recommend (and it’s not necessarily what’s documented, by the way). Exchange 2010 has some pretty cool enhancements, [...]
Cool Tool Friday: DIG for Windows 7
October 28th, 2011 · No Comments · Dallas Data Center, Microsoft, Servers
Welcome to this week’s installment of Cool Tool Friday! Each Friday we will feature a tool – hardware, software or gadget – that we’re using and think you might enjoy. Whether it increases productivity, helps with organization, provides a quick work-around for difficult networking situations, or is simply interesting and fun, we’ll share it if [...]
Exchange and Antivirus Don’t Always Get Along
October 27th, 2011 · No Comments · Managed Services, Microsoft, Servers
In my time as a Support Escalation Engineer at Microsoft for Exchange, and in my current Systems Engineering role here at Dallas Data Center, I’ve come across a lot of interesting issues within Exchange that tend to be caused by antivirus solutions installed on the Exchange Server. The two most common issues that I’ve seen [...]
Windows 7 and 2008 R2: Do They Matter?
October 26th, 2011 · No Comments · Microsoft
With Microsoft’s move to transition users to the newer Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2 platforms through XP support discontinuation announcements, it may be high time to start thinking of an upgrade – and how you can execute it efficiently and cost effectively.
One of the standard expectations when using technology is the inevitable need to [...]
Lock Access to Your Windows Desktop Quickly
October 25th, 2011 · No Comments · Microsoft
Leaving your computer for a short time but don’t want anyone peeking at your desktop or files? Simply lock it. When you lock your desktop, anyone who wants to use it will have to log in using their username and password.
One way to do this is to press Ctrl+Alt+Del and then click on “Lock Computer.” [...]
Tags: Microsoft·Productivity·Windows
Microsoft Launches Office 365
October 17th, 2011 · No Comments · Microsoft
Microsoft has introduced into the market a nifty little cloud-based service called Microsoft Office 365 that allows users / subscribers to have access to Microsoft products without the hassle of needing to update and maintain software. Since it’s also in the cloud, it offers additional advantages to those who work on the go.
Small businesses now [...]
Tags: Microsoft·Office·Productivity
Display All Available Action Options in the Windows Control Panel
October 5th, 2011 · No Comments · Microsoft
In Windows 7, when you access the control panel window from the Start Menu, by default you open the window using the Category view, and what you see is a shortened list of possible actions you can do from the Control Panel screen.
You can change the view to Icons to get a longer list, but [...]
It’s Almost the End of the Line for Windows XP
October 3rd, 2011 · No Comments · Microsoft
As systems and market demands continue to require better productivity and efficiency, it only follows that the software that businesses use also needs to upgrade sooner or later. Such is the case with Windows XP, which Microsoft will stop issuing support for in 2014.
Part of using any sort of software is the inevitable need to [...]
Cool Tool Friday: Windows Security Essentials
September 30th, 2011 · No Comments · Dallas Data Center, Microsoft, Security
Welcome to this week’s installment of our new feature, Cool Tool Friday! Each Friday we will feature a tool – hardware or software – that we’re using and think you might enjoy. Whether it increases productivity, helps with organization, provides a quick work-around for difficult networking situations, or is simply interesting and fun, we’ll share [...]
Tags: Antivirus·Cool Tool Friday·cool tools·Microsoft·Security·Windows
Cloud Email Using Google Apps and Microsoft Office
September 27th, 2011 · No Comments · Cloud, Cloud Computing, Microsoft
For companies interested in trying out cloud-based services, email may be something worth trying. Here’s a breakdown of two options from two industry giants that may be worth considering.
Google Apps
Google Apps is a service from Google that started in 2006, with the introduction of Gmail—a hosted email service, and which later incorporated other apps such [...]
New Scam: Fake CS Call from Microsoft
September 21st, 2011 · No Comments · Microsoft, Security
You have to give it to scammers for constantly finding new ways to victimize people. One such new scam has been making the rounds recently, and more than a few people have fallen for it. This particular modus operandi involves a person calling you claiming to be from Microsoft customer support, and insisting that you [...]
Watch for Malware Disguised as Windows Help Files (.hlp)
September 19th, 2011 · No Comments · Microsoft, Security
Viruses and other malicious software contained in simple help files are not news to Internet security specialists. However, the fact that these pieces of malware are sent using email messages is part of a more recent scheme by cybercriminals to fool unsuspecting victims, infect computers with malicious applications, and take over users’ virtual lives, according [...]