Great Video About things to avoid in lif
Great Video About things to avoid in life http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qOyj6_zFPM
Deploying Java with SCCM 2012
After looking online how to deploy Java with System Center Configuration Manger (SCCM), I found a couple of ways to deploy them, but they did not work as expected. After combining different approaches here is the way I finish deploying Java via SCCM. 1. If you are using a 64bit version of Windows 7 or…
Lync 2011 for MAC connected to OCS 2007 R2 Infrastructure
Sometime ago I created a post about using Lync 2010 and Lync 2013 with an OCS 2007 R2 infrastructure. Even do this is not a supported feature a lot of people benefit it from the article as their current environments have not migrated to Lync 2010 or Lync 2013. The questions was asked: Can we…
How to move a VM to another host without vCenter vMotion
Sometimes it is important to know the manual steps of the automated task that vCenter executes. This will come handy in the event that vCenter server is down. Here is a list of steps that can help you move a VM from one host to another one without vCenter Power Off the VM Right Click…
Quoted in WServerNews article
What a pleasure to wake up Monday morning and find that your hard work pays off. Some time ago I wrote a series of articles to about Windows Server 2012 and how to build a lab. Well time was well spend I learned a lot throughout that process. I was quoted in WServerNews in the…
Read Memory Dump file or other dmp file
All the credit is to OWScott from Microsoft . This is a repost so I can have it handy when I need it again 🙂 While the dreaded Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) occurs less frequently with newer versions of Windows than it did in years past, there are still times when the BSOD…
Proxy CAS 2010 via CAS 2013 Published via TMG
Here is are the quick steps to update your Exchange 2010 environment after you install our CAS 2013 Update your CAS 2010 ECP/OWA VDIR Authentication to Windows Authentication Change your CAS 2013 ECP/OWA VDIR Authentication to Basic Authentication Install your SSL Certificates in your CAS 2013 servers Update TMG Server Farm to point to your…
Exchange 2013 Client Access Server out of space
I was building some new servers in my lab for an Exchange 2013 test and found out one of them out of space by the next day after installation. I start looking into where the files could be and I found 60GB of temp and dump files in the c:\windows\temp folder. So If you ever…
How to add a Linux Samba Share to Windows Distributed File Server(DFS)
This blog post is a guide on how to add a Linux Samba share as a DFS Target Folder. Installation of DFS Open an administrator PowerShell window Install the DFS feature Windows 2008 R2: servermanagercmd –i FS-DFS-Namespace, RSAT-DFS-Mgmt-Con Windows 2012 : add-Windowsfeature FS-DFS-Namespace, RSAT-DFS-Mgmt-Con Configuration of DFS Open the DFS Management console. Expand the DFS…
Exchange Volume Block Size
Introduction Exchange 2010/2013 depend on the Windows operating system when it need to write to the storage volume. Windows can format a LUN or Volume with different block sizes from 4K – 64K. The LUN or Volume should be formatted with the appropriate block size to meet the application workload. Exchange 2010/2013 uses 32K pages…
Windows Phone 8 Emulator for Exchange 2013 Testing
As with any new version of any server software, there may be changes to the previous supported versions of the clients. As I am building new use cases for Exchange 2013, I start having problems with the old Windows Mobile Simulator as it emulates Windows Mobile 6.5 and that is not supported for Exchange 2013.…
Carlos Vargas 