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A Leap Second tonight at 23:59
A leap second is a one-second adjustment that is occasionally applied to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) in order to correspond to the mean solar time. An adjustment of +1 second is scheduled for 23:59 UTC on the 30th June 2015. This change will be carried out globally and simultaneously at the UTC scheduled time, adjust accordingly for your timezone. For …
Anonymous user on Exchange Server
Set the New Receive Connector, and do setup as necessary to allow anonymous Run the below script Restart MS. Exchange Transport Service
Anti-spam MS. Exchange Server
As I only have Hub Transport servers, I decided to enable the anti-spam features on Hub Transport servers that receive messages from the Internet. We can enable or disable anti-spam features on Hub Transport servers using the Set-TransportServer cmdlet. To enable these features, set the -AntispamAgentsEnabled parameter to $true. To disable these features, set the …
The trust relationship between this workstation and primary domain failed
The trust relationship between this workstation and primary domain failed This error message is pretty common if you are running your Windows Servers on Virtualized Environment. There are too many articles on the internet referring to the Microsoft Hyper-V, so I guess I need to write it here for VMware. The error on my environment …
Windows Server 2012 – Repair Options
We can access the Repair options by booting from the Windows 2012 Installation Package or if the server goes it auto repair mode. Select troubleshoot to access Advanced options From automatic repair we can select troubleshoot, then troubleshoot start up to get to safe mode or other options. The windows will be restarted and do …
Understand PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE)
One of the powerful tools in Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 is the PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE). The PowerShell ISE provides some great components. Specifically, it is the component required for the Out-Gridview output format. This component provides GUI front end for PowerShell and is a nice tool to use to create and …
Windows Server 2012 Essential
I believe Windows Server 2012 is a huge release, with numerous new features as well as a new licensing model. In term of edition, Windows Server 2012 fall into three groups. First there are the main editions, Standard and Datacenter. These are what most businesses will license. For low-end editions aimed at small businesses or …
VMware Certified Associate – Data Center Virtualization
I passed the VCAD510 exam today, and would receive the hard copy of VCA-DCV certification within 4-6 weeks. Authentication Form: https://mylearn.vmware.com/portals/certification/?menu=authenticate Authentication Code: 11555808-BFBE-8879F76C4B71 This is a new certification under VMware to asses our skills to identify technical requirements for data center virtualization and then align them with the VMware technical products and solutions that …
VMware Links
List of VMware Links VMware TV VMware KB TV Compare vSphere Edition VMware Toolbar VMFS vs RDM Performance VMFS vs RDM Size SSO Documentation NFS Multipathing KBs you need to know about vSphere 5.5!
Install Windows Server 2012 Server Unattended
We can also perform an unattended installation of Windows Server 2012. This provides a useful method to rapidly deploy new servers in our environment. Unattended installs are completed by creating an answer file. The answer file is the file containing the main configuration for the Windows Server 2012 installation. Setting can include application configuration, such …
