Authentication Error sending to a distribution group on Exchange online
This is a situation we resolved for a customer who was having issues when external people were trying to send to some of their distribution groups.
Cut Over Migration and DirSync with Office 365
Installing DirSync is not fun, easy or short. Do not make any assumptions about how long it will take to setup. I say this because I spent several wasted hours …
Error while trying to restore SQL database to a cluster
After a major round of engineering work on a large SQL cluster the DBA’s noted that they were unable to restore databases on one the clustered SQL instances. When …
Enable anonymous read access to a Document Library in Office 365 public sites
No, no. Not that type of anonymous access. I’m sure this is of no interest to them. When using an Office 365 public site and you create a document library …
Error when assigning wildcard ssl certificate in iis
While doing an emergency wildcard SSL certificate replacement on a web server farm, most servers would allow me to select the certificate after the import but a handful wouldn’t. It …
Site users web part “add new users” link missing
Recently a customer reported that on some team sites that the “Add new user” link had disappeared off the Site Users web part. Assumptions were initially that the permissions had …
Our technical boundaries
As a business we get a large chunk of our work through partner organisations who are looking to fulfil projects but they either have capacity shortfalls or lack a particular …
Creating a VM in SCVMM 2012 R2 on a cluster
Creating a virtual machine in SCVMM for the first time is easy and so is creating a virtual machine that will be on a cluster, but one little check box …
Office 365 SharePoint Online access by an external user
This blog post covers the process you need to follow to accept an invitation to a SharePoint online site when you are an external user, e.g. being invited to your …
My CrytoLocker cleanup story
Summary There is a particularly worrying piece of malware doing the rounds called ‘CryptoLocker’ – it’s in the ‘Ransomware’ category and sets the standard for what we should expect going …