10 Oct 2012
By Yendis

Microsoft Re-Releases Exchange Server Update Rollups Due to Code Signing Issue

Microsoft,
In a brief blog post the Microsoft Exchange team has announced the re-release of the latest round of update rollups for Exchange Server. Earlier today we re-released the following Rollup Updates. These updates address an issue in which digital signatures on files produced and signed by Microsoft will expire prematurely, as described in Microsoft Security Advisory 2749655. Update Rollup 4-v2 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 2 (KB2756485) Update Rollup 7-v2 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1 (KB2756496) Update Rollup 8-v2 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3 (KB2756497) For further information Paul Cunningham over at ExchangeServerPro.com has covered this in a bit more detail. Thanks…
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06 Oct 2012
By Yendis

New iOS 6 Exchange bug surfaces

Microsoft, ,
Apple released the new iPhone and a new version of its mobile operating system a couple of weeks ago, but since then there have been a number of glitches affecting the software that has left a number of users somewhat frustrated. Now a new iOS 6 Exchange bug has come to light that has led a company to advise employees against upgrading to the software. Click HERE to read more    
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02 Oct 2012
By Yendis

Cool Tool update: RVTools 3.4

Tools,
This tool has helped me find inconsistencies in environments and misconfigured VMs etc on more than one occasion. What’s new for RVTools 3.4? Overall performance improvements and better end user experience VI SDK reference changed from 4.0 to 5.0 Added reference to Log4net (Apache Logging Framework) for debugging purpose Fixed a SSO problem CSV export trailing separator removed to fix PowerShell read problem On vDisk tabpage new fields: Eagerly Scrub and Write Through On vHost tabpage new field: vRAM = total amount of virtual RAM allocated to all running VMs On vHost tabpage new fields: Used memory by VMs, Swapped memory by VMs and Ballooned memory by VMs Bugfix:…
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06 Sep 2012
By Yendis

Active Directory schema version numbers

Microsoft,
I thought it would be a good idea to share with you a list of Active Directory schema version numbers Windows 2000 RTM with all Service packs = Schema version 13 Windows Server 2003 RTM with all Service packs = Schema version 30 Windows Server 2003 R2 RTM with all Service packs = Schema version 31 Windows Server 2008 RTM with all Service packs = Schema version 44 Windows Server 2008 R2 RTM with all Service packs = Schema version 47 Windows Server 2012 RC = Schema version 56 You can check the version with one of the following methods.…
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06 Sep 2012
By Yendis

Exchange schema version numbers

Microsoft,
Whilst on the subject of schema versions I thought I would also include the Exchange schema version numbers You can check the version with one of the following methods. dsquery: dsquery * CN=ms-Exch-Schema-Version-Pt,cn=schema,cn=configuration,dc=domain,dc=local -scope base -attr  rangeUpper ADSIEdit: open ADSIEdit and navigate to “CN=ms-Exch-Schema-Version-Pt,CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=domain,DC=local”, right-click “Properties” and locate “rangeUpper” attribute value  
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01 Sep 2012
By Yendis

Receiver for HTML5 is now available

Citrix,
It is my pleasure to announce that the Receiver for HTML5 is now available for Chrome and Firefox browsers. Receiver for HTML5 is a zero install client allowing connection through a browser to XenApp and XenDesktop. The combination of the Receiver for Web and HTML5 provides a fallback option for environments where a native client is not available or an option. Key new features include: Google Chrome (version 19+) & Mozilla Firefox (version 11+) browsers on Windows and Mac desktops In-session Tool bar that can move and close Copy/Paste text Key to send Ctrl+Alt+Del to desktop session External access of XenApp applications and XenDesktop…
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28 Aug 2012
By Yendis

What’s new in 5.1?

VMware,
At VMworld came the release of vSphere / vCloud 5.1  Here are the links to all the excellent papers my for the new release. What’s New in VMware vSphere 5.1 What’s new in VMware vCenter 5.1 What’s New in VMware vSphere 5.1 – Networking What’s New in VMware vSphere 5.1 – Platform What’s New in VMware vSphere 5.1 – Storage What’s New in VMware vSphere 5.1 – Performance Introduction to VMware vSphere Replication Introduction to VMware vSphere Data Protection What’s new in VMware vSphere Storage Appliance What’s new in vCloud Director 5.1
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27 Aug 2012
By Yendis

The end of the vRAM entitlement in VMware vSphere 5 and 5.1

VMware,
About a year ago VMware introduced the vRAM entitlement (see post VMware vSphere 5 Licensing explained). Today at VMworld 2012, VMware announced the end of the vRAM entitlement in VMware vSphere 5 and 5.1! In vSphere 5 and 5.1 the licensing will be per physical processor. Each physical processor needs to have at least one vSphere 5 license key assigned. The vSphere licensing removes restrictions on: physical cores RAM number of VMs Removing the vRAM entitlement makes it possible to scale up VMware vSphere hosts without buying extra vSphere licenses! With the end of the vRAM entitlement, VMware can easily competes against Hyper-V 3.0!
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