SfB 2019 Server Security Update – October 2023

This Security update for SfBS 2019 is build 7.0.2046.530, up from July’s 7.0.2046.524. It updated two components on my Standard Edition Front-End. What’s Fixed? KB5032429 Description of the security update for Skype for Business Server: October 10, 2023 This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Skype for Business Server. To learn more about these vulnerabilities, …

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SfB 2015 Server Security Update – October 2023

This security update for SfBS 2015 is build 6.0.9319.869, up from August’s 6.0.9319.853. It updated two components on my Standard Edition Front-End. What’s Fixed? KB5032429 Description of the security update for Skype for Business Server: October 10, 2023 This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Skype for Business Server. To learn more about these vulnerabilities, …

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SfB 2015 Server Update August 2023

In June we saw an update for SfBS 2019 that added the new “Emergency Mitigation Service”, and now it’s 2015’s turn. This is build 6.0.9319.853, up from last December’s 6.0.9319.842. As expected, it’s only updating two components on my Standard Edition Front-End and delivers only one fix. What’s Fixed? 5030764 Emergency Mitigation Service for Skype …

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SfB 2019 Server Update July 2023

Hot on the heels of last month’s update to 7.0.2046.521 comes another. Today we see build 7.0.2046.524, which updated three components on my Standard Edition Front-End. What’s Fixed? All three components updated contain the same fix: 5030100 Disable Legacy Control Panel (CSCP) What’s New? The above fixes support the replacement of the old “CSCP”, the …

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Get-EnphaseProduction-v7.py

Enphase has caused an ongoing kerfuffle by changing the authorisation mechanism of their Envoy solar controllers, usually without notice, by virtue of a firmware update. Where previously you could login to your Enphase solar setup with basic username and password authorisation, now you need to provide an authorisation token created by the Enphase website. We …

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Get-EnphaseData-v7.py

Enphase has caused an ongoing kerfuffle by changing the authorisation mechanism of their Envoy solar controllers, usually without notice, by virtue of a firmware update. Where previously you could login to your Enphase solar setup with basic username and password authorisation, now you need to provide an authorisation token created by the Enphase website. We …

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SfB 2019 Server Update – June 2023

It’s been a while since we’ve seen an update to Skype for Business Server 2019, October’s 7.0.2046.409. Today we see build 7.0.2046.521, which updated six components on my Standard Edition Front-End. What’s Fixed? “KB” numbers seem to have gone the way of the dodo… The default value of cmdlet MeetingUxUseCdn value is set to False …

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Another chapter ends…

I returned these number plates to the motor registry recently, in preparation for our new car’s arrival. I found it quite poignant that the introduction of Exchange 2007 Unified Messaging (EX-07-UM) marked the beginning of the Microsoft chapter of my career, and now that I’ve retired, I’m also retiring the plates that accompanied me throughout.

Packet sniffing your UniFi Access Points

We had a new Widget arrive in the house recently, and it required a connection to the Wi-Fi network. It was duly connected to the untrusted ‘IoT’ network, where it’s denied Internet access by default. It WASN’T happy. The supplier assured me it *didn’t* require Internet access, so I set about finding out what was …

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