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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Review: Zennio Tecla XL pushbuttons for KNX

The Zennio Tecla XL Late last year the Ivory Egg crew returned from Light + Building 2022 in Frankfurt with news of the Zennio Tecla XL, and it caught my eye. What’s not to love about the Aussie mounting compatibility, the sleek, sexy look, the distinct capacitive buttons, and – as I was to find …

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Our quest for the perfect light switch

We’re not even twelve months into our KNX journey, but we already have devices from over ten manufacturers of KNX gear all happily coexisting throughout the house. One of the first decisions we had to make was the choice of light switches. We had a few criteria, the main one being that the switches needed …

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