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.
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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TL;DR: My “New-ObfuscatedFile.ps1” script uses a find/replace CSV file to make multiple substitutions in a text file in one pass. It can be easily repurposed to turn HTML into MarkDown. Microsoft’s Gallery.TechNet.microsoft.com site will be sorely missed when it’s closed later in the year. It’s been a fantastic repository of tools, documents and utilities, and …
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Occasionally someone will be brave enough to ask why I give my sexuality top billing in my Twitter profile and bios: It probably seems a little out of place given that if you search the word “gay” on my blog you’ll find the only hit – singular – is on my “about” page (until …
Some of my customers get a bit touchy about IP addresses leaving their corporate environment, so they need to be removed before any documents see the outside world. I’ve already added this as a feature in my script that turns a Sonus gateway backup into a DOCX and PDF. Occasionally I need to send a …
As of this morning, ~0700 Wednesday 30th April 2014, greiginsydney is now hosted on the Microsoft Azure platform, based in the West-US. – Greig.
January 2014 has been quite a significant month here. Forgive me for getting all nostalgic for the “good old days” and reminiscing a bit – it’s not without due cause. Thirty years ago this month, fresh out of school and barely a man (I’d only just turned 18), I joined what was Telecom Australia (nee …
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In my previous two posts I introduced System Center Advisor, created an online account and installed the on-site Gateway application (HERE), and then installed the monitoring Agent and configured it to monitor Lync (HERE). In this final post I show you the payoff – the details of my deployment in the System Center Advisor “Dashboard”, …
In my previous post (HERE) I introduced System Center Advisor, created an online account and installed the on-site Gateway application. Now I need to install some Agents and start monitoring my deployment.
System Center Advisor is an online service from Microsoft. Think of it like an automated service with agents that run a daily “BPA” (Best Practice Analyser) across your installation and report back any deviations from best practice. For bonus points, it also maintains a configuration history, so you can see if and when settings are …