Microsoft have now confirmed support of OCS 2007 R2 on Windows 2008 R2 – yay. The following scenarios are also still not supported: Upgrading the OS of an existing OCS R2 installation to Windows 2008 R2 Installing OCS R2 Group Chat on a Windows 2008 R2 Server or in a Windows 2008 R2 Domain Thanks …
Want to implement AD RMS but already have file servers full of unprotected content? No problem! With the AD RMS bulk protection tool and File Classification Infrastructure this can be achieved. In FCI we can create classifications based on business impact (based on Key words e.g. private, or regular expressions such as National Insurance numbers …
Just a quick one, there are two great (free!) tools from MS for taking your default server install and securing it. The first, SCW, is installed by default on all servers – run the tool and it will walk you through the process of identifying which roles and features have been installed and then produce …
SharePoint is not my usual topic of conversation I will admit, however this caused me pain & isn’t documented from what I could find. For what ever reason my local SharePoint workspace recently broke, giving me this error when I tried to launch it: I tried the various recover my account links etc.. all to …
Just finished implementing Direct Access in the office, using Forefront UAG to publish it. The wizard in UAG is a dream, everything just works, only things to note are that when you are asked to specify names for the DNS exclusion list, be careful to add all the names you would use to VPN in …
So you have laptop without a TPM and still want to use Bitlocker? Well you can still use Bitlocker and store the key on a USB key instead. this will give you a secure data encryption solution and will require you to insert a USB key when the machine boots or resumes from hibernation. This …
It’s a common sight: staff crowded round a laptop, cradling their coffees, or wasting valuable time sending countless e-mails to each other to get a group project finished. But in an economic environment where you need to maximise your resources, it’s time to discover a better way of working. There is a far better way …