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PowerShell: Export Computer Accounts with Last Account Password Change
When looking for machines sometimes it is nice to know if they have even talked to the domain recently. Here is some quick PowerShell to get you on your way.Get-ADComputer -Filter 'ObjectClass -eq "Computer"' -Properties PasswordLastSet | FT Name,PasswordLastSet >...
UE-V Throws an Exception on Install
Now that I've been using UE-V lately for customer environments I've noticed a very bizarre error that can pop up when installing the UE-V 2.0 agent or tools. As you can see below the error message that comes up is rather frightening and suggests that there is...
Summer Device Update
Here are some highlights from the summer device update from Kalvin Falconar at Microsoft.Surface Family Flyer PDFWindows Device Choices June 2014IntroductionEarlier in June the Surface Pro 3 was announced and Surface Authorized Device Resellers are already shipping...
Problem Starting SQL Server: Unable to Initialize SSL Support
Today I ran into a bit of a surprise trying to start a SQL server up from a reboot. The server was working before the reboot so I had a bad feeling that this issue might be difficult. The first thing I did is check the SQL server log to see what happened.2014-08-23...
SMS_HEIRARCHY_MANAGER_ERROR 3353
I recently found an unusual way that this error can manifest itself in a site. I was deploying sites successfully except one of them cropped up with the SMS_HEIRARCHY_MANAGER_ERROR 3353. If you look at the error message below it makes the issue out to be a SQL...
Troubleshooting the Migration Manager: Configuration Manager failed to gather data from .
Recently I was working on setting up a migration manager connection from a Configuration Manager 2012 site of questionable health to a clean site. In the process I got hung up on an error message that suggested several potential causes for my issue but wasn't terribly...
Disabling SMB 1.0
So some of you might be curious about SMB 1.0 and weather you can turn off the protocol. The bad news is that if you are still running Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 there is a need to still run that protocol. If you are running filers it would be important to...
April / May Windows Devices
Here is the latest list of devices:https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=D1376BA87A35887F%215462A Note from the Author: Kalvin Falconar @ MicrosoftThe attached Windows Device Choices – April 2014spreadsheet contains many new mobile devices. It has been reorganized...
New Windows Tablets for March (yes, I’,m late)
Just a FYI here is another list of new Windows tablets being made available.https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=D1376BA87A35887F%214480Also if you are curious about business cases I have a total economic impact report on using Windows tablets in...
Streamline Your Helpdesk Workflows and Simplify Your IT
Kevin Kaminski
Founder
As an 10 time Microsoft MVP, Kevin works with leading organizations across North America to design and implement modern Microsoft ecosystems.
His most recent project is PortalFuse.io, which is a Windows management tool designed to streamline modern management tasks for helpdesk staff and IT support technicians.
Martins Kurtiss
Product Manager
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Emilio Gagliardi,MSc
Marketing & Web
Along the way, he completed a Masters of Science in Cognitive Psychology using computational methods to measure human language processing.
With the introduction of Azure infrastructure as a service we have decided to support the Microsoft stack as we believe it aligns to many customer’s needs as cloud architectures become more widely accepted and commonplace.
Azure is a rapidly developing set of offerings from Microsoft which we support at an infrastructure level. If you need cloud backup or moving parts of your data center to the cloud we have been there and we work closely with Microsoft to be on top of the latest developments.
