You may receive the following error when trying to remove an In-Place eDiscovery & Hold search item: Error Can’t remove mailbox search ‘Test In-Place Hold’ because there is still at least one mailbox on In-Place Hold. In order to delete the In-Place eDiscovery Hold you need to clear the check box to “Place content […]
I noticed that replication with the Edge Transport server was not working anymore, indicated by the red cross in the Lync Control Panel. Updating the servers with the latest hotfixes for Windows and Lync 2013 didn’t work, rebooting the servers didn’t work, replication just didn’t take place. The same results were visible in the Lync […]
I ran across an interesting issue I wanted to share. I had a customer that recently had a migration performed. Previously he was running SBS (Small Business Server) 2011 and is now running Windows Server Essentials 2016. After demoting and removing the SBS 2011 server, he started receiving the following error on every boot. The […]
If you have a .PFX certificate container you can extract the certificate and key with openssl. Extract the certificate: openssl pkcs12 -in filename.pfx -clcerts -nokeys -out cert.pem Extract the key: openssl pkcs12 -in filename.pfx -nocerts -out key.pem
Just activate it: In your browser open the following urls one after another: Replace the following: URL, PORT, USER, PASS, SERIALNUMBER (don’t replace any other symbols like: oder “) https://URL:PORT/webapi/auth.cgi?api=SYNO.API.Auth&method=Login&version=1&account=USER&passwd=PASS https://URL:PORT/webapi/entry.cgi?api=SYNO.ActiveBackup.Activation&method=set&version=1&activated=true&serial_number=”SERIALNUMBER” To get the current activation status call the 1. query above and then https://URL:PORT/webapi/entry.cgi?api=SYNO.ActiveBackup.Activation&method=get&version=1 —————————— Example for url: server, port: 5001, user: admin, pass: admin, […]
Setup ADFS in my home lab. There’s a single server called rak1adfs01.raxnet.global. The ADFS service is called adfs.raxnet.global and in DNS this is a CNAME to the server. When I go to https://adfs.raxnet.global/adfs/ls/IdpInitiatedSignon.htm I get a login prompt and even though I enter the correct credentials it doesn’t let me in. This is unlike what […]
Here is a quick Pro tip on how you can update all applications on a Windows machines with two simple commands. OPTION 1: 1. Click on the “START” button and type “CMD” and choose “RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR” 2. Type WINGET UPGRADE This will list all your applications, their current version, and available versions. 3. Now […]