by Jacob Gardiner-Moon | Apr 26, 2017 | Applications, Microsoft, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Powershell, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016
This is a very short article but I thought I would highlight this as I had the requirement for this while working on a client’s site. This would be very useful for when resetting service account passwords, this is often required as part of compliance processes.... by Jacob Gardiner-Moon | Jan 19, 2017 | Azure, Microsoft
Initially you will need to install the Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer or Login to a server that has this installed. You can download the product from here. You’ll need to follow the install wizard that runs when double clicking on the .exe file. When you have... by Jacob Gardiner-Moon | Oct 5, 2016 | Microsoft, Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2016 was officially released on the 1st of October and is available for evaluation. There are many new features in Windows Server 2016, Such as Nano Server and Shielded Virtual Machines. You can see the feature differences in the editions below as... by Jacob Gardiner-Moon | Sep 28, 2016 | Microsoft, SQL Server 2014, SQL Server 2016
As Windows Server 2016 Is coming out shortly I thought I would proceed to upgrade my SQL 2014 Availability Group Cluster to SQL 2016. This is a relatively simple upgrade to complete, however I did encounter an error with SQL Management Studio at the end of the... by Jacob Gardiner-Moon | Sep 28, 2016 | Microsoft, SQL Server 2016
While creating a series on upgrading SQL from SQL 2014 to SQL 2016 I had a problem with Visual Studio after upgrading the SQL Management Studio to version 16.4.1. When opening the SQL Management Studio I received the following error – “Visual Studio... by Jacob Gardiner-Moon | Aug 2, 2016 | Microsoft, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2
I had the requirement to create a group policy to disable Skype for Business from starting upon login as this was significantly reducing login times. I found the below command that removes the Lync key from the start-up folder on the machine. REG DELETE...