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9 Smart Ways for Small Businesses to Incorporate Generative AI
There is no escaping the relentless march of AI. Software companies are rapidly incorporating it into many business tools. This includes tools like Microsoft 365,
9 Smart Ways for Small Businesses to Incorporate Generative AI
There is no escaping the relentless march of AI. Software companies are rapidly incorporating it into many business tools. This includes tools like Microsoft 365,
Windows 7 Released!!! (to the public)
Woo Hoo! The floodgates are now open: starting today, you can officially purchase a retail copy of Windows 7 or an OEM version included with your new computer. Microsoft is coming out in full force with this release, which promises to be the most stable and thoroughly tested release ever.
MWI with Exchange 2010 and Cisco Unified Communication Manager 7
An exciting feature of Exchange 2010 is its support for message waiting indicators (MWI). While this doesn’t seem like that big of a deal, one of the biggest complaints about Exchange 2007 was its lack of MWI support. Even though Exchange Unified Messaging is able to send voicemails to an
Windows 7: Compatibility
Well, it’s been two weeks and I seem to have all the applications I need installed. After I got Windows 7 up and running (joined our domain, delegated myself the appropriate credentials, applied all released updates, and set the system settings I desired (remote desktop, firewall tweaks, etc)) I began
Google Analytics on SharePoint Services 3.0
Analytics software can be invaluable when it comes time to prove the worth of the SharePoint site you migrated your company’s intranet from, or when seeking that budget increase for more hardware. The problem is with the nature of SharePoint sites being fluid, in that they are constantly changing as
Windows 7: Install
OK, so the install was pretty much like all other installs of Vista. Since I was moving from a 32-bit (x86) environment to a 64-bit (x64) implementation, I was not able to perform an in place or other upgrade. Fresh, or clean install it is! Upon booting off of the
Installing a Unified Communications SSL Certificate for Exchange 2007
Secure communications in an Exchange enterprise messaging environment is critical. In Exchange 2007, Microsoft introduced the use of Unified Communications (UCC) or Subject Alternative Name (SAN) SSL certificates. These Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificates allow the secure use of multiple domain names with one certificate, with some certificate providers allowing
Configure QoS for VPN Tunnel on Cisco Router
Class Maps are referenced by Policy Maps, which are then applied to the external interface. VPN traffic is “pre-classified” before entering the external interface. The example below is based on 512 kbps bandwidth available for upload traffic.
Windows 7 is coming
With Windows 7 public availability around the corner, ADNS will be making the move this Friday. We will report our experiences on this blog with all aspects from upgrades (Vista only) and new installations. Majority of our workstations are Dell Vostro 400s, so we should not have any issues
SharePoint and Mapped Drives…
An incredibly useful feature of SharePoint Document libraries is their ability to use the WebDAV protocol to be accessed via Windows Explorer. The below scenarios will use screen shots and steps from a Windows XP Pro SP3 workstation that is NOT bound to the same domain as the SharePoint Implementation.
Log in already!
One of the biggest user peeves with SharePoint is the authentication prompts. I get questions about this all the time, so I thought I would explain some simple configuration changes either you or your system administrator can implement to make your SharePoint experience just a bit better. There are 2
Is Charter Throttling My Bandwidth?
I had recently worked on a problem with a customer in which they had been experiencing issues with the phone quality of their Voice-over-IP (VOIP) phone system at one of their branch offices (VPN connection). During my review, I was told the Internet connection was supposed to be 20×2 (20
NtFrs Error 13559 OR When in Doubt, Read the Error
One of our IT support customers was complaining that their “sysvol” share on their Windows Server 2003 R2 domain controllers was not replicating content (updated group policies, login scripts, etc.). Upon initial examination, I ran across this error in the event logs: Event Type: Error Event Source: NtFrs Event Category: