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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,
Love for the Linux Users
It never hurts to have a quick reference for Linux administration commands, so I wanted to put out some helpful items for user, file, directory, and group management.
Move all databases (Office SharePoint Server 2007)
If you’re like me, this is definitely in your Top 10 WSS/MOSS 2007 requests. Never fails, the database server is provisioned with less than adequate storage, or the company utilization and adoption of SharePoint has been more than successful. None the less, the SharePoint and related databases have or are
Using VMware Server 1.x to Break Exchange 2007 OWA
Another dumb mistake: installed VMware Server 1.8 on an Exchange 2007 SP1 server with the client access role installed. Instead of choosing the “custom” install option, as I usually do, I was in a hurry and chose “complete”. Halfway through the install, I remembered why I never blindly choose “complete”;
Unable to browse My Network in a 2008 Domain
As Windows Server 2008 takes it’s place in more data centers, serving as a domain controller, design changes are starting to impact end users. One of these notable changes effects a workflow most users have picked up: browsing the network to find file servers and shares. We have seen more
Search Cisco NetPro forums from your browser
The Cisco NetPro forum is an excellent resource when searching for answers to Cisco specific issues. To my knowledge Google doesn’t index these forums, but Cisco made a browser plug-in that adds a NetPro forum search option to your browser’s existing search bar. http://www.cisco.com/web/tsweb/searchplugins/plugin_homepage.html#
Distribution Groups, Exchange 2007, and SharePoint 2007
To Distro or not to distro… Our customer needed distribution groups from their various SharePoint sites for creating alerts on shared lists and libraries. Until now, the site administrator was constantly having to add and manage these alerts all on an individual basis, and since each project the customer works
SharePoint Search problems on Server 2008?
After installing WSS3 SP2 on a clean install of Server 2008 x86 SP2 STD, and using SQL 2008 SP1 as the backend, I could not get any search results. The setup is about as simple of a farm installation you can get, it is for a small number of users, and demonstration purposes, so everything is installed on a single machine virtualized on an HP server running VMware ESXi 3.5. There are two site collections using different application pools, one enabled for anonymous access, and the other not.
WSUS 3.0 SP1 Computers with no status
The setup: Server 2003 R2 SP2, DC & DNS Roles, WSUS SP1 Fresh install, default website (80).
The issue: No status reported by clients (Servers and workstations), Event ID 13042 in the Application logs on the WSUS server Self-update is not working.
Cisco Unified Communications Manager Handset Workaround
One of my favorite things about my job is working with Cisco’s Unified Communications Manager (CUCM). It’s so robust and complex that there always seems to be something new to learn. Last week I ran into a couple of interesting issues that I thought I’d share with you. The first
AD DS Security/Distribution Groups
With Exchange 2007 SP1, and Server 2008 Active Directory Domain Services, you may want to enable users to send emails to your security groups. The dilema is that security groups will not show up in the Global Address List (GAL). In order to mail-enable an AD DS security group, you