Microsoft last week released security update bulletin MS 16-072. This upgrade seeks to improve security with Group Policy implementations, however due to the way it works, it actually can break the application of GPO in certain environments. Environments such as SBS 2003 R2, SBS 2008 and SBS 2011 are subject to this problem. The result would be that if … [Read more...]
Blank Outlook Emails since KB3055012 Update
Today whilst working with one of our clients, I was investigating an issue where their customer service team were sending emails out based on Outlook HTML templates they had been using and the end client was receiving them as blank emails. Initially we suspected it was linked to an email migration also going on at the same time as I was moving them from Exchange 2010 to … [Read more...]
What size pagefile should I have on Hyper-V?
I’ve been trying to find specific guidance for some time on the size of a pagefile as recommended by Microsoft for a system running as a Hyper-V host. The theory is that on a Hyper-V host, Windows itself should never really use a page file at all. As a result, I’ve been setting page file to be 4GB – enough in case it’s needed, but not huge as we don’t need to waste … [Read more...]
MVP Award again for me – I’m Excited Again!
Last week, I got the news from Microsoft that I was once again worthy of the MVP award for my community contributions and technical expertise on Windows Server for Small and Medium Business. This is now the start of my 14th year of receiving this award from Microsoft and I’m one of only 43 in the world, and one of 3 here in Australia. To be honest – the last 2 years, … [Read more...]
25GB for free on SkyDrive
I found out today via some MVP buddies, that Microsoft have released a free 25GB upgrade for users of SkyDrive. You can find out more about it here. I’ve used SkyDrive in the past but have more recently moved everything over to TrendMicro SafeSync for Business which suits me just fine. I did that because I could not get more than the 7GB with SkyDrive and with … [Read more...]