Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (videos)

Learn how to use;
- Application Virtualisation (App-V)
- Advanced Group Policy Management (AGPM)
- Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset (DaRT)
- Microsoft BitLocker Administration and Monitoring (MBAM)

MDOP Videos can be located here;

Windows Server 2012 Beta Essentials

Windows Home Server 2011 is dead, Long live Windows Server 2012 Essentials.

Q: Will there be a next version of Windows Home Server?

A: No. Windows Home Server has seen its greatest success in small office/home office (SOHO) environments and among the technology enthusiast community. For this reason, Microsoft is combining the features that were previously only found in Windows Home Server, such as support for DLNA-compliant devices and media streaming, into Windows Server 2012 Beta Essentials and focusing our efforts into making Windows Server 2012 Beta Essentials the ideal first server operating system for both small business and home use—offering an intuitive
administration experience, elastic and resilient storage features with Storage Spaces, and robust data protection for the server and client computers.

More information can be found here.

Z-Hire Employee Provisioning App

Z-Hire automates the IT account creation process for Exchange mailbox, Active Directory, Lync accounts and Office 365 cloud deployments. With just a click of the button, your Exchange mailbox, and Active directory and Lync accounts will be created simultaneously.

Z-Hire Employee Provisioning App

Windows Server 2012 Editions

A new simplified licensing model going forward;

*Plus HPC will now be an add-on to your licensed Windows Server 2012
** No more Home Server

Windows Server 2012 Licensing Data Sheet

Lync 2010 Jump Start (Free Training)

Microsoft have just released the following “Free” Lync 2010 Jump Start training videos which in my opinion are very good.

Main Site is located …

Video Content is located …

• Deploying Lync Jump Start (02a): Deploying Microsoft Lync Server 2010 | Part 1
• Deploying Lync Jump Start (02b): Deploying Microsoft Lync Server 2010 | Part 2
• Deploying Lync Jump Start (03): Configuring Users and Rights for Microsoft Lync Server 2010
• Deploying Lync Jump Start (04a): External User Access Microsoft Lync Server 2010 | Part 1
• Deploying Lync Jump Start (04b): External User Access Microsoft Lync Server 2010 | Part 2
• Deploying Lync Jump Start (05a): Configuring Basic Enterprise Voice Functionality Microsoft Lync Server 2010 | Part 1
• Deploying Lync Jump Start (05b): Configuring Basic Enterprise Voice Functionality Microsoft Lync Server 2010 | Part 2
• Deploying Lync Jump Start (6a): Extending Enterprise Voice Functionality Microsoft Lync Server 2010 | Part 1
• Deploying Lync Jump Start (6b): Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 SP1/Unified Messaging Integration | Part 2
• Deploying Lync Jump Start (7a): Implementing Response Groups in Microsoft Lync Server 2010
• Deploying Lync Jump Start (7b): Real-world IVR Scenarios with Microsoft Lync Server 2010
• Deploying Lync Jump Start (8): Conferencing with Microsoft Lync Server 2010
• Deploying Lync Jump Start (9): Monitoring Microsoft Lync Server 2010
• Deploying Lync Jump Start (10): Compliance and Archiving with Microsoft Lync Server 2010
• Deploying Lync Jump Start (11): High Availability and Disaster Recovery in Microsoft Lync Server 2010
• Deploying Lync Jump Start (12): Call Admission Control with Microsoft Lync Server 2010
• Deploying Lync Jump Start (13): Deploying and Configuring Enhanced 9-1-1 with Microsoft Lync Server 2010

Windows Server 2012 Jump Start (Free Training)

Microsoft have just released the following “Free” Windows Server 2012 Jump Start training videos which in my opinion are very good.

Main Site is located …

Video Content is located …

• Windows Server 2012 Jump Start (02a): Virtualization Infrastructure, Part 1
• Windows Server 2012 Jump Start (02b): Virtualization Infrastructure, Part 2
• Windows Server 2012 Jump Start (03a): Storage Architecture, Part 1
• Windows Server 2012 Jump Start (03b): Storage Architecture, Part 2
• Windows Server 2012 Jump Start (04): Continuous Availability
• Windows Server 2012 Jump Start (05a): Multi-Server Management, Part 1
• Windows Server 2012 Jump Start (05b): Multi-Server Management, Part 2
• Windows Server 2012 Jump Start (06a): Security and Access, Part 1
• Windows Server 2012 Jump Start (06b): Security and Access, Part 2
• Windows Server 2012 Jump Start (07): Remote Connectivity and Networking
• Windows Server 2012 Jump Start (08): IIS, DHCP and IPAM

Other Jump Start Videos for {Office 365, Cloud 101 etc.} can be found here

Lync 2010 CU (June 2012)

Updates are;
Download the Lync.msp x86 package.
Download the Lync.msp x64 package.

Download the LyncServerupdateInstaller.exe package.

KB; http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2493736
Don’t forget after your server install to run the following PowerShell script;

Install-CsDatabase -Update -ConfiguredDatabases -SqlServerFqdn <EEBE.Fqdn> -UseDefaultSqlPaths

Where <EEBE.Fqdn> is you’re frontend server when running the Standard edition and the SQL server when running in Enterprise edition; for example …

Install-CsDatabase -Update -ConfiguredDatabases -SqlServerFqdn myserver.domain.com -UseDefaultSqlPaths

Look what Surfaced …

http://www.microsoft.com/surface/en/us/default.aspx

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 SP2 Tips & Tricks

Courtesy of Scott Schnoll @ TechED NA 2012

http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/2012/EXL305

TOOLS
Exchange Build Numbers
http://aka.ms/exbuild

Exchange Calendar Check Tool
http://aka.ms/calcheck

Exchange Client Network Bandwidth Calculator
http://aka.ms/eeclientcalc

Exchange Mailbox Server Role Calc
http://aka.ms/exmailboxcalc

Exchange Remote Connectivity Analyser
https://www.testexchangeconnectivity.com

Microsoft Outlook Configuration Tool
http://aka.ms/ocat

Exchange PST Capture
http://aka.ms/pstcapture

Exchange Server Deployment Assistant
http://aka.ms/exdeploy

mfcmapi
http://aka.ms/mfcmapi

Microsoft AD Topology Mapper
http://aka.ms/adtd

Exchange 2010 Visio Stencil
http://aka.ms/exvisio

TIPS

FIXES

IIS 8 Logo

Certainly different …