Everyone installing Hyper-V servers is installing them as Server Core servers, right? I recently hit an issue configuring APC’s PowerChute Network Shutdown (PCNS) software on a Server Core installation of Windows Server 1809 (the most recent release of the semi-annual channel) whereby while the installation appeared to …

It was great to see that the Windows Admin Center is now being updated automatically with other Windows Server OS updates when I updated the server on which it is installed the other day: One fewer thing to have to check for manually!

A colleague recently started seeing an issue when attempting to add their work account to a Windows 10 device. Following a device re-image (this, as we’ll see becomes important…), a colleague saw the following error reported when attempting to add their work account: The full text of the error reads We can’t add this …

I recently had a requirement to add a delegated administrator to DPM 2016. While it’s possible to configure self-service recovery, there doesn’t appear to be any way that I can configure another user to perform the delegated admin role as there is in some other System Center products. It is possible to configure …

Design of SharePoint content Types for SharePoint, and in particular SharePoint Online is very important. Care must be taken to ensure that the design is appropriate for the environment as changes made later can impose significant management overheads. In particular, if a Content Type is put to use (I.e. is assigned to …

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As I blogged yesterday, I upgraded our instance of Azure AD Connect to what was, at the time, the latest version, 1.1.524.0. Subsequently, Microsoft Security Advisory 4033453 was published indicating that an upgrade to version 1.1.533.0 was very strongly recommended. As before, the upgrade went smoothly, however there …

We recently saw an issue with Azure AD self-service password reset (SSPR). It’s been working fine for us for ages, ever since we first configured it using DirSync, but recently users started seeing the following message: Get back into your account Please contact your admin We’ve detected that your user account password …

Summary: A very useful volume that discusses what malware is, how to defend against it and how to remove it. Clear and simple instructions are given on ways to improve security on your PC, as well as how to deal with malware that may end up on your PC. Recommended. Presented in a very easy to read writing style, this …

I was recently performing a SharePoint 2013 to 2016 farm upgrade and noticed an interesting issue when performing tests on content databases to be migrated to the new system. As part of the migration of a content database, it’s usual to perform a ‘Test-SPContentDatabase’ operation against each database before attaching …