After a recent OWA upgrade some of my users were experiencing problems connecting via RPC/HTTPS. When I’ve seen this before, I noticed it is often the result of a certificate problem. One way to troubleshoot this is by using the Exchange Remote Connectivity Analyzer. This is an official Microsoft site which you can use to [...]

If you have been doing systems administration for any length of time, you have probably dealt with the disgruntled employee “termination” situation. Typically, you, your boss, or the Help Desk gets a call from HR (probably outside of normal account termination/offboarding processes), requesting all access for a specific account to be disabled immediately. Sometimes, the [...]

Just this last week, I reinstalled my work laptop with Windows 7 (from XP) as part of a pilot test group prior to rolling it out to the business. Based on my experience with Windows Vista, I really wasn’t looking forward to a new “Vista Like” operating system. Also, given the fact that I greatly [...]