Server 2016 TP5

Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutesServer 2016 is right around the corner and I’m sure everyone has copious amounts of free time to learn about the new features in Server 2016…No? This post can serve as a 101 list of features in Server 2016. Below...

2012 R2 DirectAccess

Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutesLooking to do 2012 R2 DirecAccess? You only want a single nic? And you want to use a NAT? Well read on then!     Recently we implemented DirectAccess for our internal infrastructure. A couple of items to note is that...

CRM Outlook Plug-in with Office 365

Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minuteRecently I ran across an issue getting my outlook 2013 CRM plug-in connecting to our Office 365 CRM instance. I ran through the typical solutions: Repairing the CRM installation Reinstalling the Windows Foundation 3.5 Windows...

Patching SQL AlwaysOn with Orchestrator

Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutesPatching SQL AlwaysOn with Orchestrator is a bit different than the patching Hyper-V clusters with Orchestrator. If you’ve looked up the community runbook for cluster patching from Neil Peterson found here you’ll notice he...

System partition not set – PXE Boot SCCM 2012 SP1 CU3

Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutesSo the system partition not set.. huh? Read on… In SCCM 2012 SP1 Cu3 you have the ability to deploy Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1, right…? Well yes, but it’s a bit of work. If you’re like some of our customers and have multiple System...