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    Beginning IoT – Installing Windows 10 IoT Core on an x86/x64 Device

    This is the second part in a 2-part series on how to install Microsoft Windows 10 IoT Core on an Internet-of-Things (IoT) device. Part 1 described how to install Windows 10 IoT Core on a Raspberry Pi 3 device. This article will focus on the steps required to install Windows 10 IoT Core on an x86/x64 device. …

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    AD Sites & Services

    Configuring Active Directory Sites & Services is an important, but sometimes mishandled, part of administering a domain.  The information in Sites & Services is used by AD to create a replication topology, determine which DCs should authenticate clients, and help users connect to applications and services.  Sites & Services being misconfigured can result in increased…

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    PowerShell Basics – Command Structure

    Although you’ve almost certainly used PowerShell by now, you may not be comfortable writing your own commands and scripts.  With PowerShell being the de facto scripting platform for Windows administration, being able to confidently write and execute your own scripts is an invaluable skill.  As networks get larger and larger, the need to increase efficiency…

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    Domain Controller Selection

    The process of a Windows client selecting an Active Directory domain controller isn’t too complex but is often not fully understood.  Let’s look at the way a member server chooses a DC and how this affects applications. Why it Matters Windows will optimize connections to the best available domain controller for the following types of…

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    Removing Ghost Mailboxes from Exchange with Remove-Mailbox and -StoreMailbox

    I ran into an absolutely crazy issue which involved Exchange 2010 and a group of “ghost” mailboxes.  The specifics were that the mailboxes showed up in Get-MailboxStatistics reports on the databases, but were not connected, “Deleted”, or “Soft Deleted”.  They were not visible in the console, or during a Get-Mailbox command, through either their GUID…

    Nathan Lasnoski
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    Policy Analyzer

    Policy Analyzer is a tool released a couple of years ago that allows an administrator to easily compare two or more GPOs to find the differences between them.  It’s a little clunky to use for quick troubleshooting, but for in-depth GPO work, this is a great tool for helping review and organize GPOs.  Here, we’ll…

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    Disabling Windows Update in Windows 10 IoT Core

    If you’re working with Windows 10 IoT Core on your devices and have wondered how you can disable Windows Update, well wonder no more! This article will detail out the steps needed to disable this service. First off, I’d like to state that I don’t recommend that you disable Windows Update on your devices running Windows…

    Concurrency, Inc.
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    Crash Dump Analysis

    Extracting information from a memory dump after a server crash is an important part of root cause analysis.  Although this is an advanced topic, and debugging crash dumps is often a very complex task, here we will look at the basics.  This information is enough to get started and debug a simple crash that has…

    Concurrency, Inc.
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    Focused Inbox in the Outlook Mobile App

    The primary view in the Outlook mobile app Inbox is Focused Inbox.  The Focused Inbox is replacing Clutter and is meant to filter important emails into your main Inbox view as further explained here.  Regardless of what view you’re in, particularly in the Outlook mobile app, you’ll still receive all emails but the mobile app…

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