MEC 2014 Notes

Resources:

• Presentations and resources for Exchange, Office 365, and More...
  http://ignite.office.com
• Office 365 Fast Track resource Site
  http://fasttrack.office.com
• Provision a new Trail Tenant and FastTrack a deployment
  http://aka.ms/getfasttrack
• ID Fix (Tool to remediate AD Issues)
  http://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/download/details.aspx?id=36832
• Setup and Use Office 365 on your phone or Tablet
  http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/office365-suite-help/set-up-and-use-office-365-on-your-phone-or-tablet-HA102818686.aspx
• Office 365 Blog
  http://blogs.office.com/office365updates/
• Office 365 NDA Preview
  http://prereleaseprograms-public.sharepoint.com

Exchange 2013 SP1, New Install

Problem:

Error message pops up when attempting to edit user.
















The issue was created by my having changed the default OU for the creation of new users.

Fix:
Return the default location for Users:
redirusr "cn=Users,dc=domain,dc=local"

 

Exchange 2013: Remote host said: 451 4.7.0 Temporary server error.

Exchange 2013 SP1, New install

Problem:
Exchange 2013: Remote host said: 451 4.7.0 Temporary server error. Please try again later. PRX2

The server used were a multi-role server and found as this is a bug in the program.

The fix:

1. Create host file entries on the server with two names: server,server.domain.local

2. Restart “Microsoft Frontend Transport” and “Microsoft Exchange Transport” services

Microsoft PKI (Certificate Authority) Migrations

Excellent articles on Migrating CA's

• Microsoft "by the book"
  AD CS Migration: Migrating the Certification Authority
  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee126140(WS.10).aspx#BKMK_GrantPermsAIA
  (Note: This has confusing references to either leaving the CA Server name the same or changing it)
• Moving Your Organization from a Single Microsoft CA to a Microsoft Recommended PKI
  http://blogs.technet.com/b/askds/archive/2010/08/23/moving-your-organization-from-a-single-microsoft-ca-to-a-microsoft-recommended-pki.aspx
• Migrating Windows Certificate Authority Server from Windows 2003 Standard to windows 2008 Enterprise Server
  http://smtpport25.wordpress.com/2010/01/16/migrating-windows-certificate-authority-server-from-windows-2003-standard-to-windows-2008-enterprise-server/
  (Note that this is full of little typos, but looks like a simple solution to a simple scenario.
  Be sure and read the feedback though, and there are lots of unanswered questions).
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AD Upgrade Articles

Excellent Articles on AD Upgrades:

• Upgrading an Active Directory Domain from Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2003 R2 to Windows Server 2012
  https://msmvps.com/blogs/mweber/archive/2012/07/30/upgrading-an-active-directory-domain-from-windows-server-2003-or-windows-server-2003-r2-to-windows-server-2012.aspx
  
• Group Policy Settings Reference for Windows and Windows Server
  http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=25250
  
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How-to Transfer FSMO roles using powershell

Excellent article on how to transfer FSMO roles using powershell
http://thelazyadmin.com/2013/08/managing-fsmo-roles-with-powershell/

Summary:
Netdom query fsmo
Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole -Identity “Target_DC_Name” –OperationMasterRole 0,1,2,3,4

TED TALKS - Drones

Start here.  This talk describes using drones to video Wildlife and Conservation.


http://www.ted.com/talks/lian_pin_koh_a_drone_s_eye_view_of_conservation.html


Will_drones_save_us_or_destroy
http://www.ted.com/playlists/135/will_drones_save_us_or_destroy.html

the_astounding_athletic_power_of_quadcopters
http://www.ted.com/talks/raffaello_d_andrea_the_astounding_athletic_power_of_quadcopters.html