Are people receiving emails from your Office 365 users that are blank with an attachment called WINMAIL.DAT? It’s probably the time to disable TNEF (Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format) across your Office 365 organisation.
What is the Microsoft Secure Score?
The Microsoft Secure Score is a measurement of an organisation’s security position, with a higher number indicating more improvement actions taken. Following the Security Score recommendations can help protect your organisation from threats. From a centralised dashboard in the Microsoft 365 security centre, organisations can monitor and work on the security of their Microsoft 365 identities, data, apps, devices, and infrastructure.
Multi-Factor and 2-Factor Authentication (2FA) and why you should be using it.
In this article, I will explain about 2FA (two-factor authentication) and MFA (multi-factor authentication) and why you should be using it to secure keep your accounts secure. As an administrator, IT Professional or an IT user there a few security steps you can take like; installing antivirus software, set firewall rules, implement encryption technology, and … Continue reading Multi-Factor and 2-Factor Authentication (2FA) and why you should be using it.
Start, stop or restart a Windows service from command prompt
If you manage Windows Services and are comfortable working from the command line then you can use it to easily start, stop, pause or restart any service from an elevated command prompt or as part of a convenient script/batch file. Stopping a service To start a service, run: net stop service-name. Where service-name is the … Continue reading Start, stop or restart a Windows service from command prompt
Restart VSS Writers without a reboot
Having started working in my current IT support role a little over a year ago, I was shocked to discover that the general fix for Windows Server Backup errors caused by failed VSS writers was to reboot the server. I had in my previous role resolved this issue many times by restarting the service that related … Continue reading Restart VSS Writers without a reboot
SBS POP3 Connector Log Location
The POP3 Connector log files on SBS 2011 & SBS 2008 are stored in the following location: C:\Program Files\Windows Small Business Server\Logs\pop3connector\Pop3service.log If you wish to create a new log file you will need to stop the Windows SBS POP3 Connector service, rename the log file to something suitable, and then restart the service. A … Continue reading SBS POP3 Connector Log Location
Grant a user or group full access to all exchange mailboxes
When preparing to migrate mailboxes to exchange online the account used for the migration will need full access to all mailboxes. It is advised to create a an account just for this purpose, I tend to create a domain account with the username "365-<RANDOM>".Replacing <RANDOM> with a random string of characters.The below command will give … Continue reading Grant a user or group full access to all exchange mailboxes
Remotely enable RDP on a domain computer
Sometimes we find ourselves needing to connect to a machine in our corporate network that for one reason or another doesn't have Remote Desktop Connections enabled. This can be enabled through Group Policy however we might not want to wait for Group Policy to take effect. To get an immediate result we can use the … Continue reading Remotely enable RDP on a domain computer
Convert a Exchange online mailbox to shared mailbox
There may be times when a user leaves your organisation and you need to free up their Office 365 license for the next user. This sometimes presents us with the need to maintain the email's stored within the old users mailbox and continuing to receive new email that is sent to their SMTP address. The … Continue reading Convert a Exchange online mailbox to shared mailbox
Enable Windows installer in safe mode
Windows Installer will not work when booted into Safe Mode, this means that programs cannot be installed or uninstalled in safe mode however we can make Windows Installer work under safe mode, you need to create a registry entry for the specific version of safe mode you are logged in to. Safe mode Add the … Continue reading Enable Windows installer in safe mode