Today Microsoft announced that System Center Configuration Manager will be available in a Long Term Servicing Branch (LTSB) version with support extending for 10 years. Background Over the last year, Microsoft has been working hard at transforming System Center Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr) into a product that gets regular updates to keep pace with all of
Read MoreIdentify the Version of your TPM chip using PowerShell or WMI/CIM in System Center Configuration Manager
on September 14, 2016Problem You have multiple versions of TPM chips across various devices. Depending upon the version of the chip, the setup process varies or affects your BIOS Configuration utility (E.g. CCTK from Dell). Solution Identify the version of the TPM chip using WMI/CIM or PowerShell. If you were to examine Device Manager you will note the
Read MoreTen features of Office 365 you should know about
on August 31, 2016Microsoft Office365 has been rapidly gaining market share and usage in both SMBs and enterprises around the world. As of July 2016, Office365 is the most used online productivity suite by businesses with over 1.3 million tenants and more than 75 million active users (sold seats is much higher). Every month more than 50,000 new
Read MoreResolving issues with slow Outbound mail to Office365 in a Hybrid connection using a SmartHost or Internal Appliance
on August 10, 2016Problem Mail flow to Office365 hosted users is slow after an initial Hybrid Configuration when the server points to a SmartHost on Exchange by default Solution The actual problem is the mail flow to Office365 is slow because the connector uses DNS for sending mail by default. In this scenario, the server is either sending
Read MoreMoving OneNote Content from OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive)
on August 9, 2016Problem If you click on the OneNote Document while in OneDrive, there is no “Download” option. Solution I’ve been using OneDrive for a LONG time and when I started using OneNote, it defaulted to my OneDrive account and loved how it kept synching. It was always accessible remotely or locally. As we adopted Office 365
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