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Sign in to Office 365 Click the waffle and select Admin Expand Admin Select Exchange Select Recipients Select Shared Click + Enter Display Name Enter Email Address (this value must be unique) – Drop down the list to select the email domain. Select the User(s) that has permissions to send mail from the shared mailbox. This can be changed later with advanced options Enter Alias Click Save Once the shared mailbox […]
Read moreHow to Transfer FSMO Roles in Windows Server 2008 R2 There are a number of reasons why an administrator would want to change the placement of Flexible Single Master Operations (FSMO) roles. Arguably, the most common reason is due to an upgrade or replacement of domain controller hardware. The procedure for transferring FSMO roles in Windows Server 2008 […]
Read moreHow to set up DFS Replication in Windows Server 2008 R2 DFS Replication is an easy and effective way to replicate data between servers. When changes are detected in a file, only the blocks that change are replicated. Consequently, DFS Replication works efficiently over low bandwidth connections. This makes DFS Replication an excellent option for, among other uses, replicating […]
Read moreHow to Configure Telnet Server on Windows Server 2008 Last week I needed to setup Telnet server on a Windows Server 2008 box. The setup is straight forward except for a few little things and one big one. One thing hung me up for a little while but I eventually found it. If you need to set up Telnet server, […]
Read moreStep 1: Open the “Server Manager” -> Storage -> Disk Management Step 2: Select the “System Reserved” volume Step 3: Right click on “System Reserved” volume and select “Add Mirror…” Step 4: Press “Yes” to start the disk conversion and mirroring. After the mirroring of the “System Reserved” volume is complete, you will see the Disk Management like the following: […]
Read moreThere are plenty of reasons why you might want to give one user access to another user’s mailbox. The first user may be in the hospital, or under HR review, or maybe they’ve been dropping the ball lately and management need to make sure that certain projects have been followed up on. It’s not really our job to care. The […]
Read moreManage full access permissions on mailboxes in Exchange 2010 This is the updated version with a few additions and corrections based on both comments and new features added by Microsoft since my first post. Grant permissions on a single mailbox Use the following command to grant access to just one mailbox: Add-MailboxPermission -Identity “” -User <UserorGroupIdentity> -AccessRights Fullaccess -InheritanceType […]
Read moreThere’s nothing more annoying to me than getting a new laptop from work and having to click through the logon warning message set by the IT department. It usually goes something like “Warning: You are logging onto our computer system. We own your soul.” Removing this message isn’t all that difficult, but you will need administrator access to your system. […]
Read moreOnce you’ve installed VMware ESXi Server and vSphere client, you can start creating VM instance and install a guest operating system on it ( e.g. Linux, Windows, etc.,) as explained in this article. 1. Launch Create VM Wizard Login to the ESXi server using vSphere Client. Provide the ESXi root username and password. From the vSphere client menu, select File -> New -> […]
Read moreIf you have installed VMware ESXi server, you can manage the ESXi server using vSphere client. vSphere client works only on Windows host. If you don’t have vSphere client installed, download it from your local VMware Server home page. i.e go to http://{your-vmware-server-ip} to download vSphere client. The direct url to download vSphere client from your installation of VMware server is: […]
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