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Use a PowerShell function to get location of a short URL

Quick function to get a location (a target or long URL) for a short URL. URL shortening services return the target or long URL for a short URL using the location property of HTTP status code 301 (Moved Permanently). Add this function to your PowerShell profile to get the location for any short URL. #Function […]

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Get Azure Storage Account GRS Replication Status using PowerShell and Azure Portal

You can use Azure Geo-Redundant Storage (GRS) to replicate a storage account to another Azure region. In the rare event of a catastrophic failure where the entire Azure region (with multiple zones) has an outage, you can fail over the storage account to the secondary region. Much like an Exchange geo-cluster. Failover is initiated manually. […]

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An annoying Acrobat Reader bug Adobe should fix asap

UPDATE 8/20/2020: This was fixed in a recent Acrobat build. Thank you, Adobe! This makes life easier for users who save PDF docs in Acrobat throughout the day. UPDATE 7/17/2022: Less than 2 years after Adobe fixed it, the Acrobat Reader file save bug is back. Request to Adobe to fix the regression. I’ve been […]

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Windows Server 2012 support lifecycle extended

Microsoft has extended product support lifecycle for Windows Server 2012 to align with the standard product lifecycle support timeline. Mainstream Support for Windows Server 2012 now ends on Oct. 9th, 2018. The new end of Extended Support date is Oct. 10th, 2023. Both can be found here. Microsoft Product Lifecycle Microsoft product lifecycle dictates how […]

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Google adds Microsoft Exchange support to Gmail app for Android

Google has announced Microsoft Exchange support in its Gmail client for Android. Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) is the ubiquitous protocol for mobile email clients to sync with Exchange Server, Office 365, and other products/services that license it. EAS support in the Gmail client now allows it to access both Exchange Server and Exchange Online, the on-premises […]

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Apple OS X 10.10.2 and iOS 8.1.3 Updates

Apple has released OS X Yosemite 10.10.2 and iOS 8.1.3 which fix a bunch of Exchange and Microsoft platform issues. Interestingly, Apple has started adding an Enterprise content section to its update articles. For OS X 10.10.2: From DL1785, OS X Yosemite 10.10.2 Update: Enterprise content For enterprise customers, this update: Improves performance for browsing […]

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Is GoGo’s use of a fake SSL certificate a Man-In-The-Middle attack?

Adrienne Porter Felt, an engineer on Google’s Chrome security team, recently found in-flight WiFi service provider GoGo using a fake certificate for Google.com and tweeted the following, with a screenshot. hey @Gogo, why are you issuing *.google.com certificates on your planes? pic.twitter.com/UmpIQ2pDaU — Adrienne Porter Felt (@__apf__) January 2, 2015 If you’re a GoGo customer, […]

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Microsoft makes Office 365 the cloud productivity service to beat

Pushed back from its normal summer schedule to early fall, Microsoft’s last TechEd conference TechEd Europe 2014 could have been a ho hum affair. Evidently, Microsoft had different plans. In a slew of announcements at TechEd Europe 2014 in Barcelona, Microsoft has raised the bar significantly to make Office 365, the cloud-based productivity service, an almost irresistible proposition […]

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Windows PowerShell 3 Wins InfoWorld’s 2013 Technology Of The Year Award

Windows PowerShell 3 has won InfoWorld’s 2013 Technology of the Year award. Finally, InfoWorld editors have discovered what IT pros have known for a long time – PowerShell is simply the most powerful yet easy-to-use management tool out there on any platform! The third time is definitely the charm for PowerShell, which provides the engine […]

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Holy Kinect – The V Motion Project is one impressive Kinect hack!

Microsoft’s Kinect controller for the Xbox 360 console and Kinect for Windows have spawned many interesting applications since their release over the past year. Fondly called “Kinect hacks”, these apps are a result of developers using the Kinect motion controller in new and interesting ways. Notably, Kinect for Windows bagged the Innovation of the Year […]

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