VSS Errors are a fairly common occurrence, with most resolutions being "reboot the server". Each VSS Writer is linked to a Windows Service. Often VSS Errors can be resolved by restarting the corresponding service. The following PowerShell script will check…
Sometimes our Hyper-V guests were being backed up offline as opposed to online or backed up using saved state as opposed to using child partition snapshots. If the guest is not aware it's being backed up then applications like Exchange…
We've rolled out Adobe Flash Player via Group Policy for a while now, however we've only just noticed that the source location has changed, the following page shows where you can get the latest distributions from : http://www.adobe.com/uk/products/flashplayer/distribution3.html We store…
Microsoft have announce a new version of Outlook for Mac users: http://blogs.office.com/2014/10/31/new-outlook-mac-available-office-365-customers/ "Today we are announcing the new Outlook for the Mac, which delivers improved performance and reliability and a fresh look and feel that is unmistakably Microsoft Office. This…
Nice new feature added to Outlook Web App, should help to stop those pesky large attachments! "We're thrilled to announce two new ways to share files with Outlook Web App (OWA) and OneDrive for Business that make it much simpler…
"We are pleased to unveil a preview version of Matter Center for Microsoft Office 365 at the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) annual conference in Nashville, Tennessee. Matter Center for Office 365 is a powerful documentation management and collaboration solution…
Due to continued growth, we're looking for more senior and junior IT technicians. What do we do? We design, sell, implement and support IT infrastructure for small to medium size businesses (SMB). What IT Infrastructure? Everything from micro-businesses running on…
The following article just saved my bacon on a server http://glazenbakje.wordpress.com/2013/07/03/exchange-2013-unable-to-load-exchange-admin-center-ecp/ If the following services wont start after a reboot Net.Msmq Listener Adapter Net.Pipe Listener Adapter Net.Tcp Listener Adapter Windows Process Activation Service World Wide Web Publishing Service And in…
We love using CloudFloor DNS (aka Microtech Guernsey) for our DNS management as it's feature packed and in the rare case we need their help it's really swift, yesterday we found out how easy their Dynamic DNS service was to deploy…
We're expanding our IT team and we're looking for a couple of people. You are expected to install, enhance, configure and support the network infrastructures offered by Focused IT to its customers, these mainly comprise of Microsoft Windows Server based solutions. …