By default, Office 365 Hosted Exchange processes Archiving policies only once every 7 days. You can force this for any mailbox using Windows PowerShell: Archiving policies for the specified mailbox should be executed within a few minutes.

To connect to Office 365 Exchange Management Shell, use the following method (this uses modern authentication and works with or without Multi Factor Authentication – MFA): Run Windows Power Shell as Administrator This step only needs to be done once on each PC you are connecting from: Run: Install-Module -Name ExchangeOnlineManagement -RequiredVersion 2.0.5For an updated command…

Enable logging By default domain controllers only log successful login attempts, therefore you should first off all start logging failed login attempts. This is done via Group Policy: Computer Configuration > Policies > Windows Settings > Security Settings > Local Policies > Audit Policy Enable both Success and Failure event logging for following Policies: Audit…

Issue ntbackup scheduled backup job begins and immediately fails. Backup logs created in C:\Documents and Settings\<ntbackup-account>\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows NT\NTBackup\data don’t list any errors. Backup .log files are created but they are blank 1kb files. Application logs record following warning when backup begins: Event ID: 1524Source: UserenvUser: ntbackup-account (account used to run scheduled job)Type: WarningDescription:Windows cannot unload…

Here are a few ways how to find who is using a particular email address in your organization. Microsoft Outlook Open MS Outlook > Create a new message, start typing email address and press CTRL + KEmail should resolve to the recipient name. Only works with recipients present in Global Address List. Active Directory Search…

Noticed that new Exchange users added some days ago are not appearing in Offline Address Book on Outlook 2010 clients. Users were appearing in on-line Global Address List (webmail, etc.) First logged on to the Exchange 2010 server and run following Exchange Management Shell cmdlet:get-offlineaddressbook |fl LastTouchedTime was date couple of weeks old which meant that Offline…

Issue Can’t install WSUS 3.0 SP2 (Windows Software Update Services) on Windows Server 2003 64-bit OS.Following error is displayed during setup: The error indicates that IIS is in 32 bit mode, while this application is a 64 bit application and thus not compatible.

Sophos Control Center before installing antivirus on client computers by default finds and removes other third party antivirus software. This is a very handy feature as it allows to remove old antivirus solution and deploy Sophos without need to login on client computers locally. Sometimes, however, Sophos refuses to remove third party software and installation…

Issue Windows Server 2003 SP2 64bit Group Policy Management Console with Service Pack 1 Group Policy Management Console opens normally, but when trying to open Group Policy Object Editor (to edit a particular policy), following error is displayed: Windows cannot find ‘gpedit.msc’. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again. To search for…

Issue Users can’t access their computers via Remote Web Workplace on an Windows Small Business Server 2008. Following error is displayed:   VBScript: Remote Desktop DisconnectedAnd internal error has occurred (error 50331588). For more information, please contact your network administrator or Microsoft Product Support.

A company had a singe APC Smart-UPS 1500 device connected to a Windows Server 2008. They also had a Windows Server 2003 and wanted both servers to be properly shutdown In an event of power failure. APC PowerChute Agent normally can only shut down server to which it has direct connection. Luckily, APC PowerChute Console…

Issue Trying to add x86 type of Brother MFC print driver (Windows XP, Vista, 7) on Windows Server 2008 64bit machine. Wile running Add Printer Driver Wizard dialog “Install Components From Windows media” is displayed: