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Test Active Sync online

It’s often useful to test Active Sync/RPC over https (i.e. after updating a certificate, mobile user issues, etc)- and there’s a couple of useful tools you can use:

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SQL Service pack install failure

The SQL service packs seem to always fail more often than most when installing patches but if you do get a failure try checking all SQL related services and making sure that none of them are disabled; if they are then...

service-packupdate
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Fortigate Dual Ping Peer gateways

Following some successful testing I have determined that adding two ping servers, reduces the amount of false positives for the Fortigate alert, PING PEER down

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SPF records (another site)

After my post the other day on SPF records, I would being doing a dis-service to everyone if I didn’t post the equally groovy http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/safety/content/technologies/senderid/wizard/ - gives the sa...

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SPF creation website

I really like the simple little wizard located at http://old.openspf.org/wizard.html?mydomain=nextnextnextfinish.com for creating SPF records- nicely done! :-)

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XenApp6 printer policies

If you need to use XenApp 6 printer policies do yourself a favour and install the XenApp Printing Optimization Pack.

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Veeam FAST-SCP

This tool allows you to copy vm files between local datastores. Ideal if you do not have vcentre. Can also schedule copies and best of all it is free.

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