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Cisco

Configuring a conference bridge in Cisco CME

I recently ran into an issue configuring a conference bridge for a client. What makes this particular problem worth sharing is that

OCS / Lync / Teams

GoDaddy won't issue a UCC cert for a Lync pool with a private domain name

A customer had a Lync 2010 environment with a pool name that used a private domain name and not an FQDN.  When

Virtualization

Convert thick disk to thin on ESXi free

Here are the steps to convert a thick VMDK file to thin.  Steps 2-4 are optional, but if you want to shrink

Cisco

Using Cisco 8945 IP phones with CME

We just finished testing the Cisco 8945 IP phone with CME using SCCP and it worked great.  Point to point video works

Cisco

CME 8.8 upgrade and Exchange UM voicemail problem

We recently upgraded to the new Cisco CallManager Express (CME) version 8.8 so that we could try out the new 8945

Microsoft

Centrally setup Windows XP machines to use the new 2008 Group Policy Preferences

With the new 2008 Group Policy Preferences there are some great new tweak tools to manage without the need for login scripts.

Exchange

Public folders and upgrading to Exchange 2010

We recently had some problems with Public folder synchronization during an Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2010 migration.  Public folders were not syncing

Servers

Virtualization Now!

Ten Reasons You Should Already Be Using Virtualization For Your Server Environment According to Intel: single most important issue in IT Virtualization

Microsoft

Add roles features or Windows Update on 2008 R2

The problem is that Windows Updates will not run properly (giving you various errors) and when Roles or Features are selected under

Exchange

Simplify Exchange 2010 OWA URL

Exchange Outlook Web Access is a wonderful feature, but directing users to access it on their own can be a patience testing

Infrastructure

Enabling jumbo frames in VMware ESX

To get the best performance out of VMware's iSCSI initiator it's a good idea to enable jumbo frames

Virtualization

Handling drive corruption on VMware ESX

Here's a tip if your ESX host freaks out and you happen to be storing a VMFS partition on the