I’ve been working with Outlook since the mid-2000s, so I’ve seen plenty of crazy things. However, I was recently stumped by a PST-file repair prompt issue I’d never seen before….
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First, it should come as no surprise that most everything in IT has an expected service life. Devices with moving parts (hard drives and fans for instance) will eventually wear…
I’m always surprised when I talk to other system administrators who have never heard of the elusive Long-Term Servicing Branch (LTSB)/Channel (LTSC) versions of Windows 10, but I can’t blame…
Transitioning Between Channels and Customizing Installations with Office 365 Update Channels We all know how much Microsoft loves updates and changes, but most of us in the real world have…
While IT is quite essential to keep businesses running, a lot of projects could very well have met the chopping block or been delayed due to budget freezes. Don’t despair!…
“We’re network engineers. We’re not supposed to be this popular,” my beleaguered colleague said. While the economy is clearly taking a hit in the world of COVID-19, we have seen a slight…
As our pandemic charges on through April and our work-from-home initiatives become the new normal, video conferencing has become a must-have. All video conferencing providers are experiencing unprecedented adoption rates,…
As the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak disrupts our daily routines, many organizations are scrambling to provide methods for their employees to work from home. If you are examining methods to allow…
Those of us that have been using Windows since the early days are likely still very familiar with navigating the OS without a mouse—and no touchscreen, either! Lots of folks…
For years, LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) has been a standard to integrate systems and services with Active Directory. Firewalls, application delivery controllers, and the like use LDAP to give…
Microsoft released some critical patches today in its Patch Tuesday cadence addressing vulnerabilities in Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016/2019. (If you have Windows 7, well, you also have some…
“Warning! You’ve used up your Teams/Skype for Business PSTN minutes for this month” – if you got an email from Microsoft with that subject line, you’re not alone. Many businesses…