Problem: I need to import 700 of our “key client contacts” into Exchange 2010 from a CSV file Solution: Powershell! Step 1: Create the CSV There are a ton of different fields you can use in your CSV to import into Exchange contacts, I am not going to go into them all here, but just
Author: Jacob Benson
Jacob has been in love with technology since his mind was blown using a floppy disk on two different computers in 8th grade. Jacob loves automation and "the cloud" and is excited about sharing what he's learning so that other people can be their best.
Unable to Connect to VMWARE View Desktop Through Security Gateway After Upgrade to 5.0
Upgraded my VMWARE environment to 5.0 this weekend, including all VMWARE View components. Couldn’t have gone any smoother, except that externally, users were unable to connect using the client (either 4.6 or 5.0). The desktop would attempt to load but after about 10 seconds would fail with the error “the connection to the remote computer
Symantec Endpoint Protection and VMWare View Desktops
Very long story short, when setting up our VMWare View environment using Windows 7 desktops with Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) I had all kinds of problems when composing pools with the customization stage failing because the PCs were unable to join the domain. I spent A LOT of time troubleshooting with VMWare and on my
Windows 7 Password Notifications
Situation: Users who use Windows 7 virtual desktops (in my case, VMWARE View desktops) are not able to see password expiration notifications when logging in. In Windows 7 instead of getting a pop up box you just get a little flash down in lower right hand corner, and if you aren’t paying attention you can
How to Configure Passive File Screens to Send Email Notifications in Windows Server 2008
Situation:Individuals in our Marketing department would like to be notified when new files are uploaded to a FTP site that we host for vendors (each vendor has their own folder). Solution:Install the File Server Resource Manager (FSRM) Role on the server and configure passive file screens to send an email notification. Open up Server Manager
Quick Thoughts on a Mobile Phone Policy Rollout
I recently rolled out (with the support of the executive team) a Mobile Phone Policy outlining how we would handle new and existing phones, personal phone numbers on our corporate phone plan, who is eligible and who was responsible for what costs. This was a much needed plan as everything was handled on a case
Creating a Windows 7 Template for VMWARE View Desktops
First, a couple of minor housekeeping notes. Most of the things in this list come from 2 places: VMWARE’s Windows 7 View Optimization GuideEMC’s Windows 7 View Optimization Guide Everything else is either things I have come across as fixes for problems I have encountered (and believe me, I have encountered a lot of problems,
Windows XP and Server 2008 File Servers
I recently migrated our Fileserver from an extremely old Windows 2003 virtual machine (that at one point was a physical machine) to a Server 2008R2 virtual machine. Everything with the migration went awesome and without a hitch except for the part where Excel 2007 spreadsheets were taking a very long time to open all of
Calendar Permissions Missing After Migration from Exchange 2003 to 2010
Situation:All employees use Outlook 2007. I have migrated our Exchange environment from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010 probably 3 months ago. One user’s calendar (we will call him Tom) was not showing Free/Busy information to any other user who had added Tom’s calendar to their Outlook. In addition Tom mentioned that when he tried to
How to Setup A Windows 7 KMS Host for VMWARE View Desktops
Background: I am in the midst of a VMWARE View desktop deployment, and through the process of testing and rolling out have used up one MAK key and am well on my way to a second. I have a KMS Key available to me so I decided to use that instead, and well, it became