Sometimes you want to be able to quickly create a GPO report for an Active Directory domain. And ofcourse you can do this manually using the GUI as well, but with a PowerShell script you can automate and schedule it.
So here’s my script that will automatically save a time stamped GPO report for the current domain.
PowerShell has been adopted by many companies already including VMware and Cisco with its Unified Computing System (UCS).
Microsoft is offering free exam vouchers for 74-324 Administering Office 365 for Small Businesses:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mssmallbiz/archive/2013/01/15/we-re-giving-away-2-000-free-administering-office-365-for-small-businesses-exam-74-324-vouchers-here-s-how-to-get-yours.aspx
The supply is limited, so don’t wait too long.
Also be sure to take a look at : Jump start videos for the new exam 74-324 Administering Office 365 for Small Businesses.
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Another code can be found here: http://www.digitalwpc.com/GetInvolved/MSPartnerPerspectives/TrainingSpotlight/Pages/Training-Spotlight-Small-Business-Competency-Announcements.aspx?mtag=mpntraining_tw_SBCompAnnouncements#fbid=gbfFqtdRaxn
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As some of you might know, at the 31st of January some special Windows 8 related offers are ending:
Last sunday I warned about a major vulnerability in Java.
It wasn’t expected that Java would come have an update available this quickly, but it is good that they did. So be sure to update to Java 7 Update 11 : http://java.com
Microsoft Virtual Academy (MVA) is hosting 3 virtualization related Jump Starts in January and February:
I’ve attended a couple of Jump Starts including those of Office 365, Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 already and I think it’s a great way to quickly get up-to-date about a subject. Also there’s a great team of people working behind the scenes to answer questions and provide more detailed resources. Other attendees often also share their experiences and provide valuable insights.
The links above provide include a course outline and a link to register for the Jump Start.
I hope to see you there.
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Oracle release Java 7 Update 11 to fix this security issue. Be sure to update: http://java.com/
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Normally when I read about security vulnerabilities, I don’t really get a sense of urgency.
With the current Java vulnerability however, I do feel like people have to act quick because there are so many respected companies and even countries actively taking action:
Apparently this vulnerability is actively being exploited already and Oracle hasn’t released a Java fix yet. You might want to consider a combination of the options below:
Personally I like the way FireFox is handling the issue because it blocks by default, but allows users to easily override this behavior for specific sites. Also I’m getting quite fed up with all these Java security vulnerabilities lately 😦
I’d like to know what you’ll be doing. Have you or are you going to disable Java ? Which methods will you use ? Why ?
As a passionate ICT person, I work with multiple virtualization products including Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware vSphere.
At home I’m running Server 2012 with Hyper-V in my home lab and even though it works perfectly, I miss the option to be able to run multiple other hypervisors beneath it like by example multiple Hyper-V, VMware ESXi or Citrix XenServer instances.
With VMware products like VMware Fusion, VMware Workstation you can enable this with only a couple of minor adjustments as described in these great articles:
For me personally, I’ll stay with my Hyper-V based home server and my Windows 8 Client with Client Hyper-V installed. For testing purposes however, I’ll have to use VMware Workstation 9 on my Windows 8 machine. (even though I have Client Hyper-V installed). This way I can still run other hypervisors when needed.
I still hope though that Microsoft will add a similar feature to Hyper-V in the future.
blog.bjornhouben.com 