2011

BPOS / Office 365 – Communication ports needed for connectivity testing

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Microsoft has released (sometime ago) an online tool to check your Internet connection compatibility with Online Services (messaging and collaboration [Exchange, Lync…]). This tool is available at the following URL http://speedtest.emea.microsoftonline.com/ There is some specific communication ports to be open in order to allow complete test: classical one: HTTP port (80) additional ones: UDP 8090, […]

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UAG – VPN access configuration

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As you may already know ForeFront UAG is a solution to publish applications to external users. It may also be used as VPN access point. With UAG, you have 2 different ways to enable and configure VPN access: SSL Network Tunneling (SSTP) SSL Network Tunneling Mainly, both are working in the same way BUT there

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TMG / UAG – Antivirus exclusions

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As you may already know, when you have a file system antivirus software installed on a server you have to define some exclusions (path and/or process). If you work with Exchange, SQL or SharePoint, this is something you may already have done and configured; but for those who are working with ISA, TMG, IAG or

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Online Services – New support policy

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With the coming new online services (from Office 365 to Azure), Microsoft has announced new support policy for the online services. As part of this new Support Policy, a new concept called disruptive change has been introduced. Disruptive change broadly refers to changes that require significant action whether in the form of administrator intervention, substantial

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SharePoint – Want to use a SharePoint development environment from everywhere for free?

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If you need a SharePoint environment available from everywhere, and for free, go to http://www.cloudshare.com/Products/CloudShare-Pro/CloudShare-Pro-overview.aspx   This fee offer is providing 3 VM’s for server and 1 for workstation. Enjoy

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ForeFront Endpoint Protection – Manage your FPE client with GPO

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If you are planning or have already deployed ForeFront Endpoint Protection, this may interest you. As you know FPE is designed to be managed throught System Center Configuration Manager BUT… you may not have SCCM deployed or need more granularity. Microsoft has released tools to manage FPE with GPO. The first you need to download

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Windows 7 / Windows 2008 R2 – SP1 now available to download

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Few days after releasing the Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 as RTM and made it available to download to TechNet/MSDN/Premier subscribers, Microsoft has provide public download for this Service Pack http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=c3202ce6-4056-4059-8a1b-3a9b77cdfdda&displaylang=en In the mean time, the SP1 is also available through Windows Update

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