What are the possible causes of slow workstation performance? We have all run into it before–the dreaded, vague complaint that “the network is slow.” We all know that sometimes it is real, and sometimes it isn’t. It is so hard Read more…
I created a relatively complex Powershell script to manage creating new user accounts in our environment. It handles the following: Highly configurable with a separate config file to customize to your site Creating the user in AD from a .csv file Read more…
When using a Sharepoint 2013 shared task list with the default resource throttling limits, after adding your 5001’th item, you may run into the following error when opening an item on the task list: The form template failed to load. Read more…
Probably like many people, I started testing out Office 365 in phases. One change that we had to make was to add a UPN alias for @domain.org to replace our @domain.local. I was a little leery of this, so I Read more…
A simple Powershell script to import photos from a directory into AD. The photos should be named with the format “samAccountName.jpg”, less than 10k in size, and recommended dimensions of 96×96. To get the photos into the proper format, I Read more…
Recently I tried setting up Workflow Manager 1.0 on a new Server 2012 R2 server. The problems were inconsistent and unspecific in the error message–I tried several URIs that all matched the server, but when using http:// I would get Read more…
I was recently asked to deploy Truecrypt 7.1a to 250 computers. We use System Center Configuration Manager, so the simplest way to do this was going to be an .msi. Unfortunately, there is no official MSI for Truecrypt. I found Read more…
Every year when we image new computers, I try to work a little harder at making the image as automated as possible. We have a lot of short-term volunteers and students who turn over frequently. Training is also spotty, so Read more…
Recently I investigated some options to improve the availability of our Exchange 2010 environment. High availability should be a goal for any environment, but when you are the sole sysadmin and have to balance a second job role at the Read more…