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MDOP: Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack 2015

Posted by Ivan
/ September 22, 2015 / Leave a comment

With release of Windows 10, Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) has been updated for their latest desktop operating release. Ue-V is still missing major upgrade as my initial testing showed it is not ready for production deployment yet! I will convert my enterprise image to Windows 10, use SCCM as deployment...

Posted in AppV, Microsoft, Windows 10
PowerShell: Enable Remote Desktop

Posted by Ivan
/ June 4, 2015 / 3 Comments

I am creating a task sequence to deploy Windows Server 2012 R2 image with System Center Configuration manager. My task sequence has completed and after it is loaded the image I want to use my RDP client to connect to it. Unfortunaltly you need to make some click before that...

Posted in PowerShell
PowerShell: Enable Duplication on Windows Server 2012 R2

Posted by Ivan
/ April 2, 2015 / Leave a comment

Deduplication is a powerful feature that helps you to reduce physical storage requirement. Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 are now capable to enable this feature on a data volume. I have done some testing and now I am going to enable this feature during my server refresh project...

Posted in Microsoft, PowerShell
Lync: Change sign-in address with PowerShell

Posted by Ivan
/ December 23, 2014 / Leave a comment

If you started with Live Communications Server 2005 server you probably used an internal namespace for signing in. In the following migrations to Office Communications Server 2007, Lync 2010 and Lync 2013 you kept them smooth and didn’t change the sign-in address of your users. At some point your reached a moment...

Posted in Lync
Windows Server 2012 R2: Performance Tuning Guidelines

Posted by Ivan
/ October 20, 2014 / Leave a comment

Today I found following guidelines for tuning Windows Server 2012 R2 performance. msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/dn529133.aspx A downloadable version of these guidelines are available here. When you run a server system in your organization, you might have business needs that are not met by using the default settings. For example, you might need...

Posted in Microsoft
Lync: How to setup a SIP trunk with IP office R9?

Posted by Ivan
/ August 31, 2014 / 2 Comments

In the last 12 months I have learned how to set up and manage a Lync 2013 environment. I completed a complex migration path starting from OCS 2007 R1. There have been many challenges that I need to deal with and starting with this post I will share my journey...

Posted in Lync
SCCM: Uninstall SCCM 2007 Agent

Posted by Ivan
/ January 22, 2014 / Leave a comment

Sometimes you need to uninstall SCCM agent to troubleshoot a client issue. For me the computer object exists in the SCCM console but the computer object is not a client. The agent is installed locally with auto discovery from AD and for whatever reason it is not communicating to the...

Posted in SCCM
App-V: What’s New in Application Virtualization 5.0 SP1

Posted by Ivan
/ June 29, 2013 / 1 Comment

It’s time to start planning the upgrade to App-V 5 environment. With SP1 getting released recently I am going to zoom into the features and infrastructure. I am happy with my 4.6 environment now and with the upgrade to major release of 5 I except even more. I am downloading...

Posted in AppV
Windows Server: KMS client behind firewall

Posted by Ivan
/ June 28, 2013 / 2 Comments

Software Protection windows service is responsible for managing activation with KMS (Key Management Server). In the last couple of months I have been working on deploying and managing Windows Server 2008 R2 VM’s running behind the firewall. The VM’s are sitting in a dedicated VLAN that allows certain network traffic...

Posted in Windows Server
PowerShell: how to join a computer to active directory and rename hostname?

Posted by Ivan
/ April 23, 2013 / Leave a comment

The more you get used to PowerShell the easier it will get to build complex scripts and automate your processes. I like PowerShell just because I can copy and paste my scripts from OneNote and reuse them over and over. Preparing my lab, working out the design and later on recreating...

Posted in PowerShell