trial microsoft intune

I heard of intune more than 1 year ago.

it can't do servers.

it may be good for standone alone PCs, but it doesn't care about whether its domain joined or not.

portal.microsoftonline.com

there is an administration portal not the one above,

you can do remote session using live meeting, which is very slow

in the portal you can check software installed, restart the PC ( not readily available inside N-able)

of course , check the updates ( in conflict with current update policies, because my two test pCs are all domain joined, got separate policies)

it can do anti-virus which is good

it is Not cheap !

I yet to check to see if it can monitor system perfomance. well it should ... as I reckon MS want it to run again Kesaya or N-able

grant send as in office 365

grant send as in office 365

http://help.outlook.com/en-us/140/ff852815.aspx

Add-RecipientPermission "Help Desk" -AccessRights SendAs -Trustee "Ayla Kol"

Get-RecipientPermission "Help Desk"
Get-RecipientPermission | where {($_.Trustee -ne 'nt authority\self') -and ($_.Trustee -ne 'null sid')}

Setting password never expiry for O365 users

Customers can use the Microsoft Online Services Module for Windows PowerShell (MOSMWP) to configure their user passwords to never expire. Please refer to the following steps:

Setting password never expiry

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1)    Download and install the module from the following page of the Microsoft Office 365 portal. To do this, sign in to the Microsoft Office 365 portal, navigate to https://portal.microsoftonline.com/IdentityFederation/IdentityFederation.aspx, and then under step 3, click Download.

2)    Use Microsoft Online Services Module for Windows PowerShell to connect to tenant account

Ø  On the Start menu, click Microsoft Online Services, and then click Microsoft Online Services Module for Windows PowerShell

Ø  Type Connect-MsolService, and then press Enter( Enter the Office 365 admin credential into the pop up windows)

3)    Run the following command by using the user principal name (UPN) or the user ID of the user to configure the password for that user to never change:

Set-MsolUser -UserPrincipalName -PasswordNeverExpires $true

Note If you want to change the setting for all the users in an organization, run the following command:

Get-MSOLUser | Set-MsolUser -PasswordNeverExpires $true

Find out whether a password is set to never expire

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1.       Connect to Microsoft Online Services Module for Windows PowerShell (MOSMWP) by using your company administrator credentials.

2.       Do one of the following:

·         To see whether a single user’s password is set to never expire, run the following cmdlet by using the user principal name (UPN) (for example, aprilr@contoso.onmicrosoft.com) or the user ID of the user you want to check:
Get-MSOLUser -UserPrincipalName | Select PasswordNeverExpires

·         To see the "Password never expires" setting for all users, run the following cmdlet:
Get-MSOLUser | Select UserPrincipalName, PasswordNeverExpires

notes from the field, the users are ported from exchange sbs/2003, they wont be shown as expiry or not. new users created in o365 portal will be showing expriry.

but a customer's admin account not showing expiry, got forced to change password as well

Converting Physical Computers to Virtual Machines in VMM (P2V Conversions

Converting Physical Computers to Virtual Machines in VMM (P2V Conversions

1. Installing the agent on the source computer
   
2. Getting hardware configuration
   
3. Imaging
   
4. Fixing up
   
5. Creating the virtual machine

windows 8 server beta first impression on a hyper-v v1 machine

windows 8 server beta first impression on a hyper-v v1 machine

finally I got my hands on the w7 server beta

on a windows 2008 hyper-v v1 machine, create a 25GB vhd file, 1.5GB ram with 1 cpu

phew .... installation took 30 minutes

the interface style is similar to w8 desktop, but only with server manager pop up on the desktop.

looks like flat-panel off-course,

on the server manager ,
network teaming,
server pool
server group
windows live - online backup

are all on the interface

shutdown is swift with only file and storage role installed

I am impressed

What's the difference between “Turn Off” and “Shutdown” in Hyper-V

What's the difference between “Turn Off” and “Shutdown” in Hyper-V

http://serverfault.com/questions/69983/whats-the-difference-between-turn-off-and-shutdown-in-hyper-v

Turn Off..." is like pulling the plug on a physical machine where as "Shut Down..." sends a shut down message to the guest.

I finally fixed my chris-tv problem

I did an upgrade on chris-tv a while ago

then the christv dead on me

I got sound, but blank screen

http://www.chris-tv.com/faq.html

You have to change the Video Rendering mode in Program Settings->Video Rendering to VMR9 or Overlay Mixer and restart ChrisTV PVR.

change the overly fixed,

weird as it used to work for years