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  • Office 365 SharePoint Online Storage

    Microsoft has recently published updated Office 365 Service Descriptions at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=6c6ecc6c-64f5-490a-bca3-8835c9a4a2ea. The SharePoint Online service description contains some interesting information, some of which I did not know yet. We typically receive a lot of questions about SharePoint online and storage. The list below summarizes the storage related features: The storage pool starts at 10GB with… Read more

  • How to check that a RemoteFX session was created

    When working with RemoteFX, it is not directly obvious in the UI that a RemoteFX session was established. The easiest way to check it is via the Event Viewer on the RDS host. Look for the following event: You will find the above in the Applications and Services logs. Read more

  • RemoteFX with Remote Desktop Session Host

    After reading the Can you connect to a Terminal Server via RemoteFX post on brianmadden.com, I decided to quickly try it out in Xylos’s lab environment. The installation, as expected, is very simple. On a Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 system, install the Remote Desktop Services role and the Remote Desktop Session Host role service.… Read more

  • Windows Intune available on March 23rd

    Windows Intune, Microsoft’s cloud-based pc management service will be available for trial and purchase on March 23rd. It will become available in several countries, including Belgium. The service can be acquired for around 11$ per computer per month. This includes a Windows 7 Enterprise license. For 1$ extra, you can acquire MDOP as well which… Read more

  • BPOS PowerShell Commands

    While I am delivering BPOS courses for Microsoft partners, there’s always a lot of interest in using commands to control directory synchronization, the migration tools, provisioning users and so on. Microsoft actually provides several PowerShell cmdlets with the two main tools that come with BPOS: Directory synchronization cmdlets become available when you install the directory… Read more

  • Enabling Forefront Administration and Quarantine in BPOS

    Exchange Online, standalone or as part of BPOS (Business Productivity Online Suite), always comes with antivirus and anti-spam protection delivered by Forefront Online Protection for Exchange or FOPE. Mails are always scanned for viruses and, depending on your settings, checked for spam. As a BPOS administrator you can control the anti-spam checking behavior by configuring… Read more