December 21

How to backup and restore CISCO Router and Switch Config file to Flash Drive

First, Plug in flash drive with the terminal up and pay attention what the device is identified as by runing:

show file systems

in this case we can see usbflash1 is the external USB drive

(The USB drive might need to be formatted as FAT. Can do it right within the router.  Here is the command format usbflash1: ) Please make sure to format the correct USB drive

Backup:

 copy run usbflash1:/

Restore:

copy usbflash1:/the-backup-file-name starup-config

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December 19

Office 365: Hide a user from the GAL when using Azure AD Connect

Error message: 

The operation on mailbox “John” failed because it’s out of the current user’s write scope. The action
‘Set-Mailbox’, ‘HiddenFromAddressListsEnabled’, can’t be performed on the object ‘John’ because the object
is being synchronized from your on-premises organization. This action should be performed on the object in your
on-premises organization.

How to fix it:

  1. Open Active Directory Users & Computers.
  2. Enable Advanced Features by clicking View > Advanced Features.
  3. Set the msExchHideFromAddressLists attribute to True

4. set the mailNickname field.

 

 

November 1

Microsoft Dynamics GP Stuck batches issue

Problem: stuck batches and the message “The batch is currently in use – Please wait until the other user is finished”.

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Solution: open the Payroll Batch Setup window

 

 

select your batch (click the search icon and find the batch) and click the Reset Button.

This resets the batch’s status from In Process to Available, freeing it up for the user to proceed with it.

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October 20

How to Add Calendar Permissions in Office 365 or Exchange Server Using PowerShell

Check the current calendar permissions:

Get-MailboxFolderPermission -Identity user1@domain.com:\calendar

In order to grant user2 the permission to view and edit user1 calendar items, run the following command:

Add-MailboxFolderPermission -Identity user1@domain.com:\calendar -user user2@domain.com -AccessRights Editor

When managing calendar and Outlook folder permissions, you can use the following predefined permissions level roles:

  • Owner — gives full control of the mailbox folder: read, create, modify, and delete all items and folders. Also, this role allows to manage item’s permissions;
  • PublishingEditor — read, create, modify, and delete items/subfolders (all permissions, except the right to change permissions);
  • Editor — read, create, modify, and delete items (can’t create subfolders);
  • PublishingAuthor — create, and read all items/subfolders. You can modify and delete only items you create;
  • Author — create and read items. Edit and delete own items;
  • NonEditingAuthor — full read access, and create items. You can delete only your own items;
  • Reviewer — read folder items only;
  • Contributor — create items and folders (can’t read items);
  • AvailabilityOnly — read Free/Busy info from the calendar;
  • LimitedDetails — view availability data with calendar item subject and location;
  • None — no permissions to access folders and files.

 

 

September 15

WDS server Error: Windows could not apply the unattended answer file on dell laptop

Problem: WDS unattended filed doesn’t work on new dell laptop computer.

Error mesage: Windows could not apply the unattended answer file’s <DiskConfiguration> setting

Reason: It is failing because it can’t see the drive. The dell laptop is shipped with Raid ON Mode enabled in BIOS. The WDS server boot image file doesn’t have the driver.

Solution:  Injected correct RAID driver to boot image file.

Step 1: download the proper driver from dell.

Step 2: go to drivers and add driver package, select the driver that needs to be installed. In this example, we installed iastorvd.inf


Step 3: Go to Boot Images, and choose Add driver Packages to Image…

Step 4: Click add,  please make sure to use “Package Name”  and type the correct driver.

Click “search for packages”  and “next” to inject the driver to the boot image.

Step 5: restart the WDS server.