WordPress – Manual update of PHP 7.x on IIS
With Microsoft withdrawing support for PHP in the Web Platform Installer I needed to perform a manual upgrade of PHP on my Windows servers running IIS. There were a few… Read more »
Windows 10 – Stuck on Let’s Connect You To A Network – no networks listed – Quick fix!
So there I was setting up a new PC and when I got to this screen in the Windows 10 setup and I didn’t have any networks listed. The reason… Read more »
Hyper-V – Black screen with flashing cursor after capturing a servers hard disks
So you’ve just captured that last server, you’ve done exactly the same as you’ve done on pervious occasions but this time when you fire up your freshly captured VM you… Read more »
Azure – Azure Web Application Firewall – Configuration with SSL and multi-site
If you’ve found this post then you’ve probably been through the Microsoft documentation. Although that documentation is great for getting you started it’s very generic and often I end up… Read more »
Azure – Gitlab CE VM Marketplace Template – How to upgrade GitLab
The last time I really used Unix (yes, it was that long ago) I was working on Sparc Statison, so being dropped into the modern world of Linux has been… Read more »
Hyper-V – Using a UPS with Hyper-V Server, graceful shutdown and email alerts
So the situation is that you want to add a UPS to your dev server but don’t want to go to the expense of a enterprise grade UPS. You can… Read more »
Azure – Azure Backup – Backup failed because your Microsoft Azure subscription has expired
Have you been using a trail of Azure and configured Azure Recovery Services on it? Then you forgot to switch the subscription to Pay-As-You-Go which means your backup fails? If… Read more »
Azure – NPS Extension for Azure MFA – Ignoring Request
So I was keen to move away from a dedicated MFA server and the new NPS Extension for Azure MFA looked like the perfect solution. However this was a journey… Read more »
Windows 10 – Hello for Business – Return of the “That option is temporarily unavailable” message
“That option is temporarily unavailable, For now, please use a different method to sign in. Yes, anyone that has been working with Windows Hello for Business is sure to have… Read more »
Windows 10 Mobile – Accessing Office 365 Shared Mailboxes
If like me your organisation has a number of shared mailboxes configured in Office 365 you get very frustrated when trying to access these mailboxes from a mobile device. The… Read more »
Windows Server 2016 – Changing the desktop background using Group Policy
So, who’s idea was that? How many of you are running Sever 2016? have you noticed the default background for the desktop experience is the same as Windows 10. That’s… Read more »
Windows 10 – Windows Hello for Business – Key based configuration
Windows Hello – it was working until November 2016? If like me you’ve been using Windows Hello on your devices that are domain joined quite happily up until the November… Read more »
Hyper-V – Windows 10 Hyper-V Client with VMs hosted on Bitlocker drives causing Kernel-Power events
Just a quick tip today. There are many of use running Hyper-V client on our Windows 10 PCs for development and testing purposes. If you, like me, have all your… Read more »
Azure – Migrating ASM to ARM – Removing extensions
So I’ve been looking at moving my VMs from their comfy home in “Classic” Azure to the new shiny world that is ARM. Like most people I had a look… Read more »
Exchange 2010 – Exporting PST files – Cannot access a failed instance
While performing an PST export from a Windows SBS 2011 server I was hitting the following error: Error: \\servername\PSTExport\user.pst –> Cannot access a failed instance Basically the error is suggesting… Read more »
Windows 10 Phone – No sound on email notifications
Just a quick one for those Windows 10 Phone users that are having issues getting incoming email notifications to make a sound. There appears to be a “feature” in the… Read more »
SharePoint – Customising Search Result Web Part Display Template
Ok, so following on from my previous post (here) I am still playing with display templates. My next target is the search results page. What I wanted to achieve was… Read more »
SharePoint – Content Search Web Part Display Templates Made Simple – Wiki Pages
There are lots of examples of display templates out on the Internet, most are really fancy and clever which is great. However sometimes you just want something that is simple… Read more »
Office 365 – Importing and Exporting Calendars – Meeting Rooms
Sometimes there is a need to export a calendar in Office 365. I recently had a case where a customer had been using a personal calendar to manage a room…. Read more »
Office 365 – OneDrive for Business Sync Errors!!
I am sure anyone that has been using OneDrive for Business has come up against sync errors. To be honest I have more than I’d like but talking to my… Read more »