Chinny Chukwudozie, Ai architecture.

Configuring Hybrid Configuration on Exchange Server 2010 SP3 for Migration to Office 365 (Exchange Online).

We’ve decided to initiate the migration to Office 365. For now, the plan is to start a phased migration of a third of all mailboxes to Exchange online. This will give us a chance to run an on-premise and cloud hybrid deployment in real time then determine whether to fully move forward or rollback. An…

jbernec

July 13, 2015

Azure AD Sync, Directory Synchronization, Office 365

Azure AD Sync, Directory Synchronization, Exchange Online, Exchange Server 2010 SP3, Hybrid Configuration Wizard, Office 365

Generate Office 365 User License Report with PowerShell.

As we continue expanding our Office 365 deployment from OfficeProPlus to include Exchange Online and Archiving, it’s become increasingly necessary to reconcile and report on current AD Synced and cloud users with their specific subscription and licenses quickly and efficiently. I want to post a quick PowerShell one-liner that generates a report on current Office…

jbernec

May 27, 2015

Azure Windows PowerShell, Office 365, PowerShell, PowerShell 3.0, Powershell 4.0

Azure AD Windows PowerShell, Office 365, OfficeProPlus, PowerShell 4.0, Scripts

Configuring Azure AD Sync Attribute Filtering.

So I’ve been playing with AADSync attribute filtering. So far we have successfully filtered our lab Azure AD sync by Domain and Organizational Unit. It appears that group membership based filtering is not supported with this version. But according to Microsoft, the Azure AD Connect tool (currently in Preview 2 version) which will eventually replace…

jbernec

April 14, 2015

Active Directory, Active Directory Domain Services, AD Forest, Azure Windows PowerShell, Office 365, PowerShell

AADSync Filtering, Azure AD Sync, Cloud, Office 365, OfficeProPlus, Synchronization Rules Editor

Matching an Office 365 Azure Cloud user Identity with an On-premise Active Directory User Object.

Recently I came across a situation with our Office 365 tenant deployment where a cloud user was created before we configured and ran Azure ADSync at the on premise Active Directory. Please note that we already had a matching on premise Active Directory user object with similar attributes. This resulted in an error after attempting…

jbernec

April 10, 2015

Azure Windows PowerShell, Office 365

Azure AD Windows PowerShell, Azure ADSync, ImmutableID, ObjectGUID, Office 365, PowerShell

Removing a Temporary Template from System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 R2 using PowerShell.

While going through a house cleaning task in System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 R2, I found that I couldn’t remove a vhdx file that was part of a template.This is because the vhdx still had a dependency called “Temporary Template11ef26ce-a6bd-421b-86f2-9cacd0e0f484”: Since I couldn’t remove the temporary template from the graphical user interface, I resorted…

jbernec

March 31, 2015

Hyper-v 2012 R2, SCVMM2012R2, System Center 2012 R2, VHDX, Virtual Machine Manager 2012 R2, Virtual Machines, Windows Server 2012 R2

Failover Cluster, PowerShell 4.0, SCVMM2012 R2 Template, SCVMM2012R2 Dependency, System Center Virtual MAchine Manager 2012R2, vhdx

Why America’s obsession with STEM education is dangerous .

If Americans are united in any conviction these days, it is that we urgently need to shift the country’s education toward the teaching of specific, technical skills. Every month, it seems, we hear about our children’s bad test scores in math and science — and about new initiatives from companies, universities or foundations to expand…

jbernec

March 29, 2015

Uncategorized

America, critical thinking, liberal education, science and technology, United States

Error Deleting Logical Switch from System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012R2 (SCVMM2012R2)

I recently encountered an error trying to remove a Logical Switch in SCVMM2012R2 . The SCVMM2012R2 error prompt was that the Switch still had a dependency and I had to remove the dependency before successfully removing the switch. I checked the Logical Switch dependency and it showed the switch to be attached to one of…

jbernec

March 9, 2015

SCVMM2012R2, System Center 2012 R2, VMM2012R2

Failover Cluster, Hyper-v, Logical Switch, SCVMM2012R2, System Center 2012R2, Uplink Port Profile, Virtual Machines, Windows Server 2012 R2

Resolving System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 R2 Error 1602.

My System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 R2 lab deployment crashed on me a while ago. Any attempt to log on prompted the following error ID 1602 : I restarted the SCVMM Service and the SQL Service successfully, but each time I tried to start the VMM Console, the SCVMM service stopped with the same…

jbernec

March 6, 2015

Hyper-v 2012 R2, SCVMM2012R2, SQL2012, System Center 2012 R2, Virtual Machine Manager 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012 R2

Failover Cluster, Hyper-v Cluster, MSSQL2012, SCVMM2012R2, System Center Virtual MAchine Manager 2012R2, Virtual Machine Manager 2012R2, VMM2012R2, Windows Server 2012 R2

Configuring Date and Time on a Cisco 3750G Layer 3 Switch.

The lower end of Cisco switches e.g the C3750 Layer 3, do not have a built-in system clock mechanism. As a result, the time needs to be set either manually or by an external ntp time source. The configuration below shows the commands for setting the time on a Cisco 3750 Layer 3 switch using…

jbernec

March 2, 2015

Cisco, Cisco 3750G, Cisco IOS, Cisco Switch, Clock, IOS, NTP, Router, Switch, Telnet, Time

Cisco Switch, Clock, Layer 3 Switch, NTP, System Time, Time, Time Source

Resolving Cluster Shared Volume “Redirected Access Mode” Error.

A while ago, I encountered a Cluster Shared Volume error in my lab. I logged into the Failover Cluster Manager and noticed multiple error status messages in the Cluster Events log. The System Log Event ID 5125 kept showing up every three minutes: Error Event id 5125 with details: Cluster Shared Volume ‘Volume1’ (‘Cluster Disk…

jbernec

February 9, 2015

Cluster Disk, Cluster Shared Volume, CSV, Hyper-v 2012 R2, ISCSI Initiator, MSSQL 2012, Powershell 4.0

Cluster Shared Volume, Clusters, CSV, Failover Cluster Manager, Filter Driver, Hyper-v Cluster, ISCSI, iscsi initiator, Powershell 3.0, Redirected Access Mode, Windows Server 2012 R2