The Cloud OS!

Nuno Árias Silva

Body:    Over the last year, Microsoft have made some incredible developments with Windows Server 2012 R2, System Center 2012 R2, and the new release of Windows Intune – and I am incredibly excited for these products to reach general availability today! Leading up to this, Microsoft team has worked incredibly hard to share as much information as possible about this new platform and its vast array of capabilities – and…

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11 Razões para Experimentar o Office 365

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: O Office 365 é muito mais do que uma coleção de programas de software para utilização profissional. O Office 365 inclui todas as funcionalidades que a sua empresa precisa para criar uma infraestrutura de TI profissional. Eis onze boas razões para experimentar o Office 365: Disponível em qualquer dispositivo: Os empregados têm acesso ao Office Web Apps quer estejam num PC de casa, num PC do escritório, num smartphone…

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Moving Toward the Private Cloud

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​  The private cloud is emerging as an attractive alternative to the public cloud for many IT organizations. Although the public cloud puts the control and cost in the hands of the cloud hosting provider, that’s not the case with the private cloud. The private cloud puts the control and costs of the infrastructure into the hands of your organization. All the concerns about infrastructure availability and data security…

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How to Configure a Relay Connector in Exchange Server 2013

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ A very common scenario for Exchange Server 2013 administrators is the need to allow applications and devices on the network to use the Exchange server as an SMTP service. There are generally two specific business requirements: Internal SMTP relay – the ability to make an SMTP connection to an Exchange 2013 server and send email to recipients that are internal to the organization (for example, a “scan to…

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Avoiding Server Names in SSL Certificates for Exchange Server 2013

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ In a discussion about SSL certificates for Exchange 2013 servers the question of whether to include server names in the SSL certificate often comes up. In this article I’m going to demonstrate how you can deploy an SSL certificate for a simple Exchange 2013 organization without including the server names in the certificate.   But first let’s be clear – including server names in your SSL certificate is…

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Avoiding Server Names in SSL Certificates for Exchange Server 2013

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ In a discussion about SSL certificates for Exchange 2013 servers the question of whether to include server names in the SSL certificate often comes up. In this article I’m going to demonstrate how you can deploy an SSL certificate for a simple Exchange 2013 organization without including the server names in the certificate.   But first let’s be clear – including server names in your SSL certificate is…

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Windows Server 2012 R2 Failover Clustering

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ With the release of Windows Server 2012 R2, it’s time to discuss some of the new features and enhancements for failover clustering. The new features and enhancements were made with easier management, increased scalability, and more flexibility in mind. Here are the most noteworthy changes. New Shared .vhdx Files One new feature that seems to be getting the biggest raves is the ability to have shared Virtual Hard…

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Windows Server 2012 R2 Failover Clustering

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ With the release of Windows Server 2012 R2, it’s time to discuss some of the new features and enhancements for failover clustering. The new features and enhancements were made with easier management, increased scalability, and more flexibility in mind. Here are the most noteworthy changes. New Shared .vhdx Files One new feature that seems to be getting the biggest raves is the ability to have shared Virtual Hard…

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Introducing the Active Directory Recycle Bin in Windows Server 2012

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​Setting up and using this tool just got a whole lot easierThe Recycle Bin has been a feature in Windows OSs for quite some time. If you accidentally delete a file, it gives you the ability to restore it. However, if you accidentally delete a user or computer account in Windows Server 2008 Active Directory (AD) or earlier, you have very little you can do other than restore AD,…

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