PEI’s Simple Guide to Understanding System Center Configuration Manager By Stephanie Hamrick | November 30, 2017 | Comments Off on PEI’s Simple Guide to Understanding System Center Configuration Manager Many of our clients are starting to look into SCCM. Here is some data as to why they want to use to leverage the platform and what it is. System Center Configuration Manager formerly Systems Management Server, is a systems management software product developed by Microsoft for managing large groups of computers running Windows NT,… Read More
“Windows Could Not Complete Installation” SysPrep Boot Loop Error | How to End the Cycle By Stephanie Hamrick | November 29, 2017 | Comments Off on “Windows Could Not Complete Installation” SysPrep Boot Loop Error | How to End the Cycle Recently I had a customer that was trying to create an operating system image for some customized hardware. Every time they tried to run the deploy and capture process from within MDT, they would get the following error. “The computer restarted unexpectedly or encountered an unexpected error. Windows installation cannot proceed. To install Windows, click “OK”… Read More
The FCC Has Proposed Overturning Net Neutrality Regulations. What Does This Mean For My Business? By Mike Wendt | November 27, 2017 | Comments Off on The FCC Has Proposed Overturning Net Neutrality Regulations. What Does This Mean For My Business? Director of Strategic Consulting and Project Services Mike Wendt walks us through what deregulating net neutrality would mean for businesses. Read More
Cisco ASA 5506: Configuring the Interfaces to Replace the ASA 5505 By Stephanie Hamrick | November 10, 2017 | Comments Off on Cisco ASA 5506: Configuring the Interfaces to Replace the ASA 5505 Cisco has positioned the 5506x to replace their long time small office firewall, the 5505. The issue with the Cisco ASA 5506 is that it has separate ports that cannot be turned to switch ports. This means you can only setup one interface per network. This has upset many 5505 administrators; now they need at… Read More
Azure Pass-Through Authentication Failing By Stephanie Hamrick | November 7, 2017 | Comments Off on Azure Pass-Through Authentication Failing Azure Pass-Through Authentication Issue: We recently ran into an issue where we were facing authentication issues with Azure Pass-through Authentication. After ensuring that Pass-Through Authentication was still enabled in the Azure Portal and the hosting server was in an Active state, I went to the logs. In the logs I found the following error. Error:… Read More
How to Reinstall VMware ESXi 5.5, 6.0, or 6.5 Host and Fix the Mismatched Ports By Stephanie Hamrick | November 3, 2017 | Comments Off on How to Reinstall VMware ESXi 5.5, 6.0, or 6.5 Host and Fix the Mismatched Ports Have you reinstalled an ESXi host after carefully documenting its network configuration only to find that your storage, management, and network ports are all mixed up? Here is how to prepare for this situation as well as some general tips on reinstalling ESXi. Step-by-Step Guide to Reinstalling and ESXi Host Reinstall ESXi with correct version.… Read More
VMware ESXi 6.0 – 6.5 – “Incorrect user name or password” on brand new ESXi host. By Stephanie Hamrick | November 2, 2017 | Comments Off on VMware ESXi 6.0 – 6.5 – “Incorrect user name or password” on brand new ESXi host. Cannot Complete Login Error Just this week I ran into an interesting issue with a brand new ESXi server deployment. After installing 6.0 on a new host and setting up the Management Network from DCUI, any attempt to log in through vSphere client would yield ‘Cannot complete login’ error message. Thinking highly of my reading… Read More