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Auditing Admin Actions in SCCM Console

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Here’s how you can check what your SCCM admin is up to. Open the ‘Monitoring’ tab in SCCM console and find ‘Administration Activity Log’ The next step is to run it and find that most likely the report is empty. Gotcha! Fear not, this is quite normal–despite the ‘Administrative Activity Log’ name, this report has…

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Error When Decommissioning Exchange 2013 Database Availability Group

Exchange Availability Group decommission error

I recently encountered this error when decommissioning an Exchange 2013 Database Availability Group. Error: “Database availability group server EXCHANGESERVER cannot be removed from database availability group DAG since it is currently set for datacenter activation mode and it requires at least two mailbox servers.” If we try to remove the Database Availability Group in PowerShell…

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Microsoft Teams – Send an IM and Create a Group Chat

Start a chat from the chat tab in Teams.

How to Send a Chat and Create a Group Chat in Microsoft Teams. Watch this video or use the instructions below to learn how you can start an instant message or chat conversation in Microsoft Teams. Also, learn how to create a group chat. There are multiple ways you can send an instant message in…

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How to Fix Delayed Notifications in Outlook 365

Outlook Notifications Delayed and how to fix

Now that Outlook has integrated with Windows 10 notifications, some users are finding that the notifications don’t show up right away like they did when Outlook was taking care of this itself. While this fix doesn’t make the issue go away entirely, it does clear it up until your next update. Here’s how to get…

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Upgrading the ROMMON Version on a Cisco ASA

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If you need to upgrade the ROMMON version on your ASA, here is a quick guide. Note that you cannot downgrade ROMMON versions, only upgrade. Here are the steps to Upgrade the ROMMON version: Before you begin: Verify your current version of ROMMON. The current version is listed under ‘Fw Version’ Step 1: Obtain the…

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Using Spanning-Tree BPDU-Filter to Fix Switch Loops

Spanning-Tree Protocol

I would like to go over a spanning-tree option that I use many times to “fix” some switch networks, BPDU-Filter. To start talking about BPDU-Filter, we will need to first talk about what is and why have spanning-tree. Spanning-Tree Protocol Spanning-tree protocol (STP) is a network protection protocol that allows for setting up loop-free topology…

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