Home IoT - Part 2 - Putting it together and integration
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This blog post is part of a series of posts were I’ve automated, and Internet of Things (IoT) enabled my garage door, swing gate and Bluetooth enabled garden irrigation system. Links below to each part!
Home IoT - Part 1 - The start of the journey
Over the past few weeks, I’ve automated, and Internet of Things (IoT) enabled my garage door, swing gate and never to be finished with everything, my Bluetooth-enabled garden irrigation system which required some reverse engineering. If you’re interested to know more and the challenges I faced, keep reading!
Is DevOps the plight of those who can do both Infrastructure (Ops) and Development?
There is something that is bothering me, something I want to share… I look at the industry today and I worry that the divide between Developers and Operators doesn’t appear to be closing. If anything, it appears to be expanding and I’m lost in the middle of it!
Migrating Certificate Services from Server 2012 R2 to Server 2019, the right way.
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So firstly, it’s been about 4 years since my last blog post so I think an apology is in order. Honestly I thought the Ubuntu Server GuestVM I had this site running on was deleted years ago when I moved house. Turns out it wasn’t and I just had it...
Windows 10 1511 update on WSUS error (Retry Loop)
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A quick post today for those who may be struggling with WSUS and Windows 10 1511 updates. It turns out there is one missing component/ step in order to get WSUS to deliver these new type of updates.
Exchange 2007 and 2013 environment - Public Folders on 2007 "Get-PublicFolder" cmdlet fails.
Recently I was tasked with a Public Folder migration project moving the public folders from Exchange 2007 to 2013. This particular company had been on Exchange 2013 for pretty much everything except Public Folders for well over a year which provides a good segue into this issue! When the administrators tried to manage Public Folders...
Invalid namespace - EventID 906 - AD Azure Sync Tool (WAAD)
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Today I came across an interesting issue where the AD Azure Sync Tool via Microsoft Online alerted me that AD Azure Sync had failed to run for some time!
Azure Active Directory (WAAD) Sync Tool - Password Sync issue and the importance of running the entire wizard
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Today I came across an interesting find with the Azure AD Sync Tool that I thought I would share. The issue was rather easy to identify but someone with an untrained eye might find it confusing or a little misleading. When I say untrained this article is really for those who...
Microsoft Partner Network - Resell and or offer free trials for Office 365
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So this article is going to help those who may be new to the Microsoft Partner Network and want to resell or even just offer free trials to Office 365. I’ve seen quite a bit of confusion around the internet especially on TechNet about how a partner gains the ability to resell and offer trials so hopefully...