exchange: mailbox count per database

get-mailbox -resultsize:unlimited | group-object -property:database | select-object name,count | sort-object -property:count -descending

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adfs: integrated windows authentication

to alter or view the current authentication policies in ADFS, open the ADFS console and click the Authentication Policies folder. here the global authentication methods can be changed. under Intranet, windows authentication can be enabled. for this to work properly on the client-side, the client system will need to be a member of the domain […]

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bitlocker info & experimentation

on windows 2008 r2 and windows 2012 r2 VMs, drives other than c: are classified as removable data drives (bitlocker to go). the options for unlocking a removable data drive include: manual password unlock, smart card unlock, and auto-unlock. the smart card unlock in my case is irreverent. i tried the password unlock…which works, but […]

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papercut: cybersource secure acceptance

new papercut license required as well as the latest install of the papercut payment gateway module. relevant documentation: from papercut – paymentgatewaymodule-cybersource-secure-acceptance-quickstartguide.pdf from cybersource – secure_acceptance_wm_quick_start_guide.pdf (https://www.cybersource.com/products/payment_security/secure_acceptance/installbase/) for the payment form configuration i had to require residential address & email address under billing information. useful howto (although for drupal): http://wearepropeople.com/blog/how-to-configure-cybersource-secure-acceptance-webmobile-in-drupal-7 update 9/22/2014: cybersource SA IP address […]

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microsoft 70-410 notes

windows server 2012 editions: datacenter (only available through volume licensing and OEMs, unlimited VMs) standard (2 VMs) essentials (25 user max, does not include core, hyper-v, or ADFS) foundation (15 users max, preinstalled on hardware; physical server only) min. hardware requirements: 1.4GHz 64-bit CPU 512MB RAM 32GB HDD space roles not available in core mode: […]

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linux: netflix without wine

it seems like just a few months ago that i found out about pipelight and today i stumbled upon this article: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTc1ODY that’s really good news. of course i wish it would have happened like 7 years ago…but still good news. i most likely will not try it out until that particular chromium build comes out […]

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powershell: getting help

thus far i have always relied on MS web pages that describe the functionality of a particular cmdlet. recently i learned there’s built-in documentation for powershell…somewhat similar to unix’s man pages. examples: Get-Command -noun ADUser = lists ADUser cmdlets Get-Help Set-ADUser = lists all the options of specified cmdlet Get-Help Set-ADUser -detailed = same as […]

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mirabox: initial configuration

i’ve just begun to try to match my sheevaplug’s (RIP) configuration on a mirabox. the only thing i’m struggling with so far is the wireless configuration… serial config from windows: port: COM3 (this varies) speed: 115200 could not get the serial connection from linux to work should be /dev/ttyUSB0 /etc/network/interfaces: #eth0 allow-hotplug eth0 iface eth0 inet […]

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exchange 2007: managed folder policy for deleted items

Managed Default Folders are found under: EMC->Organization Configuration->Mailbox->Managed Default Folders a managed folder mailbox policy can be set up for the Deleted Items folder to permanently delete items after a specified retention period. source: http://rawtechnology.blogspot.com/2013/03/automatically-empty-deleted-items.html

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symantec netbackup: alter logging levels

from c:\program files\veritas\netbackup\bin run: vxlogcfg -a -p 51216 -o Default -s DebugLevel=1 -s DiagnosticLevel=1 to set logging levels back to default. the max setting is 5. c:\program files\veritas\netbackup\nblog.conf will then reflect the change. setting max log verbosity will cause GBs of logs to be generated especially in the “nbemm” folder (netbackup enterprise media manager) running: […]

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