This Blog runs on WordPress installed on a Windows Server that runs in Azure. There are obviously cheaper and easier (probably?) places to run a WordPress blog. But I work in a Microsoft centric environment and I work in Azure (a lot) and doing it this way allows me to tinker and test things. I… Continue reading Another Blog?
Tag: Updates
Revisiting my Blog
I have spent a decent amount of time over the years, trying to convince myself to spend some time on my blog. I have updated the OS of the VM that runs it. I have migrated from whatever platform I started on (I think I had two different ones going at one point.) I have… Continue reading Revisiting my Blog
Security Token Service
Had a bit of a scare during a maintenance window. Ran some updates on our SharePoint farm and after that one of the sites wasn’t coming up. Kept getting a 503 error. When I checked the event log, I found this error message: An exception occurred when trying to issue security token: The HTTP service… Continue reading Security Token Service
Upgrade of System Center Operations Manager Server OS
Our Operations Manager installation is an upgrade from 2007 through (currently) 2012 R2. The operating system was Server 2008 R2. I like to stay current, so I was interested in figuring out how to upgrade to Server 2012 R2. When I did a search on it, I found that there were recommendations on how to… Continue reading Upgrade of System Center Operations Manager Server OS
Follow up to the DPM recovery point expiration issues
Previously, I blogged about issues I was having where old recovery points were not being expired/removed from my DPM servers. I had to open a ticket with Microsoft, and worked with them to determine the cause, and since then, they have released a fix. The fix that Microsoft developed is here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=aee949aa-d3e7-4b0f-b718-00b7c20f1257&displayLang=en A few people… Continue reading Follow up to the DPM recovery point expiration issues
Just my luck
I haven’t even had my iPhone a week and there is already a major security update: AppleInsider | Apple releases iPhone 3.0.1 software to fix SMS exploit Apple releases iPhone 3.0.1 software to fix SMS exploit By Slash Lane Responding to a dangerous security exploit unveiled this week, Apple released an update to its… Continue reading Just my luck
Error installing update for Microsoft Forefront
I have a server that is Server 2008 x64. It has the client for Microsoft Forefront Client Security installed. It has been showing that it needed to update the client, but every time I told it to run, it would fail. I found this in the Application log: Application ‘C:\Program Files\Microsoft Forefront\Client Security\Client\Antimalware\MSASCui.exe’ (pid 3304)… Continue reading Error installing update for Microsoft Forefront