July 2010

Useful website I discovered

by Peter Johnson 28 July 2010 News

As an I.T Professional I’m often asked to assist family members and friends with PC issues. Of course the skill level often differs and it is sometimes difficult to get accurate answers to questions such as OS, Browser version etc.   Point the person you are trying to help at www.supportdetails.com and they will see [...]

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Tagged as: UC

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CS14 – Licensing

by Uwin Young 27 July 2010 CS14

This post provides a summary overview of the licensing changes coming with Communications Server “14” (CS14) and key license differences compared to OCS 2007 R2. Please note that the new CS14 license is not final. OCS 2007 R2 Licensing Options Standard CAL This CAL is required to license access to the IM and Presence workload. [...]

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Tagged as: Licensing, Microsoft, OCS, UC, UM

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CS14 – New Features

by Uwin Young 26 July 2010 CS14

  People feel overwhelmed with the communications experience and challenges of dealing with distributed teams, partners, and customers, as well as the lack of integration and high cost of communications. People want tools that allow them to easily manage all their communication streams. Microsoft Communication Server “14” will focus on connecting people in new ways, [...]

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Tagged as: Active Directory, Conference, Desktop, internet, Linux, Microsoft, Security, Sharepoint, UC, UM, Windows 7

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New Microsoft Windows LNK exploit the most dangerous of all

by Robby Pedrica 21 July 2010 Security

A new malicious attack has been spreading through the internet in the last few weeks, initially using USB memory sticks to propagate. Called, the LNK vulnerability, the attack uses specially crafted shortcut (.lnk) files, which trick Windows into running code of an attacker’s choosing. Any Windows application that tries to display the shortcut’s icon—including Explorer—will [...]

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Tagged as: Microsoft, Security, virus

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Security, the employee and business

by Robby Pedrica 8 July 2010 Security

Anyone who runs a business ( from small SMEs to large corporates ) these days, with computing facilities for their employees, faces a tough battle with network and computer security. The list of external malicious vectors are endless, including phishing attacks, spyware, viruses, DoS attacks and many others. The Mariposa virus, shut down in March [...]

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Tagged as: internet, Security

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Apple iOS 4 and Exchange Activesync issues

by Peter Johnson 2 July 2010 Documentation

For those of you are not aware there have been some murmurs of discontent around an issue with iPhones and iPads using iOS 4 and Activesync.   People are complaining of server performance impact and large log file bloat.   There is a blog entry by the Exchange team addressing the issue and discussing resolution [...]

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Tagged as: ActiveSync, Exchange

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