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SQL Server 2012 Product Guide V2
now the product Guide V2 is available here This version has the following: - Download size reduction...
Author: Wagdy Ishac Date: 10/29/2011
SQL Server 2012 VertiPaq Analysis Services installation and Demo (Video)
after the amazing success of PowerPivot in the previous release of SQL Server 2008 R2 this engine...
Author: Wagdy Ishac Date: 10/17/2011
PowerShell Command Builder for SharePoint 2010 and Office 365
Dear SharePoint Geeks, I’m here again to share with you another interesting tool to help you...
Author: sherif.talaat@innovation-hut.com Date: 10/16/2011
Profiler Replicator, A SQL Server Performance Testing Software based on SQL Profiler
I've developed a small application that will help you test the performance of you SQL engine. the...
Author: Wagdy Ishac Date: 10/15/2011
Windows Phone Marketplace......Publishing in a nutshell
Hossam Kamel; One of our DPE Speiclialist has prepared this nice Step by Step guide to easily...
Author: Amr.Hamdy Date: 10/03/2011
SharePoint 2010 Virtualization
Virtualized SharePoint farms are becoming increasing prevalent in the market and with the advances...
Author: Ahmed M Khairy Date: 10/02/2011
PowerShell Snap-in for Microsoft App-V Server 4.6 SP1
It’s my pleasure to announce the beta release of the first Windows PowerShell snap-in for...
Author: sherif.talaat@innovation-hut.com Date: 09/23/2011
Announcement: Windows Management Framework 3.0 - CTP #1
It’s my pleasure to announce that Community Technology Preview (CTP) #1 of Windows Management...
Author: sherif.talaat@innovation-hut.com Date: 09/20/2011
Configure WebDAV for SCCM 2007 using AppCmd and PowerShell
If you are one of SCCM administrators and one of you nightmares is the bulk of error messages you...
Author: sherif.talaat@innovation-hut.com Date: 08/26/2011
Change Outlook attachment security settings using PowerShell
Sometimes, when you receive an e-mail in outlook with an attachment, you receive a message informing...
Author: sherif.talaat@innovation-hut.com Date: 08/06/2011
Download all SharePoint 2010 prerequisites on one-click using PowerShell
Dear SharePoint Geeks, I’m writing this post to share with you a very interesting PowerShell...
Author: sherif.talaat@innovation-hut.com Date: 08/06/2011
How to Generate a Secure Random Password using PowerShell
The goal of this post is to show you how you can use Windows PowerShell to call .NET Method()....
Author: sherif.talaat@innovation-hut.com Date: 08/04/2011
Microsoft ForeFront Identity Manager R2 - Beta
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh322889(WS.10).aspx Was just annouced today August 2nd...
Author: khnidk Date: 08/02/2011
WinNT (Local Users, SAM) Custom FIM Management Agent
This ending week I encountered an interesting case where an organization has a large # of...
Author: khnidk Date: 07/29/2011
List Connections and Users connected to Lync Registrar Pool
The following script could be copied to %windir%/system32 as connections.ps1 in order to run it from...
Author: Mahmoud Badran Date: 07/19/2011
Denali CTP3 is here
Did you download it ??... Not Yet... Go NOW and GET CTP3 from the below URL...
Author: Wagdy Ishac Date: 07/13/2011
SIP Response Codes
1xx—Informational Responses100 Trying180 Ringing181 Call Is Being Forwarded182 Queued183...
Author: Mahmoud Badran Date: 07/11/2011
SIP vs H.323
https://www.tmcnet.com/it/0801/0801radv.htm Various standards organizations have considered...
Author: Mahmoud Badran Date: 07/11/2011
General Trouble shooting procedures and asking for Help!
Trouble shooting procedures and asking for Help!: To trouble shoot any problem you face we need to...
Author: Mahmoud Badran Date: 07/11/2011
Jumping between database Name and ID in SQL Server
If you're using DMVs or quering the master Database, you'll need to know your database id, and some...
Author: Wagdy Ishac Date: 06/19/2011
VDI & LYNC
It is doable given the following conditions: Users are LAN users (preferred for Video) Terminal...
Author: Amr.Hamdy Date: 06/19/2011
Free Cool Tools: Microsoft Analytics for Twitter
Analytics for Twitter allows users to query Twitter directly in Microsoft® Office Excel 2010....
Author: Amr.Hamdy Date: 06/12/2011
Lync PowerPack Official Release
The Lync team has released these great additional features. The Lync Power Pack applications are...
Author: Amr.Hamdy Date: 06/08/2011
Outbound call routing time condition
In order to create an outbound route policy based on a time condition in order to prevent certain...
Author: Mahmoud Badran Date: 06/07/2011
Windows 8 First Look
Looks Very Exciting.......
Author: Amr.Hamdy Date: 06/06/2011
Lync with Polycom RMX Integration
This Blog describes the integration between Microsoft Lync and Polycom RMX 2000 Create the Polycom...
Author: Mahmoud Badran Date: 05/26/2011
Lync Photo
Microsoft Lync 2010 introduces the use of user photos on the contact card and other places in the...
Author: Mahmoud Badran Date: 05/17/2011
Sharepoint & IBM Domino
the introduction of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server into organizations that have traditionally...
Author: Ayman El-Tohamy Date: 05/11/2011
Opalis Integration Pack for PowerShell
It’s my pleasure to announce that Charles Joy has created and published a new Opalis...
Author: sherif.talaat@innovation-hut.com Date: 05/05/2011
PowerShell Command to create computer account in Active Directory
This just simple command to create new AD computer in active directory New-ADComputer -Name...
Author: Raymond Elias - volta82 Date: 05/04/2011
How to Create PowerShell Module in Easy Way
First of All what you need to do is to create 2 folders “WindowsPowerShell” and...
Author: Raymond Elias - volta82 Date: 04/27/2011
What's new in MED-V 2.0
Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V) 2.0 has evolved the application compatibility...
Author: ASadek Date: 04/25/2011
How to run PowerShell script from CMD
You will find below example how to run PowerShell script from CMD or in windows schedule task...
Author: Raymond Elias - volta82 Date: 04/24/2011
Powershell Script get group members and check for users that are not enabled for lync and enable these users using e-mail address
#This script get group members and check for users that is not enabled for lync and enable these...
Author: Raymond Elias - volta82 Date: 04/24/2011
PowerShell script helps you to configure static IP on localmachine
This PowerShell script helps you to configure static IP on localmachine, just copy the code and past...
Author: Raymond Elias - volta82 Date: 04/23/2011
Powershell script – Join domain
This script helps to join the machine to the domain local and if you want to do it remotely you can...
Author: Raymond Elias - volta82 Date: 04/23/2011
PowerShell scripts – delete computer account in Active Directory
$dom = [System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.Domain]::GetCurrentDomain()$root =...
Author: Raymond Elias - volta82 Date: 04/23/2011
PowerShell Scripts - Rename Local computer name and restart
This script will take affect after restart [sourcecode language="powershell"]...
Author: Raymond Elias - volta82 Date: 04/23/2011
CAS Array NLB Configuration with PowerShell
First, we need to load the server manager module and install NLB. To do this run the following...
Author: Raymond Elias - volta82 Date: 04/23/2011
Function in PowerShell script to uninstall program
This script helps you to uninstall programs using PowerShell as to make it dynamic I made it as...
Author: Raymond Elias - volta82 Date: 04/23/2011
PowerShell script list and uninstall programs remotely or local machines using Primalforms to
#Generated Form Function function GenerateForm {...
Author: Raymond Elias - volta82 Date: 04/23/2011
Configure simultaneous ring, delegate-ringing and call-forwarding settings on behalf of a Lync Server 2010 user
SEFAUtil Abstract: SEFAUtil (secondary extension feature activation) is a command-line tool that...
Author: Raymond Elias - volta82 Date: 04/23/2011
Compare Hotfixes installed on 2 computer using PowerShell
function hotfixcompare ($computer1, $computer2) { $node1 = Get-HotFix -ComputerName $computer1...
Author: Raymond Elias - volta82 Date: 04/23/2011
How to configure Lync user private line
Open the Lync Server Management Shell (Start –> All Programs –> Microsoft Lync...
Author: Raymond Elias - volta82 Date: 04/23/2011
Lync Server 2010 Remote Administration
[sourcecode language="powershell" padlinenumbers="true"] $session = New-PSSession -ConnectionUri...
Author: Raymond Elias - volta82 Date: 04/23/2011
PowerShell Script get Active Directory objects that are Expired and delete them
import-module activedirectory $ADO = Search-ADAccount -AccountExpired foreach($object in $ADO) {...
Author: Raymond Elias - volta82 Date: 04/23/2011
Lync Server 2010 supports SQL Server 2008 R2 !!
It has been announced TODAY that SQL Server 2008 R2 is now supported for Lync Server 2010. Finally...
Author: Amr.Hamdy Date: 04/20/2011
Lync 2010 : Bandwidth Calculator and Capacity Calculator tools
“Lync 2010 - Bandwidth Calculator” has just been published. In addition “Lync...
Author: Amr.Hamdy Date: 04/20/2011
Lync 2010 CU2 Server Update
Product KBs Download Product Update External External Lync 2010 (64bit) Lync_2010_CU2 2496325 MS...
Author: Amr.Hamdy Date: 04/20/2011