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WordPress: Upgraded to Benny v4 Networknet.nl

Posted by Ivan Versluis
/ October 18, 2014 / Leave a comment

I wanted to do this for some weeks and today I upgraded my own blog to Benny WordPress v4.0. Latest and greatest version of WordPress. The new interface looks great, fast and I like the performance when using Google Chome. Adding social links and youtube has been easier than ever....

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Lync: How to setup a SIP trunk with IP office R9?

Posted by Ivan Versluis
/ August 31, 2014 / 2 Comments

In the last 12 months I have learned how to set up and manage a Lync 2013 environment. I completed a complex migration path starting from OCS 2007 R1. There have been many challenges that I need to deal with and starting with this post I will share my journey...

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Qnap: Saying goodbye to my TS109

Posted by Ivan Versluis
/ April 19, 2014 / Leave a comment

After 6 years I am saying goodbye to my Qnap TS109. Last month I decided to go for a Synology appliance and today I am completing my data migration. For years my TS109 run without any hardware issues and I didn’t want to wait until my 500GB Samsung drive was...

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SCCM: Uninstall SCCM 2007 Agent

Posted by Ivan Versluis
/ January 22, 2014 / Leave a comment

Sometimes you need to uninstall SCCM agent to troubleshoot a client issue. For me the computer object exists in the SCCM console but the computer object is not a client. The agent is installed locally with auto discovery from AD and for whatever reason it is not communicating to the...

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BitNami: CMS Made Simple walkthrough

Posted by Ivan Versluis
/ December 21, 2013 / Leave a comment

Some years ago I tried to create my own virtual appliance based on Ubuntu server and CMS Made Simple. Unfortunately I never finished that project myself. BitNami has created several installers and virtual machines that run CMSMadeSimple now. Bitnami is a stack application and an easy way to deploy ready...

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Apple: Upgrade MacBook with SSD disk

Posted by Ivan Versluis
/ December 7, 2013 / Leave a comment

Upgrading my MacBook Pro is something I wanted to do for some months. Finally I spend the money and bought all components I wanted to exchange. The required tools to open my MacBook: Phillips screwdriver Tri-wing screwdriver Upgrading my Macbook components in 30 minutes Samsung SSD EVO 250 GB hard...

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Cisco AnyConnect VPN Client: Windows Security Certificate Selection

Posted by Ivan Versluis
/ November 8, 2013 / Leave a comment

Recently I deployed Lync 2013 client and soon after I started to receive the following pop-up message: This happened when connecting with my Cisco AnyConnect VPN client on a Windows 7 Enterprise client. I deleted the certificate but it didn’t solve the problem as Lync client recreated it. I did...

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App-V: What’s New in Application Virtualization 5.0 SP1

Posted by Ivan Versluis
/ June 29, 2013 / 1 Comment

It’s time to start planning the upgrade to App-V 5 environment. With SP1 getting released recently I am going to zoom into the features and infrastructure. I am happy with my 4.6 environment now and with the upgrade to major release of 5 I except even more. I am downloading...

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Windows Server: KMS client behind firewall

Posted by Ivan Versluis
/ June 28, 2013 / 2 Comments

Software Protection windows service is responsible for managing activation with KMS (Key Management Server). In the last couple of months I have been working on deploying and managing Windows Server 2008 R2 VM’s running behind the firewall. The VM’s are sitting in a dedicated VLAN that allows certain network traffic...

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PowerShell: how to join a computer to active directory and rename hostname?

Posted by Ivan Versluis
/ April 23, 2013 / Leave a comment

The more you get used to PowerShell the easier it will get to build complex scripts and automate your processes. I like PowerShell just because I can copy and paste my scripts from OneNote and reuse them over and over. Preparing my lab, working out the design and later on recreating...

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