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Exchange Server 2013: IE10 on Server 2012 and Windows 8 Crashes in /ECP Exchange admin center
Posted by Reprinted Article on 01 September 2013 10:54 PM
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In our greenfield deployments getting Exchange 2013 up and running around RTM time was a bit of a challenge give the reality that IE 10 on both Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 just did not work. To fix that problem the following needs to be installed: Note that some security related settings may be reset once this update is installed. A prompt to set IE10 security settings is also to be had after the update was installed. It is good to see that EAC can now be accessed as expected and without interruption. Philip Elder Chef de partie in the SMBKitchen Read more » | |||
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Sep 1 |
Exchange Server 2013: IE10 on Server 2012 and Windows 8 Crashes in /ECP Exchange admin center
Posted by Reprinted Article on 01 September 2013 10:54 PM
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In our greenfield deployments getting Exchange 2013 up and running around RTM time was a bit of a challenge give the reality that IE 10 on both Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 just did not work. To fix that problem the following needs to be installed: Note that some security related settings may be reset once this update is installed. A prompt to set IE10 security settings is also to be had after the update was installed. It is good to see that EAC can now be accessed as expected and without interruption. Philip Elder Chef de partie in the SMBKitchen Read more » | |||
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Sep 1 |
Exchange 2013 ECP Error: The user has insufficient access rights. Active directory response: 00002098: SecErr: DSID-03150BC1, problem 4003 (INSUFF_ACCESS_RIGHTS), data 0
Posted by Reprinted Article on 01 September 2013 02:00 AM
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After setting up Exchange 2013 Standard on a VM we hit the following problem:
There was not a lot that turned up in our searches. In the end, we needed to run the following command on the Windows Server 2012 Essentials server from the Exchange 2013 install disk:
Once the above command finished running we hit refresh in IE and we were in.
Please note that these shots are via one of our labs we are running through in preparation for some SMB Kitchen Project content. Philip Elder Chef de partie in the SMBKitchen Read more » | |||
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Sep 1 |
Exchange 2013 ECP Error: The user has insufficient access rights. Active directory response: 00002098: SecErr: DSID-03150BC1, problem 4003 (INSUFF_ACCESS_RIGHTS), data 0
Posted by Reprinted Article on 01 September 2013 02:00 AM
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After setting up Exchange 2013 Standard on a VM we hit the following problem:
There was not a lot that turned up in our searches. In the end, we needed to run the following command on the Windows Server 2012 Essentials server from the Exchange 2013 install disk:
Once the above command finished running we hit refresh in IE and we were in.
Please note that these shots are via one of our labs we are running through in preparation for some SMB Kitchen Project content. Philip Elder Chef de partie in the SMBKitchen Read more » | |||
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Aug 28 |
Some Thoughts on Microsoft in the SMB Space
Posted by Reprinted Article on 28 August 2013 06:31 PM
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If one approaches this post from an emotional level, that is built on all of the angst, struggles, and pain born of the Cloud drums out of Microsoft, that is their message but also the many products and services cancellations, over these last three or so years then it would not be hard to go down a very not-so-happy path. So many bridges between Microsoft and us IT Solution Providers that work on the front lines of the SMB IT space (by our definition SMB is 1-75 seats or so) have been burned or even out-right blown up. Many of us have struggled with the angst over where we were going to take our business and what kind of business model we would have two, five, and even ten years down the road. After all, we are in it for the long-haul right? Why We Do ITThis post is more a reflection of the SMB IT Provider that is in the business out of passion for the products and services we get to work with. But, most especially for the joy it brings us to have a set of very happy clients on the other end of our IT practices. That is our greatest reward. That is clients whose businesses are in the business to make money and do so as efficiently as possible on their IT because of what we do for them. For us, the reality has come home to roost that Microsoft is much less a partner today than a competitor. Yes, we are still building our solutions on the Microsoft stack and will continue to do so. Our solutions absolutely rock utilizing the products we do. We will continue building solutions that our competitors, like Microsoft and other large IT Solutions providers, could hardly hope to develop for their clients. Why? Because we as small business IT Solutions Providers live, breath, and work in the SMB Trenches. We understand small business in a way that a Gartner Survey or any other such knowledge peddlers could never hope to. This is because we _are_ a small business. We small businesses are _not_ consumers, pro-sumers, or any other such "consumer" of goods and services. We _produce_ products and services for others to consume. Or, we develop and sell products and services for other businesses to utilize in their _production_ of goods and services (Business to Business). Microsoft's Value in SMBSo, what value do we see in Microsoft in today's SMB IT marketplace?
We are of the opinion that the current wave of Microsoft products, with the exception of Office 2013, are probably some of the best that we've seen in years. Yes, mousers cried foul over the loss of the Start Button in Windows 8. But keyboarders never missed it. :) And yeah, there is a bit of a training struggle for folks to understand that there are two "rooms" if you will in Windows 8. Microsoft "Partner"With all of the changes that we've seen in Microsoft over these last two to three years we really have to wonder where they are going to be in two, three, or even five years. Sadly the reality that the desktop PC is not really going to disappear in a business setting does not seem to phase anyone in stratosphere management at large corporations like Microsoft. :( To top it all off, IMNSHO, the server is _not_ going to disappear in the SMB space. Nor will the need for on-premises mail. However, with the advent of so many failed/bad Microsoft product updates lately on so many products, some bringing down Hyper-V Failover Clusters, one really has to wonder how far off the vision has gone from providing a rock solid on-premises product experience from RTM to retirement? Hopefully the bad patching situation that has been happening lately is only temporary and Microsoft moves some development back into actually testing those updates before deploying them to the world. After all, being in business is about the products and services right? It's about providing the best possible value to the end-customer/client isn't it? Can folks _really trust_ a company to provide a great Cloud experience when it seems like the on-premises products and services may be on their death-beds? Why develop patches and _test_ them if there is no will to keep the on-premises products alive? And that begs this question: Can we SMB IT Solution Providers trust a company that has not come right out and said it, but has essentially drummed the message all the more clearly in these last 12-18 months that the "end is nigh" for the SMB IT Solution Provider? SMB belongs in the Cloud after all. Right? Be straight with us. Be clear with us. If we knew where we truly stood as a "Partner" of Microsoft we would be better able to make decisions about where we are and where we need to go in the new era of competition _with_ Microsoft. Trust is based on honesty between the parties. The messages out of Microsoft have been so mixed, and sometimes outright confusing, these last few years that one is never sure where we stand anymore. Most certainly we need to be very aware, and wary, of what is happening both within the companies that produce the products we utilize and then within the product groups themselves. Business OpportunitiesOn the flip-side the current state of SMB IT can provide an awesome opportunity for us to advance our on-premises and hybrid solution sets and skillsets. While it may seem daunting at first, we can indeed continue to build our SMB IT practice and triumph despite the naysayer's constant messages! And, perhaps in the midst of all of this we could end up growing our businesses into that Microsoft Partner Competency holder that would get noticed and direct Partner support (note the absence of the quotes). In the end, we may not reach those competency levels and/or even get noticed. But, we can go home at the end of the day, maybe work a bit in the evening for our clients, knowing full well that there is a great group of folks, our clients, on the receiving end of our products and services that are very happy with us and what we do. And that my friends is why, for the most part, we can sleep well at night eh? ;) Well, maybe most nights. We are, after all, small business owners so the occasional sleepless night is a prerequisite! :D Thanks for reading. Philip Elder Chef de partie in the SMBKitchen Read more » | |||
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Aug 28 |
Some Thoughts on Microsoft in the SMB Space
Posted by Reprinted Article on 28 August 2013 06:31 PM
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If one approaches this post from an emotional level, that is built on all of the angst, struggles, and pain born of the Cloud drums out of Microsoft, that is their message but also the many products and services cancellations, over these last three or so years then it would not be hard to go down a very not-so-happy path. So many bridges between Microsoft and us IT Solution Providers that work on the front lines of the SMB IT space (by our definition SMB is 1-75 seats or so) have been burned or even out-right blown up. Many of us have struggled with the angst over where we were going to take our business and what kind of business model we would have two, five, and even ten years down the road. After all, we are in it for the long-haul right? Why We Do ITThis post is more a reflection of the SMB IT Provider that is in the business out of passion for the products and services we get to work with. But, most especially for the joy it brings us to have a set of very happy clients on the other end of our IT practices. That is our greatest reward. That is clients whose businesses are in the business to make money and do so as efficiently as possible on their IT because of what we do for them. For us, the reality has come home to roost that Microsoft is much less a partner today than a competitor. Yes, we are still building our solutions on the Microsoft stack and will continue to do so. Our solutions absolutely rock utilizing the products we do. We will continue building solutions that our competitors, like Microsoft and other large IT Solutions providers, could hardly hope to develop for their clients. Why? Because we as small business IT Solutions Providers live, breath, and work in the SMB Trenches. We understand small business in a way that a Gartner Survey or any other such knowledge peddlers could never hope to. This is because we _are_ a small business. We small businesses are _not_ consumers, pro-sumers, or any other such "consumer" of goods and services. We _produce_ products and services for others to consume. Or, we develop and sell products and services for other businesses to utilize in their _production_ of goods and services (Business to Business). Microsoft's Value in SMBSo, what value do we see in Microsoft in today's SMB IT marketplace?
We are of the opinion that the current wave of Microsoft products, with the exception of Office 2013, are probably some of the best that we've seen in years. Yes, mousers cried foul over the loss of the Start Button in Windows 8. But keyboarders never missed it. :) And yeah, there is a bit of a training struggle for folks to understand that there are two "rooms" if you will in Windows 8. Microsoft "Partner"With all of the changes that we've seen in Microsoft over these last two to three years we really have to wonder where they are going to be in two, three, or even five years. Sadly the reality that the desktop PC is not really going to disappear in a business setting does not seem to phase anyone in stratosphere management at large corporations like Microsoft. :( To top it all off, IMNSHO, the server is _not_ going to disappear in the SMB space. Nor will the need for on-premises mail. However, with the advent of so many failed/bad Microsoft product updates lately on so many products, some bringing down Hyper-V Failover Clusters, one really has to wonder how far off the vision has gone from providing a rock solid on-premises product experience from RTM to retirement? Hopefully the bad patching situation that has been happening lately is only temporary and Microsoft moves some development back into actually testing those updates before deploying them to the world. After all, being in business is about the products and services right? It's about providing the best possible value to the end-customer/client isn't it? Can folks _really trust_ a company to provide a great Cloud experience when it seems like the on-premises products and services may be on their death-beds? Why develop patches and _test_ them if there is no will to keep the on-premises products alive? And that begs this question: Can we SMB IT Solution Providers trust a company that has not come right out and said it, but has essentially drummed the message all the more clearly in these last 12-18 months that the "end is nigh" for the SMB IT Solution Provider? SMB belongs in the Cloud after all. Right? Be straight with us. Be clear with us. If we knew where we truly stood as a "Partner" of Microsoft we would be better able to make decisions about where we are and where we need to go in the new era of competition _with_ Microsoft. Trust is based on honesty between the parties. The messages out of Microsoft have been so mixed, and sometimes outright confusing, these last few years that one is never sure where we stand anymore. Most certainly we need to be very aware, and wary, of what is happening both within the companies that produce the products we utilize and then within the product groups themselves. Business OpportunitiesOn the flip-side the current state of SMB IT can provide an awesome opportunity for us to advance our on-premises and hybrid solution sets and skillsets. While it may seem daunting at first, we can indeed continue to build our SMB IT practice and triumph despite the naysayer's constant messages! And, perhaps in the midst of all of this we could end up growing our businesses into that Microsoft Partner Competency holder that would get noticed and direct Partner support (note the absence of the quotes). In the end, we may not reach those competency levels and/or even get noticed. But, we can go home at the end of the day, maybe work a bit in the evening for our clients, knowing full well that there is a great group of folks, our clients, on the receiving end of our products and services that are very happy with us and what we do. And that my friends is why, for the most part, we can sleep well at night eh? ;) Well, maybe most nights. We are, after all, small business owners so the occasional sleepless night is a prerequisite! :D Thanks for reading. Philip Elder Chef de partie in the SMBKitchen Read more » | |||
