Practical technical guides
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How to connect to an AzureAD joined computer with Remote Desktop
When trying to connect using Remote Desktop Connection (RDP) to a computer which is AzureAD joined, one will not be successful as it will fail to connect. To successfully connect,…
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Microsoft 365 online archive never starts
When having a user mailbox, you enable the online archive mailbox and set the archive policy, but the emails never move from the user mailbox to the online archive. You…
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Fix Remote server returned ‘550 5.7.520 Access denied, Your organization does not allow external forwarding
This is a security feature from Microsoft 365 where it will block emails from being forwarded outside the tenant. If you get such a message, this means that the recipient…
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Changing Timezone from command line
It would be the case that you would need to change the time zone on the server but from the Time & Date option, it would be greyed out due…
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Fix Remote Desktop Licensing Mode is not configured
Having fully installed Remote Desktop Services (RDS) on a server with the RD Connection Broker and RDS licensing set per user and everything is working with a valid license. After…
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Unifi Controller Start-up Failed
When starting up your UniFi controller on your server, you might be prompted with the error saying “Start-up failed” as the screenshot below. Some might manage to see that the…