Requirement for SMS Notifications

Hi,

We have SCOM 2012R2 deployed as a Virtual Machine. We wish to use SMS Notification.

We have SMS Gateway Service running in our LAN.

On SCOM we created

SMS Notification Channel.
Subscriber
Subscription

What do we do Next?

How will SCOM know the Cell number of the Subscriber & how will all this work?

Could any one guide with the communication flow from SCOM VM to the User receiving an SMS notification?

Reply:

SMS notification channel is only for physically installed GSM cards, not for modems or SMS gateways or SMS webservices etc.

You need to find how to send a SMS through your gateway using a cmd line and run a Command notification channel using that cmd line instead of using a SMS notification channel

Edited by CyrAz Tuesday, January 3, 2017 1:29 PM

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Reply:

Okay, that "SMS notification channel is only for physically installed GSM cards" but is it documented anywhere by Microsoft ?

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Reply:

Not explicitly, but you can read "The modem used for SMS must support SMS Protocol Data Unit (PDU) mode." here https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh212811(v=sc.12).aspx

Which also means I was wrong about "Modems", it supports some of them (but I've had issues with the ones I tried).

Also you could see this blog : http://blog.msvconsultancy.co.uk/2014/08/sms-text-alerts-within-scom-2012/

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Reply:

CyrAz,

Will try out the GSM Modem. This will take some time.

Thank You.

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convert excel to csv

How do you convert an excel file to a csv file without having excel, library, etc. else installed?

Edited by AliceW27 Tuesday, January 3, 2017 11:50 PM

Reply:

Hello,

You need at least a installed ACE data provider to access & read a MS Excel, without it is not possible.

Olaf Helper

[ Blog] [ Xing] [ MVP]

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Release Preview insiders, you have a new cumulative update KB3209835

For Release Preview insiders only.

That update will up your Insider build to 14393.594

No other details are available.

Event Viewer Disk Alerts - DPM 2016

Just curious if anyone using DPM 2012R2 or DPM 2016 has any of these alerts listed below. We upgraded DPM 2012R2 to 2016 UR1. Everything has been working fine and dandy so far except some minor hiccups. We have SCOM monitoring and I noticed these alerts are starting to pop up in SCOM. Not frequently but enough to raise suspicion. These three alerts from what I read relate to the hard drives. Currently we have no blinky lights or any other indication that we have failing drives except these alerts. I looked into just about everything I could and ran what diagnostic tools I could for the hard disks. All tests came back with no issues. I did notice in Event Viewer under Windows Logs -> Application there are defrag operations going on when the other errors take place but not every time so I feel this is just a coincidence.

The purpose of this post was to find out if anyone else is seeing these alerts and is this related to how MBR (Modern Backup Recovery) functions?

Windows Logs -> System

Level: Error

Source: Filter Manager

Event ID: 3

General: Filter Manager failed to attach to volume '\Device\Harddisk9\DR59'. This volume will be unavailable for filtering until a reboot. The final status was 0xC03A001C.

****************************************************************

Level: Warning

Source: Disk

Event ID: 51

General: An error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk10\DR224 during a paging operation.

*******************************************************************

Level: Warning

Source: Disk

Event ID: 153

General: The IO operation at logical block address 0x3f259 for Disk 6 (PDO name: \Device\00000431) was retried.

Edited by renegade34g Thursday, December 29, 2016 7:31 PM

Reply:

I see them on DPM 2016, and plenty of them.

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Reply:

Same issue reported here:

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/b521ed8a-937a-4c01-9ede-6633ae1c32ca/the-vhd-containing-the-replica-or-one-of-its-snapshots-could-not-be-mounted-or-unmounted-id?forum=dataprotectionmanager

Evidently Microsoft is looking into it and soliciting more info.

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NEEDED: More Answerers

We need more answerers in this forum! Let me know if you've been part of this community pretty consistently for at least 6 months, have answered at least 100 questions (with at least 1,000 Recognition Points) and are interested in helping propose and mark answers. Sorry about the requirements, but it helps make sure we get help from people who are experienced and known in the community.

The basic idea is that you would propose an answer and then mark it 7 days later. When the OP chimes in, we might need to provide new answers and unpropose the old ones. The Answerers will need to agree to follow these guidelines: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/1059.forum-moderation-guide-managing-posts-and-threads-marking-answers.aspx#Guidance

I'm inviting the following community members to be given the role of Answerer:

Hilary Cotter (Done)
davidbaxterbrowne (Done)
Herbert Seidenberg
Michiel Rozema - NL (Done)
Imke Feldmann (Done)
Guoxiong (Done)
Vishe (Done)
Angelia Zhang (Done)

Reply here if you qualify and want to help or if you are accepting your invitation to join us! Please reply after you read the guidelines from the link above and reply whether you agree to follow them.

Thanks!

Ed Price, Azure Development Customer Program Manager (Blog, Small Basic, Wiki Ninjas, Wiki)

Answer an interesting question? Create a wiki article about it!

Edited by Ed Price - MSFTMicrosoft employee Tuesday, January 3, 2017 11:25 PM

Reply:

Nice ... I'm looking forward to having some of my replies marked as "Answered" and working my way up the ranks to 1,000 points.

Mr. Price, perhaps you can throw a couple of point my way for being the first to respond to this post.

SOTATS, Inc.

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Reply:

Nice ... I'm looking forward to having some of my replies marked as "Answered" and working my way up the ranks to 1,000 points.

Mr. Price, perhaps you can throw a couple of point my way for being the first to respond to this post.

SOTATS, Inc.

Yup, I did a slew of voting your posts helpful and proposing your answers today. It will take a little time, but you'll get there soon. Thanks!

Ed Price, Azure Development Customer Program Manager (Blog, Small Basic, Wiki Ninjas, Wiki)

Answer an interesting question? Create a wiki article about it!

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Reply:

Hi Ed,

thanks for the invitation, I'm happy to join.

Imke Feldmann TheBIccountant.com

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Reply:

Hi Ed, happy to help. Count me in!

Michiel

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Reply:

Hi Ed,

Thanks for invitation.I will happy to join.

Vishe

Please click Mark As Answer if my post helped.

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Reply:

I accept!

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Reply:

Hi Ed,

Thanks for the invitation. I will try my best.

A Fan of SSIS, SSRS and SSAS

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Reply:

Hi Ed I don't qualify to your numbers given I have only recently rediscovered this forum. However given this is simply a proxy for I "knowing what I am doing", I would still aks for your consideration. I am a Microsoft Data Platform MVP specialising in Power Pivot, Power Query and Power BI, have run my own Power Pivot forum for 2.5 years (http://PowerPivotForum.com.au), have a very popular website at http://exceleratorbi.com.au and am a full time professional Power Pivot, Power Query and Power BI consultant. I would love to be involved is you see it appropriate. Matt

Self Service BI Expert using Power Pivot http://exceleratorbi.com.au

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Reply:

Since I've just become active in this forum recently, I've only answered a few dozen question so far, and don't meet the qualification criteria yet.

I have to say though, I'm a little discouraged, because hardly any of my responses have been marked as 'answered', so, I don't get any points as a result. Most of the question threads remain open as not yet answered, even though I thought my answer was what OP was looking for.

Maybe I'm doing something wrong but I think I would be motivated to be more active if I was actually getting points credit for more of my answers.

Hopefully, having more people designated as 'answerers' will help.

Thanks,

Phil Streiff, MCDBA, MCITP, MCSA

Edited by philfactor Monday, December 12, 2016 10:15 PM

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Reply:

Hi Ed,

thanks for the invitation, I'm happy to join.

Imke Feldmann TheBIccountant.com

Done! Please propose answers and then mark them 7 days later! Thanks!

Ed Price, Azure Development Customer Program Manager (Blog, Small Basic, Wiki Ninjas, Wiki)

Answer an interesting question? Create a wiki article about it!

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Reply:

Hi Ed, happy to help. Count me in!

Michiel

Done! Please help propose and mark answers after waiting 7 days. Thank you for your help, Michiel!

Ed Price, Azure Development Customer Program Manager (Blog, Small Basic, Wiki Ninjas, Wiki)

Answer an interesting question? Create a wiki article about it!

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Reply:

I accept!

Done! Please propose answers and then mark them 7 days later! Thanks!

Ed Price, Azure Development Customer Program Manager (Blog, Small Basic, Wiki Ninjas, Wiki)

Answer an interesting question? Create a wiki article about it!

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Reply:

Hi Ed,

Thanks for the invitation. I will try my best.

A Fan of SSIS, SSRS and SSAS

Done! Please propose answers and then mark them 7 days later! Thanks, Guoxiong!

Ed Price, Azure Development Customer Program Manager (Blog, Small Basic, Wiki Ninjas, Wiki)

Answer an interesting question? Create a wiki article about it!

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Reply:

Since I've just become active in this forum recently, I've only answered a few dozen question so far, and don't meet the qualification criteria yet.

I have to say though, I'm a little discouraged, because hardly any of my responses have been marked as 'answered', so, I don't get any points as a result. Most of the question threads remain open as not yet answered, even though I thought my answer was what OP was looking for.

Maybe I'm doing something wrong but I think I would be motivated to be more active if I was actually getting points credit for more of my answers.

Hopefully, having more people designated as 'answerers' will help.

Thanks,

Phil Streiff, MCDBA, MCITP, MCSA

The reason why you're discouraged (answers not being marked) is the reason why we need more people marking them! =^)

I'll look for a few of yours now and mark them. Thanks!

Ed Price, Azure Development Customer Program Manager (Blog, Small Basic, Wiki Ninjas, Wiki)

Answer an interesting question? Create a wiki article about it!

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Reply:

Hi Ed,

Thanks for invitation.I will happy to join.

Vishe

Please click Mark As Answer if my post helped.

Alright Vishe. I'm starting you as an Answerer (same as everyone else, except MVPs). But, for some reason, you upset lots of people in another forum. So I'm not sure what it was (copying answers, maybe linking to your own site incessantly... a little is okay, but a lot is seen as spam... and maybe being off topic some)... I don't know. But I suggest you start repairing any broken bridges and not doing whatever is upsetting people. Otherwise, the Answerer role isn't going to last. But, I think you've had a great contribution. So please repair some relationships. And thank you for your help!

Ed Price, Azure Development Customer Program Manager (Blog, Small Basic, Wiki Ninjas, Wiki)

Answer an interesting question? Create a wiki article about it!

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Reply:

Hi Ed,

Thanks for invitation.I will happy to join.

Vishe

Please click Mark As Answer if my post helped.

Please propose answers and then mark them 7 days later! Thanks, Vishe!

Ed Price, Azure Development Customer Program Manager (Blog, Small Basic, Wiki Ninjas, Wiki)

Answer an interesting question? Create a wiki article about it!

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Reply:

Hi Ed,

Thank for adding me as Answerer.I will do my best.

Please Mark it as Answered if it answered your question OR mark it as Helpful if it help you to solve your problem.

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Reply:

Do I qualify for that? I want to help the community..

Kindly mark the reply as answer if they help

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Reply:

Hi Ed,

Thank for adding me as Answerer.I will do my best.

Please Mark it as Answered if it answered your question OR mark it as Helpful if it help you to solve your problem.

Great! Thanks, Vishe!

Ed Price, Azure Development Customer Program Manager (Blog, Small Basic, Wiki Ninjas, Wiki)

Answer an interesting question? Create a wiki article about it!

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Reply:

Do I qualify for that? I want to help the community..

Kindly mark the reply as answer if they help

Just 12 more answers. I'll go propose some of yours. Also, you aren't active in this Power Pivot forum. But after you have 100 answers, I can add you as an Answerer in SQL Server Getting Started, Express, Setup, and Tools.

Ed Price, Azure Development Customer Program Manager (Blog, Small Basic, Wiki Ninjas, Wiki)

Answer an interesting question? Create a wiki article about it!

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I have been advised to use Azure for my next project. For a simple project what is the best advice?

I have never used Azure or the cloud before. And for that matter I have never used Xamarin. And I am a lone developer...

I am experienced in C#, MVC, EF, SQL Server. And I have been researching Azure but I feel a bit overwhelmed, can you help me with some advice?

The project is quite simple. We have a local datacentre which contains a database table or properties. We want a Xamarin app that inspectors can use to inspect properties and report faults, and the progress in which they are being fixed.

And we want an admin web app to add properties and check progress.

The scale is relatively small with about 20 inspectors at any time and properties reaching about 100K rows in about 5 years time.

The web app will use windows authentication.

We use the company VPN. If the VPN connection goes down I need to store the data on the mobile device locally until it is up again.
So maybe a hybrid solution?
Starting today in January 2017, what would I recommend I look into to get started on this? I appreciate any help you can give me.

SCOM SLA Dashboards Causing High CPU on Data Warehouse database.

I had created SLA dashboards for my application computer objects (Windows Computer objects only 5-6 computers ex: SCCM computer objects) and Created SLO's.

Created a group for all 5-6 computers and Added dependency roll up monitor for the group to roll the health of all computers for Group SLA calculation.

Created a consolidated SLA dashboards to show the SLA for Last 24 hrs, 7 days and 30 days. Added Individual computers and group to show the SLA of Group and individual computers.

Everything is working fine and SLA Dashboards are loading successfully. But when While dashboard is refreshing SQL service on DW server is taking 100% CPU consistently.

I had changed the dashboard refresh interval from 60 seconds to 5 mins. still it is same issue.

I had collected SQL profiler trace and found SLA Dashboard related sql queries are executing continuously. But I didn't see any SQL blocks.

I would like to know why SQL is taking high CPU for simple SLA dashboards and is there any known issues or any recommendations

~Bommi

Documentation regarding hardware acceleration in Office

I'm looking to find documentation regarding hardware acceleration in Office.

One of the things we found so far is that Outlook has far more hangs and crashes when hardware acceleration is enabled, affecting about 15% of computers, with nothing in common.

We're having a discussion whether or not we should disable Hardware Acceleration in Office for all our clients.

Advantage:

Roughly ~15% (2250 clients) are likely to have a better experience with Office programs.

Theoretic potential disadvantage – just a thought:

Our theoretic disadvantage is that the remaining ~85% might experience slower/less responsive Office (if we take into consideration Hardware acceleration is making their Office application more stable/faster).

What I am unable to find is any good documentation on the benefits of having hardware acceleration enabled for typical high-end business laptops.

Does anyone have any experience or information on this that could help us make a decision whether we should move forward disabling it for everyone or not?

Reply:

Anyone got any ideas?

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What happened to SharePoint Community???

I'm a regular contributor to Technet Forums from last 3 yrs. During this period, I've gained like 16k points, 2 golds, 6 silver or whatever.. Contributed over 30+ scripts to gallery resulting in close to 19k downloads. All of this in SharePoint. After this, I don't see any recognition ever from any community member least of all Microsoft. I tried to contact them using email, followed them on twitter for sometime. I have not received any response back ever. Even when simply asking for feedback. So a contributing few mins/hrs daily seems like doesn't matter to anyone. So I want to know how the community works? What do you do if you don't know anyone personally from community? And If it does not matter to anyone, why do you have a recognition system in place at all? I'm sorry for my harsh words, if it does offend you. But I hope, you can understand my frustration.

Thanks
Mohit

Edited by mohit.goyal Friday, December 30, 2016 9:09 PM
Changed type Naomi N Tuesday, January 3, 2017 12:57 PM More like a discussion

Reply:

Your profile shows activities and points over the last month. But it is difficult to directly communicate with other community members, or even Microsoft people. Have you looked for blog posts by SharePoint people? If the post is recent, you can comment and perhaps get a response.

Richard Mueller - MVP Enterprise Mobility (Identity and Access)

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Reply:

Also here's an overview of point system.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/ff395928.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396#_Recognition_System

If you're thinking MVP you can nominate yourself here.

https://mvp.microsoft.com/en-us/nomination/nominate-an-mvp

Regards, Dave Patrick ....
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows Server] Datacenter Management

Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees, and confers no rights.

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Reply:

Hi Dave

I don't think of myself as high as MVP. I'm sure something small would do for me. Or perhaps even a feedback. I did applied for MVP just to try to get feedback on contributions, no response ever. I feel more than frustrated. It's like there is no place for average guys like me.

Thanks
Mohit

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Reply:

Hi Richard

I do understand that direct communication is difficult. And I know by my experience. So when the Microsoft people sit together and decide who should be given the community contributor, or MVP or some other recognition, what factors they care about? If someone has managed to get to top 250 contributors of year, even by small contributions, it is likely that he knows something in his field and care to share knowledge with community. It seems like if no one is representing you (because you know no one and no one knows you personally), you won't ever be considered.

Thanks
Mohit

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Reply:

Take a look at this TechNet article

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/14422.how-to-become-a-microsoft-mvp-by-mvp-s.aspx

There were similar articles on the topic which unfortunately are not linked from this one.

For every expert, there is an equal and opposite expert. - Becker's Law

My blog

My TechNet articles

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Reply:

Been there, done that. Truth is that there is no subjective criteria defined for assessment and eligibility. If I can't even get a response from MVP award evaluation team that you are doing X, which is okay and we think you should do y too and if you can increase your efforts on Z, as existing nominees are already doing this, then it does not help. I have seen people getting MVPs in a row where their blogs are just archives and they don't contribute at all on forums.

Thanks
Mohit

Edited by mohit.goyal Monday, January 2, 2017 8:48 AM

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Reply:

In addition to online presence you may want to increase your appearances making presentations in the actual User Groups. That will definitely put you on the spot. Online presence only can be enough but adding the actual presentations increases the chances.

Say, I've never been an MVP although I've been nominated a few times. I've been active in these forums for many years.

For every expert, there is an equal and opposite expert. - Becker's Law

My blog

My TechNet articles

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Reply:

Microsoft has never published the requirements for being named an MVP, except the vague guidelines you refer to. I believe they do not want to establish fixed rules. They want to allow for some discretion. In particular, if someone meets guidelines, like the number of forum posts marked as answer, but comes across as rude or condescending, they might not be selected. And I would not be surprised if different product groups use different criteria. I believe the criteria has evolved over time, for many reasons.

The purpose of the MVP program is to reward participation and incent people to be helpful. All kinds of community participation is taken into account: answering questions in the forums, moderating forums, publishing or editing TechNet Wiki articles, writing articles or books, speaking at conferences or user groups, etc. I believe Microsoft looks for impact, such as the number of people that hear a speech or read an article. And quality is probably more important than quantity.

Richard Mueller - MVP Enterprise Mobility (Identity and Access)

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Reply:

Hi Richard

Thanks, I understand that. This makes totally sense. I hail from an area where IT Pros community is close to none as people don't like to share knowledge. I can only make online contribution to show for. As far as I know, I have always abide by rules on forums. Besides this, I have a feel that people (at least in area where I live) don't want to know you as you don't have proper credentials or authority stamp on your knowledge and you don't have authority stamp as your impact on community is close to none. This makes it for classic chicken and egg problem. I guess I'll never be able to qualify for this. Anyways thanks for all your help, patience and guidance. Please pardon me if I come across as rude.

Thanks
Mohit

Edited by mohit.goyal Tuesday, January 3, 2017 5:31 AM

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Client not detecting new applicable updates (client issue)

SOLVED: I was missing KB2919442 & KB2919355 (in that order).

I have a Windows Server 2012 R2 client that has been patched up to October of 2016 with the "October, 2016 Security Monthly Quality Rollup". This system is configured to pull updates from my WSUS server. This problem I am having is my client is showing up in WSUS as not missing any updates. The systems is properly communicating to my WSUS server as both "Last Status Report" and "Last Contact" are current. I see these update respectively when I run a "wuauclt /reportnow" and "wuauclt /detectnow". I would expect my client via its report to WSUS to detect that it is in need of updates post October 2016 (e.g. "December, 2016 Security Monthly Quality Rollup").

Below are a few things I have tried.

I obviously checked to see if KB3205401 (December, 2016 Security Monthly Quality Rollup) or KB3205400 (December, 2016 Security Only Quality Update) were already installed, they are not. Get-HotFix shows updates last installed in October, 2016.
I manually approved the December updates only to find my client does not download them to install (as it's not detecting them as applicable).
I've also tried having my client connect to the Internet for updates, but it still does not detect needing anything later than October.
Ive tried stopping the wuauserv service, renaming the C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution to something else, and starting the wuauserv service thus creating a new SoftwareDistribution folder. Then ran "wuauclt /resetauthorization /detectnow" and waited 30min. I then checked for updates and still nothing (even with them approved in WSUS).
Also tried "DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth" followed by "sfc /scannow". This does not fix the problem, by client still does no detect the approved and known to be applicable updates.
I've also run MBSA with the latest wsusscn.cab. It scan results show no missing updates. The resultant report from clicking on "Windows Security Updates\Results Data" can be see below.

My WSUS server is configured to synchronize updates for Windows Server 2012 R2 products and Critical and Security classifications.

I suppose this is more a client issues than a WSUS issue. A snippit of my client's windows update log from after clicking check of updates can be found here. I'm not too concerned about the warnings on lines 55-61 as I see those same warnings on other 2012r2 systems that are working correctly.

Any thoughts?

Update: Figured it out, looks like i was missing I was missing KB2919442 & KB2919355 (in that order).

Thanks!

Edited by Joey Piccola Monday, January 2, 2017 6:46 AM
Changed type Anne HeMicrosoft contingent staff Tuesday, January 3, 2017 5:54 AM solved and not a question now

Reply:

Hi Joey Piccola,

Glad to hear you have solved it and thanks for feeding back. Since it's not question now, I will change the type to "General discussion", for your information.

Best Regards,

Anne

Edited by Anne HeMicrosoft contingent staff Tuesday, January 3, 2017 5:55 AM

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Product Version Timer Job Always fails with 2 servers and works fine with 1 server

Hi All,

I used to get lot of 6398 event errors but could not able to get any permanent solutions.Please advise

Event Log Error :

Message : The Execute method of job definition

Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPProductVersionJobDefinition

(ID aad2f366-2177-4cd0-b039-ac89f36757ba) threw an exception. More

information is included below.

Collection was modified; enumeration operation may not execute.

ULS Logs :

Leaving Monitored Scope (Timer Job SchedulingApproval). Execution Time=2.88214004852572

01/02/2017 03:17:45.26 OWSTIMER (0x32B8) 0x291C SharePoint Foundation Upgrade SPUpgradeSession ajxmx DEBUG NeedsUpgrade [Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPIisWebSite] returned: False. d606c79d-5d81-204b-10c1-a6dfa624e28e

01/02/2017 03:17:45.26 OWSTIMER (0x32B8) 0x291C SharePoint Foundation Upgrade SPUpgradeSession ajxn3 DEBUG Disposing [Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPIisWebSite]. d606c79d-5d81-204b-10c1-a6dfa624e28e

The Execute method of job definition Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPProductVersionJobDefinition (ID aad2f366-2177-4cd0-b039-ac89f36757ba) threw an exception. More information is included below. Collection was modified; enumeration operation may not execute.

Exception stack trace: at System.Collections.Generic.List`1.Enumerator.MoveNextRare() at Microsoft.SharePoint.Upgrade.SPUpgradeSession.NeedsUpgrade(Object o, Boolean bRecurse) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Upgrade.SPUpgradeSession.ReflexiveNeedsUpgrade(Object o, Boolean bRecurse) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Upgrade.SPUpgradeSession.NeedsUpgrade(Object o, Boolean bRecurse) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Upgrade.SPUpgradeSession.ReflexiveNeedsUpgrade(Object o, Boolean bRecurse) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Upgrade.SPUpgradeSession.NeedsUpgrade(Object o, Boolean bRecurse) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Upgrade.SPUpgradeSession.ReflexiveNeedsUpgrade(Object o, Boolean bRecurse) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Upgrade.SPUpgradeSession.NeedsUpgrade(Object o, Boolean bRecurse) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPServerProductInfo.DetectLocalUpgradeStatus() at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPServerProductInfo.DetectLocalProductVersions(SPProductVersions prodVer) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPServerProductInfo.UpdateProductInfoInDatabase(Guid serverGuid) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPProductVersionJobDefinition.Execute(Guid targetInstanceId) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPTimerJobInvokeInternal.Invoke(SPJobDefinition jd, Guid targetInstanceId, Boolean isTimerService, Int32& result)

Leaving Monitored Scope (Timer Job job-admin-product-version). Execution Time=58700.976800124

Subhash

Reply:

did you update your sharepoint environment?

try to run config wizard on your every server.

顺其自然地勇往直前！—Justin Liu

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i5 vs i7

I'm looking to get a Surface book. I'm not a gamer, my primary use will be to produce/edit educational videos, by using some sort of screen capture and video editing program. I'm just wondering if the i5 with a DGPU will be enough for I want I need it for?

Any info or advice would be much appreciated.

Thank you.

sending-receiving emails with windows 365

what are the steps?

Reply:

what are the steps?

Given the lack of information - going to assume that this is the first time you are using Office 365 (there is no such thing as Windows 365).

How to create profile and set up an e-mail account in Outlook
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/829918

*** the first time Outlook is started - it will ask you for your email account info (Outlook profile creattion

Set up Verizon Online Email with Outlook 2013 (applies equally to '2016)
https://www.verizon.com/support/consumer/email/outlook-2013

How to set up an Internet email account in Outlook 2013 or 2016
https://support.microsoft.com/en-ca/kb/2758902

Karl Timmermans [Outlook MVP] "Outlook Contact Import/Export/Data Mgmt" http://www.contactgenie.com

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SSRS return status code 12002.

Hello,

I have running SSRS Report which runs for 1 hours and after 1 hour it's failed with message as

Sys.WebForms.PageRequestManagerServerErrorException: An unknown error occurred while processing the request on the server. The status code returned from the server was: 12002.

I have googled this error and try all option but still it's failing.

Thanks,

Gajendra kumar Sharma

Reply:

Hello,

Please consider examine configured timeouts on the database server side.

Maybe timeouts on the Web browser you are using.

https://intersoftpt.wordpress.com/2009/06/23/resolve-page-cannot-be-displayed-issue-in-ie8/

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/181050

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Alberto Morillo
SQLCoffee.com

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Mouse doesn't work in Windows 10 anymore.

My mouse doesn't work anymore after installing Windows 10.

Reply:

Ok what sort of mouse? Do you have another mouse or a trackpad to try do they work?

If it is a specialist mouse download Windows 10 software for it.

Have you looked in Device Manager? (right click start choose Device Manager?) Any unknown devices? Try updating the driver on the them if found (right click)

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GPMC is stuck at "Group Policy Management is loading"

Hi,

We have several DC's with different Windows Server versions installed on them. One of them has Windows Server Standard 2012 R2.

We have created a central policy store and copied all W2012R2 policy files to it. We have been able to change policies on the 2012 DC but since a few days GPMC is behaving strange.

When we open GPMC on the 2012 DC it shows the MC as it should be but there is a second window opened which is showing "Group policy Management is loading ...." and there is a progress bar in it. This second windows stays open forever
It can be closed. GPMC is working fine with the 2nd window minimized or closed.

Although it is not causing any problems it is annoying and it should not be doing that. What's wrong here?

Regards,

Jasper Kimmel

Changed type Frank Shen5 Tuesday, July 1, 2014 2:20 PM

Reply:

Hi Jasper,

What are the operating systems of other DCs? Do we also see two GPMCs running in Task Manager? Besides, we can check event log to see if something goes wrong.

Best regards,

Frank Shen

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Reply:

I just ran into this same problem and thought I'd post how I resolved it to help others.

The cause appeared to be a missing gc DNS record for the domain controller on which I was starting the group policy management console.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd391965.aspx

outlines a fix. However it's much easier to just type

ipconfig /registerdns

on the domain controller missing the record.

Doing that created the record, after which gpmc starting right away without the "loading..." window.

I also wanted to note, that the first symptom I saw was that I was getting the error:

mmc has detected an error in a snap-in (related to dnscmmc)

when trying to edit a gpo.

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Reply:

Dear all,

I tried the fix above-mentioned without success. W2012 R2 STD only DC (I have only one DC on my network).

After reboot when I open GPMC is all OK. But after, if I close it and I re-open gpmc, then appears GPMC "Group Policy Management is loading.."

1. DNS is ok including gc record, I tried ipconfig /registerdns

2. Only at reboot I see in event log the following error:

- <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">

- <System>

<Channel>System</Channel>

<Computer>SERVER.DOMAIN.local</Computer>

</System>

- <EventData>

<Data Name="ErrorDescription">Connection reset by peer.An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host.</Data>

</EventData>

</Event>

Can you help me? Many thanks.

Best regards.

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how to delete outlook account

HOW DO I DELETE AN OUTLOOK EMAIL AND OTHER ACCOUNTS LINKED?

Reply:

HOW DO I DELETE AN OUTLOOK EMAIL AND OTHER ACCOUNTS LINKED?

Start by identifying whether you are referring to Outlook.com accessed via your browser or Outlook (desktop) - the focus of this forum. Since Outlook (desktop) doesn't "link" email accounts - suspect you are referring to Outlook.com in which case, your question and any follow up should be posed in the Outlook.com forum

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook_com/forum/oemail-oaddacc

Karl Timmermans [Outlook MVP] "Outlook Contact Import/Export/Data Mgmt" http://www.contactgenie.com

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Reply:

Hello,

You can try the following steps to delete e-mails and an Outlook account.
To delete e-mails:
1. Choose the email you want to delete, right click on it and delete.
Or
Choose the email to delete and press on delete button on keyboard.
2. Choose the email and press Shift + Delete to delete the email permanently.

To delete an Outlook account:
1. Go to the Control Panel.
2. Choose Mails.
3. Click on Show profile button.
4. Select the account (abcoutlook.com), you want to remove and click on Remove.

Thanks & Regards,

Kelvin Howard

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IE11 (on Windows 10) not opening terminal sessions for SSL VPN

I use Juniper network to connect to a terminal session and after upgrading to IE11, the terminal session no longer popups after logging in. I get this error message -

"Please wait...Launching Terminal Services Session. This may take from a few seconds to a couple of minutes"

IE11 keeps spinning and nothing happens.

Please help!

Reply:

Hi!

I've seen this on some other systems with similar problems.

Running IE as admin solved the issue for us.

Best regards
Andreas Molin

Andreas Molin | Site: www.guidestomicrosoft.com | Twitter: andreas_molin

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This page cannot be displayed - Turn on TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2 in Advanced settings and try connecting to .....

test link: https://spacex.com

opens .....

This page can't be displayed

Turn on TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2 in Advanced settings and try connecting to https://www.spacex.com again. If this error persists, it is possible that this site uses an unsupported protocol or cipher suite such as RC4 (link for the details), which is not considered secure. Please contact your site administrator.

which is misleading....

resolution: try using the http protocol instead eg. http://spacex.com . Use the File>Properties menu to determine which IE security zone you have mapped the domain to... if it has been mapped to the Intranet Zone (and require secure connections (https)), remove the domain from the Trusted Sites list.

Rob^_^

Persistent Chat service missing

I am setting up Lync in a test environment.

Everything is working fine, except for 1.

I did all the steps that many sites say on how to do it.

I added the Persistent Pool, no problem, published the topology just fine. I did Step 2 on the Setup wizard afterward, and that went fine.

But when I go to control Panel, then Persistent chat, it tells me "All the chat servers are down in the Persistent Chat pool with FQDN"

I go to the Services.mmc, and I do not see the persistent chat service at all.

Any ideas?

Reply:

Assuming you have existing Lync pool in Place before the persistent chat pool was published

Please verify that the FQDN name defined in the topology matches the server where you are trying to install the persistent chat component this common occurrence

Please run step 3 for the certificate

PLEASE REMEMBER, if you see a post that helped you please click "Vote As Helpful" and if it answered your question please click "Mark As Answered"

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Reply:

I re-ran Step 3 for the certs, no change... Persistent Chat service still doesn't exist.

As for the FQDN..... It shows the 'next hop pool' is pointing to the front end pool.

I did have regular Chat working before I tried adding the persistent chat.

I do have the persistent on a different machine than the front-end (it wouldn't let me install it on the FE machine)

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Reply:

Finally got the Persistent chat service to be installed, and is running.

The part I missed was insstalling the topology builder and setup wizard on the machine that I defined as the Persistent Chat pool

Yet, when go into Lync Control Panel/Persistent Chat it says:

All the chat servers are down in the Persistent Chat pool with FQDN <server name> it is displaying the correct server

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Reply:

I had the same issue as you described. The problem on my side was due to the reason that the topology builder didn´t set the correct rights for the lync DBs. This was caused by the SA account which we renamed. You can find here a solution. Maybe this help you to solve the issue as well.

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Reply:

I had the same issue as you described. The problem on my side was due to the reason that the topology builder didn´t set the correct rights for the lync DBs. This was caused by the SA account which we renamed. You can find here a solution. Maybe this help you to solve the issue as well.

Thanks Bastian.

Install-CsDatabase -ConfiguredDatabases -SqlServerFqdn <FQDN of the pool> -update

that fixed my issue (ie, info from the link you gave)

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