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Hi, I was aware of that yes, but knew about the extended support. We will only be using the Reverse Proxy functions for Single Sign On, and I know that Web Application Proxy in Server 2012 R2 is a replacement of this feature but an upgrade to 2012R2 may not be in our budget. All I really need to see is to see a SSO solution in use at a school. Thanks, Louis

Hi, I have been asked to look into using Forefront TMG 2010 as a Single Sign On solution and speak to other schools in Birmingham who have a SSO solution in place. What I am looking for is a demo of how the system works. I have set-up TMG in a test environment and got SSO working without any issues but I have also been asked to see it working in a school. Is there anyone willing to show me their set-up in the Birmingham area? Thanks, Louis

Thank you all for your feedback! Have a great day

Hi All, We are looking to rearrange our server room in the near future. We have two options available to us: 1) Connect server to switch directly at the switch cabinet. 2) Connect the servers to a patch panel in the server cabinet, then that patch panel is linked to a patch panel in the switch cabinet, then from there into the switch. The switch and server cabinets are both in the same room. I'm currently weighted towards option 2 for tidier cabling, and future proofing as we don't need to run extra cables along the ceiling space. However option one is more cost effective. What would any additional pros and cons be with these two solutions? Thanks, Lou

I found ClassFlow very interesting too, me and my colleague had a play around with it when I got back to work today

Hi, I have installed and configured HAP and all is working great. However, I am having an issue with Single Sign On using NTLM. HAP does sign me in, however this happens. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nSvDbdrENg However, this does not occur when I manually login. Thanks, Lou

Perfect! Thanks

Is Workgroup Manager included with the latest version of OSX Server?

Hi, Thanks for that link, it looks very helpful, I suppose now I just need a demonstration on the two systems running side by side, is it possible to script the final step so that shared areas can be added automatically?

Hi, We are currently investigating the possibility of upgrading our Music department to Mac's We will be buying another Mac to run as a server. We currently have a Windows network in place using Active Directory Firstly, Would it be possible to manage the OSX Machines using the OSX Server but use Active Directory for the logons? Secondly, Are there any issues I should specifically look out for regarding this setup? For example mapping of shared areas? Would Home directories be mapped from AD? Would shared areas be mapped using the OSX Server? Thirdly, Are there any schools in Birmingham which are using a Mac and Windows system side by side that it would be possible for me to visit? Thanks, Louis

Hi, We have a server running Windows Server 2008. It hosts our SharePoint 2010 site and has recently been giving us bad block error messages in event viewer. An example being, The device, \Device\Harddisk0\DR0, has a bad block. Would it be possible to resolve this by putting in a blank hard disk and allowing the built in RAID on the server to mirror the existing disk to a new one to avoid having to re-build the server and restore all data?

I've gotten this too, just had a load of emails come through on my phone from Sophos

Hi, My server is on a VM yes as I'm only testing it at the moment but intending on moving it onto a physical server soon.

Ok, thanks for that, I shall give it a try, I haven't had chance to image a whole room of computers to test it but I shall have a play with some Hyper V machines.

Hi, When attempting to multicast an image using MDT and WDS, I can see the computers in the Multicast Transmissions tab of WDS. At first the Transfer Rate starts counting up, however, the computer still says attempting Multicast then the transfer rate drops to 0. See screenshot attached Is there any way which I can resolve this? Thanks, Louis

Yeah, this is the same that happened to me, we tend to back everything up, Roaming Profiles and Home Directories. The group policy to allow administrators never resolved this, however, I decided to write a script that changes the permissions from the user it is running at, running this as a login script seemed to solve the problem

There comes a time where roaming profiles need to be backed up, however, Windows 7 and Server 2008R2 does not allow you to access the roaming profile folder unless the user has specifically given access. Here is a quick logon script I wrote to deal with this issue. 'This Script Sets the Permissions on Windows 7 Roaming Profiles so that we in ICTS can back them up 'It runs in user context 'If something goes wrong....Seek Louis, he may know how to fix it. 'Another thing.... you need to use ObjNetwork.Username to get the username On Error Resume Next Set objNetwork = wscript.CreateObject("wscript.network") 'Allows the Script to Access Username Set Command = Wscript.CreateObject("Wscript.Shell") 'Allows the Script Access to the shell (CMD) SetPerms = "icacls.exe \\atuin\louis\test\icaclcs_test /grant administrators:(F) /T" 'File Path which Administrator needs permissions to should be Example: \\Servername\Profiles$\" & ObjNetwork.Username & "_profile.v2" Dim objFSO Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") 'Allows the script to create a file or folder strPermsFldr = "\\atuin\louis\" & ObjNetwork.Username & "_profile.v2\appdata\Roaming\.PermsChk\" 'Where the folder will be stored to check permissions. Should be Example: \\Servername\Profiles$\" & ObjNetwork.Username & "_profile.v2\appdata\Roaming\.PermsChk\" If objFSO.FolderExists(strPermsFldr) Then ' MsgBox "The folder exists! The Journey Ends Here" 'Debugging Line, this can be commented out. Else ' MsgBox objNetwork.Username 'Debugging Line, this can be commented out. ' MsgBox "The folder does not exist! Please wait a moment whilst it is created" 'Debugging Line, this can be commented out. objFSO.CreateFolder strPermsFldr ' MsgBox "Permissions Will now be set, this may take a while" 'Debugging Line, this can be commented out. Command.Run (SetPerms) ' Msgbox "Permissions Have Now Been Set" 'Debugging Line, this can be commented out. End If 'Wscript.Echo "Permissions Successfully Set!" 'Debugging Line, this can be commented out. This script should be saved as a VBS and the file paths should be set to match your network environment. Hope this is of use to anybody. Louis

We have around 70 admin machines, I shall consider this then or look into scripting it Thanks

We do have DNS Servers on site, it's just that our current network Windows Server 2003/XP, we have the DNS servers for each domain in the Scope Options, however, it sets the primary DNS Server to the first in the list which causes slow logins for the other domain so we have them customised through Group Policy, sorry if that didn't make much sense, it's hard to explain.

Hi all, I am wondering if somebody can help me with this, here we have a two domain network, controlled by one DHCP Server. We have a Staff Domain and a Student Domain. With Windows XP we can push out the DNS Settings via Group Policy whereas Windows 7 we cannot. Has anyone came up with a solution for this as I am working on a disaster recovery network and would like to be able to push out the DNS Settings through GPO or a startup script. Thanks, Louis

Hi Chris, I do not remember what the error was that I was receiving, however, I have now resolved it after a few hours of troubleshooting. I resorted to printing the variable as an email to me throughout each step to see I was getting the right number, it turned out it was trying to subtract a minus number from the inventory level. Thanks, Louis

Hi, I have setup an inventory tracking system on SharePoint 2010 with two lists in the structure below. Stock Levels Item Name (Single Line Of Text) Item Quantity (Number) Logged Transactions Title (Single Line of Text) *not used* Item Name (Lookup) Item Quantity (Number) What I want to happen is when I put in a value for Item Quantity in the Logged Transactions list, I want it to be subtracted from the Item Quantity in the Stock Levels. I have designed a workflow to do this, however it throws up an error whenever it is ran.