Windows 8 Shortcuts
3 months ago, Chris Day @ FM
Windows 8 has not yet made its way into the business mainstream, however, we are starting to see a trickle of personal devices out there. Here are a couple of useful shortcuts to be aware of with...
IT Move Checklist
7 months ago, Chris Day @ FM
Technology Strategy: IT Move Checklist
Part of being a Managed Services Provider is the responsibility of helping our clients to relocate offices, which happens fairly often as it turns out! We...
Keeping Drives Mounted in OS X Client
1 year ago, Luis Giraldo @ FM
Many times, it's nice to be able to re-purpose old machines for specific functions. One such function, in my case, is a CrashPlan Storage Server (with the new PROe). However, if that machine came...
Configuring WAN Interface Failover in Cisco IOS
2 years ago, Luis Giraldo @ FM
In the process of researching how to configure WAN interface failover in IOS (Cisco), I came across a few different ways of doing it, but have opted for the solution below, which relies on a backup...
Dropbox: Convenient Sharing
2 years ago, Chris Day @ FM
If you haven't checked out Dropbox you should really take a look. Watch the Common Craft video on their home page which explains how Dropbox is a "magic pocket". It allows you to share documents...
Microsoft Hyper-V Clustering Quick Tips
3 years ago, Scott Williams @ FM
Assuming you've got the core components in place (servers, storage, iSCSI / FC SAN, etc.) and have a good grasp on virtualization already, here are a couple of quick high level recommendations from...
Business Continuity Planning Checklist
5 months ago, Chris Day @ FM
As we are often asked to participate in the business continuity / disaster recovery planning for our clients. As such, I thought I would put together a checklist of talking points to assist with...
Cisco VPN User Authentication Using RADIUS in Mac OS X Server
10 months ago, Luis Giraldo @ FM
Since Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6), Apple has included a Cisco IPSec VPN client in the OS. In many environments where businesses deploy Open Directory (OD) as the main directory service for user...
Use a signed SSL certificate with a JSS (Casper Suite) server on Mac OS X Server
1 year ago, Luis Giraldo @ FM
Purpose: These instructions will provide a detailed step-by-step guideline in order to use an existing CA-signed SSL certificate for your Tomcat keystore, allowing you to leverage the same...
Microsoft Windows InTune - Under the Hood
2 years ago, Martin DesRosiers @ FM
I recently watched a great video interview by David Tesar of Joseph Dadzie (Principal Group Program Manager) at Microsoft. I thought it would be worth putting some of the takeaways from this...
Novatel MiFi 2372 Review
2 years ago, Chris Day @ FM
A lot of people were shocked when they found out I purchased the iPad WiFi without 3G because I'm known to always go for the most elaborate, technologically advanced device available. This post...
Five Useful Commands for Microsoft Systems Administrators
3 years ago, Scott @ FM
This is a quick post with five useful commands we use at Fully Managed™ maintaining Active Directory, Exchange 2007, and Windows Server and Client environments. I hope that you find these useful,...
