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To add all computers to the list of TrustedHosts In a notepad file add the server names which aretobe added as trusted host and save it with any name, I am doing it as serverlist.txt in C: server1.example.com,ms12.uc.com,ms13.uc.com from powershell run the below commands. $serverlist = get-content -Path C:\serverlist.txt foreach ($server in $serverlist) {set-item wsman:\localhost\Client\TrustedHosts -Value $se rver.ToString() -Force} This should get the servers added. You should be able to see the server get-item wsman:\localhost\Client\TrustedHosts | fl

Implementing certificate based authentication in Exchange server 2016

Sometimes companies wish to implement certificate based authentication for Active Sync users if Mobile Device Management tool is being deployed. High Level steps involved to implement certificate based authentication for Active Sync are: 1. An additional IP (this depends, we will talka bout it later in the post ) 2. Creating an additional site in IIS 3. Creating an Active Sync Virtual directory under the new site. 4. Certificate from 3rd Party Refer the video Link below.

Switching between Hyper V and VMWare Workstation

If Hyper V and VMWare Workstation are installed on the same physical host. Both the hypervisors will not run. Hyper V has to be disabled to run VMWare Workstation and Hyper V has to be enabled to run it. Open command prompt  as Administrator to  Disable  Hyper-V run bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off reboot the physical box To Enable Hype V bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype auto reboot the physicalbox

Test Exchange Active Sync or Lync/skype for Business mobile client

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Since the lab or POC environments on majority of times there is lack of public DNS records and 3rd party certificates on which the Active Sync client and Lync/skype for Business client has the dependency upon. To test Microsoft Exchange Active Sync/Lync clinet in the lab there couple of ways: 1. The  mail client that comes with Windows 10 uses active sync to fetch emails. 2. Android studio can be installed via which an android emulator can be created and then install any mail client of your choice and test active sync. Download Google Android Studio from https://developer.android.com/studio/index.html after the installation. Open up the studio and navigate to: Tools > Android > AVD Manager  click on   Create Virtual Device select the device type of your desire. Once the device is created sign in with your google account and from the Play Store download any Active Sync client. (I used outlook app) also for testing Lync reverse proxy download Lync/sky...

Checking SQL server version

To check the SQL server Version ans service pack installed. Run this query Select @@version SELECT SERVERPROPERTY('productversion'), SERVERPROPERTY ('productlevel'), SERVERPROPERTY ('edition')