Erwin Bierens

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How to obtain your SQL Reporting license key

During the installation of SQL Reporting Services 2019 you will be asked to insert a license key. You don’t need to buy a separate key to make use of full features. Start SQL Server setup Run your SQL Server setup and copy the pre-populated key: Download Reporting Services 2019, run setup, and paste the key: Continue your setup.

Posted by "Erwin Bierens" Friday, January 24, 2020

Enable God Mode for Windows 10 and Windows Server

The steps shown in this post will work on Windows Server 2012, 2016, 2019, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10. When activated, it is a folder that contains links to all of the settings of your Windows system. How to enable God Mode in Windows 10 To enable God Mode in windows 10 login to the Windows 10 client with account that has administrative privileges. Create a new folder on the desktop.

Posted by "Erwin Bierens" Thursday, January 23, 2020

Microsoft Teams for Linux

How to for installing Microsoft Teams in a Linux Environment

This how to is written for debian distro based operating systems. During this test i’m using Ubuntu Desktop 18.04.3 LTS. Installing Microsoft Teams First of all download the right client package for Microsoft Teams. For my Ubuntu desktop i’m using the DEB 64-bit installer. You can also download the package using wget. Download the package from the Teams website. You can find the latest version right here (Right click the version and copy the link)

Posted by "Erwin Bierens" Thursday, January 23, 2020

Disable .NET Framework 4.8 from Windows Update

About the .NET Framework 4.8 The .NET Framework 4.8 is an in-place upgrade to versions 4, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2 and 4.7 of the .NET Framework. In case of Exchange / Skype for Business Server 2015 if you don’t have the corresponsing CU patch or product level we will need to block the automatic installation through Windows Update of the .NET Framework 4.8 patch. These steps describes how to perform this blocking action.

Posted by "Erwin Bierens" Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Using eDiscovery with Microsoft Teams

Security and Compliance

Recently i was involved in a case where we needed to discover some conversations between a internal and external company due to some illegal activities. I want to share some information on eDiscovery and Content Search with Microsoft Teams from a Security and Compliance view, this is quite simple but many of us are unaware how could you filter out the conversations and in specific to Microsoft Teams conversations.

Posted by "Erwin Bierens" Monday, January 20, 2020