Using custom Tags with Microsoft Teams

With tags, you can categorize people based on attributes, such as role, project, skill, training, or location. For example, a “Project member” or “Manager” or Customer (guests)" tag will enable you to reach groups of people in Teams without having to type every single name. Once the tag is added, just use “@mention” in a channel. Everyone who has been assigned with the specific tag will receive a notification just as they would if they were “@mentioned” individually. Continue reading

Skype for Business Edge Server reset connection

I ran in to a problem with a new Skype for Business server 2015 Edge installation. I was not able to connect to the sip.domain.com from a webbrowser. The browser finds the server but the server closes the connection (RESET). Therefore clients cannot log in at all. So i fired up wireshark on the Edge server. I see my IP connecting to the Edge external interface, but it will give the message: “Reset: Set” Continue reading

How to change compatibility level of a SQL Database

Get Compatibility level of databases First start checking your version of SQL, start a new query. SELECT SERVERPROPERTY('ProductVersion'); Run Query Now start a new query to check the compatibility level of the databases. SELECT name, compatibility_level FROM sys.databases; Run Query Set Compatibility level Create a new query. ALTER DATABASE databasename SET COMPATIBILITY_LEVEL = 120 Run Query Compatibility Levels Product Database Engine Version Default Compatibility Level Designation Supported Compatibility Level Values SQL Server 2019 (15. Continue reading

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. /

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. Continue reading

Microsoft Teams for Linux

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) Continue reading

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. Continue reading