Beware the NUMA in 2008R2 SP1 Hyper-V

That is the warning I bring to bear regarding Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Hyper-V. Recently, we had updated a client’s server to Windows 2008R2 SP1 and immediately after rebooting, the 2003R2 SP2 Guest VM ...

Decommissioning an Exchange 2010 Server from the Domain/Forest

This blog is an instructional on how to remove Exchange 2010 Server from a domain, where it is not the last Exchange in the domain. The case scenario in this instance is a replacement exchange server. The previ...

Warning: Apple iOS 6.1 Devices and Microsoft Exchange 2010

It has recently come to our attention that Apple mobile devices such as the iPhone and iPad running the latest operating environments (6.1 and 6.11) have a bug that is putting Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 ser...

Outlook “Cannot open this item” error

Recently, we come across this error message in a users’ Outlook, which was a perplexing issue as it only appeared to affect emails and contacts that were created or modified after the last scheduled serve...

The end of Microsoft Small Business Server (SBS)

Windows SBS 2011 Standard, will be the last such product. Microsoft has decided to scrap the Small Business Server product line. It will remain available through the OEM channel until December 31, 2013. Microso...

Macintosh workstations in a Windows Environment

There’s an increasing number of people who are are considering purchasing or have purchased a Macintosh computer for use in a Windows Server environment. While Macintosh PCs are known for their relia...

Mobile Device Management

Varidan Managed IT Services is happy to announce a new service; Mobile Device Management. MDM is being offered to our iPhone, iPad and Android customers in order to support and facilitate daily IT needs with th...

Major Australia-wide Internet problems

It has come to our attention that at approximately 2:00pm Sydney time, many of our customers began to experience issues relating to internet connectivity and performance. We have received information that a cor...

Green Computing with Intel vPro

As electricity prices in Sydney rise, organisations are looking at ways to reduce their overheads. Unfortunately there are factors that hinder a successful green policy in turning the workstation off, or switch...

Exchange 2007: Outlook Anywhere and IPv6

After a full night we have come to the conclusion, Outlook Anywhere and IPv6 is a tricky combination. We had successfully used RPC/HTTP service on our Exchange 2003 Exchange server and now were going through th...