Configuring DDNS on a HikVision NVR
Configuring DDNS on a Hikvision NVR A common request we receive when installing a HikVision NVR for a camera security system is to enable access to the NVR’s web interface from outside of the customer’s network or site. This is convenient for viewing the live video from a remote location as well as looking at […]
Adopting Unifi Devices into your Controller Using SSH
Adopting Unifi Devices into your Controller Using SSH We deploy a lot of Unifi devices for our customers and adopting them into our controller software can be a bit quirky sometimes. The two GUI tools that we are aware of to discover and adopt the devices, Unifi-Discover (gets installed with the controller software) and Ubiquiti […]
Emptying the Recycle Bin for All User Profiles on a Windows Device
Emptying the Recycle Bin for All User Profiles on a Windows Device Sometimes as a network administrator, you find yourself needing to free up disk space on a machine where there may be multiple active user profiles. One of the common areas that need attention is the recycle bin. A lot of times you find […]
Control Application Bandwidth Usage on your SonicWall TZ Appliance
Control Application Bandwidth Usage on your SonicWall TZ Appliance In this article I will be outlining how you can control the bandwidth usage for certain applications. You may find that when certain applications access data in the cloud, that the application may use excessive amounts of bandwidth. This excessive amount of bandwidth usage can negatively […]
How to Setup SMTP Email Relay in Office 365 Tenant
How to Setup SMTP Email Relay in Office 365 There are certain scenarios where you may want to relay email from a device such as a copier, scanner, PBX or some other network appliance that is running an email client. In this scenario, I suggest sending these emails using a generic relay email account (copier@yourdomain.com […]
Configure Email Forwarding from Office365 Outlook Web Access (OWA)Email
Configure Email Forwarding from Office365 Outlook Web Acccess (OWA) Email This how-to article will show you how to enable email forwarding from your Office365 email account using the Outlook Web Access (OWA) webmail client. First you’ll need to login to your OWA portal by following this link in your favorite browser: https://portal.office.com Once logged in, […]
Setup DUO 2FA with SonicWall SSL VPN
Setup DUO 2FA with SonicWall SSL VPN In this blog, I’ll detail how to integrate DUO’s Two Factor Authentication service for use with SonicWall’s NetExtender SSL VPN client. In the configuration I outline here, I will be using Active Directory integration for user authentication. I’m also assuming that you already have a working SSL VPN […]
Is Your Phone Number Marked as SPAM? Here Is How You Can Whitelist It.
Is Your Phone Number Marked as SPAM? Here Is How You Can Whitelist It. One of my clients informed me today that when they make outgoing calls, their caller ID number is showing up as spam on the recipient’s phone. Call blocking /typically happens at the recipient’s carrier and sometimes works in conjunction with an […]
Another Office365 Account is Already Signed In Error Message
Another Office365 User Account is Already Logged In Error Message Today I was working with a client on an issue they were having with their Office 365 Pro Plus installation on their Windows Server 2019 Terminal Server. Somehow, a user, who did not have the appropriate Office365 license assigned to them, had logged into their […]
Enable Impersonation Rights for an Account on your Office365 Tenant
Enabling Impersonation Rights for an Account on your Office365 Tenant There are certain situation, such as email migrations, when you would like to give an admin or service account impersonation rights for your Office365 tenant. This allows that admin or service account to perform administrative tasks for any other account or mailbox in your organization […]
