DTMF Dialling via speed dial, or BLF, buttons on Yealink phones with 3CX
I have a client and we have recently deployed a 3CX solution for them. One of the more tricky parts of their solution was integrating with an existing analog...
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Use an analogue intercom with a VOIP PBX system, like 3CX
I have recently deployed a 3CX system to a customer's home, replacing an old NEC phone system that was installed some time in the 1990s. As much as I loved t...
Read post →PowerShell and remote sessions to Office 365 / Microsoft 365 on Apple Silicon
Run pwsh remote sessions to Office 365 on Apple Silicon under Rosetta 2 by installing universal OpenSSL 1.0 via MacPorts and symlinking the libraries.
Read post →Installing PowerShell on macOS for remote administration of Microsoft 365
Install PowerShell on macOS for remote Microsoft 365 administration, using MacPorts for the OpenSSL 1.0 build PowerShell needs and symlinking it into place.
Read post →Problems with php 5.6 on Ubuntu 20.04
I'm putting this here as I will probably need to refer to it again in the future. We've taken over the development for a web app that uses php 5.6 and I'm tr...
Read post →Import Outlook PST into Office 365
Import large Outlook PST files into Office 365 via network upload, assigning the Mailbox Import Export role and using AzCopy to push the PST to Azure storage.
Read post →Change MTU size on a NIC on Windows
I had a really thorny problem recently where packets of a certain size were disappearing in action when being sent from Site A to Site B. After much troubles...
Read post →How to properly automount a drive in Ubuntu Linux
I've stolen this from TechRepublic , and am reproducing it here so I can find this info again when I need to. The original article is: How to properly automo...
Read post →Show object sizes in bytes (or MB) in PowerShell with Office 365
Convert Exchange Online item sizes to plain MB values in PowerShell by parsing the byte string, so mailbox and folder sizes export cleanly to CSV.
Read post →Change USB Disk Numbers on Synology DSM
When you connect a USB disk to a Synology NAS, the NAS assigns it a disk number, which forms part of the name of the mount point for the disk. The first disk...
Read post →Big announcements from Apple - macOS 11 and ARM-based Macs
Apple held their virtual WWDC2020 overnight and there were a raft of announcements . Two of the biggest however that will affect all Mac users were the annou...
Read post →Clean up Windows 10 WinSxS Folder to free up disk space
Windows 10 (and Windows Server) has a feature where it keeps older versions of shared libraries and other things like that in a Windows Side-by-Side folder (...
Read post →Outlook unable to sign in to Office 365 email account after MFA Enabled.
Outlook stuck on legacy authentication after enabling MFA is fixed by enabling OAuth2ClientProfileEnabled on the tenant via PowerShell.
Read post →Recover a Ubiquiti EdgeRouter with a failed USB Flash, or ERMK Redux
In the past, I've had a number of the original Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite units fail - they were all the original plastic-case units, and in each case it was t...
Read post →The Mysterious Case of Catalina and the Missing Disk Space, or /private/var/vm ate my Disk.
I had a very unusual problem recently with a client - his MacBook Pro running Catalina was constantly running out of disk space. He let it slide for a while,...
Read post →Allow clicks in System Preferences to permit system extensions via Apple Remote Desktop or TeamViewer
I have a Mac mini as a server here at the Automatica World HQ, and it's downstairs, in a cabinet, running headless with no peripherals attached. I needed to...
Read post →L2TP VPN Configuration Commands for an EdgeRouter
Further to Darren's post , here's the short and sweet how-to configure an L2TP VPN on an EdgeRouter. First edit the commands below. Next, log into the router...
Read post →Setting up VPN access on an EdgeRouter authenticate via RADIUS on a Synology NAS with DSM.
With the increased need to enable people to “Work From Home”, setting up VPN access is a vital step to ensure a secure connection to the work envir...
Read post →List user's folders in Office 365 via PowerShell when Get-MailboxFolder does not work
When Get-MailboxFolder only runs against your own mailbox, use Get-MailboxFolderStatistics with Select FolderPath to list any Office 365 user's folders.
Read post →How fast are your disks? Find out the open source way, with fio | Ars Technica
I'm posting this as a bookmark to this article on Ars Technica. I know I'll need this at some stage in the not too distant future, so present me is bookmarki...
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