SOLVED: Where Are Microsoft’s Data Centers Located?
Sometimes Microsoft’s data centers for Azure and Office365 are referred to by city name and other times by region or country. It can be very confusing to figure out which Data Center is where. For...
View ArticleSOLVED: How to Setup Azure Storage For Backups Like Veeam
Most companies want to back up their data to an offsite location and until recently the best way to do that at was to backup your data locally and then run a backup copy job to a service provider....
View ArticleSOLVED: How To Remove a CheckPoint That Has No Delete Option in HyperV Manager
If you have a HyperV Virtual Machine that shows only SETTINGS, EXPORT, RENAME and HELP on a CHECKPOINT that you want to delete, don’t panic. If your HyperV manager does not show DELETE as an option...
View ArticleVIDEO: How To Easily & Legally Use Microsoft Office For Free
If you need to edit or create some Excel, Word or PowerPoint documents, Microsoft has created an easy and free way to give you that access. On any PC or Mac, just surf to www.Office.com and either sign...
View ArticleVIDEO: How To Disable WiFi Notifications on your Android / Samsung S9
Are you annoyed by WiFi alerts popping up every time you go through a McDonald’s drive through or walk past any store in the mall. There is an easy way to turn off those messages and we show you here....
View ArticleVIDEO: How To Easily Protect Your Android Cell From Lock Screen PIN Code Hacks
If you are worried about security on your Android cell, you need to make sure that a thief or hacker cannot easily get around your PIN code to unlock it. We show you how to protect yourself on our...
View ArticleVIDEO: How to Use Your Google Account or Samsung Account To Remotely Manage...
In this video we show how to use your Google and Samsung Accounts to manage, locate and unlock your Android cell phone using our Samsung Galaxy S9 demo unit. This is especially useful if you have lost...
View ArticleSOLVED: VIDEO: How To Create a Sunburst Chart In Excel
If you want to get a bunch of data that you need to get into peoples heads, you need to convert that data to information. The best way to accomplish this is with a graphic. In this video we will show...
View ArticleSOLVED: How To Tell If Microsoft Is Having Problems
If you are working on Microsoft connected systems (Office 365, Azure, Windows Update…) and you see some odd behavior, it might not be you. The question then becomes, where can you go to see if...
View ArticleSOLVED: How To Remove A Unwanted GUEST Account From Teams
If you have previously accepted an invitation to join a Team as a “Guest” from outside your organization, it is far from obvious how to remove that account when you are done with it. To remove an...
View ArticleSOLVED: VIDEO: How To Setup Azure File Sync From Nothing In Just 20 Minutes
The instructions and video below assume you know very little about Azure and have nothing but a Windows Server 2016 (or 2012R2 or 2019) server. To get Azure File Sync to function, follow these steps....
View ArticleSOLVED: Azure General Purpose v2 Storage Pricing Demystified
If you are new to Azure, the wide variety of pricing can be overwhelming (for us too!), so we reviewed the numbers to come up with some simplified calculations. Yes, we know these are...
View ArticleSOVLED: VIDEO: How to Hide or Remove Apps from A Huawei Home Screen
If you have a Huawei cell, like P10 or P20 Mate / Lite you will find that having all of the app shortcuts on on the “home screen” like an Apple iPhone, makes it difficult to use. Fortunately, there is...
View ArticleSOLVED: VIDEO: A 2019 Review of the Huawei P10 Lite With Android 8
The Huawei P10 Lite was released on March 27, 2017 but is still a good device today in 2019. We recently tested a Google / LG Nexus 5X and have very little good to say about that units build quality....
View ArticleSOLVED: How to Upgrade or Install Windows Server 2016/19 Standard VM on a...
The short version is that if your host server is running Datacenter you can NOT upgrade an existing Windows Server 2016/2019 STANDARD Virtual Machine to anything but Datacenter. If you try you will...
View ArticleSOLVED: How To Deregister A Server Endpoint From Azure Storage Sync
If you are using Azure Storage Sync and want to remove a on-premises server you may be tempted to just DELETE it from the the SYNC GROUP, but that will not do the trick. If you want to deregister /...
View ArticleSOLVED: VIDEO: How To Allow Other Azure Administrators to View & Modify Your...
If you are working with Azure and other Azure administrators cannot see your work, the problem is likely permissions. In this video we show how to grant admin rights to other Azure admins: Log into...
View ArticleSOLVED: Azure File Share Connection Problems
If you are using Azure File Shares you will find connection errors on various Operating Systems and configurations. This article is designed to tell you what you need to know quickly. Azure File Share...
View ArticleSOLVED: Performance Differences Between Azure Storage Data Centers Sites
If you are considering using Azure Storage via Azure File Sync or Azure File Share, you need to know how fast files transfer. To figure this out we setup Azure storage shares in Toronto, San Antonio,...
View ArticleSOLVED: Veeam Error Copying Data from Deduplicated Volumes Requires That The...
When performing file restores using Veeam you may see an error that says: Copying Data from Deduplicated Volumes Requires That The Console Is Installed on Windows Server 2012 R2 or Later. This message...
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