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Imagine a large conference centre that sits exactly on the border between America and Mexico. The centre welcomes visitors from both countries but due to all the issues surrounding the border, strict security measures have been introduced to limit the access of people moving around the building. Entrances When a visitor approaches any entrance to the conference centre...

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Introduction There are various guides online for shrinking a volume for a Linux based EC2 instance but I recently had to do this for a Windows instance which seems to be a path less travelled. I’ve not covered every single step in detail but hopefully there is enough information to get you through it. The general process is...

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It is quite common for Windows to develop strange graphical bugs from time to time. The most common occurrence of this is with multiple monitors of different sizes / resolutions. Windows tries to use lots of clever resizing and scaling techniques to keep your applications rendered cleanly across your different screens but as different monitors are connected/disconnect over...

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The OneDrive client has come a long way but it is still a common frustration for it to get stuck, especially when working with large file sets. The process below can be used completely reset the OneDrive back to a working state without losing any unsynchronised changes. Things to try first… OneDrive is legitimately stuck Often the OneDrive...

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"An innovative solution that exceeded all expectations"Esland Care LTD - 2022 How do we deliver? With SpaceX, OneWeb and other competitors with comprehensive low-latency satellite internet solutions all delivering a high-quality product, we as an IT Services and B2B support company look at how we can leverage this perhaps niche networking method as a backbone IT products like...

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Introduction... By now we've all heard of Starlink; A constellation of satellites offering Low-Latency, high-speed Satellite internet. We've had the pleasure and experience of installing Starlink for our various clients where traditional Ethernet/Fibre connections were painfully slow or simply didn't exist (traditional ADSL/VDSL Connections). One of our clients was in a particularly bad spot. In the depths of...

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This is a follow-up from our previous post which looked at archiving a SharePoint library using Power Automate. In some cases you may need a solution which is more tailored to your requirements and has a bit more power/flexibility. In these cases, Powershell can work a lot better.   Notes   Doesn't currently work with 2FA so you'll...

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EDIT Dec 21 - In the article below we say that the solution works with libraries which have exceed the "maximum list view item threshold" (SharePoint's internal item cap). In testing, we still encountered a lot of problems trying to use Power Automate so eventually we switched to a PowerShell solution which worked a lot better. Please see...

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The OneDrive client generally does a good job of keeping your files and folders synchronised between your devices and the cloud. However it is not without it's problems, especially when trying to sync large files and folders containing millions of files and folders or 100s of gigabytes. We often have to work with large datasets for our clients...

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When it comes to installing Windows Server OS onto a Dell Server, One would imagine quite it's quite a simple push through Dell's Lifecycle Controller to get the OS Installed. But like any IT adventure it always has the potential to fight you upon every step of the way.   Our server was an old Dell PowerEdge R730...