• Microsoft RDS Licensing Activation Issues

    Just a small problem but considering I ran into it twice in one week with two different customers I thought I would post a fix for Microsoft Remote Desktop Service Licensing Activation problems. Normally you get your licenses through Open, Select, Retail or something like an MPSA agreement. To activate them you just login to…


  • Replacing a Meraki Firewall

    It came time to replace my Mother in Law’s old Meraki Z1 with a Z3. Like I said in Replacing a Meraki Switch this is one of the great things about Meraki. The process couldn’t be simpler. There is a link below to the Meraki documentation. https://documentation.meraki.com/MX/Other_Topics/MX_Cold_Swap_Replacing_an_Existing_MX_with_a_Different_MX


  • Replacing a Meraki Switch

    My Meraki rep gave me an offer I couldn’t refuse to replace my Meraki MS220-8P with a new MS120-8LP. One of the things I love about Meraki is the ease of configuring hardware before it even arrives. When Meraki Hardware ships you get an email with an Order number that when you import it in…


  • Tracking down Failed Login Attempts in Active Directory

    I had a recent experience with a client where a user account was getting locked out but the but the logs on the domain controller weren’t very helpful. Basically besides telling us the account was locked out they did nothing, no location, nothing. After quite a bit of research on google I found this blog…


  • Who do you use for upstream DNS?

    There are so many good options for upstream DNS other than your internet provider I figured I would ask everyone, please post a comment below. Here are some of my favorites but its by no means an inclusive list. Wikipedia has a longer list here Public Recursive Name Server . My current favorite is 1.1.1.1…