Hi , this is the error message im getting every time i try to open my Outlook “There’s a problem with Outlook (new). Reinstall the application from its original install location or contact your administrator.

​Hi , this is the error message im getting every time i try to open my Outlook “There’s a problem with Outlook (new). Reinstall the application from its original install location or contact your administrator.  Read More

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Hi 

I am having issue for weeks now, as every time I want to re-upload my custom app to Microsoft Teams store to “your org’s app catalog” it takes almost a day for it to be visible 

This is happening for a couple of weeks or 2 months, and before it used to be ok.

The app is visible in admin teams app list, it is approved, but why it takes too long now to be visible?
It affects really bad on our development. 
I tried several things, such as changing settings in admin teams, signed out completely, cleared cache..  but nothing helped. 

Can someone help please?

Kind regards
Lazar

​Hi I am having issue for weeks now, as every time I want to re-upload my custom app to Microsoft Teams store to “your org’s app catalog” it takes almost a day for it to be visible This is happening for a couple of weeks or 2 months, and before it used to be ok.The app is visible in admin teams app list, it is approved, but why it takes too long now to be visible?It affects really bad on our development. I tried several things, such as changing settings in admin teams, signed out completely, cleared cache..  but nothing helped. Can someone help please?Kind regardsLazar  Read More

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Application pools provide an isolation between different web application in Internet Information Services (IIS) by allowing you to manage the resources, recycling, and performance per application. Control of CPU usage is going to be one of the most critical factors in the performance and management of an application pool. IIS includes a dedicated section under ApplicationPool -> Advance Settings for the management of CPU. it provides varied settings that enable you to optimize the utilization of the CPU so that a particular server resource does not become dominated by one application. This article will dive into the CPU settings for an ApplicationPool, explaining each option and its configuration.

Overview

In the application pool advance settings, the CPU section consists of many important configurations to control and monitor CPU usage. They are as follows –

Limit (percent)
Limit Action
Limit Interval (minutes)
Processor Affinity Mask
Processor Affinity Mask (64-bit option)

#1 Limit (percent)

The Limit (percent) setting allows you to specify the maximum percentage of CPU that a particular application pool can consume. The percentage is based on the total CPU capacity available on the server, where 100 represents the total CPU power.  Setting the value of this property to 0 disables limiting the worker processes to a percentage of CPU time. And if the limit set by the CPU Limit is exceeded, an event is written to the event log and an optional set of events can be triggered as determined by the CPU Limit Action property. For multi-core processors, the limit applies to the total CPU time across all cores. For instance, on a 16-core machine, setting the limit to 25% ensures that the application pool cannot use more than the equivalent of 4 core.

#2 Limit Action

This setting specifies the action IIS will take when the application pool exceeds the configured CPU limit percent. You can choose any action form the list below.

NoAction: IIS will monitor CPU usage but will not take any corrective action if the application pool exceeds the CPU limit. Only an log entry is generated in event logs.

KillW3WP: IIS terminates the worker process (w3wp.exe) associated with the application pool when CPU usage exceeds the limit. The application pool is shut down for the duration of the reset interval and a log entry is generated in event log.

Throttle: IIS will attempt to slow down the application by delaying its access to CPU resources when it exceeds the limit. This action helps ensure that other application pools or processes have sufficient CPU resources.

ThrottleUnderLoad: This option allows the application to exceed the CPU limit when the server is under low load but throttles it when the server experiences higher demand.

#3 Limit Interval (minutes)

The Limit Interval determines the time period (in minutes) over which IIS measures CPU usage. When the number of minutes since the last process accounting reset reaches the value defined by this property, IIS will reset the CPU timers for both logging and limit intervals. Setting this property to 0 disables CPU monitoring.

#4 Processor Affinity Enabled

The Processor Affinity Mask property forces the worker process serving this application pool to run on specific CPUs based on the Processor Affinity Mask value.

#5 Processor Affinity Mask

This setting allows you to restrict the application pool to run on specific processors (or CPU cores). The affinity mask is a bitmask that specifies which processors the application pool should run on. You can use any available CPU Affinity Mask calculator online, or you can calculate it manually. If you’d like a detailed explanation on how to calculate the CPU Affinity Mask, feel free to leave a comment, and I’ll write a follow-up article on this topic.

#6 Processor Affinity Mask (64-bit option)

It specifies the high-order hexadecimal mask for a 64-bit machine. This setting provides the same functionality as the Processor Affinity Mask but extends support for systems with more than 32 processors.

Key Points

Generally, it’s safer to use Throttle or ThrottleUnderLoad to maintain system stability without abruptly terminating applications. KillW3wp is a more aggressive approach and should be used with caution, as terminating the worker process can lead to application downtime and a poor user experience. Also, the Processor Affinity Mask is rarely used unless you are dealing with specific performance tuning scenarios or licensing restrictions on multi-core processors. The modern CPU scheduling mechanisms in the OS typically handle processor assignment more efficiently.

Conclusion

Managing CPU settings within IIS application pools is crucial for maintaining performance, stability, and efficient resource utilization. Configuring CPU limits and actions properly, you can prevent over-consumption of server resources by any one application. This ensures fair resource distribution across other applications running on the same server. Properly managing CPU settings contributes to overall server health, making your IIS environment more resilient and adaptable to growth.

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As part of our ongoing efforts to streamline and enhance user experiences, we will be retiring the Feed feature (shown in figure 1 below) on the Microsoft 365 app. This change will affect web endpoints (www.microsoft365.com, www.office.com) and the Windows app (“Microsoft 365 (Office)”). 

We are committed to ensuring that your existing workflows remain unaffected. Launched in 2022, Feed was designed to help users explore the latest content and team activities. Over time, we have integrated all the essential features of Feed into a more accessible surface within the Microsoft 365 app: the “Recommended” files on the Home tab (shown in figure 2 below). 

Deprecation timeline: Feed will no longer be accessible from the Microsoft 365 app starting November 1, 2024. 

 Figure 1: Feed as seen on Microsoft 365

Figure 2: Recommended files on Microsoft 365

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Greetings!

Microsoft is updating a certification for Administering Information Security in Microsoft 365, and we need your input through our exam blueprinting survey. 

The blueprint determines how many questions each skill in the exam will be assigned.  Please complete the online survey by October 15th, 2024.  Please also feel free to forward the survey to any colleagues you consider subject matter experts for this certification.  You may send this to people external to Microsoft as well.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact John Sowles at  josowles@microsoft.com or Rohan Mahadevan at rmahadevan@microsoft.com.

Administering Information Security in Microsoft 365 blueprint survey link:

https://microsoftlearning.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_03tzmgnS3oMiDeS

​Greetings!
 
Microsoft is updating a certification for Administering Information Security in Microsoft 365, and we need your input through our exam blueprinting survey. 
 
The blueprint determines how many questions each skill in the exam will be assigned.  Please complete the online survey by October 15th, 2024.  Please also feel free to forward the survey to any colleagues you consider subject matter experts for this certification.  You may send this to people external to Microsoft as well.
 
If you have any questions, feel free to contact John Sowles at  josowles@microsoft.com or Rohan Mahadevan at rmahadevan@microsoft.com.
 
Administering Information Security in Microsoft 365 blueprint survey link:
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Hello All,

Back here again with something that seems like it should be simple but I cannot get my head around it.

I have a workbook where there is a table (unfortunately not a real table, and it uses merged cells due to needing to comply with formatting of the template) and the table will eventually contain different “Sleeve ID” down the first column. Depending on the day, that column might have 1 “Sleeve” or 30 and the naming might not be in order (i.e. SLV-001, SLV-003, SLV-004, SLV-008). Once this first table has been populated – at least for the first sleeve ID column – I would like to have a macro that can be selected that will then unhide a hidden sheet and copy it the amount of times that there are rows filled with sleeve ID’s in the first table and then name each sheet as the Sleeve ID for each of the filled in rows in that first table.

SUMMARY: when macro is run I would like to:

-Unhide the hidden template sheet (sheet1 in my attached report)

-Create a copy of “sheet1” for each SLEEVE ID filled in on the main page in the table

-Name each created copy as each of the sleeve ID names written in the first table.

Currently I can create blank worksheets based on number of rows used in the first page, and name them correctly but I cannot figure out how to use my created template that I would like to use instead of creating blank sheets.

Please see attached

​Hello All, Back here again with something that seems like it should be simple but I cannot get my head around it. I have a workbook where there is a table (unfortunately not a real table, and it uses merged cells due to needing to comply with formatting of the template) and the table will eventually contain different “Sleeve ID” down the first column. Depending on the day, that column might have 1 “Sleeve” or 30 and the naming might not be in order (i.e. SLV-001, SLV-003, SLV-004, SLV-008). Once this first table has been populated – at least for the first sleeve ID column – I would like to have a macro that can be selected that will then unhide a hidden sheet and copy it the amount of times that there are rows filled with sleeve ID’s in the first table and then name each sheet as the Sleeve ID for each of the filled in rows in that first table. SUMMARY: when macro is run I would like to:-Unhide the hidden template sheet (sheet1 in my attached report)-Create a copy of “sheet1” for each SLEEVE ID filled in on the main page in the table-Name each created copy as each of the sleeve ID names written in the first table. Currently I can create blank worksheets based on number of rows used in the first page, and name them correctly but I cannot figure out how to use my created template that I would like to use instead of creating blank sheets. Please see attached  Read More

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I need help with a formula for conditional formatting. 

Column v and w have data that are dates. This data is conditionally formatted to highlight when dates are past due or coming up to be expired. I would like the cells in column X to highlight red if any cell in  column v or w is highlighted. WITHOUT using VBA. 

Thanks 

​I need help with a formula for conditional formatting.  Column v and w have data that are dates. This data is conditionally formatted to highlight when dates are past due or coming up to be expired. I would like the cells in column X to highlight red if any cell in  column v or w is highlighted. WITHOUT using VBA.  Thanks     Read More

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We’re migrating between forests users and their mailboxes with ADMT.

Now we need to migrate all the mail-enabled contacts from the source forest to the target but ADMT is not able to do it.

Is there a way we can migrate the contacts between the forest ?

thanks

​We’re migrating between forests users and their mailboxes with ADMT.Now we need to migrate all the mail-enabled contacts from the source forest to the target but ADMT is not able to do it.Is there a way we can migrate the contacts between the forest ?thanks   Read More

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Customers that have Unified Support from Microsoft can supplement that agreement with Enhanced Support options. One of these options is the Support for Mission Critical (SfMC) offering. Listed below are answers to the top five questions customers typically ask about SfMC.

What is the Support for Mission Critical offering?

The Support for Mission Critical offering is designed to provide comprehensive and proactive support for customers with complex and high-stakes solutions. This program aims to enhance the overall health, resiliency, and performance of mission-critical systems by offering a programmatic end-to-end approach. It includes a framework of assessments, guidance, and recommendations to continuously improve and optimize outcomes. The SfMC offering focuses on anticipating and preventing problems through corrective actions and remediation, ensuring business continuity by restoring operations quickly and safeguarding against system issue recurrence.

What workloads are the SfMC offering available for?

 The Support for Mission Critical offering is available for Intelligent Cloud, Modern Work and Business Apps workloads. Mission Critical workloads in the Intelligent Cloud are specific, named workloads hosted either entirely in Azure or under a hybrid configuration with the customer’s on premises estate. Modern Work Mission Critical workloads support the Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Teams, OneDrive for Business, and/or Endpoint Manager instances of a single customer tenant, plus supporting services and features. SfMC coverage for Business Apps workloads entails the suite of applications sharing the same metadata environment. SfMC Presales Solution Architects meet with the customer and work with the account team to ensure that the initial scoping of the engagement meets the needs of the customer’s business, addresses the challenges of their workload, and focuses on the desired outcomes.

How does the SfMC offering work? 

The Support for Mission Critical delivery team consists of designated customer leads that drive the initial assessments to understand the customer workload at a deeper level and identify potential avenues to improve the customer’s overall experience. The leads meet with the customer on a regular cadence to review the status of active support incidents, discuss new issues, challenges, and opportunities the customer is facing, provide trusted advisor guidance, and review proposed changes and improvements to the specified workload. The leads collaborate with subject matter experts from the SfMC team on an as-needed basis to ensure they are engaging the correct resources required to support and assist with the customer’s workload. 

What are the outcomes from a typical SfMC engagement?

One of the desired outcomes of an SfMC engagement is for customers to experience a decrease in the number and/or severity of reactive support incidents over time. This is accomplished by evaluating the design and operation of the workload in comparison to known best practices and recommendations, analyzing the causes and contributing factors for past reactive incidents to suggest mitigations and long-term resolutions, and providing additional resiliency guidance based on real-world experiences.

In addition, the SfMC team will work with the customer to improve the performance, availability, security, observability and cost of the workload. This can be achieved by providing training and guidance; meeting with customers at a regular cadence to discuss issues, concerns, goals, and plans; reviewing planned changes to the solution to identify potential known issues; and maintaining familiarity with the current state and configuration of the customer’s workload.

Where can I learn more about Support for Mission Critical

Customers with an existing support agreement with Microsoft can follow up with their Customer Success Account Manager or Account Executive to learn more about this and other Enhanced Support offerings from Microsoft.

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