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Exchange 2013 - DAG DB copies and Content Index Failures

Two very helpful links when dealing with flipping DB copies back and forth and then suddenly running into a corrupted CI preventing you from moving/failing a DB copy back to a particular server. http://theucguy.net/fix-corrupted-content-index-catalog-of-a-mailbox-database-with-single-copy/ http://www.techieshelp.com/exchange-2013-outlook-and-owa-search-does-not-work/

Home/SMB NAS Storage Software

Helpful list/aggregation of useful (free) 3rd party distributions to turn commodity hardware into a dedicated iSCSI/NFS/CIFS storage platform to provide a centralized storage solution for your family, home office, or SMB. Commercial/Paid Offerings http://www.open-e.com/ http://www.nexenta.com/   http://euronas.com/nas_operating_system/   http://lime-technology.com/   http://www.flexraid.com/   http://www.serverelements.com/ Free/Open-Source Solutions http://nexentastor.org/ https://sites.google.com/site/eonstorage/ http://www.freenas.org/ http://www.openmediavault.org/

Home Internet Security

I've been enjoying the ad and malware protection provided by my home pfSense box with the pfblocker page recently, however I wanted to investigate additional alternatives for users with less sophisticated home networking setups. https://pfsense.org/ https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Pfblocker Free or inexpensive DNS filtering solutions for home/SMB use. OpenDNS - https://www.opendns.com/ 208.67.222.222 208.67.220.220 Comodo Secure DNS - https://www.comodo.com/secure-dns/ 8.26.56.26 8.20.247.20 Neustar DNS - http://www.neustar.biz/services/dns-services/free-recursive-dns 156.154.70.1 156.154.71.1 Web filtering software for additional endpoint protection. http://www.nxfilter.org/p2/ http://dnsredirector.com/ http://www.safernet.co.za/ http://www1.k9webprotection.com/

RDS/Terminal / Citrix Alternatives

For those of you struggling with existing RDS/TS or Citrix environments, here are a few alternatives to consider. http://www.terminalserviceplus.com/ http://www.ericom.com/ http://www.2x.com/ras/remote-application-server/ https://www.nomachine.com/enterprise http://opennx.net/ http://www.cendio.com/