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Free Endpoint Backup Solutions

Listing of various free/paid endpoint backup agent solutions that can leverage cloud storage. https://duplicacy.com/ https://bvckup2.com/ https://www.arqbackup.com/ https://www.veeam.com/windows-endpoint-server-backup-free.html https://www.cloudberrylab.com/backup/windows.aspx

Synology DSM / NAS on PC Hardware

http://xpenology.com/forum/index.php http://xpenology.me/ http://xpenology.me/how-to-generate-synology-mac-and-serial-valid-pair/ https://sourceforge.net/projects/dsgpl/ http://www.avsforum.com/forum/39-networking-media-servers-content-streaming/1460222-how-roll-your-own-synology-diskstation-nas-update-5-28-2013-dsm-4-2-3211-a.html http://cyanlabs.net/Thread-Installing-Synology-DSM-on-Non-Synology-Hardware-Interactive-Guide http://aniruddhacustomnas.blogspot.com/

Network Config Management Tools

Network Config Mgmt Tools rConfig - http://www.rconfig.com/index.php/about-rconfig **Setup Guide - http://www.unixmen.com/rconfig-network-device-configuration-management-tool/ Ansible - https://www.ansible.com/ CF Engine - https://cfengine.com/ Opmantek NMIS - https://opmantek.com/network-management-system-nmis/ Discovery & Mapping  Discovery - http://www.nedi.ch/ Monitoring Groundwork OS - http://www.gwos.com/ Zabbix - http://www.zabbix.com/ ZenOSS - http://www.zenoss.org/ Munin - http://munin-monitoring.org/

Exchange 2013 - Health & Performance

For those of you responsible for administering and troubleshooting an Exchange 2013 environment, this is the post for you! Exchange 2013 Health Check Script We've recently published a PowerShell script on the TechNet gallery that makes checking for common configuration issues easy. The script reports Hardware/Processor information, NIC settings, Power plan, Pagefile settings, .NET Framework version, and some other items. It also has a Client Access load balancing check (current connections per server) and a Mailbox Report (active/passive database and mailbox total per server). It can be executed remotely and can run against all servers in the Organization at once, to save the trouble of having to check all of these settings individually on each server. The TechNet gallery posting contains more details on the script as well as some common usage syntax. https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Exchange-2013-Performance-23bcca58 Experfwiz (Exchange Performance Data Col...

Outlook Alternatives - 2016 Edition

For anyone looking to replace their Outlook 2010/2013/2016 client, checkout the following alternatives: EM Client - http://www.emclient.com/?lang=en Thunderbird - https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/ Mailbird 2.0 - http://www.getmailbird.com/ Zimbra Desktop - https://www.zimbra.com/downloads/zimbra-desktop

Free BI / Dashboard Software

Qlik - http://www.qlik.com/ Tableau - http://www.tableau.com/products/desktop Style Scope Agile Edition - https://www.inetsoft.com/products/free_dashboard_software/

Wireless Survey & Scanning Tools (Windows)

Acrylic Wifi https://www.acrylicwifi.com/en/wlan-software/wlan-scanner-acrylic-wifi-free/ Cain & Abel http://www.oxid.it/cain.html Homedale http://thesz.diecru.eu/content/homedale.php Lizard Systems Wi-Fi Scanner http://lizardsystems.com/wi-fi-scanner/ Nirsoft WirelessNetView http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/wireless_network_view.html Ekahau Heatmapper http://www.ekahau.com/wifidesign/ekahau-heatmapper Metageek inSSIDer http://www.metageek.com/products/inssider/ NetStumbler http://www.netstumbler.com/

Exchange Alternatives

For those of you looking for viable alternatives to Microsoft Exchange, look no further! Open Source /Freeware hMailServer - https://www.hmailserver.com/ MailCow - http://mailcow.email/ Open-Xchange - https://www.open-xchange.com/en/home Citadel - http://www.citadel.org/doku.php?id=start OpenChange - http://openchange.org/ Kolab - h ttp://kolab.org/ Webmail Additions RoundCube - https://roundcube.net/ SquirrelMail - http://squirrelmail.org/ Sogo - http://www.sogo.nu/english.html Z-Push - http://z-push.org/ Commercial Products Axigen - https://www.axigen.com/ atMail - https://www.atmail.com/ BlueMind - http://www.blue-mind.net/spip.php?page=sommaire&lang=en MDaemon - http://www.altn.com/Products/MDaemon-Email-Server-Windows/ KerioConnect - http://www.kerio.com/products/kerio-connect IceWarp - https://www.icewarp.com/ Zarafa - https://www.zarafa.com/

Wireless Solutions

Ubiquiti Networks - https://www.ubnt.com/ Open-Mesh - http://www.open-mesh.com/ Aerohive - http://www.aerohive.com/ AirTight Networks - http://www.airtightnetworks.com/ Aruba - http://www.arubanetworks.com/

Server 2012 R2 RDS Setup Guides

Quick Setup Guide http://www.concurrency.com/infrastructure/rds8-quick-and-easy-remoteapp-on-windows-server-2012/ Publishing RemoteApps on 2012 R2 http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/10817.publishing-remoteapps-in-windows-server-2012.aspx http://www.howtogeek.com/100836/how-to-correctly-install-applications-on-a-remote-desktop-server/ Change Deployment FQDN https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/67dfab70-7e10-4e0b-a3c8-63ce776f2355/how-do-i-change-the-url-to-the-remote-web-access-server-in-windows-server-2012?forum=winserverTS https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Change-published-FQDN-for-2a029b80 Performance Tuning Enable/install Desktop Experience http://thebeagle.itgroove.net/2014/09/04/i-got-dem-ol-slow-terminal-server-2012-blues/ http://www.monitis.com/blog/2014/01/08/tuning-windows-2012-remote-desktop-session-host-part-1/ http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=397832