Uncategorized Search issues in SharePoint Sometimes, search doesn’t work as you expect in SharePoint (one example is multi-line text fields – and a list of crawled properties is at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftsearch/manage-search-schema). In particular with Lists, some column types aren’t supported OOTB. But there is a way to get searching for all columns using managed properties. The process is simple enough: Setup […] Written by luke August 23, 2022August 23, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Uncategorized Receiving and managing feedback I’ve been reflecting on the process of receiving and managing feedback. It can sometimes be a challenge to receive feedback and not to take it personally. In addition, the level of difficultly in obtaining feedback can increase considerably if people are under stress. During these times its most important to ensure people feel heard and […] Written by luke January 20, 2022January 20, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Uncategorized Coordinating interviews When we undertake staff consultation, it’s sometimes difficult to align calendars between interviewers and particpants. To make this process easier, we use Microsoft Bookings (hidden in the bundle of goodies you get with most Office 365 licences). I like Bookings because: Participants can choose a time that suits them Participants can also easily reschedule or […] Written by luke January 19, 2022May 26, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Uncategorized Deploy the Company Portal The Company Portal is an important part of endpoint managed devices in a Microsoft ecosystem. It provides an entry point for users to: access additional apps that are authorised and might be useful to install access support manage their device The Company Portal is an app installed from the Microsoft Store for Business. The process […] Written by luke December 21, 2021December 21, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Uncategorized Setting up Remote Help Microsoft have released a new remote help solution (currently in preview) and this is something that we hope may: Make it easier for us to connect to remote computers and provide direct one-on-one support Replace Teamviewer in the longer term. We really like Teamviewer but Remote Help would further our guiding principles of Microsoft first. […] Written by luke December 21, 2021December 21, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Uncategorized Setting up Zabbix server Check system requirements https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/current/manual/installation/requirements Create LAMP stack on AWS Lightsail instance – do this manually. Don’t use a LAMP package (bitnami) as this does not work: Assign static IP Using your domain host, assign an A record for the domain that you’ll use for Zabbix server, pointing to the static IP in step 1. Install […] Written by luke November 4, 2021November 4, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Uncategorized System monitoring Further along our overall strategy of either 1) making better use of our Microsoft subscriptions, or 2) using open source, we have opted to use Zabbix for system monitoring. It’s extensive in functionality and comes with heaps of monitoring templates out of the box. The architecture we use for system monitoring and alerting includes: A […] Written by luke November 4, 2021November 4, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Uncategorized Issues and possible solutions I wanted to provide a single place where we can list the issues we have come across and how we solved them. There is a chance they may help someone else. OneDrive Old OneDrive folder in File Explorer can’t be deleted. Even after unlinking the OneDrive account, the OneDrive folder for the account remains. The […] Written by luke September 29, 2021November 11, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Low Cost eLearning 📝 Learning in my uni years was fun and not because of the lecturers or the material, but more so of the antics we got up to. Engineers with too much idle time and all that. In an auditorium full of people, a group from up the back launched a massive paper plane (I reckon 5ft […] Written by Olivia Morgan February 1, 2023February 1, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Future is Calling ☎️ Do you remember the grungy dens that were public payphones? Before the days of mobile phones, I’d have to push my way past McDonalds wrappers so I could call Mum to let her know I was going to be late for dinner. My uni friends talked of all sorts of scams to get free phone […] Written by Olivia Morgan January 15, 2023January 15, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Low Cost eLearning 📝 Learning in my uni years was fun and not because of the lecturers or the material, but more so of the antics we got up to. Engineers with too much idle time and all that. In an auditorium full of people, a group from up the back launched a massive paper plane (I reckon 5ft […] Written by Olivia Morgan February 1, 2023February 1, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Future is Calling ☎️ Do you remember the grungy dens that were public payphones? Before the days of mobile phones, I’d have to push my way past McDonalds wrappers so I could call Mum to let her know I was going to be late for dinner. My uni friends talked of all sorts of scams to get free phone […] Written by Olivia Morgan January 15, 2023January 15, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
🎁 Wrapping Up 2022 Coming to the end of another year means reflecting on what has been achieved, and what could be improved or changed. Our newsletter has now been running for just over six months – that’s 26 newsletters in total! Our most popular topics this year included security, employee training and learning, and artificial intelligence (AI). Unsurprisingly, this has reflected […] Written by Olivia Morgan December 20, 2022December 20, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Simplify IT security with zero trust 🚫 My first job out of uni was as an Electronic Systems Engineer in the RAAF designing solid state replacements for SURAD, the ATC radar of the day. One of the hardest things to recreate was Identify Friend or Foe (IFF) tags. In a target rich environment, IFF tags help air defence officers filter good aircraft […] Written by Olivia Morgan June 13, 2023June 13, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Securing IT Systems in Freefall ✈️ Stalling an aircraft, intentionally, was never fun – but necessary to feel the effects of when you lose control. The procedure was to 1) ascend to 4000ft AGL over farmland, 2) jam the throttle control in to idle, 3) as airspeed decreases, keep pulling the stick back to raise the nose and maintain altitude, 4) […] Written by Olivia Morgan June 5, 2023June 5, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Strengthening Security with MFA 🔍 We all have customers in some form or another and identifying them can be tricky. Mid last year ACMA brought in regulation to make it mandatory for telcos to use a second factor in verifying a customer attempting to perform a high risk transaction (for example, adding an account holder). Many telcos adopted this second […] Written by Olivia Morgan May 8, 2023May 8, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Scheduling A Security Checkup 🩺 Effective security is a priority for many organisations, but its implementation can be obstructed by uncertainty and a lack of reliable resources. As reported data breaches from malicious attacks are increasing, security is becoming a priority for many – but it can be difficult to know where to begin when protecting your organisation, employees, and […] Written by Olivia Morgan March 6, 2023March 6, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
