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SBS 2011 Devices or Users cannot relay even after setting anonymous to the connector in Exchange Management

Posted on May 21, 2014July 30, 2025 by Mark Pace

After spending hours trying to rectify our send connector to allow our accounting program to send invoices out, we stumble across an article from Mark Berry at https://www.mcbsys.com.

We had run the Fix My Network Wizard in SBS 2011 and after that Exchange 2010 would not accept email from non authenticated users even if the anonymous was selected.

Can’t Anonymously Send External Email

Once I had made those changes, the accounting system wouldn’t send email external, only internally to our domain/network.

When the application tried to send an email to a recipient outside the network, it failed with a 5.7.1 error:

The Persits knowledge base has a helpful article identifying the problem: it means that “the SMTP server you are using is configured to reject messages sent to outside email addresses and originating from unauthorized IP addresses or users.”

So it’s a separate setting to be able to send mail outside the organization?

Yup, and for some reason it can only be enabled from the Exchange Management Shell, not from the Console. Once I found and executed the command at the bottom of this Petri article, sending mail to external recipients worked as well:

`Get-ReceiveConnector "Default SBS" | Add-ADPermission -User "NT AUTHORITYANONYMOUS LOGON" -ExtendedRights "ms-Exch-SMTP-Accept-Any-Recipient"`

Never in a million years would I have figured that one out. Thanks Mr. Petri! (no, thank you Mark Berry for reposting in a clean easy format)

NOTE: If you need to re-run the Internet connection wizard, it will overwrite most of the above settings, and my mail wasn’t going out. So either don’t run that wizard, or make a note of your Exchange Hub Transport settings first.

SBS 2011 Can’t connect to the remote computer because no certificate was configured – Remote workplace certificate error

Posted on April 28, 2014 by Mark Pace

Problem:
When connecting to Windows SBS 2011 Remote Web Access, the following error appears when trying to connect to a remote computer.

Your computer can’t connect to the remote computer because no certificate was configured to use at the
Remote Desktop Gateway server. Contact your network administrator for assistance.

Solution:
You need to repair the Remote Desktop Gateway (RD Gateway) service in the the RD Gateway Manager management console.

By default, SBS 2011 does not have the RD Gateway Manager management console enabled, The following command will properly install the RD Gateway Manager management console:

dism /online /Enable-Feature:Gateway-UI

Run this command from an elevated command prompt.

Then follow these steps

Open the Remote Desktop Gateway Manager from Administrative Tools > Remote Desktop Services.
Right-click your server name and choose properties.
Select the SSL Certificate tab.
Click the Import Certificate… button.
Choose your trusted certificate and click Import.
Click Ok.

note: you may need to assign a different certificate, then reassign the desired certificate to force RD Gateway Manager to take effect

SOURCE: Thanks to stevehardie.com – This is used for reference and internal use.

Downgrading Outlook and backwards compatibility

Posted on February 25, 2014July 30, 2025 by Mark Pace

There can be various reasons which will require you to downgrade to a previous version of Outlook such as the current trial/beta version expiring or compatibility issues with some needed add-ins or business software. This guide provides solutions to various problems you may encounter when trying to downgrade Outlook or when you need to remain compatible with previous versions of Outlook.

We found a really good article explaining this at https://www.howto-outlook.com

For full details, click here

Regards

Mark

www.sterlingit.com.au

Microsoft Remote Desktop on Apple mac OSX and Windows 2012 – How to fix & get updated software

Posted on February 4, 2014February 12, 2025 by Mark Pace

Watch out – the old OS X Microsoft Remote Desktop (version 2.1.1) that comes with Mac Microsoft Office 2011 no longer works with Windows 2012 R2 (it does work with plain old Windows 2012). For me it fails with the following error message:

Remote Desktop Connection cannot verify the identity of the computer that you want to connect to.

A (regular) Windows 2012 Remote Desktop client doesn’t have this problem.

(Brief aside – Microsoft have a little note that says the 2.1.1 client is not supported on OS X v10.7 or later. Who knew and why did it make me report all those crashes?)

The good news is that the new OS X Microsoft Remote Desktop 8.0.24091 (Mac App store only though – grr) does work with Windows 2012 R2 . Why this information isn’t listed on the What’s New in 2012 R2 Remote Services page I don’t know…

Another alternative is a product called CoRD – Home Page of CoRD

How to manually connect Outlook to Office 365 Hosted Exchange

Posted on December 13, 2013March 12, 2023 by Mark Pace

Hooking Outlook to Office 365 or Hosted Exchange is a little different to a local server.

In this article we will explain step by step, how to manually connect Microsoft Outlook to Office 365.

Part 1

Before we begin we need to gather a bit of information.

3. Under Microsoft Office Outlook Connectivity Tests click on Outlook Autodiscover.
4. Fill in the information: Email address and Microsoft Account are your Office 365 Username.
5. Password, is your Office 365 password.
6. Check “I understand the terms and conditions…” and continue.
7. When the test is done hit Expand All.
8. On your keyboard press Ctrl+F and type “Server” within the Find tool. Copy this information within “<Server>” and “</Server>” as you will need it later.

Note: It is highly recommended that you change your Office 365 password after using the above website.
Note: If you are doing this for multiple Users, please be reminded that their mailbox may not be within the same Server as your other Users. It is recommended that you use this tool each time you wish to find your Users Server.

Part 2

Now on your computer.

1. Next click on Start.
2. Click on Control Panel.
3. Navigate over to Mail.
4. Select Show Profiles.
5. And click New.
6. Enter a new Profile Name.
7. Within Add Account : Select Manual Setup of Addition Server Types.
8. Select Microsoft Exchange Server Or Compatible Service.
9. Within “Server:” Paste your Server Name from Part 1. Step 8.
10. Within “UserName:” type your Office 365 Account Username (User@mydomain.com).

11. Click More Settings.
12. Under the Security Tab, uncheck “Encrypt Data between Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Exchange“.
13. From the “Logon Network Security” drop down box select Anonymous Authentication.
14. Click on the Connections Tab.
15. Check Connect to Microsoft Exchange Using HTTP.
16. Click on Exchange Proxy Settings….
17. On the right of “Https://” type outlook.office365.com
18. Check “Only connect to proxy servers that have this principal name in their certificate:” and type msstd:outlook.com
19. Check “On Fast Networks, connect using HTTP first, then connect using TCP/IP”
20. Under Proxy Authentication click the drop down box and select Basic Authentication.

21. Hit Okay twice and continue with your setup.

How to Block Porn on iOS 7 for iPhone, iPad & iPod Touch – Adult Filter

Posted on October 19, 2013 by Mark Pace

Business’, Parents and users looking to block porn on the iPhone and iPad should be first in line to update to iOS 7.

Apple includes enhanced parental controls on iOS 7 including an iPad and iPhone porn block feature that can restrict the ability of users to access websites with adult material.

Like any internet filter, this iPhone porn block feature isn’t going to be perfect, but in our tests the iOS 7 porn filter did a good job of preventing access to questionable websites.

This is a free feature in iOS 7 and it is at the system level so it can block porn and other adult themed websites throughout the device without requiring the user to use a specific browser.

The iPhone porn block feature is new in iOS 7.

In our testing, the iPhone porn block mode even carries over to Google Chrome on the iPhone, so kids and users can’t just download a new browser to get around this.

First off you will need to update to iOS 7 to use the Adult Web Filtering feature. This is a new feature in iOS 7, and it is a free update.

When you have iOS 7 installed the following steps will get you to the point where you can block adult material on the iPhone and iPad.

Settings -> General -> Enable Restrictions -> Websites -> Limit Adult Content

This will prompt you to enter a pass code, and you should make it one that is different from the user’s unlock code, or they can turn it on and off at will. When prompted create a secret code that the user will not know.

Parental controls in iOS 7 let users block porn on the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.

To turn off the iPhone porn blocking feature in iOS 7, enter the pass code and turn restrictions off. If the pass code is locked you may need to reset the iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.

Because no Internet filter is perfect, the parent or administrator can manually block and allow certain websites always. Enter these in the settings menu, or enter the pass code when browsing to add an attempted address to the list.

Thank you: Source
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