2 mag 2017

Coversione dei file ESD in WIM tramite DISM


Come avrete notato le nuove build di Windows non contengono più il file install.wim nella cartella sources ma un file denominato install.esd.

Windows Deployment Services non accetta il formato esd che dovrà essere convertito in formato wim attraverso il tool DISM

Prima di tutto copiare il file esd in una cartella temporanea C:\ESD


NB: Il file deve essere convertito dallo stesso OS

In una nuova finestra di PowerShell come Amministratore eseguire il comando:

dism /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:install.esd

Il numero dell'indice indentifica la versione da estrarre


Poi eseguire il comando seguente per estrarre Windows 10 Pro (index 1)

dism /export-image /SourceImageFile:install.esd /SourceIndex:1 /DestinationImageFile:install.wim /Compress:max /CheckIntegrity




Una volta terminato il processo è possibile aggiungere l'immagine al server WDS 


1 mag 2017

How to disable Direct Connect to Office 365


Starting in Outlook 2016 version 16.0.6741.2017, Microsoft has enabled a new feature called Direct Connect to Office 365. What this feature does is connect Outlook directly to Office 365 if Autodiscover is not working. This is great feature but a network hiccup may cause your mailbox to connect to Office 365 rather than your on premise Exchange, even with a valid autodiscover record.

For Direct Connect to take effect the user must have an active mailbox on Office 365 with a valid license. Typically Direct Connect would be a neat feature unles you are in the middle of a migration to 365, but a network hiccup could incorrectly connect you to 365 even though you havent completed your migration yet.

You can stop Outlook from checking Office 365 for settings by setting a registry key.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\autodiscover
DWORD: ExcludeExplicitO365Endpoint
Value = 1