Author: --Anand--

Being in Silicon Valley for years, I became a IT Infrastructure Geek by experience and surrounded by other Geeks everywhere. I try to help others by the solutions I found on odd occasions.

Outlook: Name Could Not be Matched to a Name in the Address List


If you try to create a new Outlook profile for a Exchange mailbox and you get “Name Could Not be Matched to a Name in the Address List”, there could be an easy answer. The error message explains to you that target mailbox is not listed in Global Address List. That means you may have … Continue reading Outlook: Name Could Not be Matched to a Name in the Address List →

Windows: How to Add/Remove Startup programs?


If you want to add or remove any startup programs in Windows 10, there is no straight forward way. Somehow Microsoft Windows Team thought let the users manage the Startup items are a bad idea. To Add or Remove Startup programs on your user profile: Click Windows Key + R to open Run dialog Type … Continue reading Windows: How to Add/Remove Startup programs? →

Office 365: Generate Office 365 Licenses Report


I always generated Office 365 Licenses report myself so I can get all the data about the users. I have used this report to reclaim licenses or view how the licenses have been used. If you are interested, see the PowerShell Script below. This script will connect to Azure AD PowerShell (MSOL Service) and get … Continue reading Office 365: Generate Office 365 Licenses Report →

Exchange: List all members for ‘Dynamic Distribution Group’


Since Dynamic Distribution Group lists its members by running the query (to Get-Recipient command) whenever someone sends email to this DL. But how do we troubleshoot if a user is not receiving email from this DL. Why would this user left out? Exchange 2010 onwards Microsoft provided PowerShell is the only way to check the … Continue reading Exchange: List all members for ‘Dynamic Distribution Group’ →

Exchange: We won’t be able to deliver this message to John Doe because it is too large


You may get this error message in Outlook when sending email to a particular user ( s ) due to Message Size Restriction parameters in Mailbox properties. We won’t be able to deliver this message to John Doe because it is too large. Usually Message Size Restriction is turned off, meaning within Exchange organization users … Continue reading Exchange: We won’t be able to deliver this message to John Doe because it is too large →

Use Skype for Business with older Lync Servers (Fix for error: Server version is incompatible)


Skype for Business 2013 or 2016 will throw this error if you try to use it with older Lync servers. Cannot sign in because the server version is incompatible with Skype for Business. Fix: Add DisableServerCheck registry key. Reboot your computer (to reload the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE registry hive). Your Skype for Business client will work after … Continue reading Use Skype for Business with older Lync Servers (Fix for error: Server version is incompatible) →

Use Skype for Business with older Lync Servers (Fix for error: Server version is incompatible)


Skype for Business 2013 or 2016 will throw this error if you try to use it with older Lync servers. Cannot sign in because the server version is incompatible with Skype for Business. Fix: Add DisableServerCheck registry key. Reboot your computer (to reload the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE registry hive). Your Skype for Business client will work after … Continue reading Use Skype for Business with older Lync Servers (Fix for error: Server version is incompatible) →

Office: “Add to dictionary” option greyed out


I have helped someone with their Word (& PowerPoint) for not able to add custom words into Dictionary. When the user selected an word and right click, the option for Add to dictionary is greyed out like below picture. Fix/Solution: Add a Custom Dictionary and select a language in Proofing options. Click File –> Options … Continue reading Office: “Add to dictionary” option greyed out →