Outlook: ADFS Error 0xCAA70010
Feb06

Outlook: ADFS Error 0xCAA70010

KB ID 0001652 Problem While trying to connect Outlook (2016) to an Office 365 email account; We can’t connect you It looks like we can’t connect you to one of our services the moment. Please try again later, or contact your helpdesk if the issue persists. 0xCAA70010 {ADFS-URL} Solution This was happening because my ADFS server was using a ‘self-signed’ certificate (i.e. not a purchased one). This should NEVER...

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vSphere 6.5 vCenter Appliance – Replacing Certificates
Aug22

vSphere 6.5 vCenter Appliance – Replacing Certificates

KB ID 0001194 Problem In vSphere 5 and earlier versions this was not a ‘fun’ job at all, many times I sat down to do it, and lost the will to live. Now there’s a nice new tool built into vCenter that does ‘most’ of the hard work for you. Here I’m using the vCenter appliance but the tool is also available on the Windows version. For my certificates I’m using Microsoft Certificate Services....

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VMware ESXi6  – Replacing the Default Certificates
Aug22

VMware ESXi6 – Replacing the Default Certificates

KB ID 0001195  Problem This is pretty much part two of the last article I wrote, so make sure you have the vCenter CA setup as a Sub CA of your Microsoft Certificate Services Deployment. See the following article; vSphere 6 vCenter Appliance – Replacing Certificates Now we take the next step, and replace the certificates on the ESXi hosts. Solution Note: Joining the ESXi Hosts to the domain is not essential, it just makes things a...

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Event ID 12016
Nov17

Event ID 12016

KB ID 0000292  Problem Event ID 12016 There is no valid SMTP Transport Layer Security (TLS) certificate for the FQDN of <domain>. The existing certificate for that FQDN has expired. The continued use of that FQDN will cause mail flow problems. A new certificate that contains the FQDN of <domain> should be installed on this server as soon as possible. You can create a new certificate by using the New-ExchangeCertificate...

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Event ID 6 and 13
Nov17

Event ID 6 and 13

KB ID 0000473  Problem Event ID 6 Source: Microsoft-Windows-CertificateServicesClient-AutoEnrollment Description: Automatic certificate enrollment for local system failed (0x800706ba) The RPC server is unavailable.   Event ID 13 Source: Microsoft-Windows-CertificateServicesClient-CertEnroll Description: Certificate enrollment for Local system failed to enroll for a DomainController certificate with request ID N/A from {hostname}{name...

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