How to Mount Windows SMB Share on Linux with CIFS

In this article, we’ll look at how to mount a shared network folder hosted on a Windows computer in Linux. Windows uses the SMB (Server Message Block) protocol, formerly known as CIFS (Common Internet File System) to share and access shared folders over the network. On Linux, you can use the cifs-utils or Samba client to access Windows network shares via SMB protocol.

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‘Failed to connect to bus: No such file or directory’ Error on Linux

The error ‘Could not connect to bus: No such file or directory‘ is quite common on Linux operating systems. This error can occur when managing the service through systemctl or when the computer is switched off.

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Outlook Keep Asking for Microsoft Account Password

Outlook may prompt you to enter your Microsoft Account (Office 365) credentials when you try to create a new mail profile or open a configured mailbox. This happens in all modern Outlook 2021/2019/2016 and Outlook Microsoft 365 versions. The fact is that Direct Connect to Office 365 is enabled by default in Outlook. This feature is designed to simplify and speed up the process of connecting to a mailbox hosted on Microsoft 365 (Exchange Online).

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Move Hyper-V VMs Between Hosts Using Live Migration

The Live Migration feature in Hyper-V allows you to migrate a running virtual machine between hosts with almost no downtime. Initially, Live Migration in Hyper-V was only available as part of a Windows failover cluster with CSV shared storage. Starting with Windows Server 2012, Hyper-V Live Migration doesn’t require a cluster and shared storage. To migrate VMs, Hyper-V hosts need to be connected using a fast shared Ethernet network. This type of migration is called a Shared-nothing live migration.

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Outlook: The Connection to Microsoft Exchange is Unavailable

In some cases, you may receive an error when you try to configure a connection to Exchange Server in Outlook Client for a new user, or when you try to connect to an Exchange mailbox server with a configured Outlook: the connection to Microsoft Exchange is unavailable. This article will show you how to troubleshoot and fix this error.

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Understanding IF, ELSE Statements in PowerShell

Logical statements If, Else, and ElseIf are used in PowerShell to check various conditions. The If statement is used to check a condition and perform a particular action if the condition is true. If the condition is not true (FALSE), you can use Else or ElseIf to perform another action.

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Expanding Email Distribution Groups (Lists) in Outlook

When you select an Exchange distribution group as a recipient in Outlook, you should see a + sign to the right of the group’s display name. If you click on it, you’ll expand the distribution group and see a list of its members.

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Converting a PowerShell (PS1) Script to an EXE File

A separate *.ps1 extension is used for PowerShell script files. To run PS1 scripts, users must open a PowerShell console, cmd, or code editor (such as PowerShell ISE or VSCode). If you want your users to be able to easily run your PowerShell scripts, you can convert PS1 files to the .exe executable file format.

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