Dual Platform Woes - Password Alerts

As my current employer moves to a dual platform of Windows and Mac systems we have ran in to issues with users not being aware of password expiration.  As such the Technology team has had to look for ways to ensure both Windows and Mac users are aware of upcoming password expiration.

To accomplish this we have deployed the following:

1. PowerShell Script
• Password Alert
• Runs daily at 7AM
• Starts 14 days from expiration and continues until password reset
• Provides links and directions on how to reset password
• Password Expiration Report
• Sends single email with OU Expiration reports attached
• Use Windows Task Scheduler to execute scripts daily
• Run on DC


2. ADPassMon
• Version 1
• Can be found here: 
• https://yourmacguy.wordpress.com/adpassmon/
• Version 2 (Forked)
• Can be found here: 
• https://macmule.com/2014/04/01/announcing-adpassmon-v2-fork/
• Deployed via MDM (Casper Suite)
• Preference file locked to prevent user from tampering
• Application set to relaunch daily at 10am, in case user force closes

We have just implemented both of these into our environment.  Will include complete write ups on setup of each option in the near future.

Office 2016 Beta Release

Well, hello digital world.  Long time now chat.

So much has happened in my life I will have to provide a couple post to catch you all up.  But this post is to focus on Office 2016 for Mac.

Available for download here: http://products.office.com/en-US/mac/mac-preview

From my limited experience with Office 2011 for Mac I have been severally disappointed.  I will be downloading the beta in the morning for review personally.  I am hoping that MS has incorporated more features that are standard to PC version into the Mac version.

Stay tuned for my review within the next week.

In the mean time head over to Spiceworks and join the discussion there:

http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/825685-free-public-beta-preview-of-office-2016-for-mac-is-now-available