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Huge Log Files in Microsoft Teams AppData

This was a fun one… I have a VM spun up in Microsoft Azure with one user who reported their 128GB Drive was filled.

I ran wiztree, my favorite tool, and found that in the AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Teams folder, there were multiple files starting with old_logs that were 13mb big… except for one that was 103GB big! Deleted it and was on my way.

Activate macOS VNC Over SSH

I ran into this one today while working on a personal project. I had SSH access to a Mac Mini running Big Sur that I didn’t have hooked up to a monitor or keyboard. After digging around, I found I could enable VNC access via these commands.

sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resouces/kickstart \
 -activate -configure -access -on \
 -configure -allowAccessFor -allUsers \
 -configure -restart -agent -privs -all

If that doesn’t work, this will set a custom password not tied to any user account:

sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart \
-activate -configure -access -on \
-clientopts -setvnclegacy -vnclegacy yes \
-clientopts -setvncpw -vncpw mypasswd \
-restart -agent -privs -all

When you’re done (since you don’t want to leave it enabled 24/7 for security reasons), disable with:

sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart \
-deactivate -configure -access -off

Changing PHP Version in StableHost

Looking for how to change the active version of PHP in StableHost? Scroll down to the SOFTWARE section. For me, it was the last option. Hit Select PHP Version .

On the ensuing screen, next to Current PHP version choose your version! You can also select your PHP extensions / addons

And that’s it! Once you’ve chosen your PHP version you’ll receive a confirmation and that’s it. Enjoy!

Issues Upgrading Windows 10 Pro to Enterprise with AzureAD and E5 Licenses

A client of ours wanted to upgrade their Windows 10 Professional licenses to Windows 10 Enterprise by way of E5 licensing in Office365 / Azure Active Directory.

Most computers worked fine, but a few just didn’t work and upgrade as they should have. There isn’t a lot of documentation on this, so I thought I’d put out there what worked for us and what we found. I ended up opening a ticket with Microsoft Escalated Support and worked with a rep over a few weeks.

First and foremost, make sure in Office365 that the E5 license has the option checked off for Windows 10 Enterprise.

First Troubleshooting Recommendation: dsregcmd

Run dsregcmd /status on the affected machine as the logged in user (and not a System or admin account).

If WamDefaultSet : ERROR and / or AzureAdPrt : NO are found, these would indicate an issue on Azure’s end. You want to see both answered with YES. These fields indicate whether the user has successfully authenticated to Azure AD when signing in to the device.

If the values are NO, it could be due to:

  • Bad storage key in the TPM associated with the device upon registration (check the KeySignTest while running elevated).
  • Alternate Login ID
  • HTTP Proxy not found