Author Archives: Idit Bnaya

About Idit Bnaya

Sr. Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft, I’m passionate about helping customers succeed by building secure, scalable, and innovative cloud solutions – with a strong focus on AI, DevOps practices, and end-to-end security. With a proven track record in the IT and services industry, I serve as a trusted advisor, partnering closely with organizations to guide them through digital transformation and maximize the value of their cloud investments. My role combines technical leadership with project ownership – from designing modern architectures to leading cross-functional implementations that drive real business outcomes. I also manage and empower strategic partners, working hand-in-hand with them to ensure project success and deliver measurable business impact for customers.

Enable-MSOnlinePasswordSync failed. Error: The pipeline has been stopped, the service is not operational

Posted on December 1, 2013 by Idit Bnaya

I ran into this error While installing Dirsync on a DC server The error shown “The Server is not operational” Event log: “Enable-MSOnlinePasswordSync failed. Error: The pipeline has been stopped.” The solution was simply to log off and log on … Continue reading →

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Netapp – Create new LUN for exchange DB Using Netapp 2020

Posted on November 27, 2013 by Idit Bnaya

  This guide provide the steps to take in order to create new Database in Exchange using Netapp storage and snap drive In this case , I’m using Netapp 2020   1. Check Space Availability Available storage in NetApp filers … Continue reading →

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Office 365 – Assigning Volume license to existing office365 tenant

Posted on November 12, 2013 by Idit Bnaya

In order to import an Microsoft volume license to Office365 tenant , take the following steps :   1. Go to – http://office.microsoft.com/setup365 2. under "Already an Office 365 customer?" click "Sign in" Enter your Office 365 account Enter your … Continue reading →

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Use PowerCLI to Backup and Restore ESXi Host Configuration

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Idit Bnaya

The following post will guide you through the steps necessary to backup Esxi host configuration with PowerCLI Steps : 1. first you need to download the vSphere PowerCLI – installer 2. Open Powershell and Type: Add-PSSnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Core Or, for all … Continue reading →

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Exchange 2003 – SMTP error 550 5.7.1 Unable to relay for user@domain.com

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Idit Bnaya

One of my customer got this error after adding a new SMTP domain to mailboxes. In his case he add the email address directly from the AD to some mailboxes and then got this error when trying to send them … Continue reading →

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Error when trying to add members to distribution group in Exchange 2010

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Idit Bnaya

“Changes to the distribution list membership cannot be saved. You do not have sufficient permission to perform this operation on this object.” In Exchange 2010  you need to enable the ability to manage distribution groups Logon to ECP –> under … Continue reading →

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Failed to Add a Subdomain to Office 365

Posted on July 18, 2013 by Idit Bnaya

When you try to add a sub domain to office365 via the Office365 portal  , you get this error: Can’t add domain “Sub.Mydomain.com is a subdomain of a domain which was added by using the Microsoft Online Services Module for … Continue reading →

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Install dirsync with password Sync

Posted on July 7, 2013 by Idit Bnaya

Prerequisites Your Azure Active Directory tenant must be enabled for Directory Synchronization before the tenant can be enabled for Password Synchronization. The Server OS must be windows server 2008 R2 or higher Install Microsoft .NET 3.5 + Microsoft .NET Framework … Continue reading →

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Office365 – Mailbox move completed with warning

Posted on June 30, 2013 by Idit Bnaya

[AMSPRD0510CA019] Post-move cleanup failed. The operation will try again in 30 seconds (5/6). [AMSPRD0510CA019] Target mailbox ‘User name’ was updated on domain controller ‘AMSPRD0510DC006.eurprd05.prod.outlook.com’. [AMSPRD0510CA019] Unable to update Active Directory information for the source mailbox at the end of the … Continue reading →

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