Author: Microsoft Geek

How to Add Computers to a Domain Using PowerShell

Performing a Domain Join Using PowerShell Once you’ve established correct DNS resolution for the domain name, start a PowerShell prompt with local administrative privileges. Press the Windows key to switch to the Start menu, type PowerShell and press CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER. If prompted, enter a local administrator username and password, or give consent to run PowerShell. In the PowerShell prompt, type add-computer –domainname ad.contoso.com -Credential AD\adminuser […]

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Category: PowerShell 101

How to Get the Serial Number of a Remote Computer Using PowerShell

Retrieving the Serial Number from a Local Computer The get-ciminstance PowerShell command was introduced in PowerShell 3.0. It allows administrators to run WMI queries on local or remote computers. To retrieve the BIOS serial number of the local computer, we need to access the Win32_BIOSWMI class. Log on to Windows Server 2012 R2, click the PowerShell icon on the desktop taskbar. In the prompt window, […]

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Category: PowerShell 101

Understanding In-Place Hold and Litigation Hold in Exchange

Litigation Hold was first introduced in Exchange 2010 and is designed to preserve all items in a mailbox indefinitely for the purposes of e-discovery. Litigation Hold can be applied to mailboxes or distribution groups. When a user’s mailbox is put on Litigation Hold, they are still able to delete items, but Exchange retains the deleted items indefinitely with immutability. For […]

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Category: Exchange Server 2003, Exchange Server 2007, Exchange Server 2010, Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019

Virtualizing Microsoft Exchange Tips and Tricks

Are you looking at reducing hardware cost and utilizing your virtualization infrastructure to run your Exchange servers? Are you still on edge about virtualizing a mailbox role or unified messaging role? Today I’ll be sharing some tips for virtualizing Microsoft Exchange that I’ve picked up over the years – hopefully some of them may help ease your Exchange anxiety. Virtualization and Exchange are […]

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Category: Exchange Server 2003, Exchange Server 2007, Exchange Server 2010, Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019

How to Understand an Exchange Non Delivery Report (NDR)

What is a Non-Delivery Report (NDR)? If you take a look at the NDR below, you can see a sample nondelivery report.  This nondelivery report contains all of the usual information such as the date and time that the message was sent, and the intended recipient.  If you take a look at the last line of the nondelivery report though, […]

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Category: Exchange Server 2003, Exchange Server 2007, Exchange Server 2010, Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019

Recovering Deleted Email with New Exchange Online Cmdlets

Exchange Makes It Easy for Users to Fix Deletion Mistakes Exchange has used a two-step item deletion process for nearly 20 years. When someone deletes an item from a mailbox, it moves into the Deleted Items folder. Later, when the user empties the Deleted Items folder, or the Managed Folder Assistant empties the folder under the instruction of a retention […]

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Category: Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019, PowerShell 101

Google Cloud Platform: Creating a Virtual Machine

1. Overview Google Compute Engine lets you create and run virtual machines on Google infrastructure. Compute Engine offers scale, performance, and value that allows you to easily launch large compute clusters on Google’s infrastructure. There are no upfront investments and you can run thousands of virtual CPUs on a system that has been designed to be fast, and to offer strong […]

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Category: Google Cloud Platform
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