A Drink of Technology for the Thirsty Mind
I’ve often had a need for some users for various test purposes, and want a script to quickly create these users. Create Organizatiol Unit (OU) In order to use the cmdlets needed you need Access to a Domain Controller or have RSAT (opens a Google search) installed on your Workstation and use import-module *active* You can skip importing the module if […]
Read moreWe are going to give access to a Group of people to RDP to Workstations and have local administrators rights. In order for RDP to work we also need to open firewall. While reading you might want to consider to split up this (monolithic) GPO and single Security Group into 2 Security Groups and 3 smaller GPOs : (1) Local Admin […]
Read moreWhen you attempt to migrate an O365 user back to Exchange 2010 on-prem you may receive this error: “You shouldn’t migrate mailbox ‘Paul Demmer’ to Exchange 2010 or an earlier version while the user’s Instant Messaging contact list is stored in Exchange. If you do, the user could permanently lose access to their Instant Messaging contact list, which will cause […]
Read moreAs an Exchange and Active Directory administrator you may be asked at some point to make a new distribution group from one or more other distribution groups. Exchange 2010 and PowerShell make this a very easy task. So to get started log in to your exchange server and open your Exchange Management Console. Now we need to create the […]
Read moreRoaming Profiles allow users of an Active Directory Domain to access their desktop and documents from any PC of the domain. It’s a powerful feature that can improve the productivity of the employees and make their lives easier. The best thing about Roaming Profiles is how they are easy to set up. Before configuring a Roaming Profile, we need to […]
Read moreIf you accidently deleted a user or computer object you can restore it. Logon to a Domain Controller Open Active Directory Administrative Center Click on Domain (local) > Deleted Objects Find the object you are looking for through the Search/filter bat at the top Right click on Object and Restore
Read moreOpen Exchange Management Shell Enter the following command: get-mailbox -identity <username or display name> | set-mailbox -type shared Afer the process completes, the mailbox will show as a share box. Example: ***To convert shared to a user mailbox enter the following command: Enter the following command: get-mailbox -identity […]
Read moreOpen the Exchange Management Shell and run the following command: Enable-RemoteMailbox -Identity “amanda smida” -RemoteRoutingAddress asmida@lifetouch.mail.onmicrosoft.com Example:
Read moreWhen you try to migrate an O365 mailbox back to Exchange on-premise, you may run into this error message. Below is the solution for it. SOLUTION Set the ExchangeGUID property on the associated on-premises remote mailbox before you move the mailbox to the on-premises organization. To do this, follow these […]
Read more1. Connect to Exchange On-line From the PowerShell console on an Exchange 2010 server: $Cred = Get-Credential $s = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https://ps.outlook.com/powershell -Credential $cred -Authentication Basic –AllowRedirection Import-PSSession $s Type in your Domain Admin credentials with username of <username>@domain.com Type in your Domain Admin credentials with username of domain\<username> Run this command: you will need the distribution […]
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