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Today I passed the Microsoft Azure Fundamentals AZ-900 exam 🙂 !!! “This exam is designed for candidates looking to demonstrate foundational level knowledge of cloud services and how those services are provided with Microsoft Azure.” I plan to earn more Azure certs in the near future. you can read more about it here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/exam-az-900.aspx
Read moreConfiguring KMS with Windows 2012 Server Roles Step-By-Step Installing the Volume Services Role for KMS To begin the installation of the KMS host in the Windows Server 2012 / 2012R2 machine, begin by adding a role: On the next screen, select Role-based or feature-based installation: Select the server where the roles will be installed: On the Add Roles and Features Wizard, select Volume Activation Services. […]
Read moreWelcome to my guide on how to configure a single server Remote Desktop Services (RDS) deployment using server 2016. First install Server 2016 with GUI and get all the updates installed. Add the server to the domain as a member server, in this lab I call mine RDS2016. Login as a domain administrator. Server manager should automatically launch, click on […]
Read moreVMWare VM Server Tuning – Windows OS & VMXNet3 Network Card Optimizations In Windows, Open a command prompt window with elevated permissions and execute the following commands displayed in RED. [Display the TCP stack settings] C:> netsh int tcp show global [Disable specific TCP stack parameters] C:> netsh int tcp set global chimney=disabled C:> netsh int tcp set global autotuninglevel= disabled C:> netsh int tcp set global ecncapability= disabled C:> netsh int tcp set global netdma= disabled C:> netsh int tcp set global rsc= disabled I usually put these commands […]
Read moreTo disabled the clutter feature in a user’s O365 mailbox run the following command: Turn off Clutter for single user Get-Mailbox –identity someone@somewhere.com | Set-Clutter -enable $false OR Single mailbox: Set-Clutter -Identity <user name> -Enable $false If you want to disable this feature for all users in your tenant as an admin, you can do this with […]
Read moreConnect to O365 using powershell first Open PowerShell or EMS If this is an O365 mailbox, you will need to connect to the O365 environment 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 Then run this command in powershell: Search-Mailbox -identity “UsersMailbox” -SearchQuery kind:meetings -DeleteContent
Read moreYou will come across the issue with leavers mailboxes needing to be transferred to another users mailbox. If you are looking after on-site exchange, then the process is slightly shorter as you don’t need to connect to the remote Powershell. To connect to O365 first run this PS command: $Cred = Get-Credential $s = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https://ps.outlook.com/powershell -Credential $cred -Authentication Basic […]
Read moreIf you need to add email aliases to O365 accts in bulk use the following (EMS) powershell command with the CSV file formatted this way: Name ProxyAddresses user1@domainold.com user1@domainnew.com Run this in EMS: Import-Csv C:\email-aliases.csv | ForEach-Object{ $name = $_.Name } Import-Csv C:\email-aliases.csv | ForEach-Object{ $proxy = $_.ProxyAddresses -split ‘;’} Set-RemoteMailbox -Identity $name -EmailAddresses @{add= $proxy} OR Get the display name and email […]
Read morePerforming 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 […]
Read moreRetrieving 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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