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Deploying a Windows Server 2016 read-only domain controller (RODC) with PowerShell

July 20, 2017 Microsoft Geek

An RODC is a domain controller (DC) that holds a read-only copy of the Active Directory database and the SYSVOL folder. It supports unidirectional replication and only pulls data from its replication partner when the data changes on writable domain controllers. Enterprises can deploy RODCs in branch offices where they cannot guarantee physical security. RODC characteristics ^ The following characteristics differentiate […]

Category: PowerShell 101, Windows Server 2016

Automating WSUS with PowerShell

July 20, 2017 Microsoft Geek

The scripts explained in this post allow you to automate several Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) tasks such as synchronization, approvals, cleanups, and scheduled update installations. Syncing WSUS with PowerShell and Task Scheduler ^ In this article, I assume you are familiar with WSUS administration. Right after installing WSUS, you have to configure periodic synchronization. Unfortunately, as you can see in […]

Category: PowerShell 101, Windows Server 2008 /R2

Powershell – Remove Members from AD Groups in bulk

June 21, 2017 Microsoft Geek

Now there are several ways that you can remove members from a group. The simplest of all is by using Remove-ADGroupMember. Let us see the examples associated with this cmdlet. Get-Help Remove-ADGroupMember -Examples As you can see in the Examples, we need to know the Members that are part of the group in order to remove them from the group. […]

Category: Active Directory 101, PowerShell 101

Exchange Powershell – Find Mailbox size of users in a Distribution List

June 21, 2017 Microsoft Geek

Say that I have a Distribution List called “Finance Team“. At first I will have to find out the members of the Distribution List so then I can individually find their mailbox sizes. $GroupName = Read-Host “Kindly provide the name of the Distribution Group” Get-DistributionGroupMember $GroupName | Select Name | Export-Csv c:\Members.csv -NoTypeInformation Let us see what did we do […]

Category: Exchange Server 2007, Exchange Server 2010, Exchange Server 2013, PowerShell 101

How to create Shared mailbox in Exchange Server 2010

June 21, 2017 Microsoft Geek

Today we will be seeing how to create Shared Mailbox in Exchange Server 2010. Before we move ahead with the creation part, let us first see the different type of mailboxes that are present in Exchange Server 2010. Once you open up the New Mailbox wizard, you will see the below options as seen in the screenshot. You must have […]

Category: Exchange Server 2010, PowerShell 101

Powershell – How to change AD user description field

June 21, 2017 Microsoft Geek

In this article we will be using Powershell to perform this. But be aware that we can do this from Active Directory Users and Computers as well. Let us say that we have a user Ronnie and the description provided for the user is “Ronnie is from the Marketing Team” You can see the below from the Active Directory Users […]

Category: Active Directory 101, PowerShell 101

Find Expired Accounts in Active Directory using Powershell

June 21, 2017 Microsoft Geek

We all know, people join organizations and leave organizations at regular intervals. And we as System Administrators have to create and manage their user accounts in Active Directory. As a best practice, we all set an expiration date to the user account that is created. But do we delete those accounts if they are no longer in use? Its hard […]

Category: Active Directory 101, PowerShell 101

Find empty groups in Active Directory using PowerShell

June 21, 2017 Microsoft Geek

Today we will find empty groups in Active Directory using Powershell. You all may know that we as System Administrators are required to create groups in the Active Directory for all sorts of purposes and reasons. But over time, do people who request for these groups really utilise them? It is bound to happen that your domain will be filled […]

Category: Active Directory 101, PowerShell 101

Powershell to track email sent to specific mailbox or DL in Exchange 2010

June 21, 2017 Microsoft Geek

I ran across a requirement where in I had to find out whether the emails generated from one mailbox were getting delivered to the recipient mailbox successfully or not. As you must be aware that all the mails that are sent or received in an Exchange organization has to be routed from the Hub Transport Server. But first, let me […]

Category: Exchange Server 2010, PowerShell 101

Access Exchange Online via PowerShell

May 31, 2017 Microsoft Geek

After recently deploying a hybrid configuration for Office 365, many email settings that were easily configurable within Office 365 portal could not be changed as these settings were being managed by on-premise Active Directory servers. To get past this restriction, the next best option is to access the Exchange Online via PowerShell. Note: PowerShell 3.0 is required. For Windows Server […]

Category: Exchange Server 2007, Exchange Server 2010, PowerShell 101

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