A Drink of Technology for the Thirsty Mind
Hey Guys, as a Windows SysAdmin some of your primary tools is Active Directory and PowerShell. I want to share this tool I found online from Patrick Gruenauer – Author of https://sid-500.com/ You can download the tool from here: https://sid-500.com/2018/05/22/active-directory-domain-services-section-version-1-1/ Active Directory Domain Services Section What can we do with it? This is the question for this part. I wanna […]
Read moreStep 1: Get-Help, Get-Command, Get-Member and Get-Alias Thanks to Justin for pointing out that I left out probably the most useful command. Get-Help. I’ve added some of my other favorite commands for learning as well, which I still use almost daily. Get-Help is an amazingly useful command and is quite versatile. Get-Help Get-WMIObject – Will output basic help and tips […]
Read moreToday 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 […]
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