2015 – Mohammed Wasay

Delete the Lync or Skype for Business SIP profile from a Windows computer

March 14, 2016November 18, 2015 by mo wasay

When a Lync 2010/2013 desktop client for Windows signs-in, to minimize the bandwidth consumption the Lync client retrieves a lot of information from cache.Â This cached information is stored in the users SIP Profile in a folder named sip_(SipURI of the user) located on a Windows computer in the following folder: Lync 2010:Â %UserProfile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Communicator\ Lync 2013:Â %UserProfile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Lync … Read moreDelete the Lync or Skype for Business SIP profile from a Windows computer

Exchange 2010: Moving Messages to Another Working Queue on another CAS Server

August 22, 2016September 21, 2015 by mo wasay

One of my CAS Hub servers was acting up and startedÂ queuing email. I needed to move the message to another working server while I needed time to troubleshoot what was causing the queuing. This is what I had to do. On the non working server: Create a Folder on C: called MailsExport Open Exchange Management … Read moreExchange 2010: Moving Messages to Another Working Queue on another CAS Server

Updating the system time on Server 2008R2 & 2012R2 using NTP Servers

August 22, 2016September 18, 2015 by mo wasay

To update, use the command below (2008 and 2012 server compatible)

w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:"ntp_server" /syncfromflags:manual /reliable:yes /update

1	w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:"ntp_server" /syncfromflags:manual /reliable:yes /update

change the ntp_server with your source. CheckÂ http://tf.nist.gov/tf-cgi/servers.cgi for servers Restart the time service

net stop w32time
net start w32time

1 2	net stop w32time net start w32time

Resync the time

w32tm /resync

1	w32tm /resync

Verify your sync status

w32tm /query /status

1	w32tm /query /status

Commands above should be fine if your sources are working correctly and/or your connection is OK (firewall or Microsoft Forefront … Read moreUpdating the system time on Server 2008R2 & 2012R2 using NTP Servers

Cannot migrate user from Exchange 2010 to Exchange Online

August 22, 2016August 19, 2015 by mo wasay

So I came across this error while migrating some accounts from On-Premise Exchange 2010 Server to Exchange Online. Error: The subscription for the migration user [email protected] couldn’t be loaded. The following error was encountered: A subscription wasn’t found for this user. In short, there is an address conflict between the user properties of the exchange … Read moreCannot migrate user from Exchange 2010 to Exchange Online

Bulk removal of Password Never Expires checkbox in AD

August 22, 2016July 23, 2015 by mo wasay

No one intends this but it is a problem that sooner or later you will be come across in your system administrator career. I’ve see this resolved many different ways, but I like to narrow it down to a particular OU. Depending on your case you may want to clean this across the board in … Read moreBulk removal of Password Never Expires checkbox in AD

Quest AD PowerShell cmdlets

August 22, 2016July 4, 2015 by mo wasay

I had trouble finding the Quest AD Powershell Cmdlets today. I knew Quest got acquired by Dell but I thought that my favorites would have still worked. Anyways, after a little of digging on the internet i was able to find them. It is now called ActiveRoles Management Shell for Active DirectoryÂ Â Here is the link:Â ActiveRoles … Read moreQuest AD PowerShell cmdlets

Microsoft IIS: Disabling the SSL v3 Protocol

August 22, 2016July 4, 2015 by mo wasay

Depending on how your Windows servers are configured, you may need to disable SSL v3. Note that older versions of Internet Explorer may not have the TLS protocol enabled by default. If you disable SSL versions 2.0 and 3.0, the older versions of Internet Explorer will need to enable the TLS protocol before they can … Read moreMicrosoft IIS: Disabling the SSL v3 Protocol

Outlook: Removing Copy from all the Calendar entries after importing from PST

August 22, 2016July 2, 2015 by mo wasay

This article applies to Outlook 2007 and 2010. If you are experiencing this issue with other mail clients, please contact Support. The “Copy” prefix is usually added to calendar items when items are imported from a PST file or copied from another calendar. To avoid this happening move items to the calendar instead of importing: … Read moreOutlook: Removing Copy from all the Calendar entries after importing from PST

Enabling ActiveSync for a Security Group using Powershell

August 22, 2016June 23, 2015 by mo wasay

$users = Get-ADGroupMember "AD Group with Users to be Enabled for ActiveSync"
foreach ($line in $users) {
    $user = $line.samaccountname
    Set-CASMailbox $user -ActiveSyncEnabled:$true
    Get-CASMailbox $user | Select-Object Name, ActiveSyncEnabled
}

$users = Get-ADGroupMember "AD Group with Users to be Enabled for ActiveSync"

foreach ($line in $users) {

$user = $line.samaccountname

Set-CASMailbox $user -ActiveSyncEnabled:$true

Get-CASMailbox $user | Select-Object Name, ActiveSyncEnabled

}

Disabling ActiveSync for a Group of Users using Powershell

August 22, 2016June 18, 2015 by mo wasay

I have tested this only in a Hybrid environment. Create a Universal AD Security Group called O365_Disabled_ActiveSync_Users. Add all the members to it. Make sure it has an email address that registers in Office365. Connect to Office365 via Powershell ISE:

Import-Module MSOnline
$O365Cred = Get-Credential
$O365Session = New-PSSession â€“ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https://ps.outlook.com/powershell -Credential $O365Cred -Authentication Basic -AllowRedirection
Import-PSSession $O365Session
Connect-MsolService â€“Credential $O365Cred

Import-Module MSOnline

$O365Cred = Get-Credential

$O365Session = New-PSSession â€“ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https://ps.outlook.com/powershell -Credential $O365Cred -Authentication Basic -AllowRedirection

Import-PSSession $O365Session

Connect-MsolService â€“Credential $O365Cred

Copy the following code in a file called DisableActiveSync.ps1 and run in powershell. Add … Read moreDisabling ActiveSync for a Group of Users using Powershell