Working with many app/dev teams it is hard to find which version of Dot Net an application was designed or made in. Now if your application server has multiple drives and depending on which drive the application resides it may be hard to find this information. Let’s assume there are two drives C: and D:….
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Add Alternate Email Address or Recovery Email Address for Office365 Administrator
In Office365, depending on the admin role of an account you may want to add an alternate email address for password recovery. This is a basically a self-service password reset for Administrators of Office365. Quick way to do this is with PowerShell:
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#Connect to Office365 Import-Module MSOnline Connect-MsolService $O365Cred = Get-Credential $O365Session = New-PSSession –ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https://ps.outlook.com/powershell -Credential $O365Cred -Authentication Basic -AllowRedirection Import-PSSession $O365Session #Check if the user has an Alternate Email Address (Recovery Address) Get-MsolUser -UserPrincipalName mwasay@domain.com | select -ExpandProperty AlternateEmailaddresses #Check if the user has an Alternate Email Address (Recovery Address) Set-MsolUser -UserPrincipalName mwasay@domain.com -AlternateEmailAddresses mwasay@domain2.com |
If this setting is unset for an administrator, Office365 gives you a…
Cleaning up Office365 Groups Mess
Office 365 Groups are a shared workspace for email, conversations, files, and events where group members can collectively get stuff done. It compliments the introduction of Microsoft Teams. The main thing to keep in mind is that this feature is still evolving. Why is it important to control Office 365 Group creation? This feature is…
How to restart management agents on ESX or ESXi host
If you are not unable to connect ESXi server to vCenter, or when you cannot connect to ESXi server from VI client it may be necessary to restart the management agents on ESX or ESXi host. To restart the management agents on ESXi 6.x This applies to ESX4/5.x/6.x For the restart of the management agents (mgmt-vmware…
Enabling ActiveSync for a Security Group using Powershell
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$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
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:
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Import-Module MSOnline $O365Cred = Get-Credential $O365Session = New-PSSession –ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https://ps.outlook.com/powershell -Credential $O365Cred -Authentication Basic -AllowRedirection Import-PSSession $O365Session Connect-MsolService –Credential $O365Cred |
Copy the following code in a file called DisableActiveSync.ps1 and run in powershell. Add…
Exchange 2007: Give a user full access to all mailboxes
The following command will give full access to the Mailbox database including future mailboxes when they are created. Just change the name of the Mailbox Database to yours and the name to the one you wish to use
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Get-MailboxDatabase -identity “Mailbox Database†| Add-ADPermission -User "Trusted User"-AccessRights GenericAll |
Now access to all mailboxes:
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Get-Mailbox -ResultSize Unlimited -Database "Mailbox Database" | Add-MailboxPermission -User "Trusted User" -AccessRights FullAccess |
For Send As:
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Add-ADPermission -Identity "Mailbox Database" -User "Trusted User" -ExtendedRights Send-As |
For Recieve As:
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Add-ADPermission -Identity "Mailbox Database" -User "Trusted User" -ExtendedRights Receive-As |
In exchange…
Grant & Revoke Access to Mailboxes
There may be times where you may need to grant an IT administrator or other employees access to another user’s mailbox. Below I will demonstrate how to: Grant an Admin access to a single mailbox Grant an Admin access to all mailboxes Revoke the above permissions (recommended cause of action after the Administrator has finished…