I had a request recently to provide an inactive user report for the past 60 days. Basically, find out which accounts have not logged […]
Convert a Dynamic IP to Static
Working on a project where on some servers the DHCP assigned addresses needs to be converted to static. Since there is always more than […]
Force Replication of all Domain Controllers on all Sites
If you want to replicate all Domain Controllers, then you have to start replication on each of them separately. This may take a while. […]
Deploying the SCCM Client with VMware Client Windows Guest Customization
Since SCCM is our configuration management tool of choice, the SCCM client needs to get installed on all of our newly provisioned VMs. I […]
Provisioning a New Office 365 User and Mailbox from Exchange Hybrid via PowerShell
Working with many Office365 clients, I receive queries on how to go about provisioning users and mailboxes for an Exchange hybrid deployment. To begin […]
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 […]
Map a network drive using PowerShell
Make sure you are using the latest version of PowerShell. On Windows 8/10 run it as administrator and type the following:
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New-PSDrive –Name “Z†–PSProvider FileSystem –Root “\\fileserver01\share†–Persist |
Where: Z […]
Guide to migrate FRS to DFSR
For most users this article only applies if you have Window 2003/ 2003 R2 Domain Controller in your enviornment that you are planning to […]
The Lazy Way To Do Active Directory Inventory
From time to time admins have to run an inventory of what is running in the AD environment. This is a good practice for […]
Lists all users last logon time
As administrators we often want to check which users have not logged in for quite a while, or what accounts recently accessed a system, etc. The […]