The patch was released back in 2021 to meditate a remote code execution vulnerability, aka “PrintNightmare”. After the patch was installed, only accounts that have local admin rights could install or update any printer driver from a printer server. A UAC prompt will pop up every time you try to install a printer from a printer server. To bypass that, […]
Most of the time, I manage the licensing part of Microsoft 365 manually, but from time to time, using PowerShell can be easy and clean. To view account license and service details First, connect to Microsoft Graph. Connect-Graph To list all license plans you purchased with part number and ID, Get-MgSubscribedSku | Select-Object SkuPartNumber, SkuID To list the services that […]
If you use a shared mailbox and sometimes wonder who deleted some of the emails from the inbox, you can search the audit log to find out. Before you go any further, check if you have turned on the Audit Log Search in your tenant first. Get-AdminAuditLogConfig | Format-List UnifiedAuditLogIngestionEnabled If you haven’t, do this to turn it on. Set-AdminAuditLogConfig […]
When it comes to moving data between different servers, being able to assign a second server name to the same server could be very useful. It’s not only possible but fairly easy to do as well. Adding alternate DNS name to a Server If DNS name resolution is the only thing you need, you can either manually add an A […]
The IIS server on Windows doesn’t have a feature that can automatically redirect traffic out of the box. There are multiple ways to accomplish it but the easiest way is probably to use a module called URL Rewrite. Go to the URL Rewrite Module site to download the installation file and run it on a server you want to enforce […]
For internal-use IIS-based sites, you can enable HTTPS by self-signing a certificate and distributing it through the Group Policy so you can avoid seeing warning messages like this. Self-Signing a Certificate Simply open an elevated PowerShell window and run the following command to self-sign a 5-year certificate to the certificate store on the local machine. New-SelfSignedCertificate -DnsName “servername” -CertStoreLocation cert:\LocalMachine\My […]
When a new computer model comes along, your deployment may fail and end up like this. If that’s the case, it’s time to add the drivers of the new computer model to the MDT system. Ideally, you will need two sets of drivers for that new device, one for the WinPE bootable drive and one for regular deployment. Download these […]
This is how to send emails from an app or device not named Outlook through the Microsoft 365 network. According to Mail Flow Best Practices, there are 3 options available. SMTP Auth If you can deal with Modern Authentication in the form of OAuth, this option provides you with the most reliable email delivery. And you do need a licensed […]