There are free tools like CodeTwo Active Directory Photos that lets you upload photos to Active Directory and manage them with a GUI interface. But it’s not as sleek and flexible as using a scripting tool like PowerShell. In order to use PowerShell to communicate with Active Directory, you will need the Active Directory module installed for PowerShell. The easiest […]
After a Visual Studio Code update the other day, all the PowerShell scripts refusing to run due to a “Language server startup failed”. Both reinstalling Visual Studio Code and PowerShell extension didn’t do anything to fix it. And guess what to blame, the Digital Certificate, because it’s not trusted. Thanks to this thread on Github. Here is how to fix […]
Counting the licensing usages and checking out the license details in Office 365 using PowerShell is a lot easier than going through the admin console. First, install the module if you haven’t done, and connect to Azure AD with your Office 365 subscription. Install-Module msonline Connect-MsolServie To list of the licensing plans available in my tenant: Get-MsolAccountsku To view a […]
There are ways migrating mailboxes from one provider to Office 365. Importing through IMAP-enabled mailbox is one of them. And here is a quick run-down of what the steps are. First, verify the ownership of the domain and get all the mailboxes ready in Office 365. Then, prepare a CSV file in the following format: EmailAddress,UserName,Password [email protected],contoso\terry.admin,password12345 The first row […]
By default, emails sent from Shared Mailbox are only saved in the user’s Sent Items folder but ideally, it can be also copied in the Shared Mailbox’s Sent Items folder as well. To enable this Sent Items Copy feature, First, connect to Office 365 using: $userCredential = Get-Credential $Session = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https://outlook.office365.com/powershell-liveid/ -Credential $UserCredential -Authentication Basic -AllowRedirection […]
Shared mailbox on Office 365 can be very useful and served as many roles. When granted with full mailbox permission, the mailbox can be automatically shown up in your Outlook without extra configuration. There used to be a setting in Office 365 admin portal that can turn this auto-mapping feature on or off but I don’t seem to be able […]
A computer that had 30 seconds ahead of the domain controller got me to do this sanity check to see if the time is synchronized across the whole network. Why? Because having time off all over the place will cause all sorts of weird issues. It’s just that important. Here is a checklist of things you need to know when […]
I have a Group Policy setting in place that forces all workstations in the same OU checks and installs any available updates from a local WSUS automatically at 3:00 am every single day. It has worked beautifully until recently I started upgrading them gradually to Windows 10. The ones graduated from Windows 7 to Windows 10 don’t reboot themselves anymore […]