In this short video we explain and demonstrate how to connect PowerShell to AzureAD AzureRM & AzureCLI: How to Connect to AzureAD? Launch a PowerShell as an administrator Make sure you are running PowerShell 5.0 or newer: $PSVersionTable.PSVersion Install the required module: Install-Module MSOnline Sign into Azure: Connect-MsolService Run your […]
In this video we explain and demonstrate how to connect to Microsoft Azure and list the services that are available at a specific data center. Azure PowerShell Commands: What version of PowerShell do I have? – You need to be at v5 $PSVersionTable.PSVersion Install Azure Command Line – You only […]
This is the “How Can I See the User/Member/Email addresses in a Dynamic Distribution Group” segment from our larger explanation of what Dynamic Distribution Lists are in Office 365 Hosted Exchange, How to Create and Manage an Office 365 Dynamic Distribution List, and How To Display The Users in Dynamic […]
If you are able th launch the Exchange Management Console (EMC) but see the following error when you attempt to expand a segment, we have the solution: “The following error occurred while attempting to connect to the specified Exchange server ‘http://server.domain; The Attempt to connect to http://server.domain/PowerShell using “Kerberos” authentication […]
In a corporate setting, having a FOCUSED INBOX will frequently be used as an excuse by staff for not responding. IT will receive a never ending stream of complaints and requests to tweak the algorithm which they can’t and would not want to do. As such most companies will want […]
If you have a new Windows Server 2016 or Windows 10 installation, you will find that when you right click on the START button, you will see COMMAND PROMPT as an option. For standard users this is fine, but for administrators, you will likely want the more powerful POWERSHELL option. […]
If you have ever deleted a SharePoint site from Office 365 or other SharePoint Online provider, you know that sometimes the sit around for a while. If you are trying to reuse the name of a site you recently deleted, this can be a problem. Fortunately the solution is to […]
I have been trying to get a simple CMD script or PowerShell or even a utility to get Windows 10 to download and install Windows Updates for about a year. It has not gone well. Note that Angus Briggs at PDQ support told me about a very simple PowerShell command that will […]
Updated: January 2022 If you cannot complete a clean up of your WSUS server through the WSUS console because it keeps erroring out with SERVER NODE RESET, you can hopefully complete through the following PowerShell command line: Invoke-WsusServerCleanup -DeclineSupersededUpdates -DeclineExpiredUpdates -CleanupObsoleteComputers -CleanupObsoleteUpdates -CleanupUnneededContentFiles -CompressUpdates If this fails or times out, […]
If you need to know what version of PowerShell you have installed there are many ways to figure it out: In PowerShell, type: get-host In PowerShell, type: get-host | select-object version In PowerShell, type: ConsoleHost deprecated In PowerShell, type: $PSVersionTable In PowerShell, type: Get-PSSnapin Check the registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PowerShell\1 \2 \3 […]
“Clutter” is a feature enabled in all Office365 hosted email addresses as of summer 2015. Clutter uses Microsoft’s machine learning named Delve to figure out what is not important to you and moves those messages into a Clutter folder. If you want to disable Clutter, you have three choices: How To […]
If you have a Microsoft Surface 3 or 4 (and likely 2 or any other computer with the Serial Number stored in the UEFI BIOS), you can determine the BIOS Version and Serial Number through a simple command line: Launch a POWERSHELL as an Administrator Enter the following two commands […]
We’ve recently had a client who was breached because a long-term brute force spray password attack eventually correctly guessed and administrators password. This breach should have been avoided by the company ensuring that all of its users were using multi factor authentication. By default new accounts are required to have […]
We just posted a simple article and screenshot explaining how to install GPMC on Windows Server, however the process to install Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) tools on windows 11 is different, So we thought a separate article would be useful. What’s the Difference Between GPMC and GPedit? If you […]
When you promote a Windows Server to be a Domain Controller, Active Directory tools get installed automatically including the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC). Group Policy Management Console does not always get installed on member servers even if RSAT tools (think, Active Directory Users and Computers) are installed. Put simply, […]
As you likely already know, most SSL certificates show only the “friendly name” of the issuing Certificate Authority and not the host name. 1 – The Certificates ISSUED BY Field Often the ISSUED BY field will give you a clue to the hostname of your CA If that CA name […]