Verison 2 of Exchange Online Commandlets (aka EXOv2 Cmdlets) are new commands that much simplify the command line administration of hosted Exchange. In our case, we need these new commands to more quickly manage our Office365 Exchange Online implementation. The problem is that EXO v2 commands are not included in […]
Since the last Windows 10 upgrade one of our staff noticed that Windows File Explorer did not show their profile path (We are always on beta’s which change every few weeks to there is little point to explaining the build details). Specifically, the missing user is “Calgary” and so the […]
We recently licensed a copy of Windows Server 2016 from a website named Digital Software Planet. There instructions were to download and install a 180 day evaluation copy of Server 2016 from the Microsoft Evaluation center. They also provided a standard product license key but when we entered it we […]
You can’t uninstall / reinstall DNS from a Domain Controller so if your DNS server has insurmountable problems, make sure that you have a second DC with a working DNS then dcpromo (demote) the problematic DC, make sure DNS has been removed, then repromote that server to be a DC. […]
If you are a system administrator or even a desktop support person, finding out information on a remote users computer is something you need to know how to do. Fortunately, Microsoft has made quite a number of commands easy to use. Here are some of the remote commands we use […]
WHAT IS DEFENDER APPLICATION GUARD: Application Guard is a fantastic option to run programs in a very secure space that is separated from the host operating system, thereby eliminating many potential hacks. For instance if you ran the WannaCry cryptolocker program from a website running with Application Guard, it would […]
We have an article from 2016 that explains how to reset Microsoft Cortana using PowerShell, but we see that under Windows 10 2004 (April 2020) that the APPX package has been moved and Microsoft has added new functionality to the GUI. If you want to reset Cortana now, it is […]
If you are running SentinalOne (an excellent next generation, behavior based malware detection system) you likely know that there no obvious way to temporarily disable it. This is unfortunate, as it would be very handy for testing. On the bright side, there are two easy-ish ways to disable SentinalOne on […]
If you have ever worked on Dynamic Distribution Lists (aka Dynamic Distribution Groups) in a hosted Exchange environment like Office 365, you will know that there is no method of listing the users emails in that distribution group, inside the Exchange web console. In the video below we explain: What […]
If you work with Exchange you know that there is no way to search for email alias using the console. That can be very frustrating when you need to assign an alias to someone and Exchange Online tells you it is already in use. (We have the instructions for How […]
Here are the 16 different ways to launch the SETTINGS app in Windows 10: USE THE START BUTTON TO OPEN THE SETTINGS APP Click on the START button, then the cog icon . START BUTTON CONTEXT MENU DIRECTLY Right click on the START button, select SETTINGS . START BUTTON CONTEXT […]
If your on-premise Exchange environment is in hybrid mode with Office 365 Hosted Exchange, you may find that email sent from mailboxes created onprem to mailboxes created in O365 Hosted Exchange is not received. The issue is that your on-prem Exchange is unaware of the cloud created mailboxes. The solution […]
If you have a Crestron room manager or a Teams / Skype phone system for your boardrooms/conference rooms/huddle rooms, you will need to set a password for your room Resource in Office 365. The problem is, Office365 Exchange Resource accounts do not have password fields. Typically the solution you will […]
If you are trying to make changes to Office365 using PowerShell you are likely to need the list of services. As of November 15, 2019 the Office365 services list from an E3 and the PowerShell command to generate it is: PS C:\Windows\system32> (Get-MsolUser -UserPrincipalName “<upn – likely the email address>”).Licenses.ServiceStatus.serviceplan|select […]
UPDATE: Feb 1 2020 – These commands still work but we have a lovely script that works much faster and can even overwrite data if need be. That disk wipe script is available HERE. _____________________________ In 2017 we recorded a video on how to remove partitions through command line. This […]
If you send email to a distribution group that is running off an Office365 Hosted Exchange account that is running in Hybrid mode with your on-premise Exchange server, the email may never be received. The email happily shows in SENT folder, has no errors or email bounces, and if you […]