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Which TLS to use?

With the recent changes to TLS support in Office 365 and PowerShell there are times you need to update your TLS settings to force the best and/or only support versions.  Times I’ve been hit with install-module not working in PowerShell sessions.  Normally this works fix the issue connecting to NuGet: [crayon-65f954fc999fe568690895/] But there is a better way to use the …

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Easy Find OU in a DistinguishedName with PowerShell

There are a couple of ways to find the OU of an Object, some are long-winded ways splitting and counting characters.  The best way I’ve come up with for a quick and case insensitive check: [crayon-65f954fc99f49842619891/] A better example of the use in code: [crayon-65f954fc99f52994008597/] The Case Culture fixes up the compare of string being a different case of “OU=”, …

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Times you need to cut and Paste within VMWare ESXi Hosts

I use the RDP session cut and paste all the time to get files to remote servers but this is not an option to servers in the DMZ hosted on VMWare ESxi.  It seems the answer is easy when you enable a similar function in VMWare ESXi console.  Cut and paste made easy at last! The how to is listed …

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The pain of TLS 1.2 with PowerShell module for Azure Active Directory (MSOnline)

Building labs in a hurry sometimes can bite you with recent changes in Office 365 connections.  I just got hit with a problem with PowerShell module for Azure Active Directory not connecting: [crayon-65f954fc9a062182009187/] The problem relates to the connection type from a very unpatched (on purpose) Windows 2016 lab server for developing a Powershell script against Azure AD.  While working out …

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How to use DNS Pin Point instead Split Horizon – the easy way!

Background on the DNS issue faced There are times when DNS split horizon is required to point an ‘A’ record to an internal address however this normally requires you to duplicate every record in the zone on the internal DNS server.  For example autodiscover.company.com without needing the whole domain of company.com being duplicated on the internal DNS servers. An example …

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Mac Outlook 2016 Screen/View Crashed and Flashing black

The Outlook 2016 client has been trusted workhorse for email since the full release.  However the latest version 15.17.1 seemed to have a strange flashing and crashed view window.  It even lost the header and was unable to show a preview plane.  The solution was easy fix without hurting the mail profile. Run up Terminal window on the MAC: Type: defaults …

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How to invoke/test Office 365 (Exchange Online) cmdlets via Remote Powershell

I’ve been working on some PowerShell scripts for use with Office 365 and needed to invoke/test Office 365 (Exchange Online) cmdlets via RemotePowerShell.  This post relates to connections to Office 365 and Exchange online. My previous post How to invoke test exchange 2010 cmdlets via remote PowerShell 2.0 window, however the following allows for the credentials to be different from the …

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GroupWise User Mailbox Audit of Proxy Rights/Shared Folders/Archive Locations

Overview The tool is used to audit the Shared Folders, Proxy Access and Archive Path being used by users in a GroupWise System.  The tool written in Visual Basic Scripting (VBS).  It is safe for quick and easy deployment in mixed Novell/Microsoft environment. The auditing tool has been designed to only activate when a GroupWise client is active and will …

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Creating Dynamic Distribution Groups

Ive been asked to create a Distribution Group based on Users City Value.  The following Powershell commands create a example Office based group. Once Powershell for On-premises or Office 365 shell has been started.  Enter the following command changing as required: [crayon-65f954fc9ae2a860547007/] To enable the Mail tip use this additional command: [crayon-65f954fc9ae35687833077/] The following command will test and display which users will receive the email from …

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