Remove Windows Server Disabled Roles and Features Payload Files
If you are running a Windows Server environment and you are becoming increasing low on system drive space, then you may want to consider removing the built in payload files …
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Exchange Shell – All Permissions on all Mailboxes
We carried out a project recently which was to migrate around 150 mailboxes to the Office 365 (Exchange Online) platform. Part of scope of works that was required was to …
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Get OU Distinguished Name
There are many reasons as to why you would need to identify an Active Directory Organisational Unit’s Distinguished Name. Most techies out there will use an AD distinguished name when …
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Windows 10 1903 RSAT Installation
The Windows 1903 upgrade has now been released however, yet again, RSAT has not been included in the upgrade. So it comes as a bit of a shock when you …
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System Center Operations Manager Invalid Management Group Removal
We recently carried out some work for a client who had a completely ruined installation of System Center Operations Manager (SCOM). Who had done what to it, we may never …
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Exchange Shell – Get all Shared Mailboxes Information
Following on from our previous post about how IT professionals can use the tools available to them to make their lives easier, we have another Exchange Management Shell (EMS) script …
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Exchange Shell – Export all shared mailbox permissions to CSV
Sometimes as IT professionals, we get asked to supply a lot of data to company bosses. This can be extremely frustrating especially when what you want to do is fix …
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Powershell – Export all Active Directory User Information to CSV
If you need to export all Active Directory user information to CSV, then you can use a simple Powershell script to carry this out. First Import the Active Directory module: …
Read MorePowershell – Export Active Directory User Last logged on information to CSV
If you want to export all your Active Directory users last logged on information, you can carry this out using Powershell and then exporting to CSV format. Guide First of …
Read MorePowershell – Export all members of all AD Security Groups to CSV
Powershell is an awesome tool and can help IT professionals in gathering information in a split second whereas otherwise it could take hours manually. We were recently asked to carry …
Read MoreExchange Shell – Get all shared mailboxes with primary SMTP
We recently received a request to provide a project manager with a full list of all shared mailboxes with their primary SMTP addresses that were in Microsoft Exchange. To do …
Read MoreImport Active Directory Powershell Module
If you want to use Active Directory modules for Powershell then you can will need to run the commands to import the required module and then install the RSAT tools. …
Read MoreStart a stopped service on multiple devices using Powershell
Following on from our recent guide about restarting a service on multiple devices, we were also asked about starting a stopped service using a similar method. This is pretty simple …
Read MoreRestart a service on multiple devices using Powershell
We recently had a requirement to restart a single service on multiple devices across a single network. At first, it was going to be the job of the helpdesk to …
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SCCM – Create user collections based on Active Directory department attribute with Powershell
We recently built a new Configuration Manager system for a client who wanted user collections for all departments and companies within their corporate group. We were going to set these …
Read MoreEnable Windows Remote Desktop Protocol and Set Firewall Rules using PowerShell
If you are using Windows Server 2012 or newer, or if you are just using Windows Server Core, then this Powershell script will help you out by enabling Remote Desktop …
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SCSM – Deleting Individual Items
When using System Center Service Manager (SCSM) you can sometimes end up with Incidents, Change Management items or Service Requests that need to be deleted individually. You an carry this …
Read MoreWSUS – Cleanup using Powershell with email notification output
lntroduction If you are using WSUS in your environment, you may want to run a scheduled task to cleanup old updates and compress some of the larger updates to free …
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