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PowerShell: 1-Liner to Discover SQL Servers on the Network

Run this command on server with SQL CLI installed (this will only detect SQL servers…

AWS-CLI: Detach A Volume

Check Volume's Status PS C:\Windows> aws ec2 describe-volumes --region us-west-1 --volume-ids vol-0a0f16ef5a9d69a29{ "Volumes": [ {…

Install AWS Command Line Interface on Windoze

Obtain AWS Access Key: Log into AWS > click on your User Name > My…

PowerShell: Use RoboCopy & Volume Shadow Copy to Mirror Terrabytes of Data

version 0.2 <#.DescriptionCurrent Features:1. Check for any errors on the Sources or Destinations and generate…

Reference Entries of Office 365 records for Internal & External DNS

General Office 365 email setup check list: MS requires that each smart-host configuration or send…

PowerShell: Measure File Copying Time

The scripty: $sourcesAndDestinations=@("C:\Users\kimconnect\Desktop\test\test1 C:\Users\kimconnect\Desktop\test\test2","C:\Users\kimconnect\Desktop\test\test2 C:\Users\kimconnect\Desktop\test\test3")$testPath="C:\Users\kimconnect\Desktop\test\test1"$switchesMirrorDirectories="/MIR /SEC /W:3 /FFT "$dateStamp = Get-Date -Format "yyyy-MM-dd-hh-mm"$currentPath=(Get-Item -Path ".\").FullName$log="/LOG+:$currentPath\robocopy-log-$dateStamp.txt"function…

PowerShell: Discover Domain Controllers and Classify Each As VM or Physical

Current Version $dcObjects=Get-ADDomainController -Filter * | select Name,OperationMasterRolesforeach ($dc in $dcObjects){ $dcName=$dc.Name $dcRole=$dc.OperationMasterRoles try{ $machineModel=(Get-WmiObject…

Veeam: Hyper-V ConfigStoreRootPath Errors

Error Message ---------------------------Veeam Backup and Replication---------------------------ConfigStoreRootPath cluster parameter is not defined. We will not be…

PowerShell: Install RSAT

What problem does this solve? dcdiag /test:dns dcdiag : The term 'dcdiag' is not recognized…

Outlook Error: An Encrypted Connection Not Available

Symptom: The Fix: Run: control.exe > click on Mail Click on Show Profiles Click on…

PowerShell: Export Exchange Mailboxes

Export 1 mailbox $userAlias="kungfu.panda"$storageUNC="\\FILESHERVER01\Backups\PSTs"# Import Exchange Management PowershellAdd-PSSnapin Microsoft.Exchange.Management.PowerShell.SnapIn;$mailboxRequest=(New-MailboxExportRequest -Mailbox $userAlias -FilePath "$storageUNC\$userAlias.pst").Mailboxfunction monitorCompletion($check){ $migrationStatus=(Get-MailboxExportRequest…

PowerShell: Recover Deleted Active Directory Objects

$domain="kimconnect"$ltd="com"$dc="dc01"$userToRecover="Tom Cruise"# Enable Active Directory Recycle Bin# Enable-ADOptionalFeature 'Recycle Bin Feature' -Scope ForestOrConfigurationSet -Target "$domain.$ltd"…

PowerShell: Office 365 Bulk Licensing, Changing IDs, Enabling POP3

Connect to Office 365 # Office 365 Global Admin Credential$username="O365globalAdmin"$password=ConvertTo-securestring "PASSWORDHERE" -AsPlainText -Force$cred = New-Object…

Office 365 Mail Import Using CSV Files

The Point and Click Method Prepare a CSV file in this format [email protected]@[email protected] Access Office…

MS Exchange 2010: Mailbox Repair

PowerShell snippet to initiate repair # set user alias or email addresses here:$userAliases="user1","user2"foreach ($user in…

PowerShell: Fix Email Aliases as Preparation for O365 Migration

Check SMTP Addresses of On Premise Mailboxes function checkSmtpAddresses{ $microsoftDomain1="@kimconnect.mail.onmicrosoft.com" $microsoftDomain2="@kimconnect.onmicrosoft.com" $dotLocal=".local" $onpremMailboxes=Get-Mailbox -ResultSize unlimited…

Excel Challenge: Update Records with a New Email Domain if It Matches Deprecated Domain

PrimaryEmail (Cell B2) EmailUsername Domain [email protected] =LEFT(B2,FIND("@",B2)-1) =RIGHT(B2,LEN(B2)-FIND("@",B2)) FixedPrimaryEmail =IF(D2="olddomain.org",C2&"@newdomain.org",B2)

Office 365 User Logon Instructions

How to Access Email via Outlook Web Access (OWA) Navigate to: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/authorize?client_id=00000002-0000-0ff1-ce00-000000000000&redirect_uri=https%3a%2f%2foutlook.office365.com%2fowa%2f&resource=00000002-0000-0ff1-ce00-000000000000&response_mode=form_post&response_type=code+id_token&scope=openid&msafed=1&msaredir=1&client-request-id=d6f712e4-8e0b-c690-dcc7-3082fcfa3760&protectedtoken=true&claims=%7b%22id_token%22%3a%7b%22xms_cc%22%3a%7b%22values%22%3a%5b%22CP1%22%5d%7d%7d%7d&nonce=638636475879321385.58dd735b-4862-46c7-8d7a-ae13e3f0226d&state=Dcs7FoAwCABBos_jYBIIH48TRVtLry_FbLcFANa0pNIyYMqurMPE7WDq7LKLRxjLicOVcOhl6GET59355qcRaZR8t_p-s_4 Input the provided…

PowerShell: Obtain List of Hyper-V Hosts in All Domains of All Forests

Version 0.03: https://blog.kimconnect.com/powershell-obtain-list-of-hyper-v-hosts-via-active-directory/ Version 0.02: https://blog.kimconnect.com/powershell-get-nic-mtus-of-all-hyper-v-hosts-in-domain-forest/ Previous version: # listHyperVHostsInForests.ps1# version 0.01# This function scans…