Now don’t get me wrong… I love what Microsoft are doing with their cloud platforms and security efforts. The investment must be mind-blowing considering the many constantly evolving services we now have at our disposal. …BUT…! when they hiked their prices in March last year and introduced the yearly commitment so you could ‘stay on …
Careful with the pricing Microsoft! Read More »
Hi dee hi campers! Just a quickie here… you might be doing a migration, or perhaps it’s the CEO breathing down your neck after a breach demanding you reset the password for a list of users! Whichever it is, you can whip out this script and impress! 🤣🤣🤣 Make sure you’ve installed AzureAD cmdlets using …
Reset lots of Azure AD passwords in a flash! Read More »
No, you say? Well, “chop, chop” then, let’s get it done! ✌🙂🤞 A ‘Temporary Access Pass’ (or TAP) is a one-off, time-limited passcode that is generated for a specific user. It allows the user to sign in to configure their second factor security information in Azure AD e.g., Phone number, App notification, OTP code, Security …
Hooray and welcome to 2023! May all of your dreams come true this year, and if not, may we at least be sheltered from P1 outages and other disasters, either natural or man-made…! 🤞🙏🤞🙏🤞🙏🤞🙏🤞🙏🤞🙏🤞🙏🤞🙏🤞🙏 Recently I needed to see if RDP was open on hundreds of machines. No trouble I thought, and wrote a wee …
Check whether a port is open on a bulk list of endpoints – and FAST! Read More »
Using forms in PowerShell allows you to run interactive scripts that provide information or prompt for input. Ever need to force everyone to reboot? I know, I know… why on earth would you spend time on that Simon? Well (a) I’m absolutely bonkers… and (b) it’s fun! –ahem, refer to (a). The main problem with …
Using Forms with PowerShell – ITs awesome! Read More »
Due to the popularity of the initial script (over 5000 views and 3rd in the list on a google search – hooray!) Azure AD – Export Groups and Members to CSV, and thanks to David for asking, this script goes next level and will export the groups and the members with properties ObjectID, Display Name, …
Azure AD – export groups and members #2 – advanced version! Read More »
Just a quick one on ABPs – there are many posts about this topic now, but there are few that mention how to resolve issues such as recipients not appearing in the list when they should be. In this case you need to ‘tickle’ (yes that’s the official Microsoft term) the objects to get them …
GAL separation with Address Book Policies Read More »
The only answers to this question are: I’m already using AWS Route 53 and it’s better! I’m lazy and I like things to take time and cost more, so I pay for someone else to take days to make a change for me [yawhaaat?] I use Cloudflare because someone gave me food and beer (and …
Why aren’t you using Azure DNS yet? Read More »
Hi! hope you are well… I used this script yesterday and thought “I must post about that!” So here it is… 😃 This can be a good way to deal with an employee leaving, or if you end up with a dual-mailbox scenario, although Microsoft have made that much less likely since adding the Hybrid …
Exchange Online – merge a soft deleted mailbox into an active mailbox Read More »
Hello! Long time no… 🍻😊🍻 I thought I would share some PowerShell I used during a recent cross-tenant migration. Firstly, the Microsoft documentation is really good and got the journey off to a good start: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/enterprise/cross-tenant-mailbox-migration?view=o365-worldwide PLEASE NOTE: Following is some fairly raw PowerShell. You can’t just press Go! You’ll need to understand and update …
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