Quick Tip: Restarting all Microsoft Exchange services
There are times when you need to restart all Exchange related services so here are 2 small scripts that will help you achieve this without going over each service in …
Migrate new user to O365
Pre-Migration Work Create the AD user account and Exchange on-prem mailbox Confirm UPN suffix of user account matches the email address Go to O365 admin console and add the user license …
Exchange 2010: Change security groups to distribution groups
Distribution groups are a well-known concept for Exchange admins. Quite simply, a distribution group is an Active Directory group that’s Exchange-enabled and therefore has an email address. Messages sent to …
Creating Test Users In Bulk Using Powershell
There is always a requirement to create test users in bulk in your lab, maybe even in live network to test something. You can quickly create mailbox users using a …
Using PowerShell to Get Mailbox Database Size and Available New Mailbox Space
As your Exchange Server mailbox databases grow you’re eventually going to be interested in finding out two things – how large the database file is, and how much available new mailbox space …
Giving one user access to another’s mailbox via PowerShell
There are plenty of reasons why you might want to give one user access to another user’s mailbox. The first user may be in the hospital, or under HR review, …
Managing Active Directory with PowerShell
Introduction There’s no question that PowerShell is here to stay as an automation tool for Windows. And with it, comes a variety of ways to automate management Windows infrastructure. For …
How to rename a domain computer with Windows PowerShell
Use PowerShell to shave time off routine tasks like renaming computers. Here are some commands to try. Occasionally it may become necessary to rename a computer in an Active …
PowerShell Intro
Introduction PowerShell is the most powerful automation tool that Microsoft has to offer, and its both a shell and a scripting language. Please note that this series is based on …
How to Map Network Drives Using PowerShell
In years past, automating network drive creation required the use of primitive batch files, luckily for us you can now do it through PowerShell. How to Map Network Drives Using …