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Remote Desktop Connection Manager Distorted Display

Posted on 9th March 2016 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Remote Desktop Connection Manager (RDCMan) is a very popular remote administration tool with Microsoft admins. RDCMan allows us to minimise the number of open windows on the local machine, when connecting to multiple remote systems. At the time of writing, the latest version is 2.7 which can be downloaded here.

On my Windows 10 1511 laptop, some of my Azure VMs were not correctly rendering the di… Read the rest “Remote Desktop Connection Manager Distorted Display”

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Quick Tip: Is There A Shortcut URL To Download Azure AD PowerShell?

Posted on 19th June 2015 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Yes Virginia there is! *

For those wondering what the download page is for the Azure Active Directory PowerShell module, using your favourite search engine is one choice.

Another is to memorise the below handy shortcut URL:

https://aka.ms/aadposh

Which is take you directly to the manage Azure AD using PowerShell documentation/download.

Cheers,

Rhoderick

* – For non-US folks, the “Yes Virginia” response co… Read the rest “Quick Tip: Is There A Shortcut URL To Download Azure AD PowerShell?”

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Managing Directory Synchronisation – Notes From The Field

Posted on 14th May 2015 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

When deploying an Office 365 solution, directory synchronisation is a critical component. This is the tool that will synchronise the on-premises directory data to Windows Azure Active Directory (WAAD). As you can imagine if the synchronisation stops then chances are that you will run into some issues….

Note that this post is intended to cover both DirSync and AAD Sync, hence the generic title.

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Using PowerShell To Filter Multiple Different Values

Posted on 13th April 2015 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

This post is to answer one of the many interesting questions that seem to pop up doing Exchange work! This is for one of my favourite customers in Winnipeg. Next time, let’s arrange the work for summertime so we can go golfing Tyler, eh? For some added nostalgia, let’s use Exchange 2007 as the example here as this will likely be one of the last blog posts to feature Exchange 2007 as it goes of … Read the rest “Using PowerShell To Filter Multiple Different Values”

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Unable To Run Downloaded PowerShell Script

Posted on 3rd April 2015 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

After finding a killer PowerShell script on the interwebs, you download it and then the excitement dies when you get a lovely PSSecurityException error like the example below:

File C:ScriptsScript.ps1 cannot be loaded. The file C:ScriptsScript.ps1 is not digitally signed.
You cannot run this script on the current system. For more information about running scripts and setting execution policy, see ab

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Which Azure Disk Is Not Attached

Posted on 2nd March 2015 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Over time a typical Azure subscription will create, delete and manage multiple virtual machines. When removing an Azure VM there is the option to retain the disk.

In a large environment with lots of disks and VMs, how can we easily see what disks are not currently in use?

Azure Portal

The portal can show the disks that are attached and not attached.

This is good for a few disks, though if … Read the rest “Which Azure Disk Is Not Attached”

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PowerShell – CannotConvertArgumentNoMessage Where Object Error

Posted on 16th February 2015 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

This is an interesting tale from a customer who was trying to get a list of Outlook clients that were connecting to their Exchange 2010 servers. They wanted to validate the Outlook versions that were connecting, due to Exchange 2013 requirements and also that Outlook 2010 must have SP2 installed at this time.

A quick search of the interwebs turned up a script, and they though all was golden at tha… Read the rest “PowerShell – CannotConvertArgumentNoMessage Where Object Error”

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PowerShell Quotes – To Expand Or Not Expand, That Is The Question

Posted on 13th February 2015 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Abraham Lincoln made the famous quote that it is impossible to verify the accuracy of information on the Internet. Well, OK he didn't but it was a semi-funny intro on the subject of quotes…..

There are two different types quotes that we can use in PowerShell.:

Single quotes --> ‘
Double quotes –> &ldq

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Remove Multiple Management Role Entries In Office 365

Posted on 5th February 2015 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Exchange Online in Office 365 has a very similar RBAC implementation to the on-premises installations of Exchange. After previously bumping to an issue with Exchange Online (EXO), and then twice again in the last fortnight this bubbled to the top of the publishing pile.

In this environment, a custom Management Role was created called Level1-HelpDesk. This is a copy from the Mail Recipients built-… Read the rest “Remove Multiple Management Role Entries In Office 365”

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Using Exchange PowerShell Remoting With Integrated Scripting Environment–ISE

Posted on 2nd February 2015 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

One item that is very prevalent is people directly loading the Exchange PowerShell snapin into the Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE). This is not supported from the Exchange point of view, as Exchange requires that Remote PowerShell be used with Exchange 2010 and 2013.

Let’s look at how this should be done.

Choosing The Correct Profile

As discussed in the previous post on … Read the rest “Using Exchange PowerShell Remoting With Integrated Scripting Environment–ISE”