Various Tips and Tricks
Every so often I see folks run into issues with scripts/one-liners that they obtained from a blog or crafted themselves. One common issue is when they think the command is perfect and then when they go to dump the output to a file, the content is mince. **
Imagine your surprise when you open up the output file expecting pristine data, and it starts with:
… Read the rest “PowerShell Pipeline Perversion”#TYPE Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Interna
Exchange 2010 introduced a very interesting feature – the Scripting Agent. The intent for this component is to provide extensibility to the base management tools and ensure consistency for the execution of cmdlets in the environment. The feature is not enabled by default and you must manually enable it if you want to leverage the Scripting Agent.
If you are looking for a way to set default optio… Read the rest “Exchange Scripting Agent – The Power Of Script”
The blog post on how to integrate Office 365 with Windows 2012 R2 AD FS raised an interesting question from a reader (Hi Eric!) on how should he request a certificate for the AD FS instance since there is no longer an IIS dependency. This means that there is no longer an IIS console to generate a certificate request with. What to do?
You could generate a certificate request, complete it and then e… Read the rest “How To Request Certificate Without Using IIS or Exchange”
After doing Exchange Risk Assessment (ExRAP) and Exchange Risk Assessment As A Service for almost four years, one thing continues to irritate my OCD personality! When I look at the event logs on an Exchange server, the logs should be a sea of blue. That is there should be no errors as that indicates something is not quite right and should be addressed.
Opening up the system event log on numerous c… Read the rest “How To Disable Remote Desktop Printer Mapping”
Since some of my test machines are a touch low on resources, having to wait for the server manager process to finish loading can be a little bit painful. On those machines a very pertinent question is: How can I disable Server Manager from auto starting?
There are group policy and local policy options to suppress this in addition to editing the registry.
There is always the option to disable it dire… Read the rest “How To Hide Server Manager At Logon”
When I was in Seattle for some internal training in January, one of the chaps delivering a demo used a feature that I wish I’d known about previously. When he was demonstrating some of the update mechanics for Office Pro Plus he immediately skipped to the correct portion of the registry by using a shortcut feature in Registry Editor.
Yes, there is a favourites bookmark feature!
Update 20-8-2014: Ad… Read the rest “Registry Editor Favourites – Who Knew?”
The other Exchange 2013 tips of the day posts can be found here:
Exchange 2013 Tip Of The Day – 1 To 25
Exchange 2013 Tip Of The Day – 26 To 50
Exchange 2013 Tip Of The Day – 51 To 75
To obtain the listing below, the following command was used:
$Int = 76;While ($Int -le 100){Get-Tip $Int; Write-Host; $Int+=1}
To get a list of all parameters available for a cmdlet, type:
(Get-… Read the rest “Exchange 2013 Tip Of The Day – 76 To 93”
The other Exchange 2013 tips of the day posts can be found here:
Exchange 2013 Tip Of The Day – 1 To 25
Exchange 2013 Tip Of The Day – 26 To 50
Exchange 2013 Tip of The Day – 76 To 93
To obtain the listing below, the following command was used:
$Int = 51;While ($Int -le 75){Get-Tip $Int; Write-Host; $Int+=1}
Want to know what permissions an Active D… Read the rest “Exchange 2013 Tip Of The Day – 51 To 75”
The other Exchange 2013 tips of the day posts can be found here:
Exchange 2013 Tip Of The Day – 1 To 25
Exchange 2013 Tip Of The Day – 51 To 75
Exchange 2013 Tip of The Day – 76 To 93
To obtain the listing below, the following command was used:
$Int = 26;While ($Int -le 50){Get-Tip $Int; Write-Host; $Int+=1}
Forget a property name? Not a problem because you can use wildcard charact… Read the rest “Exchange 2013 Tip Of The Day – 26 To 50”
The Exchange Management Shell helps us discover the amazing capabilities of PowerShell. One way it does this is by displaying a tip of the day so that we are introduced to concepts and topics that inevitably will come in handy one day!
The other Exchange 2013 tips of the day posts can be found here:
Exchange 2013 Tip Of The Day – 26 To 50
Exchange 2013 Tip Of The Day – 51 To 75
Exchange 2013 Tip of T… Read the rest “Exchange 2013 Tip Of The Day – 1 To 25”