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Xander 28-06-2020 Azure, Azure Resource Manager, IaaS, Powershell

How to deploy (additional) server roles on your IaaS Azure VM

Recently I needed an easy function to add additional servers roles on several IaaS virtual machines on a customer platform. This is how I accomplished this. For this example I’m going to install the IIS server role, it works for other roles ofcourse. I’ve created an simple powershell script with the following content :

Install-WindowsFeature&nbsp;-name&nbsp;Web-Server&nbsp;-IncludeManagementTools

1	Install-WindowsFeature -name Web-Server -IncludeManagementTools

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Xander 03-06-2019 Active Directory, Powershell

How to display all OU’s & their distinguished Name from your domain

Today I wanted a quick overlook of all the OU’s and their distinguished Name. This is how I did that. Open a PowerShell prompt and enter the following : U can expect a reply something like below : […]

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Xander 30-05-2019 Azure, Powershell

How to rename an Azure VM using Powershell

Recently I deployed some VMs on Azure. There was a small change to the naming convention afterwards so I wanted to rename the created VMs. This is how you can do this After a couple of minutes (depending on the size of the VM) the newly created server with the old disks, NIC etc. is […]

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Xander 18-04-2019 IT, Office365, Powershell

How to check your Office 365 tenant for auto-forward rules

Use the following steps to check for any Office 365 auto-forward rules to external email addresses. In this blogpost I’m using Powershell to check for any existing auto-forward rules to external email addresses. Step 1 Logon to Office 365 using Powershell Step 2 Export the mailbox(es) that have either redirect or forwarding This produces a […]

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Xander 01-04-2019 Azure, IT, Powershell

Script to update all Azure Powershell Modules

Use this script to update all your Azure Powershell Modules to their latest versions. […]

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Xander 01-04-2019 IT, Powershell

Troubleshooting Visual Studio Code: language client undefined

Recently I ran into the following problem when editing Powershell scripts using Visual Studio Code ; First I tried to remove the specific extension. Go to the extenstion tab and check for installed extensions using @installed : Click the action/config wheel to uninstall the specific extension and reload and reinstall it. In my case that […]

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Xander 02-06-2018 Hyper-V, Microsoft, Powershell

How to install Hyper-V role on Windows 10 using Powershell

Use the following command to automatically install all the necessary components :

Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Hyper-V -All

1	Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Hyper-V -All

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Xander 22-10-2017 Powershell

How to download all Microsoft Ignite 2017 sessions

Been to Ignite 2017 at Orlando? Or not? 🙂 Maybe you want to download some or all the presentations to view them again. I’ve created a Powershell script to download them, but found out that Michel de Rooij uploaded a script to TechNet Gallery which is easier to use. Check it out here. […]

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Xander 18-10-2017 Powershell, Security

How to enable GPEdit.msc in Windows 10 Home Edition

By default gpedit.msc is not enabled on Windows 10 Home (inclusing 7/8.1 editions). The good news it’s possible to enable this feature.

@echo off 
pushd "%~dp0" 

dir /b %SystemRoot%\servicing\Packages\Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy-ClientExtensions-Package~3*.mum >List.txt 
dir /b %SystemRoot%\servicing\Packages\Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy-ClientTools-Package~3*.mum >>List.txt 

for /f %%i in ('findstr /i . List.txt 2^>nul') do dism /online /norestart /add-package:"%SystemRoot%\servicing\Packages\%%i" 
pause

@echo off

pushd "%~dp0"

dir /b %SystemRoot%\servicing\Packages\Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy-ClientExtensions-Package~3*.mum >List.txt

dir /b %SystemRoot%\servicing\Packages\Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy-ClientTools-Package~3*.mum >>List.txt

for /f %%i in ('findstr /i . List.txt 2^>nul') do dism /online /norestart /add-package:"%SystemRoot%\servicing\Packages\%%i"

pause

Copy the above code to a batch script / powershell and execute it with administrative rights. After executing I advice you to reboot. After rebooting you notice that gpedit.msc is now working […]

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Xander 23-03-2017 BPOS & Office 365, Office365, Powershell

How to show (export) all devices synchronizing with your Office 365

For a MDM project I had to make an dump which users are using which devices to (active)sync with their Office 365 mailboxes. This is how I did that : Get-Mailbox -ResultSize Unlimited | ForEach {Get-MobileDeviceStatistics -Mailbox:$_.Identity} | Select-Object @{label=”User” ; expression={$_.Identity}},DeviceModel,DeviceOS, lastsuccesssync | Export-csv F:\powershell\activesync.csv Running the above command showed the following output (in […]

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Xander 07-01-2017 Geen onderdeel van een categorie, IT, Powershell

Tip: Go straight to the right directory using explorer with cmd

I found this tip really useful, maybe you agree! Open explorer Go to the desired directory just click on the directory, enter cmd and press enter! Now you have a cmd session straight into the desired directory! […]

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Xander 15-12-2016 Geen onderdeel van een categorie, IT, Powershell

Powershell: Easily export your Windows Drivers

I was looking for a simple solution for me to export (and import later) my Windows driver. I already knew that Windows 2016 had a Powershell command for that but didn’t knew that it also worked for Windows Server 2012R2 and Windows 10! Use the following command : Export-WindowsDriver -Destination “C:\Drivers\$((Get-WmiObject -Class win32_computersystem).Model)” -Online Notice the […]

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Xander 01-08-2016 Azure, BPOS & Office 365, Geen onderdeel van een categorie, Office365, Powershell

Powershell: Start using PowerShell using PowerShell Command Builder

Microsoft TechNet site has a great site that enables you to build your own cmdlets using a web drag and drop interface. There is support for : Let’s try Office 365 : You notice the drag and drop interface. First select the verb, for example Get. Click get and the send arrow. Now choose a […]

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Xander 01-08-2016 BPOS & Office 365, Office365, Powershell

Powershell: Connect to Azure Active Directory and Microsoft O365

Use the following Powershell script to connect to Azure Active Directory and Microsoft O365. This enables you to use all the O365 Powershell commands.

#Connecting to Exchange Online and Azure Active Directory

#This first command will import the Azure Active Directory module into your PowerShell session.
Import-Module MSOnline

#Capture administrative credential for future connections.
$credential = get-credential

#Establishes Online Services connection to Azure Active Directory  
Connect-MsolService -Credential $credential

#Creates an Exchange Online session
$ExchangeSession = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https://ps.outlook.com/powershell -Credential $credential -Authentication Basic -AllowRedirection

#Import session commands
Import-PSSession $ExchangeSession

#Connecting to Exchange Online and Azure Active Directory

#This first command will import the Azure Active Directory module into your PowerShell session.

Import-Module MSOnline

#Capture administrative credential for future connections.

$credential = get-credential

#Establishes Online Services connection to Azure Active Directory

Connect-MsolService -Credential $credential

#Creates an Exchange Online session

$ExchangeSession = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https://ps.outlook.com/powershell -Credential $credential -Authentication Basic -AllowRedirection

#Import session commands

Import-PSSession $ExchangeSession

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Xander 04-06-2016 BPOS & Office 365, Geen onderdeel van een categorie, Office365, Powershell

Office 365 : Disable Clutter (onbelangrijke mail) function

In this post I describe how to disable/enable the Clutter function of O365. The clutter feature is self learning and there are not many options you can specify. You can drag messages to and from the Clutter mailbox so that it can learn how to work. But sometimes you want do disable this function for […]

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Xander 27-05-2016 Azure, Office365, Powershell

Office 365 Powershell: Delegate Calender rights

Use the following steps to delegate (Calender) rights to a specific user. The first step is to specify your (administrator) credentials:

$LiveCred = Get-Credential

1	$LiveCred = Get-Credential

Then create the session:

$Session = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https://ps.outlook.com/powershell/ -Credential $LiveCred -Authentication Basic –AllowRedirection

1	$Session = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https://ps.outlook.com/powershell/ -Credential $LiveCred -Authentication Basic –AllowRedirection

Now import the Office 365 session using the following command:

Import-PSSession $Session

1	Import-PSSession $Session

Use the following command to delegate the calender from user1 to specified user2:

Add-MailboxFolderPermission -Identity user1@domain.com:\calendar -user user2@domain.com -AccessRights Editor

1	Add-MailboxFolderPermission -Identity user1@domain.com:\calendar -user user2@domain.com -AccessRights Editor

Et voilà! The […]

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Xander 01-03-2016 BPOS & Office 365, Geen onderdeel van een categorie, Office365, Powershell

Powershell : How to identify (and delete) specific email messages from Office 365

I was looking for a way to identify messages in my Outlook Mailbox and easily delete them. First connect to Office 365 with you (admin) credentials using the LiveCred command. Set the Execution Policy and import the commandlets. Using the next command creates an export of all emails from the specified user in the emailbox […]

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Xander 02-07-2014 Geen onderdeel van een categorie, IT, Powershell

Script to check multiple servers which services are using specific accounts

A client wanted to rename a specific account, but they were afraid to change this specific account because it could be used as a service account for several services running on a number of servers. Because I didn’t want to logon to all those servers manually I decided to create a powershell script. Hereby […]

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Categorie: Powershell