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Remove forwarding from Office 365 Mailboxes with Powershell
It’s easy to check if email is being forwarded to external or inappropriate recipients with PowerShell and remove those forwards if they are in place. First, connect to Exchange Online with the...
View ArticleAdd an additional hard drive to virtual SCO Openserver 5
This is a quick post and video that shows how to add an additional Hard Drive to a Virtual SCO Openserver 5 system. When I configure SCO Openserver Systems I always use the LSI Logic Parrallel...
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How to add Open command window here to Windows 10 Context Menu
Time needed: 2 minutes. The context menu open open command window here has been replaced in Windows 10 by Open Powershell window here. Here is how to restore the command window here option: Open...
View ArticleList all Office 365 Global Administrators with Powershell
Time needed: 2 minutes. Getting a list of all Office 365 Global administrators with Powershell is easy. Here is how to do it with a simple one liner. Open a Powershell session and connect to Office...
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Add items to a Powershell Array
By default, PowerShell arrays are fixed size, which makes adding items more difficult than you would expect. Take the following code as an example: $names = "Paul","John","Peter" $names.Add("Simon")...
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Multiline comments in PowerShell
Adding a comment block is easy in Powershell, you simply start the comment with <# and end it with #> Windows PowerShell ISE can comment multiples lines. Simply hold down Alt-Shift-Up/Down and...
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Add item to VBScript Array
If you are using VBScript for scripting or in a classic ASP page adding items to an array is a difficult and slow process. The arraylist class from .net is accessible via com and it provides a number...
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VBA – Add Items to Array
VBA does not allow you to append items to an array. The standard method to work around this is to re-dimension to array to the required size and then add the required items. Take the following code as...
View ArticleOffice 365 – Find user by email address or alias
You can search for an Office 365 user by their primary email address or other aliases using Powershell. First, connect to Office 365 with PowerShell Once you are connected you can search for a...
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How to Upgrade Dell XPS 8900 SSD
There is a some inaccurate information on how to upgrade the Dell XPS 8900 SSD on the web, so I thought I would quickly write up my experience. I’ve had my Dell XPS 8900 for a few years now and the...
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How to enable SMB1 on Windows 10
If you try to access an SMB 1 share from Windows 10 you may receive the following error message: You can’t connection to the file share because it’s not secure. This share requires the obsolete SMB1...
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Tips for a Tidy Communications Cabinet
A cluttered communications cabinet is unpleasant to look at, confusing and difficult to work with. I’ve had to tidy up a few recently and it is a strangely satisfying task. Here are a few tips and...
View ArticleSpecify Display Name when sending Email with PowerShell
Sending email with PowerShell is easy with Send-MailMessage. Here is a basic example: $server = "smtp.sendgrid.net" $Username ="test" $Password = ConvertTo-SecureString "Password" -AsPlainText -Force...
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How to add Thousands separators to a number with Powershell
When working with long numbers, they are much easier to read with the thousand separators included. The Powershell format operator makes it simple. $Number = 2109999.86 '{0:N0}' -f $Number '{0:N2}' -f...
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Install an SSD in the Optical Bay of a 13th Generation PowerEdge
Installing an SSD to the optical drive by on a 13th Generation Dell PowerEdge is really easy and provides extra flexibility. The only thing you really need to know is that the bay is 9.5mm high, there...
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Use PowerShell to generate push notifications to your SmartPhone
This post is going to cover how to use Powershell to send push notifications to your smartphone using Powershell. I recently discovered a web service called Notify17. It’s a really nifty little...
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Fixing Headset overload with the Jabra Evolve 75 wireless
I spend a lot of time on the phone, and I simply cannot stand to hold the phone to my head, unless I can talk on a headset, I really don’t want to talk. So I bought myself a Jabra Evolve 75 to set...
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Monitor Disk Usage on Linux and Unix Servers with Microsoft Flow
I look after quite a number of servers, many of which are different flavours of Unix and Linux. Checking disk usage is easy with the df command but I wanted to setup something automatic, where I could...
View ArticleOffice 365 – Find user by email address or alias
You can search for an Office 365 user by their primary email address or other aliases using Powershell. First, connect to Office 365 with PowerShell Once you are connected you can search for a...
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How to Upgrade Dell XPS 8900 SSD
There is a some inaccurate information on how to upgrade the Dell XPS 8900 SSD on the web, so I thought I would quickly write up my experience. I’ve had my Dell XPS 8900 for a few years now and the...
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