by edward | Aug 29, 2019 | Windows Server 2016 PowerShell, Window Server 2012 R2 PowerShell, Windows Server 2012 PowerShell
On one of my client’s server running Windows Server 2012 R2, when you launched PowerShell it would immediately crash with the error: and this would create windows events non-stop on the server as follows: At first you think you have the famous PowerShell Virus...
by edward | Aug 27, 2019 | Exchange 2019 PowerShell, Exchange 2016 PowerShell
With the attack on RDP getting more and more each day, many Admins are forced to use remote tools to get onto servers. Managing your exchange 2019 server or legacy servers does not require you to login to the desktop, you can use remote PowerShell and because the...
by edward | Aug 27, 2019 | Windows Server 2016 PowerShell, Window Server 2012 R2 PowerShell, Windows Server 2012 PowerShell
Recently we had a customer that wanted to turn off Netbios on all servers for all interfaces. StackOverflow had a nice script that did this with ease, here is the script: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34387413/command-line-disable-netbios $i =...
by edward | Jul 20, 2019 | Exchange 2019 PowerShell, Exchange 2019
Quick tip: In your organization, you get a call from a departmental managers secretary to advise he/she forget to set there Out of Office and have requested you to do so. To set it, quickly launch the Exchange Management Shell (EMS) and run the following command:...
by edward | Jul 20, 2019 | Exchange 2019 PowerShell, Exchange 2019
Quick tip: If you want to change your Deleted Item Retention on your mailbox database, you can do so running a simple command in PowerShell using the Exchange Management Shell: Set-MailboxDatabase -Identity “Mailbox Database Name” -DeletedItemRetention 30...
by edward | Jul 20, 2019 | Windows Server 2016 PowerShell, Exchange 2016
If you are running Exchange, you are aware that you need to exclude certain folders, processes etc. from scanning for Exchange to run optimally. Now if you have System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) in your environment, adding exclusions is easy and you can paste...
by edward | Jul 6, 2019 | Exchange 2019 PowerShell, Exchange 2010 PowerShell, Exchange 2013 PowerShell, Exchange 2016 PowerShell
In Exchange, mailbox moves and cleanup happen all the time, especially when you upgrading to newer versions etc. Now when you move mailboxes and you not using a 3rd party app like Odin that sits as an extra layer, you cannot see the store size from the web console. In...
by edward | Jul 4, 2019 | Windows Server 2016 PowerShell, Window Server 2012 R2 PowerShell, Windows Server 2012 PowerShell, Windows Server 2019 PowerShell
Ever had that windows service that will not stop and just stays in a stopping state and you cannot reboot the server. And then when you launch task manager you just cannot see it? Well, you are not alone. Let’s say you have the windows update service that is...
by edward | Jun 25, 2019 | Exchange 2010 PowerShell
In Exchange, when a user deletes mail from there mailbox, it is retained within the dumpster for the period you have setup in your environment. There may come a time when you need to clear out the dumpster for a mailbox instead of waiting for XX period of time. To do...
by edward | Jun 11, 2019 | Exchange 2019 PowerShell, Exchange 2010 PowerShell, Exchange 2013 PowerShell, Exchange 2016 PowerShell
As an IT Admin or Exchange Admin, you might have come across the question “When were the mailboxes created”. In this quick example, we will look at the script you can run to check all users in the Organization or just an individual mailbox. To check all...
