Once upon a time in an IT shop far, far away I thought that Windows offline files was a fantastic … More
Category: Microsoft How To
What I know about Microsoft’s Software. Scripts, Advise, and a Knowledge Base. I spent a good chunk of my time on Earth mastering almost every piece of software Microsoft has published from DOS to Windows 2016 and from Microsoft Mail to Office 365. If you have questions. I have the answers.
PowerShell Hyper-V Cluster VM Status
As an employee of an MSP, I am often tossed into the ring, so to speak. I’ve found that configuring … More
Emulate the Microsoft 365 Single-Sign-On Experience from Personal Systems
To most of us SSO (Single-Sign-On) means that we only need to enter our username and password one time to … More
How To Stop Sharing OneDrive Files
In my previous post, I explained how to run a report in OneDrive that lists all of the data you … More
OneDrive Sharing Report
Over time you can end up sharing lots of files with people via OneDrive. It is easy to forget who … More
PowerShell – Microsoft 365 User and Assigned Licenses Report
Microsoft 365 provides a lot of well conceived admin tools via its on-line portal. Their user tool is fantastic for … More
Methods for Scanning to SharePoint Online
One question that frequently arises during remote work transitions is “What do we do about the physical mail?” One of … More
PowerShell – Create Bulk Active Directory Accounts and Add Them to A Group
Recently I was tasked with helping a company build out a solution for remote training classes. We chose Microsoft’s Remote … More
Split-Screen any or all of Your Monitors with Free Microsoft Software
Remember split screen TVs? Don’t you wish you could do that to your computer monitor so that your apps would stay organized? It turns out that you can.
Merge Microsoft 365 Files That Have Been Split Between SharePoint and Personal Data Locations
In today’s cloud-based world it is easy to accidentally end up with files that are split across different locations. For … More
Configure Hyper-V for Remote GUI and Console Management
If you administrate a Hyper-V environment that has been deployed on Windows Core Edition Hosts, or if you’re required to … More
PowerShell – Combine Data from Multiple Modules
If you use PowerShell long enough you will inevitably need to combine data from more than one module, method, or … More
Office 365 All-in-One PowerShell Management Console
Manage all Office 365 services: AzureAD, Exchange, SharePoint, and Teams in a single PowerShell window. Make your scripts easier to write by loading all the commands up-front.
Automate Workstation Backups and Replace Re-directed Folders with Microsoft’s OneDrive
Each Office 365 user license includes one-terabyte of space in Microsoft’s cloud storage service, OneDrive. File sharing, versioning, offline synchronization, … More
Windows 10 OEM Images with Secure Boot and Office 365, Part 2
Block based copies or “clones” create a challenge when it comes to deploying “click to run” software such as Microsoft Office 365. Learn to use the Office Deployment Tool
Windows 10 OEM Images with Secure Boot and Office 365, Part 1
The first hurdle on the track to golden image nirvana is licensing. Modern computers use the Secure Boot protocol to ward against root kits. Learn how to avoid the winload.efi BSOD when you create your golden image.
PowerShell; Set Office 365 Passwords in Bulk
Recentley, I needed to set a new password for Office 365 users in bulk without Azure AD Connect. I needed … More
PowerShell; Build Azure AD Connect Email Addresses without a local Exchange Server
Learn how to build email addresses to be synchronized with Azure AD (Office 365) when there is no local Exchange server available.
Exchange Global Address List Synchronization
Run a Web search for GAL Sync and you will find a plethora of commercial tools made to do the job. Before you plunk down a giant wad of cash, consider doing it yourself with a little PowerShell know how.