A colleague got me involved in an interesting case recently. When one Microsoft 365 user emailed another, the message was … More
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What I know, have read, and needed to figure out about Microsoft’s software, hardware, and platforms. I have spent a good chunk of my time on Earth mastering almost every piece of software and platform Microsoft has published. From DOS to Windows 2022 and from Microsoft Mail to Microsoft 365 and Azure.
PowerShell: Restore Soft Deleted Exchange On-line Mailbox To New Microsoft 365 User
Recently, I encountered a situation in which a Microsoft 365 account had been deleted. Then, a new account with the … More
Microsoft’s 365 Conditional Access (Geo-fencing) is Malfunctioning
If your organization utilizes conditional access rules (aka Geo-fencing), you may be experiencing issues accessing the platform this morning. If … More
Microsoft 365 Family Subscribers Have Less than a Year to Add Their Custom Email Domain
I’m not sure that I ever knew the Home/Family version of Microsoft 365 supported custom domain names. I was changing … More
Fix Microsoft 365 Configured External Mail Forwarding But Still Failing
There are plenty of online guides that explain how to configure Exchange Online to allow external mail forwarding. This isn’t … More
Fix Azure AD Join Invalid Client Error
Recently I encountered an error while trying to join a brand-new laptop to an Azure AD domain. Generally, the process … More
Installing Android Apps on Windows 11 Is A Thing Now
One of the features promised during the Windows 11 run-up was that it would be able to natively run Android … More
SMTP Authentication with Microsoft’s 365 Exchange On-line Suddenly Disrupted?
Microsoft has been engaged in the removal of Basic Authentication from their Exchange On-line systems for almost a year. The … More
Multiple Systems with Office 365 Error 700003 and Sign-In Trouble
Typically, the 700003 error code indicates that the computer’s machine account cannot be found in Azure Active Directory. Recentley I … More
Enable RDS Remote App Self-Service Password Reset and Notifications
One of the challenges introduced during the remote work revolution has been user password changes. When your worker population is … More
Allow RDS Shadowing without Domain Admin Rights
Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Services have taken center stage in the technology spotlight as of late. If your organization did not … More
PowerShell: List all non-system Service Accounts in A Windows Domain
During a recent security exercise, I needed to validate all of the admin created service accounts in use on a … More
My Experience with Installing Windows 11 On Stuff
In the beginning, there was so much confusion around Microsoft’s new OS requirements that even many professionals had to tune … More
PowerShell: Remove Offline Network Printers from all Workstations
If you have ever moved Windows print services to a new server, chances are that you have been left wondering … More
Merge PST Files In Outlook
You can use Outlook 2007 and newer to merge PST files. This process is useful if you have acquired somebody … More
Understanding Send As with Signatures from Exchange Shared Mailboxes
Normally when an account is given full permissions to a shared mailbox, the shared mailbox is auto-mapped to the delegate … More
PowerShell: Rename Domain Computers from a List
I needed to rename a bunch of computers in a hurry. As usual I turned to PowerShell. The old and … More
TPM Security Processor Troubleshooting Guide
Status The first step of troubleshooting Trusted Platform Module (TPM) errors is to review the status of the security processor. … More
PowerShell: List Microsoft 365 Accounts that do not have MFA Enforced
Microsoft’s 365 enrollment has three states: Enabled, Enforced, and Disabled. Enabled means that a user has, or will be prompted … More
Mobile Security the Easy Way, Setup Intune Mobile Application Management
Several of the solutions for controlling mobile data on the market claim to have an easy solutions, but only one … More