I’ve written several posts on creating Hyper-V virtual machines on Windows 10. One of my most popular covers how to … More
Category: Microsoft
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.
Troubleshoot and Control Outlook Notifications for Shared Objects
If there’s one thing Outlook really likes to do, it is to make sure that you are notified. Sometimes it … More
Understand Employee Utilization with Microsoft 365 Usage Reports
A question that I am often asked after a Microsoft 365 implementation is, “How do I know what people are … More
PowerShell: GUI Active Directory Group Membership Reporting Tool for Auditors and Security Teams
Security and auditing efforts often increase the workload of your network administrators. The frequent requests to look up information can … More
PowerShell: Find USB Storage Devices
Most Administrators know that you can use a GPO to disable the ability to use USB storage devices on Windows … More
How to Extend or Activate a Windows Evaluation Edition
So you have downloaded, installed, and configured an evaluation edition of Windows Server 2019. You’ve installed your software and been … More
PowerShell: Find User Profile Disks on all RDS Session Hosts
User Profile Disks in Remote Desktop Services allow for a consistent user experience in a distributed computing environment. UPDs utilize … More
PowerShell: Worried about Ransomware? Prepare for Application Lock Down by Finding the Software and Services You Use Now
With all of the ransomware attacks that are making the headlines this year, many businesses are looking to improve their … More
View Microsoft Project Files without Microsoft Project
Microsoft Project is the king of planning software. I’ve been using it for more than a decade but my current … More
PowerShell: List Domain Workstations that Synchronize Offline Files
Once upon a time in an IT shop far, far away I thought that Windows offline files was a fantastic … More
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