May 2017 - ThatLazyAdmin

Set DNS using Powershell

Published by lazy-admin on May 28, 2017

The purpose of this article is to show case how to add a new A record to a DNS zone using PowerShell. Here is a quick look at the available Syntax for : Add-DnsServerResourceRecordA Add-DnsServerResourceRecordA [-AllowUpdateAny] [-CreatePtr] [-Name] <String> [-IPv4Address] <IPAddress[]> [-ComputerName <String>] [-TimeToLive <TimeSpan>] [-ZoneName] <String> [-AgeRecord] [-PassThru] [-ZoneScope <String>] [-VirtualizationInstance <String>] [-CimSession <CimSession[]>]…

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Get Domain Group Members

Get Domain Group Members

Published by lazy-admin on May 22, 2017

The following Script was created to assist a help desk department to quickly get a list of ‘Members’ from an Active Directory Group. This is a very simple script that prompts you for a Group Name and will then use Grid-View to display the results. Original Post : https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Get-Domain-Group-Members-bf33a1a2?redir=0 GetGroupMembers #ThatLazyAdmin

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Creating Retention Tags and Policies Office 365

Creating Retention Tags and Policies Office 365

Published by lazy-admin on May 17, 2017

In this Post we will cover how to create a Retention Tag and Retention Policy in Exchange Online. Launch the Exchange Online EAC and navigate to Compliance and Retention Tags. Create a Retention Policy to Automatically move all Mailbox Items from 1 Year to Archive. Click (+) Tab then Click apply automatically to entire mailbox…

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Published by lazy-admin on May 16, 2017

While there is no simple way of addressing ransomware entirely, there are number of measures that all organisations can take to help spot and mitigate the risk and spread of such an attack. LepideAuditor offers probably the easiest, fastest (and most cost effective) means of spotting and reacting to potential ransomware attacks on your Windows…

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Windows Vs WanaCry and How to Quickly Find those Windows XP Machines.

Windows Vs WanaCry and How to Quickly Find those Windows XP Machines.

Published by lazy-admin on May 15, 2017

After this weekend’s latest Ransomware attack here is a quick way to find all those “Windows XP” machines still running in your environment. What is WanaCry ? This malware exploits a vulnerability in Microsoft’s Windows operating system that allows it to automatically spread across networks, which gives it the ability to quickly infect large numbers…

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Create Exchange 2016 DAG using PowerShell

Published by lazy-admin on May 10, 2017

Create Exchange 2016 DAG using PowerShell What is a Database Availability Group (DAG) ? A database availability group (DAG) is a set of up to 16 Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Mailbox servers that provide automatic database-level recovery from a database, server, or network failure. When a Mailbox server is added to a DAG, it works…

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Adding Subnets Active Directory Sites and Services :PowerShell

Adding Subnets Active Directory Sites and Services :PowerShell

Published by lazy-admin on May 8, 2017

This guide will show you how to add additional Subnets into Active Directory Sites and Services using GUI as well as Powershell. Let’s start by adding the following Subnet into Sites and Services using GUI. Subnet : 192.168.56.0/24 and 192.168.57.0/24 Launch Active Directory Site and Services and Navigate to Subnets. Right click on “Subnets” and…

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Overview of The Exchange 2016 Transport pipeline services

Published by lazy-admin on May 8, 2017

Overview of The Exchange 2016 Transport pipeline services: Front End Transport service on Mailbox servers This service acts as a stateless proxy for all inbound and (optionally) outbound external SMTP traffic for the Exchange 2016 organization. The Front End Transport service doesn’t inspect message content, doesn’t communicate with the Mailbox Transport service, and doesn’t queue any…

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Exchange 2016 message throttling settings

Exchange 2016 message throttling settings

Published by lazy-admin on May 8, 2017

View Default Exchange 2016 message throttling settings Message throttling refers to a group of limits that are set on the number of messages and connections that can be processed by an Exchange server. These limits include message processing rates, SMTP connection rates, and SMTP session timeout values. These limits work together to protect an Exchange server…

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Search for Disabled Users and Move to Disabled Ou using PowerShell

Search for Disabled Users and Move to Disabled Ou using PowerShell

Published by lazy-admin on May 2, 2017

Search for Disabled Users and Move to Disabled Ou using PowerShell Created this script to search a ‘OU’ for disabled users and move them to a different ou . I have added the ‘WhatIf’ option by default . Once you run the script it will prompt for ‘Search OU’ and ‘Target OU’ .

#Created to ease some of my daily tasks
#web: http://thatlazyadmin.com
#Twitter: shaun.hardneck

#Created to ease some of my daily tasks

#web: http://thatlazyadmin.com

#Twitter: shaun.hardneck

Import-Module ActiveDirectory

1	Import-Module ActiveDirectory

[void][Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName('Microsoft.VisualBasic')

1	[void][Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName('Microsoft.VisualBasic')

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Bulk add users to Distribution Group

Published by lazy-admin on May 2, 2017

Bulk add users to Distribution Group I was ask recently to simplify a task for support staff to bulk add users to a distribution group. So i created the following script to add user from csv. The script will ‘prompt’ for ‘Distribution Group’ name and will add users accordingly. The script has the ‘WhatIf’ added…

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Bulk export Mailbox to .PST using PowerShell

Published by lazy-admin on May 1, 2017

Bulk export Mailbox to .PST using PowerShell I recently received a request to bulk export mailboxes to .pst , to help mysef i have created this small script to import from csv and then kick off the export request. file can be downloaded Here Code:

#Created By: Shaun Hardneck
#http://thatlazyadmin.com
#Freebies :)
Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.Exchange.Management.PowerShell.SnapIn;
Import-Csv 'C:\Softlib\Users.csv' |
ForEach{
try {
#Get-Mailbox -Identity $_.name |
New-MailboxExportRequest -Mailbox $_.name -FilePath "\\auh2fs02\PST\$_.name.pst" -ErrorAction stop
}
catch [system.exception]
{
Write-Host "$_.name" -ForegroundColor Red
}
Finally
{
}}

#Created By: Shaun Hardneck

#http://thatlazyadmin.com

#Freebies :)

Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.Exchange.Management.PowerShell.SnapIn;

Import-Csv 'C:\Softlib\Users.csv' |

ForEach{

try {

#Get-Mailbox -Identity $_.name |

New-MailboxExportRequest -Mailbox $_.name -FilePath "\\auh2fs02\PST\$_.name.pst" -ErrorAction stop

}

catch [system.exception]

{

Write-Host "$_.name" -ForegroundColor Red

}

Finally

{

}}

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Month: May 2017