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Category: Windows Server 2008

Set Receive and Send size limits Exchange PowerShell

Set Mailbox Max Send and Max Receive limits Lets have a quick look at a one liner to set user mailbox send and receive size limits in Exchange Powershell.  

Now lets look at finding all users with “MaxSendSize” limits greater than “5 MB”

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Remove Exchange 2010 Inbox Rules

Remove Exchange Inbox Rules using PowerShell Lets look at a quick way to view , remove and disable user inbox rules. First lets get  list of inbox rules for a user by running the below:

To disable one of the Inbox Rules run the following:

Next lets view the description of the Inbox…

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Set DNS using Powershell

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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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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Adding Subnets Active Directory Sites and Services :PowerShell

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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Search for Disabled Users and Move to Disabled Ou using PowerShell

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’ .

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Set UPN Suffix using PowerShell

To Prepare for Office 365 Migration you need to add the missing ‘UPN Suffixes’. The following example demonstrates how to create a new UPN suffix for the users in the ThatLazyAdmin forest: Lets Start by running:

  Then run :

  Lets verify the new UPN in Active Directory Users and Computers   There…

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Set Exhange 2010 /2013 OWA ‘LogonFormat’ using PowerShell

Set Exhange 2010 /2013 OWA ‘LogonFormat’ using PowerShell   Quick look at the curent setting using the ‘GUI’. Exchange Admin Center – Servers – Virtual Directory select OWA virtual directory.     Now lets change the LogonFormat to ‘User name only’ using PowerShell  

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Using Active Directory to meet Regulatory Compliances

Using Active Directory to meet Regulatory Compliances   When it comes to meeting compliance, many Administrators settle for simply auditing event logs. By default, Event Viewer records all events that are generated on a Windows Server. However, is simply storing logs an efficient way to meet compliance? Most compliance mandates require a particular report to…

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Enable Remote Desktop Using PowerShell

Enable Remote Desktop Using PowerShell Open an elevated Windows PowerShell session and run the following commands. This first one creates the fDenyTSConnections value and sets it to 0 (off). This makes sense, because we don’t want to deny Terminal Services (TS) connections.

Set Network Level Authentication for Remote Desktop

Setting Firewall Rules :…

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A Transport database operation has encountered a fatal error. The Transport service is shutting down.

A Transport database operation has encountered a fatal error. The Transport service is shutting down. Exchange Transport Service Keeps shutting down. To resolve this issue you can simple recreate the Transport Queue Database on the needed Exchange server. To delete the specified database and corresponding transaction logs, follow these steps: Verify that the Microsoft Exchange…

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