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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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Get all Failed Move-Requests (Exchange 2013)

Published by lazy-admin on May 1, 2017

To quickly get all ‘Failed Move-Requests’ you can run the following one liner.

Get-MoveRequest | Where-Object {$_.Status -eq "failed"}

1	Get-MoveRequest \| Where-Object {$_.Status -eq "failed"}

To Remove all ‘Failed Move-Requests’ you can run the following:

Get-MoveRequest | Where-Object {$_.Status -eq "failed"} | Remove-MoveRequest

1	Get-MoveRequest \| Where-Object {$_.Status -eq "failed"} \| Remove-MoveRequest

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Using Active Directory to meet Regulatory Compliances

Using Active Directory to meet Regulatory Compliances

Published by lazy-admin on Apr 30, 2017

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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Express installation of Azure AD Connect

Express installation of Azure AD Connect

Published by lazy-admin on Apr 27, 2017

Express installation of Azure AD Connect Tool Can be downloaded from Here Sign in as a local administrator to the server you wish to install Azure AD Connect on. You should do this on the server you wish to be the sync server. Navigate to and double-click AzureADConnect.msi. On the Welcome screen, select the box agreeing…

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Installing Exchange 2016

Installing Exchange 2016

Published by lazy-admin on Apr 27, 2017

Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 prerequisites The prerequisites that are needed to install Exchange 2016 on computers running Windows Server 2012 or Windows Server 2012 R2 depends on which Exchange role you want to install. Read the section below that matches the role you want to install. Role: Mailbox server role. Let’s…

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Enable Remote Desktop Using PowerShell

Enable Remote Desktop Using PowerShell

Published by lazy-admin on Apr 26, 2017

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-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server' 
-Name fDenyTSConnections -Value 0

1 2	Set-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server' -Name fDenyTSConnections -Value 0

Set Network Level Authentication for Remote Desktop

Set-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\
WinStations\RDP-Tcp'-Name UserAuthentication -Value 1

1 2	Set-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\ WinStations\RDP-Tcp'-Name UserAuthentication -Value 1

Setting Firewall Rules :…

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Get and Connect a Disconnected Mailbox Using PowerShell

Get and Connect a Disconnected Mailbox Using PowerShell

Published by lazy-admin on Apr 24, 2017

Get and Connect a Disconnected Mailbox Using PowerShell To quickly find all disconnected Mailboxes in your Exchange environment launch EMC and run the following one liner.

Get-MailboxStatistics -Server ThaLazyExMBX01| 
where { $_.DisconnectDate -ne $null } 
| select DisplayName,MailboxGuid,Database,DisconnectDate

Get-MailboxStatistics -Server ThaLazyExMBX01|

where { $_.DisconnectDate -ne $null }

| select DisplayName,MailboxGuid,Database,DisconnectDate

The Results will look as follow: Now that we have the results lets refine the search to find a specific “Disconnected Mailbox”

Get-MailboxStatistics -server ThatLazyExMBX01|
Where-object {($_.DisconnectDate -ne $null) -and ($_.DisplayName -eq "Manju")}

1 2	Get-MailboxStatistics -server ThatLazyExMBX01\| Where-object {($_.DisconnectDate -ne $null) -and ($_.DisplayName -eq "Manju")}

The Results will look…

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Exchange 2010 Mail User still Associated with a Move Request

Published by lazy-admin on Apr 19, 2017

Exchange 2010 Mail User still Associated with a Move Request Mail User Object in Exchange still showing as if it is listed to a Move Request To verify if we have any Move requests currently in progress or completed we can start by Opening the Exchange Shell. Once the EMS is open type the following…

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Exchange 2010 MessageTrackingLog: Failed to write log..Error Access Denied

Exchange 2010 MessageTrackingLog: Failed to write log..Error Access Denied

Published by lazy-admin on Apr 17, 2017

Exchange 2010 MessageTrackingLog: Error Access Denied Message Tracking in Exchange 2010 Stopped and you received the following Error in EventViewer. “MessageTrackingLogs: Failed to write logs because of the error: Access to the path ‘MSGTRK20170329-8.LOG’ is denied..” Let’s Start by reviewing the Current configuration for Message Tracking.

Get-TranSportServer |ft Name,MessageTrackingLogEnabled,MessageTrackingLogPath,MessageTrackingLogMaxAge,MessageTrackingLogMaxDirectorySize,<pre>
MessageTrackingLogMaxFileSize,MessageTrackingLogSubjectLoggingEnabled

1 2	Get-TranSportServer \|ft Name,MessageTrackingLogEnabled,MessageTrackingLogPath,MessageTrackingLogMaxAge,MessageTrackingLogMaxDirectorySize,<pre> MessageTrackingLogMaxFileSize,MessageTrackingLogSubjectLoggingEnabled

Now that you have your current configuration lets…

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Deploy Active Directory Domain Using PowerShell

Deploy Active Directory Domain Using PowerShell

Published by lazy-admin on Apr 16, 2017

Deploy Active Directory Domain using PowerShell Let’s start by Setting the PowerShell Execution Policy to Unrestricted

Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted

1	Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted

Next we will rename the server and install Prereq features.

<strong>#rename the computer</strong>
$newname = “LAB-DC-01”
Rename-Computer -NewName $newname -force&lt;
<strong>#install features</strong>
$featureLogPath = “c:\softlib\Shell\poshlog\featurelog.txt”
New-Item $featureLogPath -ItemType file -Force
$addsTools = “RSAT-AD-Tools”
Add-WindowsFeature $addsTools
Get-WindowsFeature | Where installed &gt;&gt;$featureLogPath
<strong>#restart the computer</strong>
Restart-Computer

#rename the computer

$newname = “LAB-DC-01”

Rename-Computer -NewName $newname -force<

#install features

$featureLogPath = “c:\softlib\Shell\poshlog\featurelog.txt”

New-Item $featureLogPath -ItemType file -Force

$addsTools = “RSAT-AD-Tools”

Add-WindowsFeature $addsTools

Get-WindowsFeature | Where installed >>$featureLogPath

#restart the computer

Restart-Computer

After the script has run successfully the sever will restart , once restarted launch the #PowerShell Console again and run the second script. This will install all…

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User Account has been Disabled :Exchange 2010 OWA

Published by lazy-admin on Apr 11, 2017

Exchange 2010 OWA : User Account has been Disabled. After a users account has been disabled for some time and re-enabled , they might be faced with the below error in Outlook and OWA. Outlook Error OWA Error To resolved this issue you can open ‘Exchange PowerShell’ and the the following #OneLiner

Get-MailboxDatabase -Identity 'DataBase01' | Clean-MailboxDatabase

1	Get-MailboxDatabase -Identity 'DataBase01' \| Clean-MailboxDatabase

Once…

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