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…
Leave a CommentExpress 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…
Leave a CommentWindows 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…
Leave a CommentEnable 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.
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Set-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server' -Name fDenyTSConnections -Value 0 |
Set Network Level Authentication for Remote Desktop
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Set-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\ WinStations\RDP-Tcp'-Name UserAuthentication -Value 1 |
Setting Firewall Rules :…
Leave a CommentA 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…
Leave a CommentGet 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.
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Get-MailboxStatistics -Server ThaLazyExMBX01| where { $_.DisconnectDate -ne $null } | select DisplayName,MailboxGuid,Database,DisconnectDate |
The Results will look as follow: Now that we have the results lets refine the search to find a specific “Disconnected Mailbox”
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Get-MailboxStatistics -server ThatLazyExMBX01| Where-object {($_.DisconnectDate -ne $null) -and ($_.DisplayName -eq "Manju")} |
The Results will look…
Leave a CommentTo Access Ubuntu Remotely from Windows Lets Start by Opening the Terminal Next Type :
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Sudo apt-get update |
Enter the Admin Password and press Enter Once the Update date is done , continue by running the following command
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sudo apt-get install xrdp |
Once the Installation of xrdp is complete we will move on to install Xfce4 ( Unity doesn’t seem…
Leave a CommentPrepare Active Directory and domains for Exchange 2016 The first step in getting your organization ready for Exchange 2016 is to extend the Active Directory schema. Exchange stores a lot of information in Active Directory but before it can do that, it needs to add and update classes, attributes, and other items. If you’re curious…
Leave a CommentExchange 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…
Leave a CommentExchange 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.
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Get-TranSportServer |ft Name,MessageTrackingLogEnabled,MessageTrackingLogPath,MessageTrackingLogMaxAge,MessageTrackingLogMaxDirectorySize,<pre> MessageTrackingLogMaxFileSize,MessageTrackingLogSubjectLoggingEnabled |
Now that you have your current configuration lets…
Leave a CommentExchange Deployment Assistant Quick Overview Exchange deployment tool creates a custom step by step checklist to help you deploy Exchange in different types of scenarios. The tool can be found Here. Click on Launch the Deployment Assistant. From the next screen you will have 3 different options to choose from On-Premises ,Hybrid ,Cloud Only. Details…
Leave a CommentDeploy Active Directory Domain using PowerShell Let’s start by Setting the PowerShell Execution Policy to Unrestricted
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Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted |
Next we will rename the server and install Prereq features.
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<strong>#rename the computer</strong> $newname = “LAB-DC-01” Rename-Computer -NewName $newname -force< <strong>#install features</strong> $featureLogPath = “c:\softlib\Shell\poshlog\featurelog.txt” New-Item $featureLogPath -ItemType file -Force $addsTools = “RSAT-AD-Tools” Add-WindowsFeature $addsTools Get-WindowsFeature | Where installed >>$featureLogPath <strong>#restart the computer</strong> 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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