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This interactive script requires PowerShell 3.0 . It creates an Active Directory user and their corresponding mailbox using a remote session at the same time. It should work out of the box, but specific variables will have to be edited to reflect the Active Directory configuration of the organization in question. function New-Employee { Param…
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The following interactive PowerShell 3.0 script creates a new virtual machine. It utilizes the ‘Using’ scope modifier to pass local variables to remote machines with the invoke-command cmdlet. An existing .vhdx file is copied to a new location and renamed . Same file is used to create the virtual machine. The script assumes the VM…
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Originally posted on Exchange Times: Microsoft has done away with dcpromo when it comes to Windows Server 2012. We’ve been so accustomed to using dcpromo that I actually struggled a bit to promote a 2012 server to a DC in one of my labs. This short video shows how to install the Active Directory Directory…
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In part 2 of this topic, I will show how to configure the Switch Virtual Interfaces and IP Helper addresses on the Cisco 3750G EMI: L3Switch(config)#interface vlan 20 L3Switch(config-if)# ip address 10.0.2.1 255.255.255.0 (Configure IP Address on the vlan 20 interface) L3Switch(config)# exit It is not necessary to specify an IP Helper address for the…
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The following poster was just released by Microsoft to help shed some light on the features Gen 2 Virtual machines :
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I was doing some quick research recently with a topic totally unrelated to Exchange. Due to some resource constraints, I decided to install and setup an instance of Spiceworks (Helpdesk and Asset Management tool) on my Lab Exchange 2010 SP2 Server. Then began my problem. As soon as I was done, it didn’t take long…
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As a follow up to the last post, I decided to further restrict the Support Staff users’ access to the available Custom ‘Address Book Management’ Role cmdlets. The following commands enabled me accomplish this objective: 1) C:\>Get-ManagementRoleEntry -Identity “Address Book Management\*” | ?{$_.Name -ne “Get-User”} | Remove-ManagementRoleEntry ( This command removes all available cmdlets from…
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I recently received a request for specific users to be able to modify users and contact information for the HR department. I immediately thought of Exchange Role Based Access Control. Personally, I think this is one of the best features of Microsoft Exchange 2010, but that’s another story. In short, RBAC ensures that end-users only…
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In this series, I would like to post my practical experience in setting up multiple VLANs/subnets and using a Layer 3 switch to route traffic across them. The post will also include my configuration steps enabling the use of a Microsoft-based DHCP Server. This is by no means a treatise on these subjects. A number…
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In this post, I am going to talk about my experience doing an Authoritative Restore of a deleted Active Directory user object. The steps were completed by restoring from a previous System State backup and using the ntds utility. I started by deleting a test AD user: Ryan Smith from the Accounting_OU Organizational Unit in…
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Chinny Chukwudozie, Cloud Solutions. 