Chinny Chukwudozie, Cloud Solutions.

Moving a Hyper-V Virtual Machine Storage to a Cluster Volume using PowerShell.

March 16, 2016

I have a Virtual Machine ADS00 running a guest OS WS 2012 R2 .It’s vhdx file is located on a Failover Cluster node physical server running Hyper-V Core 2012 R2. As the services offered and requirements for this VM continued to scale, we decided to migrate it to the Cluster volume and make it highly…

Configuring Coexistence between Legacy On Premise Public Folders and Office 365 Hybrid Configuration.

March 11, 2016

I’ve completed configuring Office 365 Hybrid Configuration with an on premise Exchange 2010 SP3 deployment. I’m in the process of migrating users’ mailboxes to Office 365 cloud in batches. At the same time, I’ve been doing some research and testing on the best way to synchronize legacy public folders with Office 365 mailboxes. The following…

PowerShell Script to Bulk Update UPN (UserPrincipalName) Suffix in a Single Non-Routable Domain.

December 9, 2015

As part of the Office 365 Configuration and migration project, we’ve had to define and create an alternate upn (UserPrincipalName) suffix for an internal Active Directory domain that is not publicly routable. Updating the upn for every user in the Active Directory Domain could be a tedious task if done manually. Following is a screen…

Create a UPN Suffix using PowerShell for Office 365 Migration.

November 18, 2015

In preparation for Office 365 migration, we had to match the current on premise users’ logon name (UserPrincipalName) with their email addresses to eliminate any user confusion and ease the outlook authentication process .As an example, The on premise logon name is : TobeGray@contosolabs.com Email Address is : Tobe.Gray@contosoconsults.com To match the On premise logon…

Raising Active Directory Forest and Domain Functional Levels Using PowerShell.

November 10, 2015

As part of the infrastructure clean up and upgrade plans, we have decided to raise the DFL and FFL of our domain to take advantage of new Windows Server features. The first step in the process is making sure all new DCs in the domain are running the same version of Windows Server. To meet…

Simple PowerShell Script displays Total and Available Memory .

November 10, 2015

This script is an update to a previous post. In addition to displaying total and available disk space, it will also show the available memory at any given time for a server within a domain infrastructure. It has come in handy for me when I need to quickly spin up a standalone virtual machine on…

Configuring AD Group Filtering with Microsoft Azure AD Connect Tool.

August 12, 2015

Microsoft has finally introduced Active Directory group filtering with the release of Azure AD Connect. The one tool to replace AADSync and include ADFS functionality.In this post, I will outline my steps for setting up AAD Connect with Single sign-on, password sync, group filtering and the exchange online attributes sync. 1) Download the Microsoft Azure…

Configuring Hybrid Configuration on Exchange Server 2010 SP3 for Migration to Office 365 (Exchange Online).

July 13, 2015

We’ve decided to initiate the migration to Office 365. For now, the plan is to start a phased migration of a third of all mailboxes to Exchange online. This will give us a chance to run an on-premise and cloud hybrid deployment in real time then determine whether to fully move forward or rollback. An…

Generate Office 365 User License Report with PowerShell.

May 27, 2015

As we continue expanding our Office 365 deployment from OfficeProPlus to include Exchange Online and Archiving, it’s become increasingly necessary to reconcile and report on current AD Synced and cloud users with their specific subscription and licenses quickly and efficiently. I want to post a quick PowerShell one-liner that generates a report on current Office…

Configuring Azure AD Sync Attribute Filtering.

April 14, 2015

So I’ve been playing with AADSync attribute filtering. So far we have successfully filtered our lab Azure AD sync by Domain and Organizational Unit. It appears that group membership based filtering is not supported with this version. But according to Microsoft, the Azure AD Connect tool (currently in Preview 2 version) which will eventually replace…