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Admin | PowerShell Modules | Maintenance

Issue: Updating your PowerShell modules is a common task and one you should do regularly when utilising any cloud based modules. But how to maintain current versions without bloat or getting versions confused?

Linux Running Native on Windows with WSL

Initial peek at Windows Subsystem for Linux.

PowerShell

Managing Azure AD MFA with PowerShell

PowerShell function that enables you to disable or enable MFA for your Office 365 users, while maintaining their user methods, and in bulk if you need.

PowerShell

Exchange, Add a SIP Address to Match the Users Email Address

Exchange and Exchange Online, add a SIP Address to Match the Users Email Address for all your users mailboxes using PowerShell.

PowerShell

Updating an Office 365 UserPrincipalName from one Federated Domain to another.

"Unable to update this object in Microsoft Online Services, because the attribute FederatedUser.UserPrincipalName is not valid. Update the value in your local Active Directory"

Raspberry Pi

Blogging with a Slice of Raspberry Pi

Self host Ghost blogging platform with Nginx and MariaDb - all from your Raspberry Pi! Thats right, it doesnt need to be left lonely in a drawer :D

New Site. New Platform. New Content!

From Cloud Hosting to Self Hosting. From WordPress to Ghost. After more than a two year break, I find myself ready and willing to blog again :)

Exchange

Exchange Docs and Offline Help Files

Preferred Architecture, Exchange Server 2016 Preferred Architecture Exchange Server 2013 Preferred Architecture Download Offline Help Files, Download Exchange Server 2013 help – aka.ms/getex2013docs Download Exchange Server 2010 help – aka.ms/getex2010docs Download

Networking

Office 365: Planning - Network Bandwidth Tools

Microsoft has provided some great resources for you to analyse your environment and make an informed decision. Check out the Network planning and performance tuning for Office 365 article from Microsoft support.office.

VMWare Warning: "[vmusr:vmtoolsd] Failed registration of app type 2 (Signals) from plug-in unity."

Problem Server 2008R2 running under VMWare ESXi 5.5 produces the following error during RDP session: [ warning] [vmusr:vmtoolsd] Failed registration of app type 2 (Signals) from plugin unity. You can see the

Exchange

Exchange and Exchange Online, Adding "Send As" Permissions

Adding "Send As" permissions with PowerShell with Exchange and Exchange Online.

DirSync

Purge a Directory Synchronised Office 365 Account and Resynchronise without Removing from AD

To purge and resynchronise an AD synchronised with DirSync account from Office 365, follow these steps: 1.Fire up Windows Azure Active Directory for Windows PowerShell (Check out managing Office 365 through Azure