One of the requirements for a recent Office 365 migration project was to convert all user’s UPNs to match their primary SMTP email address.
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How to definitively disable IPv6
To disable IPv6 you first need to disable it in your network adapter’s TCP/IPv6 properties by simply unchecking the item. You then need to make a registry change to disable it completely.
Step by Step Guide to Creating a comprehensive PRTG Enterprise Monitoring System
I have been using my implementation of the PRTG monitoring system now for some time and for a large number of clients. The system is inexpensive and works extremely well. What I like most about it is its flexibility and ability to be customised heavily according to your needs. Here is my guide to setting up a PRTG monitoring server to monitor all the typical enterprise systems including: AD, Exchange, DFS, Network equipment and more.
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Find Users that have permissions to regular and shared mailboxes
I recently needed to create a .csv file showing all permissions that users had to each others mailboxes (including shared).
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Convert an Active Directory SID to a name
To convert an Active Directory SID to a name use:
$SID ='S-1-5-21-1210182304-1361979235-1847136127-5299' $objSID = New-Object System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier($SID) $objUser = $objSID.Translate([System.Security.Principal.NTAccount]) Write-Host "Resolved user name: " $objUser.Value
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Output AD User information including all groups in Powershell
To get a user report including all of the groups that each user is a member of use:
Import-module activedirectory Get-AdUser -Filter * -Properties * | select DisplayName, Title, Department, Manager, @{N=’Groups’; E={$($_.Memberof)}} | Export-csv "c:\temp\UsersandGroups.csv" -nti