So Microsoft has stated somewhere that they are not encouraging the use of the PowerShell ISE. While not deprecated, it is apparently being ignored. The editor that is replacing it is Microsoft’s ‘Visual Studio Code’. This editor is a lot more robust and provides for more plug-ins and code options. There is one thing you…
Microsoft Secure Score – New Task Practical Analysis
*** WARNING *** – This is a long, long, long article. In the vein similar to the one I wrote at the beginning of the year, I am going to walk through the various Secure Score tasks that are listed in the Security and Compliance Center. With each new task I will assess what I…
TLS 1.x and Office 365 – Oct 31, 2018
October 31, 2018. If you are already using Office 365, then this date probably has some sort of significance. If you have not moved or begun the process of planning your move to Office 365, this date may not mean anything. However, the date is rather important and should be something that you are either…
PowerShell Tip of the Week – 10-22-2018
A new PowerShell Tip of the Week has been posted on my Practical PowerShell website. Please click the image below to go to the post. Thanks!
Quick Powershell Stuff 28
For this Quick PowerShell, I wanted to share a script that I wrote that will scan Get-Help of a particular PowerShell module for a particular phrase. I wrote this as a labor of love as I was looking for some information on cmdlets that were incomplete (Security and Compliance Center) or deprecated (Exchange Server). The…
MIM DNS Record Creation Script
In the last part of the script I am creating for MIM 2016, we need to create three different DNS records – MIM, PasswordReset and PasswordRegistration. These three records can also be customized for Name and IP Address. So, following the pattern from the last two parts, we have a scrip that will ask for…
PowerShell Tip of the Week – 10-15-2018
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MIM Group Creation and SPN Script
For part 2 of this script I worked on a script that would create either standard or custom groups for a MIM 2016 install. The script will also check to make sure the group does not exist and if it does, no new one will be created. The code provided below is not complicated, but…
MIM User Accounts Creation Script
As my role changes to move things identity and cloud, I explore ways to improve processes for installing and managing these products. This typically involved using PowerShell scripts as much as I can as I enjoy scripting in PowerShell. In this spirit, I started working on some scripts to help with the creation of user…
PowerShell Tip of the Week – 10-08-2018
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