A client approached me with a need for some mailbox statistics. They wanted a script or some sort of PowerShell code to examine a few mailbox details for a migration from one environment to another that was being processed with third party tools. The source environment was running Exchange Server 2010. This means PowerShell 2.0….
Exploring PowerShell Cmdlets
When I run into something in PowerShell that draws my curiosity, I usually go down a rabbit hole to further my knowledge of whatever that is. Sometimes this means digging into the text from the HELP for Exchange PowerShell cmdlets. For example, a while back I wrote a script to examine the text for the…
Book Available on Kindle and Kobo Now
As if there aren’t enough ways to enjoy reading about PowerShell on Exchange 2016, our book is now available via Amazon Kindle and Kobo! We had some missteps with or provider, but they quickly figured out a solution and now our book is available in more formats. So in case you need something to choose…
Moving Public Folders to Office 365 – Issue 2
I simply cannot wait until Public Folders are gone. Increasingly over the years my customers have abandoned them for greener pastures. Yet, I still run into the occasional customer that has Public Folders and insists on moving them to Office 365. Moving folders to Office 365 is almost exactly the same as moving Public Folders…
Moving Public Folders to Office 365 – Issue 1
Migrating to Office 365 can include migrating Public Folder objects, however just like mailboxes sometimes cleanup is necessary to get objects to replicate properly. For Public Folders, finding a mail enabled folder should be pretty easy. Reviewing the object in Public Folder Management and looking at the E-Mail Addresses or the folder we see the…
Scripting Agent and Exchange Server Woes
I recently worked with a client that we were working to move to Office 365. During the process we wanted to put in new Exchange 2016 servers which required upgrading the existing Exchange 2010 servers to a newer Update Rollup for Service Pack 3. Just trying to kick off an update resulted in an error:…
PowerShell Newsletter
Dave Stork and I are currently producing a Monthly email Newsletter with practical PowerShell information in it. The April 2017 edition will provide useful links for learning PowerShell as well as provide a glimpse into the new PowerShell cmdlets that Microsoft has revealed in the past month. IF you like this sort of stuff and…
Upgrade of Azure AD Sync to Connect – Sync Failure Days Later
Microsoft recently announced and removed support for DirSync and Azure AD Sync. The upgrade path for these two is simply upgrading to Azure AD Connect. Depending on your version of software and even Windows OS, there are multiple paths that can be taken. Recently I was working with a client on upgrading their Azure AD…
The Ever Changing Mix of Office 365 PowerShell Cmdlets
In the past month, I’ve written a couple of articles on the changing cmdlets mix for the various Office 365 workloads. For the major workloads in Office 365, here is what I’ve noticed over the past two months:
New Look Coming Soon
** UPDATE 4/27/17 ** After writing this article, I started looking at other themes available on WordPress and decided that the ‘Zoren’ theme was more to my liking. , so you can ignore the original post and screenshot. Original Article Over the next week or so I will be implementing a new look to the…
