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There is a boolean attribute for “IsDirSynced” which states if the object is sync’d from on-premise Active Directory rather than being created through Exchange Online / O365. As such you can use the following powershell command from Exchange Online to view all groups that have been created directly in O365, and therefore can’t be managed […]
Continue ReadingAdding an Exception to Controlled Folder Access GPO. Windows Defender Event ID: 1123 Log: Microsoft-Windows-Windows Defender/Operational Message: %Program% has been blocked from modifying %Location% To add an exception via GPO: Computer Configuration / Policies / Administrative Templates / Windows Components /Windows Defender Antivirus / Windows Defender Exploit Guard / Controlled Folder Access Configure allowed […]
Continue ReadingWindows 10 Enterprise Deployment Guide For privacy conscious organizations – and removing all the bloat. After extensive testing and iterations, it’s best to keep the Windows 10 iso/wim file exactly how it comes from Microsoft, then do everything online. When you remove apps from the base wim, updates & the store start breaking. Causing […]
Continue ReadingUpdate option values – A general system error occured: Internal error vCenter vpxd.log: 2018-04-05T11:39:27.304+08:00 [23756 info ‘Default’ opID=1083ee27] [VpxLRO] — ERROR task-2987651 — host-53403 — vim.option.OptionManager.updateValues: vmodl.fault.SystemError: –> Result: –> (vmodl.fault.SystemError) { –> dynamicType = <unset>, –> faultCause = (vmodl.MethodFault) null, –> reason = “Internal error”, –> msg = “Received SOAP response fault from [<cs […]
Continue ReadingSo it seems like if you have originally installed a Windows 2012 R2 Core Server, then added the required GUI roles, then patched the server up to date, it can become extremely hard to install particular features that will be listed as ‘Removed’ rather than just Unavailable/Not Installed. After spending way too many hours, in […]
Continue ReadingAn internal error occurred. PSInvalidOperationException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CreateRemoteRunspaceFailed After literally 2 hours bashing my head why a scheduled task would not run as a service account. But worked fine with normal account. Granting the ‘Allow log on as batch job’, ‘Allow log on locally’, and even adding the account to the Local Administrators group […]
Continue ReadingClearing the ConflictandDeleted Folder DFSR Windows Server 2012 R2. List the DFS Replicated Folders: WMIC.EXE /namespace:\\root\microsoftdfs path dfsrreplicatedfolderconfig get replicatedfolderguid,replicatedfoldername Paste in the GUID of the folder you would like to clean up. WMIC.EXE /namespace:\\root\microsoftdfs path dfsrreplicatedfolderinfo where ‘replicatedfolderguid=”70bebd41-d5ae-4524-b7df-4eadb89e511e”‘ call cleanupconflictdirectory Wait a few minutes! Done! Total Views: (341)
Continue ReadingHow to delete a technician from the drop down assign ticket menu in Manage Engine ServiceDesk Plus. Connect to the database. Run this query to get the technician ID’s. Then delete them from the helpdeskcrew table. We had one error come through with a purchase request & order being created by one of the […]
Continue ReadingRemove Shutdown from Start Menu by Computer Policy Prevent users from shutting down or restarting computer once again through computer policy. The reasons for doing this, and not using the standard ‘user policy’ which removes the shutdown option from the Start Menu, is because the organisation required this for a bunch of meeting room computers. […]
Continue ReadingI wrote this PowerShell script so that our Helpdesk staff were able to view the Remote Desktop Sessions on our 2012 RDS Hosts and shadow them. https://github.com/Nostalgiac/Scripts/blob/master/Shadow-RDSSession.ps1 The script queries the RDS farm with Get-RDUserSession by invoking this command on your Mangement Server (that has the RDS Tools installed), then starts mstsc with the appropriate session ID […]
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