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  • [PS] Enable TLS 1.2 as default in Powershell

    Check Supported protocol [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12   Change Net Frame to use TLS 1.2 Set-ItemProperty -Path ‘HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\.NetFramework\v4.0.30319’ -Name ‘SchUseStrongCrypto’ -Value ‘1’ -Type DWord Set-ItemProperty -Path ‘HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NetFramework\v4.0.30319’ -Name ‘SchUseStrongCrypto’ -Value ‘1’ -Type DWord  

  • [EX2010] Litigation Hold (Legal Hold)

    Litigation Hold (Legal Hold) Used to preserve mailbox and electronically stored information in anticipation of legal proceedings, investigations, and unspecified reasons. Organizations may be required to inform when a user is placed on litigation hold. Specifications: Requires Discovery Management or Legal Hold Mgmt (RBAC) to place a mailbox in legal hold…

  • [PS] Write powershell errors to a text file

    Method 1: Try, Catch, Finally Try: Try to execute a command Catch: Catches any errors, triggers only for Terminating Errors, so you may need to set a ErrorAction -Stop (EA) for errors that are not terminating. Finally: Runs regardless if a error occurs. Try { Set-Mailbox -Identity -PrimarySmtpAddress -EA STOP }…

  • [EXCH] The Cluster service cannot be started. Event ID 1090

    The Cluster service cannot be started. An attempt to read configuration data from the Windows registry failed with error ‘2’. Please use the Failover Cluster Management snap-in to ensure that this machine is a member of a cluster. If you intend to add this machine to an existing cluster use the…

  • [O365][PS] Exchange Online Powershell Module and connecting to Exchange Online

    Example 1: Import-Module (Get-ChildItem -Path $($env:LOCALAPPDATA+”\Apps\2.0\”) -Filter ‘*ExoPowershellModule.dll’ -Recurse | Foreach{(Get-ChildItem -Path $_.Directory -Filter CreateExoPSSession.ps1)} | Sort-Object LastWriteTime | Select-Object -Last 1).FullName $User = “epic@onmicrosoft.com” $PasswordFile = “c:\o365\Password.txt” $KeyFile = “c:\o365\AES.key” $key = Get-Content $KeyFile $MyCredential = New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ` -ArgumentList $User, (Get-Content $PasswordFile | ConvertTo-SecureString -Key $key) $proxysettings =…

  • [PS] Creating a Key File and Password File

    Creating a Key File and Password File With PowerShell, we can generate a 256-bit AES encryption key: Creating the AES.key $KeyFile = “C:\o365\AES.key” $Key = New-Object Byte[] 32 # You can use 16, 24, or 32 for AES [Security.Cryptography.RNGCryptoServiceProvider]::Create().GetBytes($Key) $Key | out-file $KeyFile Creating the password file $PasswordFile = “Password.txt” $KeyFile…

  • [PS] Working with Variables

    Variables uses the $ (Dollar Sign). Takes text, integers, and store output from cmdlets. Examples: Storing strings $Var=”Hello” Storing integars $Var=”5″ $Var=”1.0″ Storing output from cmdlets $Var=Get-Services bits (Grabs a Service Controller Object) – $Var.status would output status – $Var.stop() would stop bits services – $Var.refresh() refreshes the storage Storing using…

  • [PS] List of Aliases Used in PowerShell

    HTML TABLE HelpUri ResolvedCommandName DisplayName ReferencedCommand ResolvedCommand Definition Options Description OutputType Name CommandType Visibility ModuleName Module RemotingCapability Parameters ParameterSets http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113300 ForEach-Object % -> ForEach-Object ForEach-Object ForEach-Object ForEach-Object ReadOnly, AllScope System.Collections.ObjectModel.ReadOnlyCollection`1[System.Management.Automation.PSTypeName] % Alias Public None System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2[System.String,System.Management.Automation.ParameterMetadata] http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113423 Where-Object ? -> Where-Object Where-Object Where-Object Where-Object ReadOnly, AllScope System.Collections.ObjectModel.ReadOnlyCollection`1[System.Management.Automation.PSTypeName] ? Alias Public None System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2[System.String,System.Management.Automation.ParameterMetadata]

  • [EXO] Manage mailbox auditing

    Display the list of mailbox actions that are currently being for a mailbox for each logon type: Get-Mailbox <username> | Select-Object -ExpandProperty AuditOwner Get-Mailbox <username> | Select-Object -ExpandProperty AuditAdmin Get-Mailbox <username> | Select-Object -ExpandProperty AuditDelegate Enable rest of the auditing actions get-mailbox elau | set-mailbox -auditowner @{Add=”create”,”softdelete”,”harddelete”,”update”,”move”,”movetodeleteditems”,”mailboxlogin”,”updatefolderpermissions”} get-mailbox elau | set-mailbox…

  • [PS] Restart Exchange Services (GUI) using out-gridview

    Synopsis: Enumerates all Exchange Services, UI allows selection for restarting selected services, and reloads UI to ensure services are back running. Change Log 1.00: 3/17/2019 – Inital pre-flight version 3/18/2019 – Added GUI, selection process, and progress bar