server 2016 – Page 4

Adding Users to O365 Distribution List

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A script I recently used to add members to an office 365 distribution group using a remote exchange session in a hybrid setup (covered at the end).

[cc lang="powershell"]$SourceFile = ""
Import-CSV $SourceFile | ForEach `
{Add-DistributionGroupMember -Identity "Group Name" -Member $_.UPN
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "Processed the record for $($_.UPN)"
}[/cc]

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[cc lang="powershell"]$SourceFile = ""

Import-CSV $SourceFile | ForEach `

{Add-DistributionGroupMember -Identity "Group Name" -Member $_.UPN

Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "Processed the record for $($_.UPN)"

}[/cc]

CSV file contains UPNs of all users to be added. I also found it useful to see who had permissions to send to this group using

[cc lang="powershell"](Get-DistributionGroup -Identity "Group Name").AcceptMessagesOnlyFrom | ForEach {Get-User -Identity $_}[/cc]

1	[cc lang="powershell"](Get-DistributionGroup -Identity "Group Name").AcceptMessagesOnlyFrom \| ForEach {Get-User -Identity $_}[/cc]

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O365 hybrid setup – how to use SMTP matching to match an on-prem user to an O365 account

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The scenario is that a user account has been created in Office 365 in a hybrid setup. This scenario is actually ok and is supported by Microsoft. However, it causes problems for an Office 365 user when they require access to public folders on the on-premises Exchange server. First make sure you have the correct…

Set O365 Password to never expire for just one user

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Recently I needed to do this for our PRTG alerting account which was failing to send notifications as the O365 password had expired. I did this from Powershell within Windows 10 as follows: Launch powershell as Administrator then run

[cc lang="powershell"]Install-Module MsOnline[/cc]

1	[cc lang="powershell"]Install-Module MsOnline[/cc]

Then run

[cc lang="powershell"]Connect-MsOlService[/cc]

1	[cc lang="powershell"]Connect-MsOlService[/cc]

at this point an O365 authentication box pops up – enter your…

Add AD security group to local administrators on Hyper-V server running core

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First connect to the remote server with powershell

[cc lang="powershell"]Enter-PSSession -ComputerName contoso\hv01[/cc]

1	[cc lang="powershell"]Enter-PSSession -ComputerName contoso\hv01[/cc]

Next run the command to add the group:

[cc lang="powershell"]Add-LocalGroupMember -Group "Administrators" -Member "CONTOSO\Hyper-V Admins"[/cc]

1	[cc lang="powershell"]Add-LocalGroupMember -Group "Administrators" -Member "CONTOSO\Hyper-V Admins"[/cc]

If you’re paranoid (like me) and want to check this worked you can use:

[cc lang="powershell"]Get-LocalGroupMember "Administrators"[/cc]

1	[cc lang="powershell"]Get-LocalGroupMember "Administrators"[/cc]

Configuring log-on scripts to run via powershell from the “Run” key in Windows registry

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If you’ve tried to add a powershell script to a registry run key, you’ve probably discovered that it doesn’t run with powershell. Instead, Windows just opens the script in Notepad and leaves it sitting there all naked and exposed! So in order to launch the powershell scripts we’re going to need to use a .bat…

Powershell script to display message box to user giving them the option to restart now or later

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I required a script that would run automatically for a user from a RunOnce key. This powershell script gives the user a message box asking if they would like to restart now or later. If they choose “yes” it will reboot now, if they choose “No” or “Cancel” it will not restart but will give…

Category: server 2016

Adding Users to O365 Distribution List

O365 hybrid setup – how to use SMTP matching to match an on-prem user to an O365 account

Set O365 Password to never expire for just one user

Add AD security group to local administrators on Hyper-V server running core

Powershell script to display message box to user giving them the option to restart now or later

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