[Office 365] Delete a user account sitting in Recycle bin
Normally, user accounts that are deleted within Office 365 sit in “The recycle bin” where they can be recovered if needed. You can’t, however, delete users from that gray area within the web GUI. If...
View ArticleLync 2012 Creating CommonAreaPhone – Filter failed to return unique result
Symptom: You receive the following error when executing the New-CsCommonAreaPhone command via PowerShell. New-CsCommonAreaPhone : Filter failed to return unique result, “[LineURI : tel:+15555555555]...
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Configuring Lync Server to push out latest Microsoft Lync Phone Edition firmware
I noticed today that a large shipment of Polycom phones we were going to deploy were using the RTM version of Lync Phone Edition and were outdated compared to Microsoft’s latest version. That being...
View ArticleLync – Filter failed to return unique result error
Symptom: You receive the following error when trying to assign an Enterprise Voice number to a new user via powershell or the Lync Admin Web GUI (CSCP): Filter failed to return unique result,...
View ArticleLync – Manually set a Lync user’s PIN via powershell
If you would like to manually assign a PIN number to a user in Lync, please follow the steps below: Login to your Lync Front End Server Open up the Lync Server Management Shell Execute the following...
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Export a list of numbers used in Lync Server 2013
Today I was curious how many numbers we have used up on our DID block and wanted to pull a report specifying which numbers were allocated to which user, conference room, etc. After a quick Google...
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Set a user’s password to never expire in Office 365
In the event you need to set a user account’s password to never expire in Office 365’s environment (a domain.onmicrosoft.com account for example), here are the steps involved. Please Note: It is always...
View ArticlePowerShell command to find all disabled users in Active Directory
Here is a quick powershell command to find all users inside of your Active Directory domain that have been marked as disabled (this will exclude disabled computers): Get-ADUser -Filter {Enabled -eq...
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[Tutorial] How to install IIS on Server 2012 and Server 2012 R2
Here is a tutorial on how to install IIS on Server 2012 and Server 2012 R2. The installation process for this is very straight forward and does not differ much from Server 2008 R2. This guide will...
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Exporting TPM Owner Key and BitLocker Recovery Password from Active Directory...
Synopsis: When looking up a BitLocker Recovery Password or TPM Owner Key, the process can be quite laborious. This post contains a PowerShell script to help automate the process of manually looking at...
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Uninstall all Azure PowerShell Modules
With Azure PowerShell modules changing all the time and the recent introduction of the PowerShell modules being renamed from AzureRm to Az, you may want to totally uninstall all modules and reinstall...
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