IT by Mitch

The web admin interface for 365 prevents you from creating email aliases with special characters, such as the ampersand sign, but you may override this limitation by using PowerShell. The PowerShell command below is for an array of aliases. Separate...

Calendar Diagnostic Logs are useful for doing things like seeing when an appt was added to a calendar. Get-CalendarDiagnosticObjects (ExchangePowerShell) | Microsoft Learn Connect to PowerShell: Connect-ExchangeOnline -UserPrincipleName xxx@xxx.com Exampe: Get-CalendarDiagnosticObjects -Identity "<first name> <last name>" -StartDate 1/1/1900 -ResultSize Unlimited -ShouldBindToItem...

While the IT toolset for recovering deleted data is robust, there is still quite a bit to be desired from interactions with specialized database objects like ahem...Email. The problem: Office 365 user, using Outlook on desktop, User deleted a large-ish...

It is rare for MS to issue an update that requires a lot of manual intervention, but KB5034441 is one. After much frustration (involving bitlocker and 48-character recovery codes!) I found a set of instructions which worked for me. In...

Delete Orphaned Group Scenario: You used to sync between local AD and cloud Azure AD but now you do not. You have local groups which you no longer need and now there are orphaned cloud groups which you cannot delete...

Read this to: Automatically Encrypt Outbound email containing sensitive info. Automatically Decrypt messages sent between Tenant users. Automatically Decrypt messages for storage in a 3rd party Journaling service. This article outlines some settings for Mail Transport Rules that encrypt and decrypt messages using...

As of 9/18/22 there are no officially published release notes for NCQ1338 firmware version 222656 (System Update 5) over at Verizon Internet Gateway (ASK-NCQ1338) Software Update | Verizon BUT someone over on reddit got their hands on them through Support....

So. SSH is disabled and you cannot enable it from Unisphere. Your only option is to connect using IPMItool with an ethernet cable to the management port on the SAN. Easy enough, right?  'install' IPMItool. Download from Dell's website...

If you used Disk2vhd utility on a Windows 7 box to create an image, but your new VHD or VHDX has a "Windows failed to start" message and/or a blue screen of death (BSOD) which references 0x000000d7, then you're...

Say you have a user exceed their mailbox limit (50GB or 100GB depending on licensing) and you decide to drop in an Archive to increase their space. If you started your journey with 365 Exchange Online in a hybrid...