Using PowerShell for System Administration and Automation Tasks

When you install a new Exchange Server 2019/2016/2013/2010 with the mailbox role, the default mailbox database is automatically created. The database is created in the Exchange installation folder (C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange…

By default, when you create new Active Directory users, they are automatically added to the Domain Users group. In its turn, the Domain Users group is added to the local…

When auditing mailbox permissions in an Exchange Server organization or Microsoft 365 tenant (Exchange Online), the administrator needs to find all the mailboxes that a particular user has access to.…

NIC Teaming (or Load Balancing/Failover – LBFO, or NIC bonding) allows joining multiple physical network adapters (NICs) into a single logical network card. In this article, we’ll show how to…

Remote Desktop Connection Broker (RDCB) is a component of the Remote Desktop Services (RDS) role in Windows Server. RD Connection Broker allows you to load-balance the RDS farm servers (when…

In this article, we’ll describe how to get and audit the RDP connection logs in Windows. The RDP connection logs allow RDS terminal server administrators to get information about which…

This article is about managing Hyper-V virtual machines from the PowerShell console. We’ll look at how to create virtual switches and virtual machines, change VM settings, and manage VMs. You…

In this article, we’ll look at how to backup websites, application pools, and IIS web server configuration on Windows Server. You can use an Internet Information Services backup to restore…

In this article, we’ll look at how to delegate administrative permissions in the Active Directory domain. Delegation allows you to grant the permissions to perform some AD management tasks to…

You can use audit logging in on-premises Exchange Server and cloud-based Exchange Online (Microsoft 365) to track all user actions on any items in a mailbox. By using mailbox activity…