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Get Exchange Online Mailbox Size in GB

Summary: Microsoft PFE, Brian Jackett, talks about using Windows PowerShell to get Exchange Online Mailbox size in GB. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today I want to welcome back guest blogger, Brian T. Jackett. Brian T. Jackett is a premier field engineer at Microsoft who has specialized in SharePoint development, Project Server...

New User Exchange & Lync Settings

Summary: Guest blogger Tim Bolton discusses a script to create new Exchange uses and Lync settings.  Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we have a special treat – a cool Windows PowerShell script to create new Exchange users and the associated Lync settings. Tim has written a very popular guest blog article earlier ...

Use PowerShell to Set Exchange Server Aliases for an Entire Organizational Unit

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows that with a little knowledge of Windows PowerShell, it is easy to administrator products like Exchange Server. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Yesterday’s live meeting, Windows PowerShell Essentials for the Busy Admin went extremely well. I am looking forward to today’...

Use PowerShell to Manage Exchange Server Mailbox Storage Limits

Summary: Guest blogger, Jeremy Engel, shows how to use Windows PowerShell to manage mailbox storage limits on an Exchange Server. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we have a real special treat in store. The other day I received an email from Jeremy Engel (the author of PowerShell Module for DHCP, which is available on the ...

Use PowerShell to Fix Those Annoying NDR Emails

Summary: Microsoft PFE, Norman Drews, shows how to use the Active Directory cmdlets and the Exchange cmdlets to clean up distribution groups. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Welcome our guest blogger, Norman Drews. Norman is a Microsoft PFE, and I had the privilege to meet with him when I was speaking at Geek Ready last year in ...