The following step-by-step guide should enable you to automate the process of downloading attachments from an O365 mailbox to a folder. Be aware that this gives access to any mail account that you enter in the code below, therefore don’t just consider functional aspects but also the security of your environment. You should also be… Read More: Save mail attachments with PowerShell »
At times, you may find that orphaned vhdx and avhdx files are filling up your physical disk. You may have deleted the virtual machines in the Hyper-V console earlier, but their disks were never cleaned up. The script below lists all vhdx and avhdx files in a certain location and checks in Hyper-V if they… Read More: Clean up unused Hyper-V disks with PowerShell »
With the ADK for Windows 22H2, Microsoft has dropped support for x86 images. When you try to add or update an x86 image in ConfigMgr you’ll get an error. The workaround is simple: Locate the PE image in the ADK installation folder (usually C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Windows Preinstallation Environment), copy the amd64… Read More: Add x86 images after ADK update to 22621 (Windows 11… »
There are some really good print driver installation guides for Intune like the one from Ben Whitmore (msendpointmgr) and Rudy Ooms (call4cloud). Their approach is to extract the driver from the installation package of the vendor, install it by using pnputil and then to run the Add-Printer PowerShell cmdlet with printer name (e.g. “Floor 1… Read More: Installing and configuring HP Officejet Pro and Officejet Printers with… »
If you are getting the error above when assigning licenses, it is because the entry UsageLocation isn’t set for the user. The quick way to fix the issue is obviously to set the entry manually. If you want to apply the change to larger number of users, the code snippet below may help: Connect-AzureAD Write-Host… Read More: License assignment failed – License cannot be assigned to a… »
The solution below will apply customizations to the clients that are mandatory, which means in particular that the user will not be able to change the wallpaper on his machine. See the links below if you just want a pre-configuration that allows the user to change settings. You must provide a 1920×1200 image which will… Read More: Setting Wallpaper, Lock Screen, Registered Owner with Intune »
If you plan to migrate to Windows 11, you will probably want to determine which machines fulfill the requirements for an upgrade. If you are using MECM, you can find this information for single machines in the Resource Explorer. The Resource Explorer item is based on the view v_GS_UPGRADE_EXPERIENCE_INDICATORS which is fed by the hardware… Read More: Custom report to display Windows 11 readiness information in MECM »
The script below will check if your Azure AD Connect is running a version affected by the vulnerability described in CVE-2021-36949. Affected versions are 1.6.4.0 and 2.0.3.0. #Disclaimer: This script is provided as-is with no warranties of any kindWrite-Host “Checking if your Azure AD Connect version is affected by the vulnerability described in CVE-2021-36949″Try{$params =… Read More: Powershell script to check if Azure AD Connect is affected… »
Here’s a short description on how to enable Windows 11 Insider Preview updates on Hyper-V machines. Set up a Hyper-V Generation 2 machine with Windows 10 21H1. Make sure the recent updates are installed. Configure 8192 MB RAM, 4 Processors and enable the TPM. On the VM host, run Set-VM -VMName… Read More: Enable Windows 11 Insider Preview updates in Hyper-V »
Measure the bandwidth between a Site Server and its Site Systems The script below will test the available bandwidth between the Primary server and all site systems that belong to the infrastructure. The result will be saved as html and csv. The measurement is done by taking the time it takes to copy a 100MB… Read More: Bandwidth test for a Configuration Manager infrastructure by PowerShell »