How do I know what version of Microsoft Teams Client I am running?
How do I know what ring I am apart of?
How do I know what environment I am apart?
Enter…
Get-Content $env:UserProfile”\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Teams\settings.json” | ConvertFrom-Json | Select Version, Ring, Environment
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This script enables the Online Archiving Mailbox for users in Exchange Online. The script will generate the log and error outputs by checking if the users exists in Exchange Online based on the information provided in the csv file.
Example of script block, this demonstrates the actions taken within the script to check the csv file row by row and output if sucessful or not.
Example of csv file used; please note the heading mailboxemail is very important as the script checks for this heading.
To view if an Online archive has been activated in the Mailbox, run the following cmdlets.
It is very easy to enable Online Archiving and verify afterwards if it has been enabled.
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Have you ever had a requirement where you need to populate an Exchange or Office 365 Mailbox with data? This is general a common ask when looking to migrate to/from Exchange Online and can be time consuming if your manually sending emails. The following script has been modified to provide an easy way of sending data using the Send-MailMessage PowerShell cmdlet and also capture better error logging.
I would like to thank Andreas Hähnel for his efforts in creating the original script.
This modified script using Try and Catch variables to ensure the specified File location contains documents which can be used and also provide Help on each parameter. Add-MailboxData.zip (113 downloads)
Add-MailboxData.zip (113 downloads)The following script has been designed to detected, remove and upgrade your Microsoft Team PowerShell Module.
The script will initial check if you are running a PowerShell window with evaluated privileges as this is a prerequisites to running this script. Once Administrative privileges have been detected it will compare the installed version of the Microsoft Teams module against the online version located the PSGallery. If the online is greater than the installed version, the script will use the uninstall-module cmdlet to remove the previous version and install the latest version from the PSGallery.
If your installed version matches the online version no actions will be taken.
This script also includes an output of the installed client version of Microsoft Teams with its Ring and Environment information as shown below
Download this script today
Detect-MicrosoftTeams-Version (474 downloads)Regards
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Installing PowerShell for Azure Stack has a number of prerequistes which need to be met. The following script has been designed and tested to preform all the necessary tasks within a single script execution.
The following steps have been taken from https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-stack/azure-stack-powershell-install
Before your get started with Azure Stack and PowerShell, you will need to have a few requirements in place.
PowerShell Version 5.0
To check your version, run $PSVersionTable.PSVersion and compare the Major version. If you do not have PowerShell 5.0, follow the link to upgrade to PowerShell 5.0.
Note
PowerShell 5.0 requires a Windows machine.
Run Powershell an elevated prompt
You will need to be able to run PowerShell with administrative privileges.
PowerShell Gallery access
You will need access to the PowerShell Gallery. The gallery is the central repository for PowerShell content. The PowerShellGet module contains cmdlets for discovering, installing, updating, and publishing PowerShell artifacts such as modules, DSC resources, role capabilities, and scripts from the PowerShell Gallery and other private repositories. If you are using PowerShell in a disconnected scenario, you will need to retrieve resources from a machine with a connection to the Internet and store them in a location accessible to your disconnected machine.
Validate if PSGallery is registered as a repository.
Note
This step requires Internet access.
Open an elevated PowerShell prompt, and run the following cmdlets:
PowerShell
Import-Module -Name PowerShellGet -ErrorAction Stop
Import-Module -Name PackageManagement -ErrorAction Stop
Get-PSRepository -Name “PSGallery”
If the repository is not registered, open an elevated PowerShell session and run the following command:
PowerShell
Register-PsRepository -Default
Set-PSRepository -Name “PSGallery” -InstallationPolicy Trusted
Before installing the required version, make sure that you uninstall any previously installed Azure Stack AzureRM PowerShell modules. You can uninstall them by using one of the following two methods:
To uninstall the existing AzureRM PowerShell modules, close all the active PowerShell sessions, and run the following cmdlets:
PowerShell
Uninstall-Module AzureRM.AzureStackAdmin -Force
Uninstall-Module AzureRM.AzureStackStorage -Force
Uninstall-Module -Name AzureStack -Force
Delete all the folders that start with Azure from the C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules and C:\Users\AzureStackAdmin\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules folders. Deleting these folders removes any existing PowerShell modules.
Azure Stack requires the 2017-03-09-profile API version profile, which is available by installing the AzureRM.Bootstrapper module. In addition to the AzureRM modules, you should also install the Azure Stack-specific PowerShell modules.
Run the following PowerShell script to install these modules on your development workstation:
Version 1.4.0 (Azure Stack 1804 or greater)
PowerShell
# Install the AzureRM.Bootstrapper module. Select Yes when prompted to install NuGet
Install-Module -Name AzureRm.BootStrapper
# Install and import the API Version Profile required by Azure Stack into the current PowerShell session.
Use-AzureRmProfile -Profile 2017-03-09-profile -Force
# Install Module Version 1.4.0 if Azure Stack is running 1804 at a minimum
Install-Module -Name AzureStack -RequiredVersion 1.4.0
Version 1.2.11 (before 1804)
PowerShell
# Install the AzureRM.Bootstrapper module. Select Yes when prompted to install NuGet
Install-Module -Name AzureRm.BootStrapper
# Install and import the API Version Profile required by Azure Stack into the current PowerShell session.
Use-AzureRmProfile -Profile 2017-03-09-profile -Force
# Install Module Version 1.2.11 if Azure Stack is running a lower version than 1804
Install-Module -Name AzureStack -RequiredVersion 1.2.11
Confirm the installation by running the following command:
PowerShell
Get-Module -ListAvailable | where-Object {$_.Name -like “Azs*”}
If the installation is successful, the AzureRM and AzureStack modules are displayed in the output.
All seems simple, right?
The following video demonstrates the Set-AzureStackPS script, which is available to download via the following URL.
PowerShell for Azure Stack (102 downloads)Regards
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Hello,
Question: Have you ever had to perform a task for multiple users like granting a permission, policy or something else? and did you do it manually?
I can honestly say I have and it was so time consuming, especially when we have free tools available to use to perform theses actions within seconds/minutes instead of hours/days.
I have generated a script below which I have created to grant a Skype for Business Online policy to a number of users based on their Group Membership. Before you run this script the following assumputions will be made.
For the below script I have left in ‘IMOnly’ to show exactly what this script is designed to achieve. If a User doesnt have the IMOnly policy they will be granted the policy but if a User already has IMOnly granted. The script will skip the user and generate an output on screen plus to a definited .txt file before moving onto the next user.
clear-host
# Define Service Account
$username = '#########'
$password = '#########'
$pass = Convertto-Securestring -String $password -asPlaintext -Force
$credential = New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.PScredential -ArgumentList ($username, $pass)
# Connect to Office 365
Import-Module MSOnline
Connect-MsolService -Credential $credential
# Connect to Skype for Business Online
Import-Module -Name SkypeOnlineConnector
$sfboSession = New-CsOnlineSession -Credential $credential
Import-PSSession -Session $sfboSession -AllowClobber
# Get Group Members
Get-MsolGroupMember -GroupObjectId '#########' | export-csv -Path $env:HOMEDRIVE\INSTALL\#########.csv
# Import Users
$csv = Import-Csv -Path $env:HOMEDRIVE\#########\#########.csv
# Assign CsClientPolicy
Foreach ($row in $csv) {
If(Get-CsOnlineUser -Identity $row.EmailAddress | Where-object {$_.ClientPolicy -notcontains 'IMOnly'})
{
Grant-CsClientPolicy -Identity $row.EmailAddress -PolicyName 'IMOnly'
}
else
{
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Yellow $row.EmailAddress "Skipped User"
get-csonlineuser -id $row.EmailAddress | Where-object {$_.ClientPolicy -contains 'IMOnly'} | select-object DisplayName,ClientPolicy | out-file -FilePath $env:HOMEDRIVE\INSTALL\groupuserenbled.txt
}
}
You can also complete this command for On-Premises users by modifying the script to use Get-ADGroupMember as shown below.
# Get Group Members
Get-ADGroupMember -Identity '#########' | export-csv -Path $env:HOMEDRIVE\INSTALL\#########.csv
This script can be modified to complete other provisioning based on Group Membership, just copy and paste into PowerShell ISE and make the necessary changes
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Hello,
I have been recently working on a number of PowerShell scripts which have several different “Functions” and found that I need to use variables that may have been previous set in a previous Function action. If a variable has been set in a function we are not able to just use the $Variable name in the following function so, as we don’t want to be prompting for the same information over and over again we can get around this issue by using Global Variables.
The following script shows that $accountname prompt has been specified in both functions increase the manual input require to action this script. This is an acceptable method if you wanted to be prompted but in a scripting scenario PowerShell can do a lot more to reduce the need for manual input.
Function Get-Mailbox {
$accountname = Read-Host -Prompt 'Please enter - Account Name'
Get-Mailbox -Name $AccountName
}
Function Set-Mailbox{
$accountname = Read-Host -Prompt 'Please enter - Account Name'
$password = Read-Host -Prompt 'Please enter - Password'
Set-Mailbox -Name $accountname -Password $password
}
The following script is now using $Global:AccounName which sits outside of the Function blocks and looks at the $accountname variable when it has been specified or called into action. So any other functions within the script which require the $accountname variable will now be defined as $Global:AccountName as shown below.
$Global:AccountName = $accountname
Function Get-Mailbox {
$accountname = Read-Host -Prompt 'Please enter - Account Name'
Get-Mailbox -Name $AccountName
}
Function Set-Mailbox {
$password = Read-Host -Prompt 'Please enter - Password'
Set-Mailbox -Name $Global:AccountName -Password $password
}
This concludes how to use a Global Variable within your PowerShell script.
Remember: PowerShell is one of the most powerful tools available to all IT Professional and the best of it…. It’s FREE. It only requires you to launch the PowerShell Consoles whether that maybe PowerShell or PowerShell ISE. Start your PowerShell journey today and script actions you complete on a day to day basis to reduce the time and effort required.
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