Create Distribution Group in ADDS from CSV file.

Hi thereThis article it's to show how to create DG (Distribution Groups) from CSV file into ADDS.We got an export from Lotus Notes Distribution Group (same client) where we have:Group NameMembers: with CN and email (as contacts) on the same column Challengescreate the Distribution Groups from CSV file (as is, with blank spaces on name)import members … Continue reading Create Distribution Group in ADDS from CSV file. →

Creating Contacts in Active Directory from CSV

Hi thereIn this article I'm covering how to create contacts in Active Directory from CSV with prefix avoiding duplicate entries when we have info@gmail.com and info@yahoo.com where Name / Display name should be "info" under your Contacts OU.In order to avoid that we have the following scriptPrefix : "CA-Contact-"Contact name / displayname : $contactname = … Continue reading Creating Contacts in Active Directory from CSV →

Permanently Delete Office 365 Users and Groups

Hi thereI got the following error trying to solve an issue this morning for a migration where the same username was being used with different UPN and as a guest accountthiago.beier@tecbis.com.brthiago.beier@#guestemailThe quick fix to these errors is:Permanent delete the user from recycle binLog on Office 365 tenant with PowerShellConnect-MsolServicelist all deleted users (user on recycle … Continue reading Permanently Delete Office 365 Users and Groups →

Azure – automate VM start up and shutdown on a schedule

Hi therein this article I'm covering how to save costs on your VM environment by scheduling a time to start and stop your VM on a schedule.Create an Azure Automation accountgo to Azure Portal home \ marketplace \ search for automationcreate an azure automation accountgive it a name:finish the wizardwait until the azure automation account … Continue reading Azure – automate VM start up and shutdown on a schedule →

Azure – IAAS + SQL

Hi therein this article I'll demonstrate how to spin up a SQL server 2019 Standard version on Azure IAAS on a standard VM (Windows 2019 from marketplace).Setup your environmentI used this Terraform main.tf Quick reviewdownload Terraform from https://www.terraform.io/downloads.htmledit your Windows PATH variable to point to your terraform main folder (I have a main folder for Azure deployments … Continue reading Azure – IAAS + SQL →