I wrote this script to collect LUNs information (mostly Size and Free Space) on our SQL and Exchange servers. If we assign the LUN from Storage system as NTFS mount point, you can’t really see the Total size and Free disk space in GUI (File Explorer). So I wrote this script to collect and monitor … Continue reading PowerShell: List iSCSI and Fiber Channel LUNs on a Windows Server →

I see quser.exe and telnet.exe is in C:\Windows\System32. But in Command prompt, it says “is not recognized as an internal or external command”. WTF Microsoft? They screwed up (may be in name of security) big time.  I installed telnet client in Windows Features. It’s the same deal. WTF? I didn’t find anything on Internet to … Continue reading Windows 10 (8.1): built-in commands is not recognized as an internal or external command →

User account has c and co attributes to specify the country of the user. c attribute has the country code and co has actual country name. When we edit the user accounts to populate the country code,  we need to know the correct code. These country codes are defined in ISO 3166 (LINK). If you … Continue reading Country Codes used in Active Directory →

I have added batch migrations (with an csv file) in Exchange 2013 web console. Then I wanted to see the migration (mailbox move) status in Exchange Shell. Get-MoveRequest –BatchName “CorrectBatchName” That returned nothing. I was baffled. I found the answer when I ran the following command. BatchName property has the correct batch name format. Get-MoveRequest … Continue reading Exchange 2013: Get-MoveRequest batch status returns nothing →

You can check installed PowerShell version in three ways. Check out the commands below: PS C:\> $PSVersionTableName                           Value----                           -----PSVersion                      5.0.10130.0WSManStackVersion              3.0SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1CLRVersion                     4.0.30319.42000BuildVersion                   10.0.10130.0PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3 PS C:\> $Host.VersionMajor  Minor  Build  Revision-----  -----  -----  --------5      0      10130  0 PS C:\> (Get-Host).VersionMajor  Minor  Build  Revision-----  -----  -----  --------5      0      10130  0

I read PowerShell.com’s blog get display name out of user name in a one line. Here is a quick way to find the current user in your Active Directory and retrieve account information such as the display name:([adsisearcher]"(samaccountname=$env:USERNAME)").FindOne().Properties['displayname'] I have even found easier way than using Active Directory PowerShell Module. (Get-ADUser $env:USERNAME).name

Get-MailboxStatistics cmdlet gives TotalItemSize which is the mailbox size. But the TotalItemSize doesn't contain the mailbox size in numbers, it's a PowerShell deserialized object. This command displays the mailbox size from the value property: (Get-MailboxStatistics -Identity username).TotalItemSize.Value Example output: 10.43 GB (11,202,063,583 bytes) But how to make it usable in creating reporting or other purpose. … Continue reading Exchange: How to get Mailbox size in Exchange Shell? →

With the new update (KB2661254), Microsoft is started blocking the websites with certificate key length is 1024 or less. With this IE will never let you connect to site at all. All you get is "Click here to close this webpage". Fortunately Microsoft explained how to override this security feature in the same KB article … Continue reading Internet Explorer (IE) – “Continue to this website” option is missing →