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If you’re managing users in Microsoft Entra ID, you may need to find when an account was created, whether for reporting, audits, or tracking the user lifecycle. This information can help identify dormant accounts, confirm onboarding dates, or support compliance efforts. One efficient way to handle this is to find Entra ID user creation date … Read more
Today, I ran into a situation that many admins will recognize. I needed to deploy an Intune configuration policy to a specific group of users, but the group in question was a Microsoft 365 group. As some of you might know, Intune policies can only be deployed to security-enabled groups, and Microsoft 365 groups, by … Read more
In today’s digitally driven world, Microsoft Bookings stands out as a convenient and efficient scheduling tool integrated within the Microsoft 365 suite. It simplifies the process of managing appointments and schedules for businesses. However, one less obvious aspect of setting up a Microsoft Bookings Calendar is that it automatically generates a dedicated mailbox within your … Read more
By default, anyone booking a room or resource in Exchange can mark the meeting as private. This hides details like the organizer’s name and the meeting subject from others, which is not ideal in environments where transparency is needed, such as shared meeting rooms. Using the Set-CalendarProcessing cmdlet with the -RemovePrivateProperty $true parameter ensures that … Read more
If you need to check when a user’s mailbox was created, you can easily do this using Exchange Online PowerShell. This is useful for troubleshooting, auditing, or understanding the lifecycle of a mailbox. Step 1: Connect to Exchange Online First, connect to Exchange Online: Connect-ExchangeOnline You’ll be prompted to sign in with an account that … Read more
This is a powershell script that removes or renames special characters from files or folder. Very useful if you are going to upload a lot of files to SharePoint or OneDrive and you files contains illegal characters. $folder = ‘c:\mytest’ Get-ChildItem $folder -Recurse | ? {$_ -match ‘%|#|_’} | sort psiscontainer, {$_.fullname.length * –1} | … Read more
Connect with Powershell to your Exchange Online. Run this command to list all users and mobile phones: Get-mobiledevice | select devicetype, deviceos, identity Add | out-grudview if you want the ability to group the list after for example mobile phone type. Get-mobiledevice | select devicetype, deviceos, identity | out-gridview You can also list users with … Read more