How to Identify Your Azure AD Connect Server
Azure AD Connect is the synchronization service that will make sure your local Active Directory and Office 365 are kept in sync. Maybe it’s been a while since you installed …
How to Find the AD and Exchange Schema Version
Perhaps it’s been a couple of years since you extended your Active Directory schema. Or maybe you inherited someone else’s installation and documentation is non-existent. With the following PowerShell script …
Which Process is Making the Network Connection?
This article will show you how to quickly identify the process (application or service) that’s generating specific network communication on your system. Sample scenario: Your network team tells you Server …
DNS Stub Zones
DNS stub zones are used to enable your DNS servers to resolve records in another domain. The information in the stub zone allows your DNS to contact the authoritative DNS …
targetAddress
The targetAddress is a very potent attribute that can be set on the Active Directory user, group and contact object types. When the targetAddress is set all emails sent to …
proxyAddresses
proxyAddresses is a multivalued attribute in Active Directory (AD) that is used on users, groups and contacts in order to facilitate mail delivery. To configure this attribute using PowerShell you …
What is IdFix?
The IdFix tool from Microsoft is a free tool that helps you identify and fix problems with User, Contact and Group objects in your Active Directory. But what’s the problem? …
Azure AD Connect
Azure AD Connect is a synchronization tool that connects your local on-premise Active Directory with the Office 365 Azure Active Directory. Integrating your local domain with the Office 365 Azure …
Office 365 Management Tools
Most organizations using Office 365 “enjoy” a hybrid environment. This means resources are spread across a local installation and the cloud. The consequence is an inconvenient need to manage both …
How To Get ALL Active Directory User Object Attributes
A question came to me last week when I was doing a deep drill of Azure AD Connect user attribute mapping and replication: What attributes can an Active Directory user …