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Voicemail messages aren’t delivered in Teams but received in outlook

If you have a problem with your teams not delivered in teams but you still receive the email notification it might be a problem with your Exchange delivery. First part to investigate is testing the Teams Voice mail issue using the following link https://testconnectivity.microsoft.com/tests/TeamsVoicemail/input Based on the test, you can fix the issue, [...]

2024-01-23T19:54:51-05:00January 23rd, 2024|Microsoft|Comments Off on Voicemail messages aren’t delivered in Teams but received in outlook

PowerShell Script to download and unzip files

The below PowerShell script will demonstrate how to download and unzip files to specific directory. #!powershell # Setup Key Values ################################### $URL="http://yourserver//yourzipfilename.zip" $downloadtargetpath= "C:\temp\yourzipfilename.zip" $unziptargetpath= "C:\temp" # Forece TLS 1.2 ################################### [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::ServerCertificateValidationCallback = {$true} [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12 # Download the script to C:\temp Directory ########################################### write-host " " write-host "Download the zip [...]

2023-04-25T02:04:23-04:00April 25th, 2023|Microsoft, Powershell Scripts|0 Comments

PowerShell Script to Add IP to Local Host File

The below PowerShell script will Add any IP you like to the Local Windows Host File for name resolving . #!powershell # Setup Key Values ################################### $ServerName = "ad01.knowledgeascent.com' $IPofServerName = "10.100.200.50" $file = "C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts" $hostname = $env:computername # Adding the IP to Local Host File ##################################### function add-host([string]$filename, [string]$ip, [string]$hostname) { [...]

2022-06-09T12:40:30-04:00June 9th, 2022|Microsoft, Powershell Scripts|0 Comments

PowerShell Script to install and configure SNMP

The below PowerShell script will check if SNMP is installed, if it is not installed it will install the service and configure it. #!powershell # Setup Key Values ################################### ## Security Tab $managers = @("localhost","mgt1.knowledgeascent.com") $ReadOnlyCommunities = @("public") $ReadWriteCommunities = @("publicrw") ## Agent Tab $sysContact = "SNMPAdmin@knowledgeascent.com" $sysLocation = "KA Data Center" [...]

2021-11-26T01:59:28-05:00November 26th, 2021|Microsoft, Powershell Scripts|0 Comments

Getting error “The specified account does not exist” when using Meraki VPN or VPN account different than domain account.

When connecting using the VPN on Windows 7, Windows will try to authenticate with the VPN credentials instead of the Domain credentials.This will give you an error “The specified account does not exist” when trying to access domain resources like file shares. To solve this problem you should disable using RAS credentials on the [...]

2023-04-25T01:59:55-04:00June 25th, 2018|Microsoft|0 Comments

PowerShell Script to rename local Guest account

The below PowerShell script will demonstrate how to rename local guest account. #!powershell# Setup Key Values###################################$computername = "$env:computername"# Rename Local Guest Account  ###################################$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"# Create computer object$computer = [ADSI]("WinNT://$computerName,computer")# Get local users list$userList = $computer.psbase.Children | Where-Object { $_.psbase.schemaclassname -eq 'user' }foreach ($user in $userList)  {   # Create a user object in order to [...]

2018-05-04T01:16:51-04:00May 4th, 2018|Microsoft, Powershell Scripts|0 Comments

PowerShell Script to rename local Administrator account

The below PowerShell script will demonstrate how to rename local administrator account. #!powershell# Setup Key Values###################################$computername = "$env:computername" # Rename Local Administrator Account  ###################################$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"# Create computer object$computer = [ADSI]("WinNT://$computerName,computer")# Get local users list$userList = $computer.psbase.Children | Where-Object { $_.psbase.schemaclassname -eq 'user' }foreach ($user in $userList)  {   # Create a user object in order to [...]

2018-05-04T01:15:48-04:00May 4th, 2018|Microsoft, Powershell Scripts|0 Comments

PowerShell Script to disable windows firewall or add rules to the firewall

The below PowerShell script will disable local host windows firewall. #!powershell# Disable Firewall#########################write-host " " write-host "Disabling firewall" -ForegroundColor Yellowwrite-host " "Set-NetFirewallProfile -Profile * -Enabled False If you are looking to only opening some ports, below is the script that you should consider. #!powershell# Adding Rules in the Windows Firewall#######################################write-host " " write-host [...]

2017-12-25T15:09:14-05:00December 24th, 2017|Microsoft, Powershell Scripts|0 Comments

PowerShell Script to change Windows Host timezone

The below PowerShell script will help change the Windows host time zone to Eastern Standard Time. #!powershell# Change the Timezone to EST###################################write-host " " write-host "Changing Windows Host time zone to Eastern Standard Time" -ForegroundColor Yellowwrite-host " "Set-TimeZone -Name "Eastern Standard Time"

2017-12-25T15:08:34-05:00December 8th, 2017|Microsoft, Powershell Scripts|0 Comments

PowerShell Script to Add Domain Group to Remote Desktop Users Group

The below PowerShell script will Add an Active Directory Domain Group to Computer Local Remote Desktop Users Group. #!powershell# Setup Key Values###################################$GrouptoAdd = "YourGroupName"# Adding Domain Group to Remote Desktop Users Group####################################################write-host " " write-host "Adding Domain Group $GrouptoAdd to Remote Desktop Users Group" -ForegroundColor Yellowwrite-host " "$GroupObj = [ADSI]”WinNT://localhost/Remote Desktop Users”$GroupObj.Add(“WinNT://knowledgeascent.com/$GrouptoAdd”) [...]

2017-12-25T14:57:33-05:00November 30th, 2017|Microsoft, Powershell Scripts|0 Comments

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