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System Center Operations Manager – Apply Licence using PowerShell

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If you are using System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) then you will find that you will need to apply your correct licence key to take it from an evaluation version up to a full version. To make this a simple process, you can run the following PowerShell command on your Operations Manager server: #Import Module import-module … Read more

System Center Operations Manager – Pre-Requisites Powershell Script

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If you are installing System Center Operations Manager, there are a number of pre-requisites that you need to install before running the installer. To make the pre-requisites installation easier, you can run the below Powershell command which will download and install all of the pre-reqs for you. Import-Module ServerManager Add-WindowsFeature NET-Framework-Core,AS-HTTP-Activation,Web-Static-Content,Web-Default-Doc,Web-Dir-Browsing,Web-Http-Errors,Web-Http-Logging,Web-Request-Monitor,Web-Filtering,Web-Stat-Compression,AS-Web-Support,Web-Metabase,Web-Asp-Net,Web-Windows-Auth –restart ##This section will … Read more

Microsoft Dynamics AX: Making Sense of Automated Retail Consolidation

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One of the major challenges that retailers encounter is meeting the extensive range of requirements of the target audience. As a result, offering a seamless customer experience across omni-channel is the secret ingredient to master the art of managing complex supply chains with enterprise efficiency, IT cost management and customer engagement. Enterprise efficiency comprises of … Read more

Exchange – Hide Contacts from Address Book

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If you have mail contacts in your Exchange environment then you may want to hide them from your global address book if you are using them as forwarders. To do this, open up Exchange Management Shell (EMS) and run the following command: Get-MailContact -OrganizationalUnit “ADOU” | Set-MailContact -hiddenfromaddresslistsenabled $true where: “ADOU” = Organisational Unit $true … Read more

Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 10 now with added DHCP

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So finally, Microsoft have released a new version of Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 10 (RSAT) this time including the DHCP Console. You can now get the updated package from Microsoft by downloading the installer using the button below: Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 10 COMMENTS If you have any questions or feedback, … Read more

SCSM – How to generate a strong name signature key file to seal a Management Pack

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If you are using System Center Service Manager and creating custom management packs then you will want to seal them with a strong name signature. To do this, you will need to first of all generate the key file to allow you to use it when sealing your management pack. You need to use the … Read more

Exchange 2007 – Create Multiple Mailboxes using Powershell

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We were recently setting up a test lab with an old version of Exchange 2007 to replicate a customers environment and we had created the required 250 users in Active Directory using some scripts but we also had to then create the mailboxes for these accounts. Not wanting to sit there manually creating all these … Read more