Use Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) to configure your infrastructure on-premises and in the cloud. In an environment where changes and deployments are happening all the time, DSC makes the necessary adjustments to the system so you don’t have to. Pro PowerShell Desired State Configuration shows you how. PowerShell DSC is a powerful configuration… READ MORE
In our webinar, Drive Adoption of Office 365 Groups and SharePoint Sites, we were asked how to limit creation of new SharePoint Sites. Our answer: Start by limiting who can create groups. For the bigger reference, use this Microsoft article. However, here’s my personal Coles Notes I keep so I can get right down to it (replace items… READ MORE
Data discovery and classification isn’t just done with high-end, expensive software. Using the PowerShell scripting language, you can build custom tools that compare to the features you get paying thousands of dollars for free! Data Discovery Figuring out where all your data resides can be a daunting task. With so many data sources like databases,… READ MORE
The Office 365 Management Activity API is a REST endpoint that can be used to access audit events from user, admin, system, and policy actions and events in Azure and Office365 workloads (its been around for a while first appeared in 2015 in preview). Within Office365 there are many ways of accessing this type of information the Primary… READ MORE
Howdy Folks! As promised in previous blog post related to Office groups , I’m back now with some cool PowerShell cmdlets which should ease your work in managing Office 365 groups in your organization . If you’re new to Office 365 groups, I humbly request you to read in detail about Office 365 groups by accessing this link.… READ MORE
Hub sites bring a set of common functions to all sites that belong the hub, but extensions are not propagated to all sites automatically. With PnP PowerShell is possible to automate the installation of Application Customizers through the sites, the script below search for all sites associated with hub and apply the custom action to… READ MORE
In this blog post, I will be talking about Azure advanced threat protection deployment, and walk you through my experience doing large implementation in an environment with virtual domain controllers hosted on VMware clusters. You can also read about Azure advanced threat protection lateral movement, Azure ATP and Windows Defender ATP integration, and Azure ATP vs ATA. Azure advanced threat… READ MORE
In this chapter, we’re going to start with the component services console for a key setting related to user profile synchronization in SharePoint 2010 and 2013 and we’ll discuss the importance of this setting. Then, we’ll switch gears and look at the Windows Operating system’s App Fabric 1.1 for Windows server service and learn how… READ MORE
Let’s say you are migrating from another system and you need to create multiple site collection by PowerShell? This code covers : How to connect to office 365 using credentials stored in a text file, so that you don’t have to re-authenticate each time you run it. Iterate an array of sites URL to be… READ MORE
The Office 365 Developer Patterns and Practices PowerShell Cmdlets turn out to be lifesavers for many people. They easily allow you to create artifacts in your SharePoint sites, like lists, fields, etc. without needing to click around or write a complex C# application. The PowerShell Cmdlets come in 2 versions: one for Office 365 and… READ MORE
