Using PowerShell for System Administration and Automation Tasks

There was a task to organize mailings in accordance with the list of user e-mails in an Excel spreadsheet. Each e-mail message should contain some data specific to each user…

An Exchange mailbox can be assigned a number of additional SMTP addresses, which are known as proxy addresses (aliases). These addresses allow the user to receive e-mails that are sent…

When starting a new service or app on Windows, you may find that the port you want to use is already occupied (listening) by another program (process). This article will…

Plus addressing (sometimes called subaddressing) allows you to use unique dynamic SMTP e-mail addresses for your mailbox. It is typically used to protect against spam, track marketing companies, and categorize…

You can use the Import-CSV PowerShell cmdlet to read the contents of a CSV file. Once you load the contents of the CSV file, you get a PowerShell object in…

You can allow users to send e-mails on behalf of the shared mailbox in Exchange Server and Microsoft 365 (Exchange Online). However, such an e-mail, once it has been sent,…

In Windows, you can manage the settings for your network adapters not only from the GUI but also from the PowerShell command prompt. In this article, we’ll look at the…

In some cases, Outlook clients may stop updating the Exchange Global or Offline Address Book with the error “Outlook cannot update Global Address Book 0x80200049” or 0x80070057. You can add…

When you delete a user account in Azure (Microsoft 365), the user is not deleted immediately. The disabled user account is stored in AAD for 30 days. In this article,…

You can use the built-in Send-MailMessage cmdlet to send SMTP e-mails from PowerShell. You can use this cmdlet to send e-mails in PowerShell version 2.0 and newer (previously you can…