Exchange 2016/2019 2022 H1 Cumulative Updates released

Andres Bohren
Hi All, Apart from the Exchange 2016/2019 Cumulative Update there have been some major Changes annouced today on the Exchange Team Blog Servicing Model changes from Quarterly Updates to Semi-anual (target March and September) Exchange 2019 CU12 Microsoft introduces a Free Exchange License for the Exchange Server Exchange 2019 CU12 supports now a MFA enabled Acccount for Hybrid Management PowerShell (Get-HybridAgent, UpdateHybridApplication, Get-HybridApplication, Remove-HybridApplication) Exchange 2019 CU12 supports now Windows Server 2022 OS The latest Exchange CU Supports now Windows Server 2022 Active Directory

Exchange HealthChecker

Andres Bohren
Hi All, Do you know the Exchange Server HealthChecker Script from the Microsoft Exchange CSS Team? It's recommended to run after you Install Exchange Server or after a Security or Cumulative Update. Exchange Server HealthChecker https://microsoft.github.io/CSS-Exchange/Diagnostics/HealthChecker/ I've downloaded the Script already. If you run the Script it will check for a new Version. As you can see the Script was updated, but you have to restart the Exchange Management Shell. .

MSIdentityTools PowerShell Module v2.0.10 released

Andres Bohren
Hi All, Today Microsoft has released a new Version of the MSIdentityTools PowerShell Module MSIdentityTools 2.0.10 https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/MSIdentityTools/2.0.10 Find-Module MSIdentityTools If you have already installed a Version of the PowerShell Module Uninstall-Module MSIdentityTools Install the PowerShell Module Install-Module MSIdentityTools Get-Command -Module MSIdentityTools Get-MsIdAzureIpRange | measure Connect-MgGraph Resolve-MsIdTenant -TenantValue icewolfch.onmicrosoft.com Regards Andres Bohren

Many ways to send an Email with PowerAutomate/Flow

Andres Bohren
Hi All, There are many ways to send Emails from PowerAutomate (aka Flow). In this Blog Article i will show you three ways to send an Email. I reccomend to use Variant 2 and use your M365 Mailbox to send Emails. Variant 1 - Sendmail Create a new Cloud Flow Manual Trigger and Flowname is "Demo01" Add a Step Search for: "Mail" And select "E-Mail-Benachrichtigung versenden (V3)" Apparently this is done by Sendgrid Infrastructure so i have to accept

Detect if your PowerShell code is running in Windows Terminal

Andres Bohren
Hi All, Ever wanted to detect if your PowerShell Script is running in a WindowsTerminal Session? As you can see, the default Font is a bit bigger than in the other PowerShell Windows Here is some code to detect that if ($env:WT_SESSION) { Write-Host "Windows Terminal detected" } else { Write-Host "Windows Terminal not detected" } Windows Terminal PowerShell 5 PowerShell 7 PowerShell ISE Regards Andres Bohren

Exchange Managed Availability

Andres Bohren
Hi All, Since Exchange 2016 the Monitoring of Exchange is built in and is based on "Managed Availability" Managed availability https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/high-availability/managed-availability/managed-availability?view=exchserver-2019 To get an overview of your Exchange Environement use the following Command #Get Exchange HealthReport Get-HealthReport -Identity $env:Computername | where {$_.state -ne "NotApplicable"} Show all Components from a specific Server that are not Healthy use the following command Get-ServerHealth -Identity $env:Computername | where {$_.CurrentHealthSetState -ne "NotApplicable" -AND $_.AlertValue -ne "

Microsoft Teams TimeZone Settings

Andres Bohren
Hi All, Did you notice the Timezone Information in your Teams Contacts within your Organization. But where does that come from? The User can set the Timezone in his Account Settings https://myaccount.microsoft.com/settingsandprivacy/language Basically it's the Timezone from Exchange/Outlook. You can set that in Outlook on the Web https://outlook.office.com/mail/options/general/timeAndLanguage You can show a List ov available Timezones with the following Command $TimeZone = Get-ChildItem "HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Time zones" | foreach {Get-ItemProperty $_.PSPath}; $TimeZone | sort Display | Format-Table -Auto PSChildname,Display

Enable Tenant-level Analytics in Power Plattform (Preview)

Andres Bohren
Hi All, Since a few Days you can enable Tenant-level Analytics in Power Plattfom as a Preview Feature. Tenant-level analytics (Preview) https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/admin/tenant-level-analytics Power Plattform admin center https://admin.powerplatform.microsoft.com/ Now you have to wait 24 Hours. After that you can switch between "Tenant level analytics" and "Environement level analytics" Yo can see better Screenshots (with data) from the Article below Tenant-level Analytics for Power Apps (preview) https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/admin/powerapps-analytics-reports Regards Andres Bohren

Exchange Redirect in Messagetrace

Andres Bohren
Hi All, Recently i had a call from a Collegue. He had the following Scenario: An Email was redirected via Exchange Transport Rule (ETR) Something similar to this one When you now look at the Messagetrace you will see Events like that: Receive Transport Rule Redirect Fail Drop He was a little concerned about the Fail and Drop Events. But that's absolutely fine. Redirect means, the Mail will not reach the orginal Recipient - therefore Fail and Drop.

Git client 2.35.3 released

Andres Bohren
Hi All, Git has released a new version of the Git Client to address the vulnerability described in CVE-2022-24765. Git security vulnerability announced https://github.blog/2022-04-12-git-security-vulnerability-announced/ Git Client download https://git-scm.com/downloads git --version Regards Andres Bohren