Michael B. Smith @essentialexch
I am the average "admin user". Beyond the requirement for average expertise - I will complain! Consultant, Exchange/Azure/AD/PowerShell expert, Father. essential.exchange/blog Charlottesville, Virginia, USA Joined August 2009-
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Well, @brightspeed said they couldn't get a tech here for over a week. For something they broke this morning (static IP address update). So, I cancelled their service. I've been a customer since January of 1988. Good work @brightspeed! You lost a 37.5 year customer!
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Active Directory documentation script 3.20. @essentialexch did 99% of the work on this update. Thank you, MBS. #Version 3.20 31-Jul-2025, update done by Michael B. Smith #An RODC may not have a dnsHostName attribute. In that case, store the Name attribute instead #Correct…
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Exchange Server Subscription Edition (SE) is now available | Microsoft Community Hub techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/exchange/…
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Microsoft pulls major tech conference from Seattle over crime, drug use, homelessness | Ari Hoffman & Jonathan Choe, The Post Millenial “The customers cited the general uncleanliness of the street scene, visibility of individuals engaging in drug use, and unhoused individuals,…
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Intune PowerShell (Platform) scripts suddenly not running anymore? It turns out that the Intune Management Extension (IME, also known as the SideCar agent) policy payload has changed slightly. It now includes an additional encrypted block with the same PowerShell script…
A great read.
AI eliminating workers? Not so much. AI saving time? Not so much. futurism.com/time-workers-s…
.@BitTitan @MigrationWiz I've had a critical issue open with your support since Monday. I've had users who haven't been able to work since last Friday. How long until we get help?
I would call it the Year 2037 problem, but yes, absolutely it's real!
I would call it the Year 2037 problem, but yes, absolutely it's real!
Michael B. Smith retweeted
In real world incidents, we often see attackers compromise on-premises environments and then pivot into the cloud. We understand most large organizations, and even smaller ones, still have a significant on-premises identity footprint. To help you protect M365 from on-premises…
TIL. Interesting.
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"Security is a priority" somehow missed the Update-MgUserPassword command. -CurrentPassword and -NewPassword expect a string value. #MicrosoftGraph #PowerShell
Great advert!
I feel this.
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JD Vance on how the U.S. should respond when NATO countries threaten Americans like Elon Musk over free speech. “If NATO wants us to continue supporting them, and NATO wants us to continue to be a good participant in this military alliance, why don't you respect American values…
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