Scheduled Task Windows 2008 R2 Interact with Desktop

Spent some time looking for this , as the wording has changed since the last time I used it. Look at the properties of the scheuled tasks, Security Options: "Run only when user is logged on" - interactive. "Run wheather user is logged on or not" - non-interactive, window will not display on the screen of the same user if logged on.

Great LDIF Examples

I was having a hard time finding the syntax to delete an object - found it on this page http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/CDS/ag/8.0/Creating_Directory_Entries-LDIF_Update_Statements.html

Convert String to Date Time

Here is the method I used to convert text to timestamps:

 $strtimeManual = "2013-02-14-0200"
  
 $strtimeManual = [datetime]::ParseExact($strtimeManual ,"yyyy-MM-dd-HHmm",$null)
  
 $endtimeManual = "2013-02-14-0400"
  
 $endtimeManual = [datetime]::ParseExact($endtimeManual ,"yyyy-MM-dd-HHmm",$null)
  
 $MyStartDate = $strtimeManual 
  
 $MyEndDate = $endtimeManual  

http://codeformatter.blogspot.com/

Ex-Room delegates still receiving invites

I found old room delegates were still receiving meeting invites.. . Cam across this article which details how to use the MFCMAPI tool to remove the hidden mailbox rule. Deleted Delegates Still Receive Meeting Invites for Other Mailbox Users http://exchangeserverpro.com/deleted-delegates-still-receive-meeting-invites-for-other-mailbox-users

Powershell TimeStamp

I like to have a timestamp when running reports, here is a nice quick one. $MyDate = get-date -Format "yyyy-MM-dd-HHmm" Reference: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee692801.aspx

Exchange 2010 One liner to add additional email address

Set-Mailbox user -EmailAddresses (((Get-Mailbox user).EmailAddresses)+="smtp:secondary@domain.com")

Exchange 2010 Database Size Report one liner

Here is a one liner for reporting the MS Exchange Database sizes, sorted by GB. Get-MailboxDatabase -Status | select name,@{Expression={$_.DatabaseSize.ToGB()};Label="DatabaseSizeInGB"} | sort DatabaseSizeInGB -Descending