To export a photo from AD use the following command: $a= Get-ADUser USERNAME -Properties thumbnailphoto $a.thumbnailphoto | Set-Content c:pathphoto.jpg -Encoding byte To search all users and export their attribute of jpegPhoto if you want to use them for thumbnailPhoto attribute, use the following script taken from here http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/ar-SA/ITCG/thread/4a1c0537-493c-409f-8ed3-b0798ad9f768 $filter = ‘(&(objectCategory=Person)(objectClass=User))’ $root= New-Object System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry(“LDAP://RootDSE“) $searcher = New-Object […]
Author: jermsmit
Do you have a laptop, are you running Windows 7, and most of all, does your battery seem like its running low faster than it should be? If so perhaps running the following command from the command prompt will give you more information about what’s going on: powercfg -energy This will run for about 1 minute, more […]
When I was moving a mailbox from Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2010 I had mailbox moves which fail due to the “corrupt” limit being hit. errorMessage: Message (size 11.00 MB ) exceeds the maximum allowed size for submission to the target mailbox. You can increase this limit by using the Set-Mailbox cmdlet in the Exchange […]
As you have noticed I am currently involved with turning up an Exchange 2010 server and migrating over. This doesn’t happen without learning some new tricks and getting to understand the new kid on the block. This is where New Local Move Request and I became friends. I was unable to move a mailbox account […]
The Microsoft Exchange Remote Connectivity Analyzer is awesome tool for troubleshooting Exchange external access. If you are setting up a new Exchange environment and want to test remotely, this is the tool for you.
Microsoft Web Platform Installer 3.0
The Microsoft Web Platform Installer 3.0 (Web PI) is a free tool that makes getting the latest components of the Microsoft Web Platform, including Internet Information Services (IIS), SQL Server Express, .NET Framework and Visual Web Developer easy. The Web PI also makes it easy to install and run the most popular free web applications […]