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How to Check if a PowerShell Script is Running with Admin Privileges

Last Update: Jun 05, 2025

Use a .NET API to check if the user running your script is a local administrator.

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Marking Office 365 Documents and Email as Formal Records

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft released a report in late October to demonstrate how well Microsoft 365 meets the compliance needs of the financial sector subject to U.S. regulations. The level of inaccuracy in the text meant that I didn’t think much of the report. In any case, the report placed great emphasis on two developments. The first was…

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How to Monitor Network Activity Using Windows 10 Packet Monitor (PKTMON)

Last Update: May 08, 2025

Learn how to debug network issues in Windows 10 and Windows Server with PacketMon.

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Understanding and Exploring Continuous Access Evaluation for Azure Active Directory

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Reducing the time that security tokens remain valid negatively affects the end-user experience. CAE is designed to address the problem.

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How to Automatically Unlock BitLocker Protected Devices Connected to Wired Networks

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Network Unlock allows devices connected to a wired network to automatically unlock BitLocker-protected OS drives.

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How to Push Data via PowerShell to PowerBI

Last Update: Jun 04, 2025

PowerBI has quickly become a top platform for data analytics within the Office 365 set of applications. With the ability to consume data from a variety of sources, manipulate, visualize, and publish that data, PowerBI stands out as an easy to use and powerful data visualization platform. With the ability to utilize PowerShell as a…

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How to Copy Active Directory Groups from One User to Another with PowerShell

Last Update: May 24, 2025

Use PowerShell to create consistent user objects in Active Directory.

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How to Audit and Test Windows 10 Controlled Folder Access

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Audit and test Microsoft Defender Controlled Folder Access to help protect your organization against ransomware.

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GET-IT Azure DevOps is Happening Right Now

Petri’s GET-IT: Azure DevOps 1-Day virtual conference is a day of free learning dedicated to deep technical content aimed at IT Pros and Developers who are looking to enhance their knowledge and skills for developing, deploying, managing, and scaling their operations. Throughout the day you will hear from Microsoft MVPs and industry experts about how to get…

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How to Update User Photos for Microsoft 365 Accounts

Last Update: Jun 04, 2025

Photos Enhance the Tenant Directory In the past I have written about the desirability of assigning photos to guest users and how to use PowerShell to assign a default photo to guest users. Nice as it is to have photos for guest users, it’s even more important to have photos for tenant user accounts, especially…

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