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PowerShell expert Jeff Hicks wraps up his lesson on managing Active Directory OUs with PowerShell by showing you how to move and delete them.

If you have ever wondered where you can find an object that was deleted from the Archive Directory or if you ever wanted to see the details of your lost objects, this post by Daniel Petri can help you. With these instructions, you will have the ability to recover deleted objects.

Sometimes you want to delete a file but when you do so an error message pops and tells you it cannot be done. Method #1 – Kill explorer.exe Do successfully delete an undeletable file that is caught be the explorer.exe process (and most of them are) do the following: Open a Command Prompt window and…

Experiment with the newest features and familiarize yourself with Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 in a free, online virtual environment. TechNet Virtual labs are simple—no complex setup or installation is required. You need to sign up (did I mention it’s free?) with your passport account, and after you do that you will gain access to…

The latest version of the PowerShell module for Azure Active Directory contains the cmdlets to recover a deleted Office 365 Group (and a plan or a team). We have been waiting for this feature for two and a half years, but maybe the waiting makes the feature all the sweeter…

MC673983 – Microsoft is pleased to announce the release of the Delete Thread API. This release will allow Tenant Admins to delete 1:1 chat threads, meeting chat threads, and group chat threads as well as restore them via PowerShell scripts.  When this will happen: Rollout will begin in early September 2023 and is expected to…

MC577357 – IT admins or Viva Goals admins can deactivate organizations or delete them if required from the Viva Goals Admin portal. They can also configure to automatically deactivate inactive organizations. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID {{Roadmap ID}} When this will happen: Standard Release: Microsoft will begin rolling out late June…

As your organization’s logical layout changes, you may need to delete OUs in Active Directory (AD) from your domain controllers. In this post, we’ll show you two different ways to delete protected OUs (Organizational Units) and what minor roadblocks you may come across while doing so. Why you cannot delete protected OU in Active Directory…

Can I recover deleted items through Outlook 2003 in Exchange 2003? Can I recover hard-deleted items through Outlook? Of course you can. Deleted items that are deleted via OWA or the regular Outlook client can be easily recovered, as long as the items that were deleted we not purged from the Exchange store. See Using…

In this article, MVP Daniel Petri walks through the process of SMTP authentication using the SMTP-AUTH login command. Get detailed instructions and examples for connecting users to your mail server via this method.