So, I ran into an issue where I needed to convert a ton of addresses to map points for use with a database. It’s not something that I have to do too often, but I decided to look through the documentation for Bing, Google, OpenStreet, and MapQuest API’s.
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Converting RTF to TXT via PowerShell
So I ran into a problem recently where I needed to convert an RTF document back to it’s base text values. I could do it via a copy & paste, but after digging around a little bit, I happened on an article from Microsoft with some pointers. How to: Convert RTF to Plain Text (C# … Read more
Identifying Old ActiveSync Devices
Using the Exchange Management Console, you can easily identify ActiveSync devices which are out of sync for a period of time. This is just a re-hash of multiple other posts, but I still think that the way in which I identify the devices is unique. I used only one variable in this script; $Days – … Read more
Exchange 2003 RUS to Exchange 2010 EAP
Like many of you, I’ve run into the fun situation of moving the Exchange 2003 Recipient Update Services to Exchange 2010’s Email Address Policy. Although the Exchange Team Blog has a great script (which I highly suggest that you use) for migration, I thought that it might be best to get a list of accounts … Read more
Exchange 2010 Terminated Users Migration Script
At my organization, I ran into an interesting situation. Our company, because of some policies which I do not comprehend, must keep departed personnel’s mailboxes for over one year. Now in most cases, I’d have exported these mailboxes to PSTs, delete the mailbox, then after a year, nix the PSTs. The burn is that other … Read more
Exchange 2010 Shell, PowerShell 3.0, and You!
Don’t you hate it when you launch Exchange 2010’s Management Shell and you are greeted with a lovely message like this: Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ExportPSSessionCommand, Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35 : Unable to find type [Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ExportPSSessionCommand, Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35]: make sure that the assembly containing this type is loaded. I’ve got one script and a shortcut change that … Read more
TechEd 2013 Media Leeching
This was my first year at Microsoft’s TechEd, and I have to say that I was blown away by the volume of content. There were several different times that I was unable to attend a session that I wanted because I was triple if not quadruple booked. Now that I’m back at the office, I … Read more
PowerShell & BlackBerry 10 Web Services (Part 1 – Preparation)
This is a follow-up to my previous four-part post about PowerShell & BlackBerry Web Services. If you need a primer on where this is coming from, see the first series. Like before, I’m going to run through each step that I used when setting this up, though there will be fewer references to the specifics … Read more
PowerShell & BlackBerry 10 Web Services (Part 2 – Coding)
In my first post, I explained how to get started with the BlackBerry 10 Web Services. Mostly it revolves around downloading and compiling a DLL that contains all the BlackBerry Web Service objects. In this post, I’ll be going over the PowerShell code that I wrote to leverage this DLL. We’re going to start with … Read more
Global Exchange 2010 Mail Flow
So, I got it in my head that it might be nice to have a script in my pocket to monitor the Exchange 2010 Mail Flow speeds. I used to have a similar script that worked with the Exchange 2007 systems that I maintain, but with the extensions of the PowerShell Snap-ins within Exchange 2010 … Read more