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Lync 2013: Monitoring Mirrored SQL Databases With PowerShell

2013-11-25 3 min read Lync Microsoft Powershell System Administration Zachary Loeber

In Lync 2013 you are given a powerful new backend redundancy option for your important databases in the form of SQL mirroring. In this article I’ll discuss which services are able to be mirrored, the databases they encompass, and provide a PowerShell script to generate a report on the database mirror status. I also threw in Lync CMS replication and service status sections because it is the civil thing to do…

AD Audit Report With Powershell: Part 2

2013-11-02 6 min read Active Directory Active Directory Exchange Exchange 2010 Lync Microsoft Office Communicator Server Powershell System Administration Zachary Loeber

I’ve updated my AD auditing report. The forest level report now includes AD integrated zones, GPOs, and fixed code to conform to strict v2 Powershell. I’ve also included a new domain level report! This report provides some user/group stats, all privileged group membership, and more.

Active Directory Audit Report With Powershell

2013-10-18 3 min read Active Directory Exchange Exchange 2010 Lync Microsoft Office Communicator Server Powershell System Administration Zachary Loeber

Not too long ago I wrote a quick post on how easy it is to gather information from AD. As a case in point example I provided a script to gather all the disabled user accounts which are still assigned Lync IDs. In this script I take it one step further and provide a full blown Active Directory reporting script which can be produced with any non-privileged domain user account.

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