Powershell: Get Folder Size ‘Quickly’
KB ID 0001660 Problem Right clicking a folder and selecting properties is usually how you would see how large a folder is. Which is great, but if your folder size is HUGE (i.e. many terabytes) then this takes ages! Solution If you use PowerShell you can get the figure considerably quicker! Below I want to ge the size of E:\Shared; In MegaBytes; “{0:N2}” -f ((Get-ChildItem -path E:\Shared -recurse | Measure-Object -property...
Cannot Recreate Azure AD ‘Local’ AD Connector
KB ID 0001659 Problem While trying to fix another Azure AD Replication problem today I managed to delete one of the connectors (the one for the local ‘on-prem’ Active Directory). In an effort to ‘recreate’ it, I ran the ‘Microsoft Azure Active Directory Connect’ and went to ‘Customise the Synchronisation Options’. Unfortunately I got this error; The forest {forest-name} cannot be added...
VMware Edge Gateway VPN to Cisco ASA
KB ID 0001658 Problem I was asked to setup a VPN to help out a colleague this week. When I had a look, one end turned out to be an Edge Gateway, I wasn’t that concerned, I’d done similar things in my prior role, I just didn’t have access to the vCloud or VMware at this datacenter. Depite my best efforts on the ASA, the tunnel refused to come up, it took a little looking ‘under the covers’ to accurately...
Adding Duo 2FA to Microsoft ADFS
KB ID 0001656 Problem I did a Duo run through a few weeks ago, and to be honest their documentation is usually pretty good. I was spinning this up as a PoC for a client so I thought I’d put my take on the procedure here. ADFS Duo Pre-Requisites I already have a Duo Authentication Proxy server setup and my users are enrolled, you will need to set this up first. See the following article; Duo: ADSync and Enroll Users via SMS Log...
PowerShell: Disable MFA For All O365 Users
KB ID 0001655 Problem If you have something boring/repetitive to do then Powershell is your friend! I needed to do this for a client that’s replacing their Office365/Azure AD MFA (Multi Factor Authentication) with Duo. Solution Connect to your Microsoft Services Online, i.e. Office365/Azure, using your administrative credentials with the following command; Connect-MsolService Then (Note: I’ve got more than 1000 users so I...