Bulk Create Distribution Lists (DL) in Microsoft O365 With Powershell

Recently due to an O365 tenant to tenant migration, we wanted to create distribution lists that were on tenant A, on tenant B. Creating a single distribution list with number of users in M365 admin center alone is a cumbersome task. As per our requirement, DL count is more than 100 with some have more than 50 users as members.

In a scenario like this, Powershell and Excel are your friends. I will explain how I achieved the goal.

Generate HPE Array Diagnostic Utility (ADU) Report on VMware ESXi – Step-by-Step

You can follow below steps to generate ADU report on a production ESXi host without rebooting the server to access Array Configuration Utility. I have tested this on a HPE DL360 Gen9 server with VMware ESXi 6 installed. If you have used a customized ESXi version from the HPE site to install ESXi, it contains drivers and packages/tools/utilities to manage and monitor the hardware.

If you have not used an ESXi version customized for HPE servers, to install Smart Storage Administrator follow steps listed later in the document.

Simple PowerShell Script to Get the Latest Installed Hotfix and Installed Date

One of our customers had a requirement to get the last installed Windows update and the installed date on several machines through MECM. Since MECM does not offer readily available report for this type of scenario, I used PowerShell instead to query machines and get details.

Below is the script.

Create Azure P2S VPN with Azure AD Authentication

You can use Azure Point-to-Site (P2S) VPN to connect to your Azure Virtual Network from an individual device. This helps remote workers to access resources inside the VNet. You can use certificates, RADIUS or Azure AD for user authentication.

Azure AD authentication is the most recent and easiest method to configure. With AAD authentication you can leverage additional security features like MFA and Conditional Access. It uses OpenVPN protocol for tunneling. Below is the method to configure P2S VPN using Azure AD.

Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager Firewall Ports

This is a downloadable spreadsheet which consists of all default firewall ports related to MECM infrastructure. Primary purpose of this document is to give MECM Admins a simple overview of firewall ports required for MECM.