Microsoft Teams The Hub for Modern Collaboration
We are getting deep and will wrap up the Modern Collaboration blog series by tying all of the products we have discussed together using Microsoft Teams as our hub! Before...
Microsoft Posts
Restore Previous Versions and Deleted Files from OneDrive for Business and SharePoint
We are getting deep into the Modern Collaboration blog series. If you haven't read the previous articles, I'd strongly recommend starting from the...
Modern Collaboration: Sharing Files in OneDrive for Business and SharePoint
I hope you are enjoying the Modern Collaboration blog series. If you haven't read the previous articles in the series, I highly recommend you do. We started this series by...
Modern Collaboration: Accessing and Saving Files in OneDrive for Business and SharePoint
The time has come in my Modern Collaboration blog series to start diving deep into the how-to. We started this series by broadly talking about [what Modern Collaboration is and how...
Modern Collaboration with Microsoft OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams!
I've recently worked a lot with the Microsoft Cloud, specifically around productivity and Modern Collaboration. I decided to start a series of posts, and this is the second post in...
What is Modern Collaboration, and how does it impact business?
Modern Collaboration, Collaboration Transformation, Technology Revolution, Technology Transformation; I'm sure you have heard one or more of these terms before. They are very common to talk about in...
Pre-load awesome background images for Microsoft Teams Virtual Background using PowerShell
Microsoft Teams officially rolled out Virtual Backgrounds back in March, around the time COVID-19 went crazy in the United States. With COVID-19 came a slew of people working from home,...
How to check Exchange Online Distribution List activity over 30, 60, 90+ days?
All growing and/or large organizations will experience this. We have all of these Distribution Lists, but does anyone even use them or know why they were created 5, 10, 15...
Creating and Managing a Backlog using Microsoft 365 Apps
In the last few months, I've spent a lot of time organizing and planning. Most of this time was spent on my personal life organization around the house, but contrary...
Getting things done while working from home using Microsoft To Do!
At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, heck before the World Health Organization declared a pandemic. I started working 100% from home; this was primarily due to my being a...
Tracking and Automating Business Processes
As businesses grow, it becomes challenging to keep up with business processes. To keep up with a constant flow of tasks associated with these processes, you need to track them,...
Centralizing Your Chat Clients - Including Multiple Microsoft Teams Accounts!
[]({{ site.baseurl }}/assets/img/10/msteams.png) I ran into a scenario where I wanted to use Microsoft Teams more. I am one of those odd people...
Using PowerShell with RESTful API's - BirdDogHR API Module
In the last few months at work, we have been concentrating on integrating different cloud-hosted systems with our on-premise systems. Integration usually means using some ETL Tool to interact with...
My Microsoft HoloLens Adventure - Updates on Studying
A couple of weeks ago, I made a post on the study materials I planned on leveraging to learn how to program for the Microsoft HoloLens. This weekend was the...
My Microsoft HoloLens Adventure - First Impressions of the HoloLens
it's been over two weeks since my last post; however I have an excuse! It may not be a good excuse, however I went on a vacation to beautiful Las...
My Microsoft HoloLens Adventure - Preparing Study Resources
As I continue my adventure of learning how to program for the HoloLens, the first step is actually learning how to program! I am lucky enough that I took some...
My Microsoft HoloLens Adventure - Setting up the Development Tools
I've started my adventure of learning how to program for the Microsoft HoloLens. If you haven't heard about this new adventure please check out my blog post [My Microsoft HoloLens Adventure...
My Microsoft HoloLens Adventure - Introduction
I'm back!!! It's been almost a year to the day! I previously had claimed I was going to become much more active in my blogging and that turned out to...
Reflecting on Ignite 2015 - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
I know I am late to the game, Ignite ended over a week ago! I would just like to share my perspective on how the week went, as it was...
Building a Desired State Configuration (DSC) Lab
Recently I presenting at the Indianapolis PowerShell User Group and talked about Desired State Configuration. The presentation was 100% demonstrations, and I decided it would be a good idea to......
PowerShell: Check for user accounts running Windows Services
Recently I worked with a client to validate that if a user account were to be disabled that it wasn't going to break any of their currently running applications. You...
GriffinMonitor Module v1.5 - Additional Functionality
This evening I've decided to add additional functionality to the GriffinMonitor Module. I noticed that I am filling up my storage on my lab server fairly quickly. With that in...
Exploring Windows Management Framework 5.0 May 2014 Preview
The Windows Management Framework 5.0 Preview was released in early April, and an update to it was posted during Microsoft TechEd in May. Some major things are changing with PowerShell;...
Monitoring Storage Pool Health - GriffinMonitor Module
There have been times in the past (more than I like to remember) where I've had a hard drive fail, a raid 5 fail, and eventually I am sure I'll...
TechEd 2014 Round Up
TechEd has come, and TechEd has gone... there were some cool announcements and some disappointments in the overall conference. Let's start with the cool announcements and fun things that did...
PowerShell Summit: PowerShell Makes SharePoint oh so Magical - PowerPoint
My second session of the PowerShell Summit 2014 covered Automating the installation of SharePoint 2013 SP1 using multiple community based tools. Once we installed SharePoint we started exploring how...
PowerShell Summit: PowerCLI - Automating Your VMware Environment Reporting - PowerPoint
This morning I presenting PowerCLI - Automating Your VMware Environment Reporting at the PowerShell Summit 2014. Below is the PowerPoint that was used during this presentation, with additional slides...
IndyPoSh and Indy VMUG PowerShell Basics v3 and v4
Hello everyone! Long time no post; more details surrounding that will be coming! Tonight I would like to share the PowerPoint I used for the IndyPoSh/Indy VMUG presentation I presented...
PowerShell Pranks - Making Work Fun with Creepy Voices!
In every IT office I have worked in, pulling pranks co-workers has been a standard. They tend to be low-tech; co-workers leave their computers unlocked, change their background, and maybe...
Having fun around the office with PowerShell Pranks - PowerPoint
Last week I presented to the Indianapolis PowerShell User Group about PowerShell Pranks. I will be doing a much more in depth blog post about it in the near future....
The road to become an MCT
I have had a goal over the last two years to become a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT). I was already half way there by holding an MCITP certificate in Windows...
Train The Trainer Presentation - Introduction to Basic Administration with PowerShell v3
This week I am attending the MCT Summit in Bellevue Washington. After today I am going to be an MCT! For me to become an MCT I have presented a...
Get Most Used Document Libraries and Lists in SharePoint
Lately I have been putting a lot of my time into developing useful PowerShell scripts for managing Windows environments. While working on these scripts I've developed some really cool 1-liner...
PowerShell One Liner for Count of all Documents in SharePoint 2010 Farm
Last week I had a client reach out to me, asking for a count of all documents in their SharePoint 2010 internal farm. They were planning on implementing Metalogix StoragePoint...
IndyVMUG Conference PowerCLI - Community Session Slides
Today I presented Intro to PowerCLI at the IndyVMUG Conference. As promised I am posting the PowerPoint slides that were used during that presentation. This session covered the basics you...
PowerShell v4 Desired State Configuration Deep Dive
During my time at Microsoft TechEd many new things were announced. My all time favorite announcement was PowerShell v4. There are many great things coming out with PowerShell v4, things...
PowerShell v4 Ping and Telnet Replacement
**Note: Article Written on Server 2012 R2 Preview Build, the functionality may change when released.** ** meeting and I was tasked with getting the survey for our meetings setup. I did not want to follow the......
Storage Space Virtual Disk Disconnected on Restart
So I recently had to rebuild my Server 2012 virtual server. I had storage spaces setup and after I finished the install the Virtual Disk was not mounted. I realized...
TechEd 2013 is Coming!
Hello Everyone! Sorry for the delay in posting but this is super important! Tech Ed 2013 registration will be opening on February 12th so make sure you start begging your...
Backup Linux using PowerShell
As a follow up to [Backups are Important! Here is How I do it!](http://mattblogsit.com/oob/backups-are-important-here-is-how-i-do-it "Backups are Important! Here is How I do it!") I decided I should...
How Windows 8 change my view on Microsoft
I have always loved the Windows Operating System, but their phones were a joke back it the day, and their in-house hardware was just accessories and a game console. I...
Configure Surface to use MicroSD as Primary Storage
After about a week of excitement and playing around with features, I decided it was time to start optimizing and making this thing run the way I wanted. The first...
Setting up a HomeGroup with Windows 8
While recently blogging about using my Surface to share media from my desktop to my Xbox it occurred to me. Some people may not know how to setup a HomeGroup, and...
Is the Microsoft Surface for Me?
In the last 2 days the biggest question I've heard is what makes this device good for me? The best response I've had for that is if you are a standard user, the Surface...
Windows 8 is here and so is the Surface
Today was a big day for Microsoft. Today was the release of Windows 8 and of the Surface RT. I have been using Windows 8 quite a bit already and...
Windows 8 is Nearly Here!
I personally have been using Windows 8 off and on since the Developer Preview was released over a year ago, more frequently after I received a Samsung Series 7 Slate...
TechEd Week Summary
TechEd was an extremely busy week, and it was a ton of fun. There were many challenges throughout the week maintaining my schedule however it was overall another amazing year....
#IAMKREWE, Should you?
“**The Krewe** is a group of hard working/fun-loving IT Pros and Developers. We gather every year at Microsoft TechEd North America, the largest Microsoft technology education conference. Our...
TechEd Day 2 Summary
Day 2 was a rough start, every day you progress through TechEd the more exhausted you feel in the morning. The day started with another Keynote that was all about...
TechEd Day 1 Summary
Day 1 is coming to a close as I write it sitting pool side using the Samsung Series 7 Slate. I have learned a lot of new cool stuff is...
TechEd Day 0 Summary
The drive from Indianapolis to Orlando wasn't as bad as I anticipated. I arrived within 16 hours and got registered at the massive OCCC convention center.
#60Days2MCSE I Failed
Today is the day that I was hoping to call myself an MCSE, I am thrilled to hear that some who have taken the challenge have completed it and I...
TechEd 2012 – It Begins Now
Ever since last year when I first attended TechEd I knew I wanted to come back. I decided to wait until I was closer to becoming full time before I...
TechEd 2012 – The Schedule
If you read my post on [Important Resources](http://mattblogsit.com/2012/05/30/tech-ed-2012-important-resources/) for TechEd you will notice that I mentioned building your schedule, and overbooking...
Tech Ed 2012 – Important Resources
Hello All! We are a mere 10 days until Tech Ed Day 0, with that in mind I’ve began throwing my schedule together and getting organized! I wanted to provide...
#60Days2MCSE Challenge – Week 6 Update
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#60Days2MCSE Challenge – The Plan – The Resources
On April 15th **[@MichaelBender](http://twitter.com/#/MichaelBender)** challenged the readers of MS Learning’s **[Born To Learn](http://borntolearn.mslearn.net/)** blog. The challenge is to complete...
Lets Go To TechEd 2012!
This week at work I was informed that I was approved to go to TechEd 2012! Last year was my first year going, and getting to go back again sounds...
Making a Windows 8 Slate
Back when Windows 8 was shown off at the Developers conference someone I work with mentioned it in a meeting, I went into depth about what I knew about it...
How to Install Windows 8 Developer Preview with developer tools English, 64-bit As A Virtual Machine
Tonight Windows 8 was released (LEGALLY) at least the Developer Preview edition was! You are able to get your own copy at [http://dev.windows.com/](http://dev.windows.com/). I have an interest in...