Automating Dell Command Update

@echo off TITLE Running DELL Command Update… REM Checks for updated DELL Drivers using DELL Command Update CLI “C:\Program Files\Dell\CommandUpdate\dcu-cli.exe” /configure -silent -autoSuspendBitLocker=enable -userConsent=disable “C:\Program Files\Dell\CommandUpdate\dcu-cli.exe” /scan -outputLog=C:\dell\logs\scan.log “C:\Program Files\Dell\CommandUpdate\dcu-cli.exe” /applyUpdates -reboot=disable -outputLog=C:\dell\logs\applyUpdates.log

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Patch Tuesday Sources

https://www.ghacks.net/2023/02/14/microsoft-windows-security-updates-february-2023-overview/https://www.lansweeper.com/patch-tuesday/microsoft-patch-tuesday-february-2023/https://krebsonsecurity.com/2023/02/microsoft-patch-tuesday-february-2023-edition/https://www.tenable.com/blog/microsofts-february-2023-patch-tuesday-addresses-75-cves-cve-2023-23376https://patchtuesdaydashboard.com/https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/blog/2023/2/14/the-february-2023-security-update-overviewhttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-february-2023-patch-tuesday-fixes-3-exploited-zero-days-77-flaws/

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All Microsoft Admin Portals

From: Administrator Portals | Microsoft Portals (msportals.io) Administrator Portals Welcome to this community driven project to list all of Microsoft’s portals in one place. Microsoft 365 Admin Portals Microsoft 365 Admin Center https://admin.microsoft.com • aka.ms Old 🔗 Alt  Microsoft 365 Apps Admin Center https://config.office.com Exchange Admin Center (EAC) New https://admin.exchange.microsoft.com Exchange Admin Center (EAC) Old https://outlook.office365.com/ecp/ Kaizala Management Portal https://manage.kaiza.la/ Microsoft…

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Troubleshooting Windows Hello for Business

https://github.com/onpremcloudguy/WHfBChecks   Implementing Windows Hello for Business, as outlined in my previous blog, is not so much difficult as it is tricky to get all of the little pieces in place. Often it comes down to one simple checkbox, setting, or configuration, and wham! it starts working. In this blog, I will outline the most common issues I’ve…

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Renew SSL Cert vCenter

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ | | | *** Welcome to the vSphere 6.8 Certificate Manager *** | | | | — Select Operation —…

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Fix authentication issues in Office applications when you try to connect to a Microsoft 365 service

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/troubleshoot/authentication/automatic-authentication-fails In this article Symptoms Cause Resolution Symptoms Authentication automatically fails in some Microsoft Office applications and Outlook may go into the “Need Password” state without any interaction. Additionally, when you make a Web Account Manager API call to FindAllAccountsAsync, you may see error code “-2147024809” in the AAD logs or Office Client logs.  Important This…

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Best practices for Synology-based iSCSI in VMware vSphere environments

So I recently got a Synology NAS which I was intending to use to provide iSCSI LUNs out to my ESXi hosts. Upon initially configuring it I was having terrible performance and was ready to switch over to NFS. Googling this topic resulted in finding lots of posts about how a Synology-based iSCSI implmentation could…

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Getting started with PowerCLI

  #Set the participation to false and ignore invalid certificates for all users Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -Scope AllUsers -ParticipateInCeip $false -InvalidCertificateAction Ignore #Connect to our vCenter Server using the logged in credentials Connect-VIServer PAC-vCSA01   Ignore Invalid Certs: Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -InvalidCertificateAction Ignore -Confirm:$false Useful commands: Get-Task – Shows currently running tasks Get-VM – Lists all VMs To list all snapshots and…

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Unable to create an Outlook profile after a migration with Event 1098 in AAD log

Symptoms When you try to create a Microsoft Outlook profile after a domain migration, you receive an error message that indicates you can’t start Outlook or something went wrong. You also receive a sign-in prompt. Additionally, you may see the Event 1098 in Azure Active Directory (AAD) Operational log that resembles the following error: Error:…

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