Things to remember

Just a list of commands and other things I intend to forget. So I know where to look if I forgot them again.

Get your privileges: whomai /priv

Remote Exchange Powershell:

$Session = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri http://server/PowerShell/ -Authentication Kerberos
Import-PSSession $Session

Exchange PowerShell (Management Tools installed)

. c:\ExchangeInstallPath\bin\RemoteExchange.ps1
Connect-ExchangeServer -auto -ClientApplicaiton:ManagmentShell

Exchange Setup Commands

setup /PrepareSchema /IAcceptExchangeServerLicenseTerms
setup /PrepareAD /IAcceptExchangeServerLicenseTerms
setup /PrepareDomain /IAcceptExchangeServerLicenseTerms

Starting with CU22
setup /PrepareSchema /IAcceptExchangeServerLicenseTerms_DiagnosticDataON
setup /PrepareAD /IAcceptExchangeServerLicenseTerms_DiagnosticDataON
setup /PrepareDomain /IAcceptExchangeServerLicenseTerms_DiagnosticDataON

or IAcceptExchangeServerLicenseTerms_DiagnosticDataOFF if you don’t want to share data

Setup.exe /IAcceptExchangeServerLicenseTerms /Mode:Upgrade
Setup.exe /IAcceptExchangeServerLicenseTerms_DiagnosticDataON /Mode:Upgrade

Testing SSL/TLS with OpenSSL:

openssl s_client -connect meinIMAPServer:993
openssl s_client -starttls smtp -connect {Adresse des SMTP-Servers}:587
openssl s_client -starttls pop3 -connect {Adresse des POP-Servers}:995
openssl s_client -starttls imap -connect {Adresse des IMAP-Servers}:143
openssl s_client -starttls ftp -connect {Adresse des FTP-Servers}:22

Clear Memeory in a Powershell Session

[System.GC]::Collect()

Using Get-History

(Get-History)[-1].CommandLine | clip
(get-history -id 7).commandline | clip

read a large log file (like 1 GB and more), select some keywords, and out-file it to another file (where you have lines, you can read one by one

$biglog = get-content "somebiglogfile.log" -ReadCount 1000 | foreach {$_ -match "Keyword"}
$biglog | out-file someothertextfile.txt

Create the certificate Name to use with Exchange Receive Connectors.

$cert = Get-ExchangeCertificate -Thumbprint 
$tlscertificatename = "<i>$($cert.Issuer)<s>$($cert.Subject)"

Check for High Privileges:
Write-EventLog -LogName Application  -EventId 22777 -EntryType Information -Message "TestMessage: Check Write Access to ApplicationLog" -Source "MSExchangeSetup"
whoami /Priv --> SeSecurityPrivilege muss vorhanden sein

Powershell as scheduled Task:
c:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
Argutments: Path to PS1 File and Parameters

Change Password without Ctrl-Alt-Del

CMD:
C:\Windows\explorer.exe shell:::{2559a1f2-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}

or
PowerShell:
(New-Object -ComObject shell.application).windowsSecurity()

Get your Public IP with Powershell
Invoke-WebRequest -uri http://ifconfig.me/ip