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Get list of Devices from Azure AD, with Filter.

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 18:33:44 GMT

Hi Everyone,

Here is another simple script once again for you, to list devices from Azure AD with a filter on Display Name.

I want the list of devices where their names start with EWR or for that matter it can be anything else, depending on your requirement. Please make sure that Azure AD PowerShell module is installed before running this script.

I am getting four things in the results. DeviceType, AccountEnabled, Operating System and Display Name.

Connect-AzureAD

Write-Output "List of Devices from Azure AD"

Write-Output ""

Write-Output "Device --- Enabled --- Device OS --- Displayname"

$FormatEnumerationLimit = -1

$meetingroomsample = "ewr*"

$develist =Get-AzureADDevice -All $true | where displayname -Like "$meetingroomsample"

foreach ($device in $devicelist)

{

Write-Output ( $device.objecttype + "`t--- " + $device.accountenabled + "`t --- " + $device.deviceostype + "`t --- " + $device.displayname )

}

Output generated like this:

Kusto (Azure Log Analytics) Query time zone formatting

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 18:33:43 GMT

When writing a Kusto query, time zone is UTC by default.

If you want a time zone of your choice, you can use "totimespan"

Example: I am checking here for Windows updates. I am using custom column names. So, you can refer to those examples too if you like.

Sample code:

In this case I have used 9:30 hours. You can change it as per your time zone difference from UTC.

let timediff = totimespan("09:30");

UpdateSummary

| where TimeGenerated > ago(2h)

| summarize

['Critical Updates Missing'] = sum(CriticalUpdatesMissing),

['Security Updates Missing'] = sum(SecurityUpdatesMissing)

by Computer = Computer, RestartPending, ['Time Generated'] = TimeGenerated + timediff

Results will be like :

Time Generated column still shows [UTC] in square brackets but it is just for display. Actual time zone is now what you wanted it to display.

PowerShell script to run SLMGR on remote computers

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 18:33:42 GMT

Simple powershell script to run on remote computers to update the product Key.

This will be handy for administrators who want to convert multiple Windows pro computers to Enterprise version.

Open PowerShell in administrator mode and run the following script.

If the target computer names are stored in computers.txt under Temp directory of C Drive.

$computers = "C:\Temp\computers.txt"

$computers | %{

# Edit the following command with the appropriate product key

Invoke-Command -ComputerName $_ -ScriptBlock { slmgr /ipk xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx}

Simple powershell script to see status of users in Active Directory

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 18:33:41 GMT

Assuming that you have few usernames in the adusers.txt file under the Temp folder in your C Drive.

Following script should get the information you need and put it in a CSV file under the temp folder.

Feel free to change the path as per your liking.

Get-Content -Path C:\Temp\adusers.txt | foreach {

Get-ADUser -LDAPFilter "(samaccountname=$_)" | Select-Object -Property samaccountname, enabled

} | Out-File C:\Temp\aduserstatus.csv

Touch keyboard not working on Tablet after updating to Windows 10 1709

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 18:33:40 GMT

Yesterday, I was working on a Dell Tablet for one of the users where I found the Touch keyboard button was not working. Whenever someone clicked on the Touch keyboard button (located in the task bar in Windows 10), it would not do anything.

I looked for the service named "Touch Keyboard and Handwriting Panel Service" and that was running. Someone suggested to restart the service and I did that. But that didn't fix the issue. Touch keyboard was still not working. Strangely though, it would work in one of the admin accounts on our network.

Next thing I checked was the event viewer where I found some errors in Applocker events. Package named "InputApp" was getting blocked by Applocker. We excluded InputApp from Applocker, updated policies on the impacted device and restarted it. Touch keyboard started working just fine after the restart. No more errors in the event viewer too.

#computersDellTablet #Touchkeyboard

How to delete voice data when using Cortana from the Microsoft servers

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 18:33:39 GMT

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If you must delete one or all the voice data when using Cortana from the Microsoft servers, use these steps:

Open Settings.
Click on Accounts.
Click on Your info.
Click the Manage my Microsoft account link.

In your Microsoft account online, click the Privacy tab.
If prompted, sign-in again using your Microsoft account information.
In the "Privacy dashboard" page, click the Activity history tab.

Under "Explore your data," click on Voice.

In this section, you'll find a chronological list of every voice recording that has been collected every time you use Cortana on your computer, phone, and Xbox. If you want to delete all your voice recording data from the Microsoft servers, click the Clear activity option on the top-right corner. You can also click the play button to review each piece of data and click the Delete option to remove recordings individually.

Once you've completed the steps, you voice data will be removed from the Microsoft servers, but your devices will continue to upload future recording to your Microsoft account.

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