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G Suite video tutorial
by Saleh
March 15, 2018

G Suite tutorials – G Suite Password Sync (GSPS) 02 Setup, configure, and test

Video 2 of the tutorial series for G Suite Password Sync

In the previous video I had an introduction to GSPS (G Suite Password Sync). I spoke about what is this tool and where to download it. I also covered a list of important and critical notes and requirements that you should have and prepare in order to start using GSPS. What we have left is the part where I show you how to setup and configure the tool. Then a quick video for what you need to do in order to troubleshoot and find the logs of this tool.

In this second video of the series I will install, configure, and test the G Suite Password Sync (GSPS) tool. I will cover the 2 types of the authentication methods, and also I’ll demonstrate both methods for you.

Then will do a quick demo for resetting a user password through … Read the rest “G Suite tutorials – G Suite Password Sync (GSPS) 02 Setup, configure, and test”

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g suite
by Saleh
March 7, 2018

G Suite February/2018 Updates

Because G Suite is a cloud service it means it is under constant change and update! I’ve said this in the course and as part of my commitment I’ll work on keeping you up to date with all the changes that happen to G Suite from the moment the course was published!

This is a recap for the changes and updates that happened to G Suite since 1st of February/2018!

I’ll make sure I do one recap every month for the changes that happened in the previous month.. This being the first.

I’ll put some links at the end of this report for this document on Google Docs in case you wanted to share it with your organization or connections. Also I’ll post a link to a document from Google as well that is more business oriented you can share it with your organization as well, plus other resources and … Read the rest “G Suite February/2018 Updates”

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google workspace course
by Saleh
March 3, 2018

Google Workspace (G Suite) Admin – The Complete Course

Google Workspace (G Suite) Admin – The Complete Course

This is the only Google Workspace Admin course you will need!

Get it on Udemy now!

Are you looking for a detailed, comprehensive training for G Suite administrators and Admin Console? Whether you are a new comer to G Suite, or you are an existing administrator that looks to know how to work with the Admin Console, this is the only G Suite administrator training course you will need!

If you look around for resources and places that provide G Suite administrator training you will find a lot, but are they enough? Google has their own official G Suite administrator training course, but it is not exactly covering all the aspects of the Admin Console.

G Suite is a great service that offers a lot of flexibility and productivity. And even though G Suite is a cloud service that is simple

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G Suite video tutorial
by Saleh
March 3, 2018

G Suite Password Sync (GSPS) 01 Intro | Video

First video of the G Suite Password Sync tutorial series

How do you sync your user passwords from Active Directory to G Suite with G Suite Password Sync?

In this series I talk just about that! This is going to be a multi-video series about G Suite Password Sync or GSPS.

I’ll first start with an introduction on GSPS. There are some important requirements and notes that I feel you need to be aware about before we go into the steps to configure GSPS.

The next video will be for the authorization part. I’ll cover the 2 ways to authorize GSPS starting with the service account method first, then we’ll see the 3-legged method.

I hope you will find the series useful and informative. Please like the video and subscribe. Also put anything you have in the comments section and I’ll be happy to answer anything!

Links mentioned in the

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G Suite video tutorial
by Saleh
March 2, 2018

G Suite tutorials series – Tutorial for GAM 01 Introduction

This is part of the G Suite Tutorials video series that I just started

This is the first of multi-video series that will cover the tool GAM.

GAM is a great tool that can help you in many great ways managing your Google G Suite domain and admin console.
I’m going to cover the steps required from the download and authorization with the admin console. Then I’ll give you a lot of examples and scenarios for GAM uses.

This is the first video and I will talk about a little introduction to GAM, what is it, where you can download it, and the support and resources available for it.

Next video will be about the very basics of Windows CMD (CMD 101) which you will need to know about in order to properly use GAM

The topic of showing the usage and scenarios of GAM will be made into multiple … Read the rest “G Suite tutorials series – Tutorial for GAM 01 Introduction”

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G Suite video tutorial
by Saleh
February 20, 2018

Google Cloud Directory Sync (GCDS) Tutorial – G Suite

General tutorial video for Google Cloud Directory Sync

I just published a 1 hour tutorial on Youtube that is talking about Google Cloud Directory Sync or GCDS. This tutorial is light an easy to follow. I used a scenario based approach to explain the steps and tasks that you need to do to configure it. The scenario is about syncing 8 user accounts to G Suite along with an OU structure form my AD to G Suite as well. The steps basically are the same for other object types such as groups. All you have to do is create the search rule and you are all set.

Here is the link for the video

Here also are the links that are mentioned in the video. You’ll find them also in the video description on Youtube:

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Exchange Server logo
by Saleh
February 19, 2018

How to search and delete users email messages in their mailboxes before a specific date/time – Exchange 2010

Little intro

I’ve got a case where the customer wanted to delete all of his users’ data in their mailboxes on the Exchange Server, that they got before 1-JAN-2018. He has an incident happened with some leaked critical email messages and he wanted to prevent it by taking this action!

The way to do this of course is pure PowerShell. So I first had to analyze the requirements then build an image in my brain for how the work is going to happen, then test it. And finally implement the needed changes.

Basically what I came to put together is, first I need to backup the data that I will delete. Then I need to delete the data.

To backup the data I need to export the mailboxes to a PST file. And the delete the data I have to use the Search-Mailbox cmdlet with -SearchQuery property.

That was the … Read the rest “How to search and delete users email messages in their mailboxes before a specific date/time – Exchange 2010”

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by Saleh
December 19, 2017

What to do when New-MailboxExportRequest stuck on “Queued” status

Intro

This is just the back story for this incident and the Exchange Server environment setup. Skip to The issue section for the actual stuff

I recently had a project started to migrate an Exchange Server 2010 organisation to G Suite. The customer had 4 (very old) servers, 2 DAG and 2 CAS. While we were preparing for the data migration phase we hit a very hard brick wall. 3 hard disks on one of the servers decided it was time for them to smoke. Luckily they had 6 disks on that server, and they were using RAID5. Few days after replacing these drives, another different drive on the same server followed its fallen brothers!

So they managed to keep their servers up and were quick to replace the damaged disks at the end. However this was not the case for the databases on the server. Once of the databases … Read the rest “What to do when New-MailboxExportRequest stuck on “Queued” status”

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by Saleh
August 29, 2017

How to effectively manage your email with G Suite and Gmail

Today I needed to find some email in my Gmail… I usually either look for the email using search or if I know where it is I just go there. However when I was doing that, I monitored myself how I was getting to the email I want. At the same time I remembered few years ago before I start using G Suite and Gmail how long it will take me to do a search like this. Usually I’d have to wait for Outlook to index my messages, then do the search, then wait for the computer and Outlook to respond again! So it was really a very annoying process…

Within few seconds I was able to find what I wanted and move on to the next task. Gmail offers a lot of great features and flexibility. Once you know how to get the most out of your Gmail, you’ll … Read the rest “How to effectively manage your email with G Suite and Gmail”

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by Saleh
August 24, 2017

Exchange Online Error – MapiExceptionShutoffQuotaExceeded

Error platform

Office 365 (Exchange Online)/Exchange Server

Full error text

Delivery has failed to these recipients or groups:

email@domain.com
The recipient's mailbox is full and can't accept messages now. Please try resending your message later, or contact the recipient directly.




Diagnostic information for administrators:

Generating server: OFFICE365_SERVER_NAME/EXCHANGE_SERVER_NAME

email@domain.com
Remote Server returned '554 5.2.2 mailbox full; STOREDRV.Deliver.Exception:QuotaExceededException.MapiExceptionShutoffQuotaExceeded;...

Error number (if any)

554 5.2.2

The cause

The recipient of this email has his mailbox reached the maximum quota.

How to fix?

Increase the maximum mailbox size for the affected user, or delete email messages from the mailbox of the user to free some space in it

Here is a link on how to increase the mailbox size for a user on:

Office 365: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2490230/how-to-set-exchange-online-mailbox-sizes-and-limits-in-the-office-365

Exchange Server: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa998353(v=exchg.160).aspx

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