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This article has been updated for 2020. Please note that WAAD was retired in 2018, but the cmdlets listed in this article are still helpful for organizations using WAAD. Not many Office 365 administrators know that the Get-MsolUser PowerShell cmdlet plays an important role when managing Office 365 Windows Azure Active Directory, or WAAD for short. Get-MsolUser can be very handy in daily operational tasks related...

Using PowerShell scripts and commands for quickly executing tasks in Windows operating systems offers a number of benefits over traditional scripting languages, such as JScript and VBScript. While PowerShell scripting originated as a means to efficiently manage Windows operating systems, Microsoft has since extended the capabilities of PowerShell to automate a range of other tasks and systems, including Azure, Microsoft's cloud computing service.  Azure PowerShell...

The best load balancers are able to provide either hardware or software-based load balancing to ensure maximum service availability by offering network traffic distribution services. For example, if your business has a primary business domain, you want your site available to your current customers and your potential customers 100 percent of the time. Comparing the best load balancers (LB) and effectively utilizing their load-balancing...

It's poor practice to send out email from email addresses that don't resolve, and may mean your mail ends up in a spamtrap. But sometimes you want to use a "do-not-reply" type of email address, and you don't want to have to mass-delete the mailbox at intervals. Tip of the Trade: Sometimes you want to use a "do-not-reply" type of email address and you don't...