Searching For Email Groups Without Members

This is quick one for a reference, searching for AD groups with present email address, but without members using LDAP filter and powershell:
 Get-ADObject -LDAPFilter "(&(objectcategory=group)(!(member=*))(mail=*))" 

Same LDAP filter can be used with Active Directory Users and Computers:


Happy hunting :) 

Exchange 2007 support will end next week

Just in case you've missed the date, Microsoft will end support for Microsoft Exchange 2007 next week. On April 11,2017, Microsoft Exchange 2007 will reach end of life.
This means that Microsoft will no longer provide for Exchange 2007:
  • Free or paid assisted support (including custom support agreements)
  • Bug fixes for issues that are discovered and that may impact the stability and usability of the server
  • Security fixes for vulnerabilities that are discovered and that may make the server vulnerable to security breaches
  • Time zone updates
For more info checkout the Microsoft Exchange Team Blog  https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/exchange/2017/02/27/exchange-2007-reaches-end-of-life-on-april-11th-whats-your-plan-to-move/
For more info about lifecycle policy checkout the official article on https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/14085/microsoft-business-developer-and-desktop-operating-systems-policy .
And for searching the lifecycle product database use the following link https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/search .
 

How to check EMBG (Unique Master Citizen Number) using regex

In this post, I will share my implementation of how to check if some number looks like EMBG or Unique Master Citizen Number. For those of yo...