Many ways to send an Email with PowerAutomate/Flow

Andres Bohren
Hi All, There are many ways to send Emails from PowerAutomate (aka Flow). In this Blog Article i will show you three ways to send an Email. I reccomend to use Variant 2 and use your M365 Mailbox to send Emails. Variant 1 - Sendmail Create a new Cloud Flow Manual Trigger and Flowname is "Demo01" Add a Step Search for: "Mail" And select "E-Mail-Benachrichtigung versenden (V3)" Apparently this is done by Sendgrid Infrastructure so i have to accept

Detect if your PowerShell code is running in Windows Terminal

Andres Bohren
Hi All, Ever wanted to detect if your PowerShell Script is running in a WindowsTerminal Session? As you can see, the default Font is a bit bigger than in the other PowerShell Windows Here is some code to detect that if ($env:WT_SESSION) { Write-Host "Windows Terminal detected" } else { Write-Host "Windows Terminal not detected" } Windows Terminal PowerShell 5 PowerShell 7 PowerShell ISE Regards Andres Bohren

Exchange Managed Availability

Andres Bohren
Hi All, Since Exchange 2016 the Monitoring of Exchange is built in and is based on "Managed Availability" Managed availability https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/high-availability/managed-availability/managed-availability?view=exchserver-2019 To get an overview of your Exchange Environement use the following Command #Get Exchange HealthReport Get-HealthReport -Identity $env:Computername | where {$_.state -ne "NotApplicable"} Show all Components from a specific Server that are not Healthy use the following command Get-ServerHealth -Identity $env:Computername | where {$_.CurrentHealthSetState -ne "NotApplicable" -AND $_.AlertValue -ne "

Microsoft Teams TimeZone Settings

Andres Bohren
Hi All, Did you notice the Timezone Information in your Teams Contacts within your Organization. But where does that come from? The User can set the Timezone in his Account Settings https://myaccount.microsoft.com/settingsandprivacy/language Basically it's the Timezone from Exchange/Outlook. You can set that in Outlook on the Web https://outlook.office.com/mail/options/general/timeAndLanguage You can show a List ov available Timezones with the following Command $TimeZone = Get-ChildItem "HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Time zones" | foreach {Get-ItemProperty $_.PSPath}; $TimeZone | sort Display | Format-Table -Auto PSChildname,Display

Enable Tenant-level Analytics in Power Plattform (Preview)

Andres Bohren
Hi All, Since a few Days you can enable Tenant-level Analytics in Power Plattfom as a Preview Feature. Tenant-level analytics (Preview) https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/admin/tenant-level-analytics Power Plattform admin center https://admin.powerplatform.microsoft.com/ Now you have to wait 24 Hours. After that you can switch between "Tenant level analytics" and "Environement level analytics" Yo can see better Screenshots (with data) from the Article below Tenant-level Analytics for Power Apps (preview) https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/admin/powerapps-analytics-reports Regards Andres Bohren

Exchange Redirect in Messagetrace

Andres Bohren
Hi All, Recently i had a call from a Collegue. He had the following Scenario: An Email was redirected via Exchange Transport Rule (ETR) Something similar to this one When you now look at the Messagetrace you will see Events like that: Receive Transport Rule Redirect Fail Drop He was a little concerned about the Fail and Drop Events. But that's absolutely fine. Redirect means, the Mail will not reach the orginal Recipient - therefore Fail and Drop.

Git client 2.35.3 released

Andres Bohren
Hi All, Git has released a new version of the Git Client to address the vulnerability described in CVE-2022-24765. Git security vulnerability announced https://github.blog/2022-04-12-git-security-vulnerability-announced/ Git Client download https://git-scm.com/downloads git --version Regards Andres Bohren

Microsoft Teams Camera Brightness and Soft-Focus Filters

Andres Bohren
Hi All, Did you notice, that you can adjust the Camera Settings in Teams? I am running Teams in the Preview Mode and have the following Settings there: "Brightness" and "Soft focus" I think that's a good improvement. You can even activate that when you join a Meeting. Click on the gear Icon and then the change it in the Device Settings Menu on the right hand side. Regards Andres Bohren

Microsoft.Graph PowerShell Modules 1.9.5 released

Andres Bohren
Hi All, Yesterday Microsoft has released a new Version of theyr Microsoft.Graph PowerShell Modules. Just a few days after releasing 1.9.4... I like the fact that they fixed a bug in "user-agent", but maybe it shows somee missing quality control. Microsoft.Graph 1.9.5 https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/Microsoft.Graph/1.9.5 Release notes https://github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-powershell/releases Check the installed module and what's published in PowerShell Gallery Get-InstalliedModule Microsoft.Graph Find-Module Microsoft.Graph If you uninstall the Microsoft.Graph Module, you don't uninstall the sub modules Uninstall-Module Microsoft.

MicrosoftTeams PowerShell Module 4.2.0 released

Andres Bohren
Hi All, Did you notice, that there is already a new Microsoft Teams PowerShell Module Available? Microsoft Released 4.2.0 into GA.Two Weeks ago they published 4.1.0. I like the Fact that they fixed issues. On the other Hand, they might invest a bit more in Quality Control and don't have to release that often. For Installing use "Install-Module". If you want Side-By-Side (Multiple Versions of the Module) then you need to use the "