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(below details are copy-pasted from Microsoft forum)

POST 1:

Some of our users’ outlook stop sync with exchange and ask for password, as shown in below image:

But when we press the “Need Password” button, nothing happens. there is no prompt.

to fix the issue, I clear entries in Credential Manager, Delete Temporary Files, unchecked “Use Cached Exchange mode”, restart system and check this again.

POST 2: (Confirmed accepted answer)

There are a number of reasons for this. First I would look inside the Office 365 admin portal to make sure your password expiration policy is not set to only a few days

If this is ok, setting the below registry key to 1 in below path often resolves it

Path: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\Identity
Key: DisableADALatopWAMOverride (DWORD)

This key may not exist, we need to create it.

The following VBA code can help you quickly split multiple worksheets of current workbook to separate Excel files, please do as follows:

1. Create a new folder for the workbook that you want to split, because the split Excel files will be stayed at the same folder as this master workbook.

2. Hold down the ALT + F11 keys in Excel, and it opens the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.

3. Click Insert > Module, and paste the following code in the Module Window.

VBA: Split a workbook into multiple workbooks and save in the same folder

Sub Splitbook()
'Updateby20140612
Dim xPath As String
xPath = Application.ActiveWorkbook.Path
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Application.DisplayAlerts = False
For Each xWs In ThisWorkbook.Sheets
    xWs.Copy
    Application.ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:=xPath & "\" & xWs.Name & ".xlsx"
    Application.ActiveWorkbook.Close False
Next
Application.DisplayAlerts = True
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

4. Click F5 to run the code

(Above info is copied from here >> external link)

Step 1: Select the cells where you want the pop-up then from menu Data> validation

Step 2: select date from validation criteria and click save

OK now when you click the selected cell from step 1 you will get a pop-up calender.

The following steps will add a new alias to given emails. It will not make the new alias as primary.

1. Open a persistant session to the exchange.
   $Session = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https://outlook.office365.com/powershell-liveid/ -Credential $UserCredential -Authentication Basic -AllowRedirection

02.Import the session to your powershell:
Import-PSSession $Session

03.Login to Microsoft 365 admin account
Connect-Msolservice

4. Download Global address list.
   get-user -resultsize unlimited |select * |export-csv c:\M365\users.csv
5. Delete all columns except “Identity”.
6. Add a new column named “Alias”.
7. After updating the sheet run the following script.

$Recipients = Import-Csv C:\M365\users.csv
Foreach ($Item in $Recipients)
{
Set-Mailbox -Identity $Item.Identity -EmailAddresses @{Add=$Item.Alias}
}

(This note is based on what I did today. I have very little understanding of powershell, if you are going to try these steps please do your research first.)

Note for future reference:

1. Open a persistant session to the exchange.
   $Session = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https://outlook.office365.com/powershell-liveid/ -Credential $UserCredential -Authentication Basic -AllowRedirection

It will ask for your credentials.

2. Import the session to your powershell:
   Import-PSSession $Session
3. Login to Microsoft 365 admin account (to use MsolUser Cmdlet)
   Connect-Msolservice (It will ask for your credentials.)
4. Download the contents of your Exchange Global Address list to a CSV file
   get-user -resultsize unlimited |select * |export-csv c:\MS365\users.csv
5. Remove unneccessry columns and edit what you need. (dont delete the columns named UserPrincipalName and Identity we need to use them later.)
   In this usecase I will use Set-MsolUser module, which supports the following options.

Set-MsolUser
[-ImmutableId ]
[-ObjectId ]
[-UserPrincipalName ]
[-BlockCredential ]
[-City ]
[-Country ]
[-Department ]
[-DisplayName ]
[-Fax ]
[-FirstName ]
[-LastName ]
[-LastPasswordChangeTimestamp ]
[-MobilePhone ]
[-Office ]
[-PasswordNeverExpires ]
[-PhoneNumber ]
[-PostalCode ]
[-PreferredDataLocation ]
[-PreferredLanguage ]
[-SoftDeletionTimestamp ]
[-State ]
[-StreetAddress ]
[-StrongPasswordRequired ]
[-Title ]
[-UsageLocation ]
[-AlternateEmailAddresses ]
[-StrongAuthenticationMethods ]
[-AlternateMobilePhones ]
[-StrongAuthenticationRequirements ]
[-StsRefreshTokensValidFrom ]
[-UserType ]
[-TenantId <Guid>]

6. After updating the CSV, import the updated csv to powershell and execute the changes.

in the below script, header names referenced with a hyphon are the names we used in our sheet. header names referenced with $_. are the ones that the exchange is expecting from us. To make it simpler I used the same names as exchange in my sheet.

to map a field to a field in exchange we use this syntax : – $_.

Import-Csv C:\M365\users.csv | foreach{Set-MsolUser -UserPrincipalName $_.UserPrincipalName -DisplayName $_.DisplayName -FirstName $_.FirstName -LastName $_.LastName -City $_.City -StreetAddress $_.StreetAddress -Department $_.Department -Country $_.Country -MobilePhone $_.MobilePhone}

supported field names are shown in step 5.

In this script we are using UserPrincipalName as the main reference.

After running this script it takes a few minutes to be able to see your changes in the Exchange Admin portal.

(This note is based on what I did today. I have very little understanding of powershell, if you are going to try these steps please do your research first.)

Copy pasting as found on another website for future reference. (Link to website)

If your task implies extracting number from anywhere in a string, you can make use of the following mind-boggling formula published on MrExcel forum:

=SUMPRODUCT(MID(0&A2, LARGE(INDEX(ISNUMBER(--MID(A2, ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A2))), 1)) * ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A2))), 0), ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A2))))+1, 1) * 10^ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A2)))/10)

Where A2 is the original text string.

Breaking down this formula would require a separate article, so you can simply copy it to your worksheet to make sure it really works 🙂

Upon examining the results, however, you may notice one insignificant drawback – if the source string does not contain a number, the formula returns zero, as in row 6 in the screenshot above. To fix this, you can wrap the formula in the IF statement, the logical test of which checks if the source string contains any number. If it does, the formula extracts the number, otherwise returns an empty string:

=IF(SUM(LEN(A2)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A2, {"0","1","2","3","4","5","6","7","8","9"}, "")))>0, SUMPRODUCT(MID(0&A2, LARGE(INDEX(ISNUMBER(--MID(A2,ROW(INDIRECT("$1:$"&LEN(A2))),1))* ROW(INDIRECT("$1:$"&LEN(A2))),0), ROW(INDIRECT("$1:$"&LEN(A2))))+1,1) * 10^ROW(INDIRECT("$1:$"&LEN(A2)))/10),"")

As shown in the screenshot below, the improved formula works beautifully (kudos to Alex, our Excel guru, for this improvement):

Unlike in all previous examples, the result of this formula is number. To make sure of this, just notice the right-aligned values in column B and truncated leading zeros.

Credit: ablebits.com

1. Go to the client machine and
2. go to start button and type in to search box gpedit.msc
3. then your group policy window will open
4. left side of window – search Administrative Templates and double click on it
5. then click on System
6. next you will see Removable Storage Access just click on it
7. then you will see lots of group policy name
8. see the All Removable Storage Access: Deny All Access
9. double click on it and select the option Enable and click on OK button
10. you will success to block USB of client

Then from cmd run ==> gpupdate /force

In this post I will write down how to host a website at iPage and route a domain from name.com to the hosting.

• add an A record in name.com pointing to iPage hosting server IP.
• in iPage go to Domains ==> import domain
• on the next screen select add existing domain. (Add your domain but keep your current registrar.)

no we if someone opens your domain, DNS will point to name.com A record. Thus traffic is forwarded to iPage hosting. Now traffic reaches the server, but we need to route the traffic to the website directory. To do this we need to add a pointer in our hosting. But by default this option is not shown on our dashboard.

• login to iPage
• open the url: https://www1.ipage.com/controlpanel/domaincentral/3.0/
• this will open the DOMAINCENTRAL

All domains you added to your iPage hosting will be listed here, select the domain you want to add the pointer.

You will see these options. Select pointers.

Select Subdirectory ==> /folder_where_your_website_files_are_stored.

Now the traffic is routed to your website directory.

You need to change any domain reference in your website files. for example if you are using a wordpress template, inside wp-admin you may have assigned a domain URL, when you change the domain maping on iPage you must also change the same inside your code as well.

How do I change the WordPress Site URL?