HTH0004 - We Say Daddy A Lot

All about Outlook PSTs, PowerShell functions, Bing encroaching on other browsers, Windows Clipboard, GitHub, and things Microsoft will kill soon. Other things too.

Extended show notes available at https://hthpc.com/

Steve wrote a function to get item counts in PSTs 2:25

• Started with an unsatisfying script found online

• New script can drill into an indefinite amount of subfolders

• The solution is recursion

• Reminds Tiff of MFCMAPI https://github.com/stephenegriffin/mfcmapi

Uploading PSTs to Office 365 9:45

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/compliance/use-network-upload-to-import-pst-files

• https://protection.office.com

• Data Governance -> Import

• More Azure technologies being used to support O365 administration

• You can upload a PST to Azure Blob Storage and then import it into someone's mailbox

• Tiff discusses the new eDiscovery tool

Microsoft is forcing a Bing Extension onto Chrome users 15:30

• https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/01/microsofts-sneaky-plan-to-switch-chrome-searches-from-google-to-bing/

• "The change takes place beginning with Version 2002 of Office 365 Pro Plus, and it will affect both new installations and existing installations as they're automatically updated."

• https://odinsiders.uservoice.com/forums/920533-distribution-upgrades-servicing/suggestions/39494872-do-not-force-push-bing-as-the-default-search-engin

• We still <3 Bing Rewards though

The New Windows Clipboard 19:43

• From 1809 onward

• Completely reinvents the way you handle moving of data

• Open Settings

• Click on System

• Click on Clipboard

• Turn on Clipboard history

• Enables a new shortcut: Windows + V

• Remembers multiple copied items and lets you select them on demand

• Has a few bugs in certain applications (Excel), and won't really pass through RDP.

Git It (What are some cool utilities on GitHub?) 23:30

• Tiff's picks:

○ https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys

§ Highlight: PowerRename

• Steve's picks:

○ Caprine https://github.com/sindresorhus/caprine/

○ Spleeter https://github.com/deezer/spleeter

○ PowerShell https://github.com/PowerShell/powershell

○ Dolphin https://github.com/dolphin-emu/dolphin

○ StevenBlack Hosts https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts

○ Google Play Music Desktop Player https://github.com/MarshallOfSound/Google-Play-Music-Desktop-Player-UNOFFICIAL-

What is Microsoft going to Thelma and Louise? 32:33

• O365 EOS roadmap

• https://blog.admindroid.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Infographic-for-2020-End-of-Support-Milestone-in-Office-365.pdf

• Search-Mailbox cmdlet is going away, update your scripts!

• SharePoint Classic is being sunset? Microsoft has been historically unclear on its end-of-life timeline

• Office 2013 to O365 support is ending, as is Office for Mac 2016

• Basic authentication

Variety Hour 39:05

• A brief tangent about POP and IMAP

• A brief tangent about Doctor Who and House MD

• Another somewhat major vulnerability is discovered (this time with IE), no patch till February (CVE-2020-0674)

○ "Consider using Microsoft Edge or an alternate browser until patches are made available."

• Microsoft Edge, Chromium, WebKit, and the IE-ification of Google Chrome

Steve does PowerShell 46:57

• Custom objects

Ask the Stiffs? Question of the week! 50:15

• What is your favorite Windows Shortcut?

• A tangent about George Costanza and a wallet full of receipts

○ https://youtu.be/yoPf98i8A0g?t=28

Outro - "Plus Delta” 54:57

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