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How to uninstall any program using ConnectWise Control backstage

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Intro I recently have had to go through 100’s of computers to identify outdated software and found a great way of uninstalling software with interractive installers using ScreenConnect/ConnectWise Control. This method doesn’t require any end-user interraction as we are going to be using the backstage feature of ConnectWise Control! If you have ever had to …

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How to join a ScreenConnect/ConnectWise Control ‘Backstage’ session

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Intro ScreenConnect by ConnectWise; aka ConnectWise Control is powerful remote support and desktop control software which is a personal favourite of mine.It has some of the best features in its class including one piece I find immensely useful called ‘Backstage’, this allows you to remotely connect into a remote session with limited features with the …

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How to adjust calendar permissions on Microsoft 365 Exchange Online with PowerShell

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Intro Adjusting calendar permissions using PowerShell is the most common thing people administrating Microsoft 365 Exchange Online will use, and in my case, it is the first function I’ve used PowerShell for professionally. I find the command can be confusing despite using it countless times due to the ambiguity in the syntax; I’ll frequently refer …

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How to fix Microsoft 365 guest access invite error ‘Invitation redemption failed An error has occurred. Please retry again shortly.’

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Intro Today I invited a user to have guest access to a Microsoft365 tenant / AzureAD and I received an email backfrom them shortly after saying they are met with an error when clicking the accept invite link on the email. Error message: Invitation redemption failed An error has occurred. Please retry again shortly. RequestId: …

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How to Deploy .MSI Software Packages Using ConnectWise Automate

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Intro One of the most common tasks I use ConnectWise scripts for is deploying software to our windows endpoints. I’ve developed a habit of running PowerShell natively on the client than utilizing ConnectWise logic especially with software deployment as I find it is more reliable, which is why everything in this script is using PowerShell …

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How to fix Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Install Errors

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Intro I recently had an end-user email me to request install of Citrix Workspace which has a C++ redistributable dependency. I found that the install would fail with various errors depending on how I attempted to do it with messages such as –   0x80070643 – Fatal error during installation. And also: ‘The older version …

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Connect to Exchange Online Powershell with MFA

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Intro As discussed in our previous article, connecting to Exchange Online via PowerShell is one of the most important uses for PowerShell as a Microsoft365 administrator. The setup process on PowerShell for connecting with an MFA account is incredibly simple – Method If this is the first time you are using MFA PowerShell on your …

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How to connect to Exchange Online PowerShell

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Intro As a Microsoft365 or formerly referred to as Office365 administrator there will come a time when you will need to make some changes using PowerShell for Exchange online, the most common reason for using PowerShell for Exchange online is calendar delegation. If your administrative account has MFA (multifactor authentication) enabled, please see our article …

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Your organization's administrator turned off the service required to use this feature.

How to fix Excel error – Your organization’s administrator turned off the service required to use this feature

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Today an end-user called me with a new error message I have not seen before in Excel, as they are attempting to open a help article about a function on Excel they recieve “This command isn’t available” “Your organization’s administrator turned off the service required to use this feature.” At first I was perplexed as …

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