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Connect-MsolService incorrectly shows as having a -CurrentCredentials parameter in PowerShell help

You may find that running Get-Help against the "Connect-MsolService" cmd incorrectly shows as having a -CurrentCredentials parameter in PowerShell help. This switch parameter is not actually available Connect-MsolService -CurrentCredentials Connect-MsolService : A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name 'CurrentCredentials'. At line:1 char:22 +  Connect-MsolService -CurrentCredentials +                      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~     + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [Connect-MsolService], ParameterBindingException     + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NamedParameterNotFound,Microsoft.Online.Administration.Automation.ConnectMsolServic    e You can see this in the online documentation for the cmdlet, a PSCredential must actually be provided. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/dn194123.aspx Why not check out our Network Automation Tool , for automatically creating Office365 accounts .

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C#.NET reports "The request failed with HTTP status 401: Unauthorized" when accessing

We've recently seen an issue where C#.NET reports "The request failed with HTTP status 401: Unauthorized" when accessing a classic SOAP Web Reference. The credentials are set using  CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials as shown in the code below. /// <summary> /// Starts the service. /// </summary> /// <remarks> The scheduler web service is not polled at start-up to improve start response times. </remarks> public void StartService() {     try     {         server = new XIAAutomation ();         server.Credentials = CredentialCache .DefaultCredentials;         server.Url = GetWebServiceUrl();         server.Timeout = 60000;         SetupTimer();         Diagnostics .WriteEvent( String .Format(Resources. Service .StartupComplete, Assembly .GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Version, server.Url), EventLogIdentifiers .Startup);     }     catch ( Exception ex) { Diagnostics .WriteEvent(Resources. Service .Sta

Disable Windows Firewall on Server 2012 and Server 2016 Tech Preview using PowerShell

If you want to quickly disable the firewall on Windows Server 2012 or Windows Server 2016 Tech Preview this can easily be done using PowerShell with the following command Set-NetFirewallProfile -Profile Domain,Public,Private -Enabled False Why not check out our server audit tool , XIA Configuration Server ?