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Troubleshooting & Diagnostics

Error investigation, log analysis, and system diagnostics

List Network Shares and Mapped Drives on a Windows Workstation with PowerShell

Identify local SMB shares, incoming mapped drives, and their remote sources to troubleshoot unexpected share origins

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Review OneDrive, SharePoint, and Exchange Sync Failures Using Service Health and Sign-In Logs

Correlate Microsoft 365 service health incidents with Entra sign-in failures to diagnose weekend sync outages across Exchange, SharePoint, and OneDrive

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Investigate a User's Sign-In Failures and Remediate Access Issues

Diagnose Microsoft 365 sign-in failures, identify root cause from sign-in logs, and apply the appropriate remediation (password reset, MFA reset, or session revocation)

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Check Windows activation status on a workstation

Verify Windows licensing state using GUI, slmgr, and PowerShell

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Free Up Disk Space on a Windows Workstation

Diagnose and reclaim storage on Windows endpoints when users hit low-disk warnings

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Fix Word Documents Opening as Gibberish / File Association Issues

Diagnose and repair broken file associations, Protected View corruption, and encoding issues that cause Word docs to display as garbled characters

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Diagnose a Slow Windows Workstation

Systematically identify and resolve performance issues on an end-user Windows PC

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Diagnose and Resolve OneDrive Sync Issues on Windows

Systematic troubleshooting for stuck, paused, or broken OneDrive for Business sync clients

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