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Microsoft Exchange Server Powershell Cookbook (Update)

By : Jonas Andersson, Mike Pfeiffer

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Microsoft Exchange Server Powershell Cookbook (Update)

5 (4)

By: Jonas Andersson, Mike Pfeiffer

Overview of this book

This book is for messaging professionals who want to build real-world scripts with Windows PowerShell 5 and the Exchange Management Shell. If you are a network or systems administrator responsible for managing and maintaining Exchange Server 2013, you will find this highly useful.

Preface

Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Sections

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Free Chapter

1. PowerShell Key Concepts

1. PowerShell Key Concepts

Introduction

Using the help system

Understanding command syntax and parameters

Understanding the pipeline

Working with variables and objects

Working with arrays and hash tables

Looping through items

Creating custom objects

Using debugger functions

Understanding the new execution policy

Working with Desired State Configuration

Using the Save-Help function

Working with script repositories

2. Exchange Management Shell Common Tasks

2. Exchange Management Shell Common Tasks

Introduction

Manually configuring remote PowerShell connections

Using explicit credentials with PowerShell cmdlets

Transferring files through remote shell connections

Managing domains or an entire forest using the recipient scope

Exporting reports to text and CSV files

Sending SMTP e-mails through PowerShell

Scheduling scripts to run at a later time

Logging shell sessions to a transcript

Automating tasks with the scripting agent

Scripting an Exchange server installation

3. Managing Recipients

3. Managing Recipients

Introduction

Adding, modifying, and removing mailboxes

Working with contacts

Managing distribution groups

Managing resource mailboxes

Creating recipients in bulk using a CSV file

Working with recipient filters

Adding and removing recipient e-mail addresses

Hiding recipients from address lists

Configuring recipient moderation

Configuring message delivery restrictions

Managing automatic replies and Out of Office settings for a user

Adding, modifying, and removing server-side inbox rules

Managing mailbox folder permissions

Importing user photos into Active Directory

4. Managing Mailboxes

4. Managing Mailboxes

Introduction

Reporting on the mailbox size

Working with move requests and performing mailbox moves

E-mail notification on mailbox moves

Importing and exporting mailboxes

Deleting messages from mailboxes

Managing disconnected mailboxes

Reporting on mailbox creation time

Setting storage quotas for mailboxes

Finding inactive mailboxes

Detecting and fixing corrupt mailboxes

Restoring deleted items from mailboxes

Managing public folder mailboxes

Reporting on public folder statistics

Managing user access to public folders

5. Distribution Groups and Address Lists

5. Distribution Groups and Address Lists

Introduction

Reporting on distribution group membership

Adding members to a distribution group from an external file

Previewing dynamic distribution group membership

Excluding hidden recipients from a dynamic distribution group

Converting and upgrading distribution groups

Allowing managers to modify group membership

Removing disabled user accounts from distribution groups

Working with distribution group naming policies

Working with distribution group membership approval

Creating address lists

Exporting address list membership to a CSV file

Configuring hierarchical address books

6. Mailbox Database Management

6. Mailbox Database Management

Introduction

Managing the mailbox databases

Moving databases and logs to another location

Configuring the mailbox database limits

Reporting on mailbox database size

Finding the total number of mailboxes in a database

Determining the average mailbox size per database

Reporting on database backup status

Restoring data from a recovery database

7. Managing Client Access

7. Managing Client Access

Introduction

Managing ActiveSync, OWA, POP3, and IMAP4 mailbox settings

Setting internal and external CAS URLs

Managing the Outlook Anywhere settings

Blocking Outlook clients from connecting to Exchange

Reporting on active OWA and RPC connections

Controlling ActiveSync device access

Reporting on ActiveSync devices

8. Managing Transport Servers

8. Managing Transport Servers

Introduction

Managing connectors

Configuring transport limits

Allowing application servers to relay mail

Working with custom DSN messages

Managing connectivity and protocol logs

Searching message tracking logs

Working with messages in transport queues

Searching anti-spam agent logs

Implementing a header firewall

Configure the Edge Transport server role

9. High Availability

9. High Availability

Introduction

Building a Windows NLB cluster for CAS servers

Creating a Database Availability Group

Adding mailbox servers to a Database Availability Group

Configuring Database Availability Group network settings

Adding mailbox copies to a Database Availability Group

Activating mailbox database copies

Working with lagged database copies

Reseeding a database copy

Using the automatic reseed feature

Performing maintenance on Database Availability Group members

Reporting on database status, redundancy, and replication

10. Exchange Security

10. Exchange Security

Introduction

Granting users full access permissions to mailboxes

Finding users with full access to mailboxes

Sending e-mail messages as another user or group

Working with Role Based Access Control

Creating a custom RBAC role for administrators

Creating a custom RBAC role for end users

Troubleshooting RBAC

Generating a certificate request

Installing certificates and enabling services

Importing certificates on multiple Exchange servers

11. Compliance and Audit Logging

11. Compliance and Audit Logging

Introduction

Managing archive mailboxes

Configuring archive mailbox quotas

Creating retention tags and policies

Applying retention policies to mailboxes

Placing mailboxes on Retention Hold

Placing mailboxes on In-Place Hold

Performing a discovery search

Configuring administrator audit logging

Searching the administrator audit logs

Configuring S/MIME for OWA

12. Scripting with the Exchange Web Services Managed API

12. Scripting with the Exchange Web Services Managed API

Introduction

Getting connected to EWS

Sending e-mail messages with EWS

Working with impersonation

Searching mailboxes

Retrieving the headers of an e-mail message

Deleting e-mail items from a mailbox

Creating calendar items

Exporting attachments from a mailbox

A. Common Shell Information

Exchange Management Shell reference

Properties that can be used with the -Filter parameter

Properties that can be used with the -RecipientFilter parameter

B. Query Syntaxes

Advanced Query Syntax

Using the word phrase search

Using a date range search

Using the message type search

Using the logical connector search

Index

Index

Removing disabled user accounts from distribution groups

A standard practice among most organizations when users leave, or have been let go, is to disable their associated Active Directory user account. This allows an administrator to easily re-enable the account in the event that the user comes back to work, or if someone else needs access to the account. Obviously, this has become a common practice because the process of restoring a deleted Active Directory user account is a much more complex alternative. Additionally, if these user accounts are left mailbox-enabled, you can end up with distribution groups that contain multiple disabled user accounts. This recipe will show you how to remove these disabled accounts using the Exchange Management Shell.

How to do it...

To remove disabled Active Directory user accounts from all the distribution groups in the organization, use the following code:

$groups = Get-DistributionGroup -ResultSize Unlimited
foreach($group in $groups){
 Get-DistributionGroupMember...

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