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Microsoft Exchange 2010 PowerShell Cookbook

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Microsoft Exchange 2010 PowerShell Cookbook

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Microsoft Exchange 2010 PowerShell Cookbook
Jul, 2011 | 480 pages
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Table of Contents (22 chapters)
Microsoft Exchange 2010 PowerShell Cookbook
Microsoft Exchange 2010 PowerShell Cookbook
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
PowerShell Key Concepts
PowerShell Key Concepts
Introduction
Understanding command syntax and parameters
Using the help system
Understanding the pipeline
Working with variables and objects
Formatting output
Working with arrays and hash tables
Looping through items
Using flow control statements
Creating custom objects
Creating PowerShell functions
Creating and running scripts
Setting up a profile
2
Exchange Management Shell Common Tasks
Exchange Management Shell Common Tasks
Introduction
Using command discovery through the Exchange Management Console
Manually configuring remote PowerShell connections
Transferring files through remote shell connections
Dealing with concurrent pipelines in remote PowerShell
Managing domains or an entire forest using recipient scope
Using explicit credentials with PowerShell cmdlets
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
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
Managing Mailboxes
Introduction
Performing some basic steps
Reporting on the mailbox size
Working with move requests and performing mailbox moves
Importing and exporting mailboxes
Deleting messages from mailboxes
Managing disconnected mailboxes
Generating mailbox folder reports
Reporting on mailbox creation time
Checking mailbox logon statistics
Setting storage quotas for mailboxes
Finding inactive mailboxes
Detecting and fixing corrupt mailboxes
Restoring deleted items from mailboxes
5
Distribution Groups and Address Lists
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 and Public Folder Databases
Mailbox and Public Folder Databases
Introduction
Managing the mailbox and the public folder databases
Moving databases and logs to another location
Configuring the mailbox and public folder 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
Configuring public folder replication
Managing user access to public folders
Reporting on public folder statistics
7
Managing Client Access
Managing Client Access
Introduction
Creating an RPC Client Access array
Configuring the CAS server used by RPC clients
Configuring RPC encryption requirements
Managing ActiveSync, OWA, POP3, and IMAP4 mailbox settings
Setting internal and external CAS URLs
Managing 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
Managing Transport Servers
Introduction
Managing connectors
Configuring transport limits
Allowing application servers to relay mail
Managing transport rules
Working with custom DSN messages
Managing connectivity and protocol logs
Message tracking logs
Working with messages in transport queues
Searching anti-spam agent logs
Implementing a header firewall
9
High Availability
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
Performing maintenance on Database Availability Group members
Reporting on database status, redundancy, and replication
10
Exchange Security
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 (RBAC)
Creating a custom RBAC role for administrators
Creating a custom RBAC role for end users
Troubleshooting Role Based Access Control
Generating a certificate request
Installing certificates and enabling services
Importing certificates on multiple exchange servers
11
Compliance and Audit Logging
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
Performing a discovery search
Placing mailboxes on litigation hold
Enabling mailbox audit logging
Generating mailbox audit log reports
Configuring Administrator Audit Logging
Searching administrator audit logs
12
Server Monitoring and Troubleshooting
Server Monitoring and Troubleshooting
Introduction
Managing and monitoring services
Verifying server connectivity
Working with the event logs
Reporting on disk usage
Checking CPU utilization
Monitoring memory utilization
Reporting on Exchange Server uptime
Troubleshooting the Mailbox role
Troubleshooting the Client Access Server role
Troubleshooting Transport servers
Verifying certificate health
13
Scripting with the Exchange Web Services Managed API
Scripting with the Exchange Web Services Managed API
Introduction
Performing some basic steps
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
Exchange Management Shell reference
Exchange Management Shell reference
Commonly-used shell variables
Commonly-used type accelerators
Scripts available in the $ExBin directory
Properties that can be used with the Filter parameter
Properties that can be used with the RecipientFilterparameter
Advanced Query Syntax
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

Reporting on active OWA and RPC connections

One of the nice things about using PowerShell to manage Exchange is that you have a great deal of flexibility when it comes to solving problems. When the Exchange Management Shell does not provide a cmdlet that specifically meets your needs, you can often tap into other resources accessible through PowerShell. This recipe provides a great example for this. In this section, we'll use PowerShell to query performance counter data to determine the number of active OWA and RPC connections on one or more CAS servers.

How to do it...

  1. To determine the number of users currently logged into OWA on a CAS server, use the following command syntax:

    Get-Counter –Counter '\\cas1\MSExchange OWA\Current Users'

    This retrieves the total number of users logged into OWA on the CAS1 server. The output from this command will look similar to the following:

    Timestamp                 CounterSamples
---------                 --------------
11/30/2010 11:57:59 AM    \\cas1\msexchange...
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