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Evan Dodds - Microsoft Exchange Server Blog
Solving the ViewEntireForest problem
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over 6 years ago
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In this recent post , I blogged about Scope and the ViewEntireForest property of $AdminSessionADSettings variable. In particular, one thing I said in passing bears a bit more explanation: When you're in Forest scope, the admin session talks to a...
Evan Dodds - Microsoft Exchange Server Blog
Benp's Guide to Stuff... Today, AD
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over 6 years ago
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Benp recently posted his "guide to stuff" on the topic of PowerShell manipulation of AD objects , focusing on the use of the [ADSI] wrapper and System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry. This is an area that is quite interesting to understand from an...
Evan Dodds - Microsoft Exchange Server Blog
Cmdlet Insights at the Exchange Ninjas Wiki
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over 6 years ago
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Matthew Byrd has been providing some insight into a bunch of specific cmdlets at the Exchange Ninjas wiki over the last few weeks. The cool thing about what he's been doing is that he's identifying cmdlets where their usage may be hard to understand ...
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PowerShell access to System Folders
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over 6 years ago
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I've had a note in my "blog about me" file for a month or two to call out the way to access Exchange "System Folders" with PowerShell cmdlets. I just went out and looked and there appears to be a couple of websites / posts (and probably others) that have...
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ApplyMandatoryProperties
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over 6 years ago
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Recently I've gotten several questions about the "-ApplyMandatoryProperties" parameter on Set-Mailbox. Here's a quick overview of this parameter - what it does, why it does it, etc. What does ApplyMandatoryProperties parameter do? It applies the...
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Where will you be March 12-15th?
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over 6 years ago
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In the wake of the largest product launch in the company's history (Windows Vista operating system, Office 2007 and -- most importantly ! -- Exchange Server 2007), Microsoft Corp. will host the 2007 MVP Global Summit . The annual event recognizes the...
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Filterable Properties in Exchange 2007 RTM
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over 6 years ago
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Since I've posted a number of times about OPATH filters for Exchange 2007 and RecipientFilter parameter for EAP/AL/GAL/DDG objects, it's only fair that I get a lot of email asking me questions about how to use it, how to convert old-style LDAP filters...
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Mailbox Size PowerShell Form Script
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over 6 years ago
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Glen recently posted an " Exchange 2007 Mailbox Size PowerShell Form Script ". This is a super-cool walkthrough post for at least two reasons: 1) It shows the power of PowerShell (and you know I just can't get enough of that!) but also 2) it shows...
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$AdminSessionADSettings and you
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over 6 years ago
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Jared has previously posted twice on topics that skirt around the issue of "scope" in Exchange 2007: first in October as Tips 1 and 2 of the Exchange 2007 Console Tips and Tricks post and then again in January as Tip 1 of the Tips for Managing the Exchange...
Evan Dodds - Microsoft Exchange Server Blog
Using MemberOf with -RecipientFilter
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over 6 years ago
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In the Do I Really Need to Upgrade my Filters blog post, Several folks posted a question/comment asking about MemberOf. In Exchange 2003, it was possible to build an EAP/AL/GAL/DDG filter that took into account group membership as a criteria for inclusion...
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Exchange Demos with PowerShell - Grand Finale/Provisioning
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over 6 years ago
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Continuing from the previous post , in this final part of the demo I explain how I provisioned the environment, and demonstrated a script to "rip out" the environment and then effortlessly "regenerate" it again: [PS] C:\Program Files\Microsoft...
Evan Dodds - Microsoft Exchange Server Blog
Exchange Demos with PowerShell - Finding Things
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over 6 years ago
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Continuing on from the previous post , in the third part of the demo I talk about using help and "finding things" in PowerShell. as well as introducing the concept of Exchange identity and filters (both traditional PowerShell client-side and Exchange...
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Exchange Demos with PowerShell - DotNet Objects
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over 6 years ago
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Continuing from the previous post , during the second part of the demo I introduced the details on how to interact with other .net objects, along with some of the PowerShell glue that makes manipulating Exchange objects so powerful: [PS] C:\Program...
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Exchange Demos with PowerShell - Basics
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over 6 years ago
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The first part of the demo I describe in my previous post was to introduce the crowd to the basics of interacting with the Exchange cmdlets in PowerShell: [PS] C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop>Get-ExchangeServer Name Site ServerRole...
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Exchange Demos with PowerShell
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over 6 years ago
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I'd previously blogged about Vivek posting the details and a link to the "Scriptacular Demo Pack" . This download can be very useful in preparing/provisioning an environment to use for demos, and then knocking the socks off your audience with the coolness...
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Matt's introduction to Exchange PowerShell Automation
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over 6 years ago
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I'm very happy to have recently run across Matt Stehle's " CDOs and CDONTS of Messaging Development " blog (and it's a great blog name too, btw -- Bravo Matt!) He's currently running a series of posts called "Introduction to Exchange PowerShell Automation...
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AdminDisplayVersion as a structure
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over 6 years ago
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Neil posted this morning about how to find your Exchange 2007 server's "installed bits" version using powershell and the "AdminDisplayVersion" property . Great post, and a simple way to determine -- particularly in bulk for many servers -- what version...
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Exchange 2007 SysMgmt Team blog posts roundup
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over 6 years ago
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I have previously listed the progress we've been making in posting ITPro focused Systems Management blog posts to the EHLO team blog in my " Continuing with SysMgmtBlog Posts " and " Exchange 2007 SysMgmt bloggers want your input " postings. To recap...
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Do I really need to upgrade my filters?
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over 6 years ago
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After posting the Exchange 2007 OPATH intro and How to Upgrade the Filters posts to EHLO over the past few days, one question that's come up enough to warrant another blog post is "Do I really need to upgrade my filters". And the answer is pretty straight...
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Wrangling Byte Quantified Size details from Exchange 2007 with Powershell
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over 6 years ago
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Exchange 2007 has some very powerful cmdlets which can be used to generate fairly effective reports, out of the box. However, sometimes they're just a bit TOO powerful, and it leads to some confusion about how to get out the data you want. Example of...
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Powershell blog takes on booleans
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over 7 years ago
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More details about the "True"/"False" vs $true/$false behavior posted to the Powershell team blog ( Boolean Values and Operators ) over the weekend. I'm very relieved (" whew !") to see they reached same conclusion as my Exchange-related blog post ( When...
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Scriptacular Demo Pack 2007
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over 7 years ago
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Finally, I'm able to "scoop" the EHLO team blog on something. And all it took was Nino being OOF to vacation while I am not! :) Last night Vivek posted the much-anticipated "Scriptacular Demo Pack" for Exchange Server 2007 to his blog . This is a great...
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When 'false' means $true
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over 7 years ago
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Recent customer question: "Why does it treat the boolean as 'true' when I explicitly entered 'false'?". This question is normally followed up by something like "This is obviously a bug since when I tell it 'true' works just fine." Great real world...
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How many mailboxes on each of my mailbox databases?
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over 7 years ago
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Recent question across my mailbox: "How can I get a count of how many mailboxes are on each of my mailbox databases?" The simple answer is to use something like this: Get-Mailbox -ResultSize Unlimited | Group-Object Database | Format-Table Name...
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Evan presenting at Exchange Connections Fall 2006
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over 7 years ago
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I've arrived safely in Las Vegas for the Fall 2006 Exchange Connections conference. I'll be presenting on Tuesday (Microsoft Day) a session about the new ITPro administration experience in Exchange 2007 -- session EMS301. Here's the abstract: EMS301:...
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