Today’s post is on some quick Powershell commands I’ve used in various Exchange 2010 environments.
Let’s say you need to verify what IPs you are allowing to relay through your server. First, get a list all your connectors and pick one that you want to verify the settings for:
get-receiveconnector
| Identity | Bindings | Enabled |
| ——– | ——– | ——- |
| Server01\Default Server01 | 0.0.0.0:2525, 0.0.0.0:25} | TRUE |
| Server01\Client Server01 | {:::587, 0.0.0.0:587} | TRUE |
| Server01\Application | {0.0.0.0:25} | TRUE |
Once you have the connectors listed, copy the name into the below command.
$ReceiveConnector = get-receiveconnector Server01\Application; $ReceiveConnector.remoteipranges |ft lowerbound,upperbound,netmask -autosize
| LowerBound | UpperBound | Netmask |
| ——– | ——– | ——– |
| 192.168.1.217 | 192.168.1.217 | |
| 192.168.1.150 | 192.168.1.150 | |
| 192.168.1.1 | 192.168.1.1 | |
| 192.168.1.111 | 192.168.1.111 | |
| 192.168.1.251 | 192.168.1.251 | |
| 192.168.1.24 | 192.168.1.24 | |
| 192.168.1.218 | 192.168.1.218 | |
| 192.168.1.210 | 192.168.1.210 | |
| 192.168.1.202 | 192.168.1.202 |
Now you have a list of your allowed IPs.
Another sample script I have used is to check the status of various services on a server. This is a small example from an Exchange server I recently ran it on:
get-service msexchan*,w3s*,iis* |ft Displayname,status -auto
| DisplayName | Status |
| ————— | ‘————— |
| IIS Admin Service | Running |
| Microsoft Exchange Address Book | Running |
| Microsoft Exchange Active Directory Topology | Running |
| Microsoft Exchange Anti-spam Update | Running |
| Microsoft Exchange EdgeSync | Running |
| Microsoft Exchange Forms-Based Authentication service | Running |
| Microsoft Exchange File Distribution | Running |
| Microsoft Exchange IMAP4 | Running |
| Microsoft Exchange Information Store | Running |
| Microsoft Exchange Mailbox Assistants | Running |
| Microsoft Exchange Mailbox Replication | Running |
| Microsoft Exchange Mail Submission | Running |
| Microsoft Exchange Monitoring | Stopped |
| Microsoft Exchange POP3 | Running |
| Microsoft Exchange Protected Service Host | Running |
| Microsoft Exchange Replication | Running |
| Microsoft Exchange RPC Client Access | Running |
| Microsoft Exchange System Attendant | Running |
| Microsoft Exchange Search Indexer | Running |
| Microsoft Exchange Service Host | Running |
| Microsoft Exchange Throttling | Running |
| Microsoft Exchange Transport | Running |
| Microsoft Exchange Transport Log Search | Running |
| World Wide Web Publishing Service | Running |
You can add as many services as you want to this list. Good for quick glances without have to look at the Services list in Computer Management.
