Another day…. another tool. So. Jet Stress 2013. Microsoft has released it for download here. According to Microsoft in Technet “Jetstress 2013 works with the Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 database engine to simulate the Exchange database and log disk input/output (I/O) load.” While other third party SAN/disk vendors like to use other tools like IOMeter…
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Quick PowerShell Stuff 6
It’s been a while since I’ve created a post for quick, useful PowerShell commands. For the fourth installment in this vein I am going to provide code for some environment checks I’ve used in audits or general Exchange check-ups. Quick Script 1 – Full Mailbox Permissions Granted Check Have you ever wanted a report on…
Z-Hire and Z-Term Review
Administrator are faced with less – less time, less resources, etc- – and the obvious solution is automation. This rule seems to apply whether you’re a consultant or work the day to day grind for a corporation; with automation freeing up your time is a way to get your high priority tasks completed. That’s where…
Recursive Distribution List Script
Distribution list cleanup/management is an ongoing concern for any Exchange environment. I am currently assisting a customer who has over 1000 distribution groups and only 400 employees. To assist them in the cleanup I focused on the groups with a low amount of members. For example I can use a simple one liner to find…
Exchange 2013 – Configure Your Mobile Device Mailbox Policy
Now that Exchange 2013 is RTM and some deployments are being planned, designed and even deployed in some corporations, I am going to have a series of How To’s on configuring some settings that may not be as easy as it once was. Take for example your Mobile Device policies. If we take a look…
Exchange Admin Console – Migration Issue with Administrator Account
After a bit of wrangling, it has become apparent that I had forgotten one of the changes made with Exchange 2007. Since Exchange 2007 the permissions model for administrators and regular users became split. Only non-admin accounts allowed inheritable permissions to propagate, while admin accounts did not. This has caused people issues with OWA (OWA…
Exchange 2010 SP3 Released
If you don’t read the Exchange Team Blog (shame on you!), then click here for the link to their release post on this brand new Service Pack. Here are some takeaways I got from reading the post and some of the linked TechNet articles out there: Exchange 2010 SP3 You can now install it on…
Find All Active Distribution Groups
As a precursor to a larger article I am writing, I wanted to at least get this little bit of code out to people and hope it is found to be useful. I’ve create a script that will examine all message tracking logs for the past month on multiple servers to find any distribution group…
Script Troubleshooting in PowerShell
While writing many of my PowerShell scripts I have found numerous helpful techniques when troubleshooting where a script is, what a certain variable has carried over or dumping the contents of an array or CSV file. I use techniques/commands like write-host, foreach loops for arrays, send-emailmessage, debug and write-eventlog. These methods come in handy when…
Admin Audit Logs – Scripted
Auditing has become the new focus in Exchange 2010. In my last article I covered Mailbox Auditing. Something new that was added to Exchange 2010 was Admin Audit logging. What is Admin Audit Logging? “You can use administrator audit logging in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 to record actions taken by a user or administrator that…
