Exchange 2010 PowerShell
Exchange 2013/2016/2019:- Bulk set OOF for multiple users with different messages.
In Exchange, whether it is Exchange 2010, Exchange 2013, Exchange 2016 or Exchange 2019, you may come across the request to set an Out off Office (OOF or OOO) for users. Generally when you set OOF for a user, they can do this from Outlook directly but there may come...
Exchange 2016/2019:- Check your move requests with a form that uses PowerShell
Mailbox migrations in an Organization are part of many Exchange Admins duties, this can be to a newer version of Exchange or simply migrating off a large database to smaller ones. If you are looking after a big organization and need to monitor migrations, PowerShell...
Exchange 2010:- Test Multiple CAS Server logins using PowerShell
If you manage quite a few Exchange 2010 CAS servers, logging into each one to test that OWA works can be quite cumbersome. I put together a script that can check all of them and email you a report. Here is an example: The URL for each CAS server will show, for example...
Exchange 2019:- Remove alias from Distribution Group with PowerShell
Quick tip for the day. Ever wanted to remove an alias from a Distribution Group and wondered how to do this with the Exchange Management Shell (EMS). It is pretty simple, you run the following command below: Set-distributiongroup GroupEmailAddress –EmailAddresses...
Exchange 2019:- Reset RBAC to default
I have a strange problem in my lab where my main account is part of the org admin group however I cannot run half the commands, I thought I would reset everything with the commands below but have not seen any change. Still cannot do much. However in my Exchange 2016...
Exchange 2016:- Check last backup using PowerShell
Here is a quick tip for checking the last backup on an Exchange database using the Exchange Management Shell (EMS): Get-MailboxDatabase -Status | FT name, Last* Simple enough and there you have the information. Hope it helps.
Exchange 2016:- Remove mailbox database fails.
Ever had it where you want to remove a database and it just doesn't work? Well this happened this morning. I got a weird error saying that the database is in a backup status? Well it wasn't but here is the error: This is a lab so no backups are running, to fix the...
Exchange 2019:- Resume mailbox database copy
When you do maintenance on an Exchange server, you would expect everything to be fine after a reboot? Correct? Well in some cases that does not happen. For example, one of my Database availability Groups (DAG) had the passive copy all in a Suspended state. How do you...
Exchange 2019:- Export Calendar to PST
Quick tip when exporting certain folders to a PST file in Exchange. Ensure that RBAC is setup for the Mailbox Import/export to work.Ensure your share is setup. Here is the command to export, just like a normal PST export but you including folders"...
Exchange 2010 and higher:- Fix a DAG’s ContentIndexState that failed
Quick tip: If you have a DAG with a ContentIndexState showing failed, you can fix it with a simple command in the Exchange Management Shell (EMS): Update-MailboxDatabaseCopy -Identity "DAGNAME\store" -CatalogOnly This will then start a re-seed and it should return to...