Microsoft Exchange 2010 PowerShell Cookbook

Book Description

This book is written in a cookbook-style format and provides practical, immediately usable task-based recipes that show you how to manage and maintain your Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 environment with Windows PowerShell 2.0. Each chapter of the book is written so that it can be used as a desktop reference, or it can be read from beginning to end, allowing you to build a solid foundation for building scripts in your Exchange environment. This book is for messaging professionals who want to learn how to build real-world scripts with Windows PowerShell 2.0 and the Exchange Management Shell. If you are a network or systems administrator responsible for managing and maintaining Exchange Server 2010, then this book is for you. The recipes in this cookbook touch on each of the core Exchange 2010 server roles and require a working knowledge of supporting technologies including Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2, Active Directory, and DNS. This book covers the latest additions to Exchange Server 2010 including Service Pack 1. A basic understanding of Exchange Server 2010 and Windows PowerShell 2.0 is highly recommended.

What you will learn

• Get to grips with the core PowerShell concepts required to master the Exchange Management Shell such as pipelining, working with objects, formatting output, and writing scripts Understand how to generate detailed reports, send the output of commands in e-mail messages, and schedule scripts to run automatically Build provisioning scripts that create mailboxes, contacts, and distribution groups in bulk Learn how to import, export, move mailboxes, and delete messages from mailboxes using the command line Manage mailbox and public folder databases Manage Database Availability Groups (DAGs) including installation, configuration, maintenance, and reporting Configure Transport server settings such as mail relay, tracking logs, transport rules, delivery reports, and more Discover how to manage Exchange 2010 security features such as mailbox and folder permissions and Role Based Access Control (RBAC) Configure audit compliance settings such as retention policies, personal archives, discover search, and administrator audit logging Monitor server resources including CPU, Memory, Disk, Event Logs, and more using PowerShell

Who this book is for