Sets the language attribute of Exchange 2010 mailboxes - use this powershell script
usage scenario: During a move mailbox scenario in a mid-large international company users told that they got Non Deleivery Reports (NDRs) in German language. Crazy, because all servers are set up with English OS and English Exchange Software - no German at all!
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Empty all extension attributes and replace the value with NULL for all users with Exchange 2010 mailboxes
usage scenario: During a move mailbox scenario in a mid-large international company we had to empty all extension attributes (formerly called custom attributes). Some attributes still had values from a years ago migration.
First I thought to take ADModify.NET. But unfortunatly you can only replace one attribute at a time. So it would be too time-consuming with that utilitiy.
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Modify attributes of users who are listed in a file - use this powershell script
usage scenario: During a move mailbox scenario in a mid-large international company we had to exclude certain users from moving. So we had to "mark" all users, which were Blackberry mobile users and all VIP-users.
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Do you like to manage your mailbox accounts by having different Active Directory groups for mailboxes on 2003, 2007 and 2010 servers?
We often have the following problem by our customers:
To avoid manually adding users to Exchange Groups we developed a small tool which automates this process.
Continue reading Managing Mailbox Users on Different Exchange Versions
Verwalten von Mailboxbenutzern auf verschiedenen Exchange Versionen.
Wir haben des Öfteren folgende Problemstellungen bei unseren Kunden:
1. OWA-Zugriffe sollen nur mit einer einzigen URL aus dem Internet her möglich sein, obgleich man mehrere Exchange-Versionen im Unternehmen hat. Letzteres kann vorkommen, wenn man sich in der Übergangsphase von Exchange 2003 und/oder Exchange 2007 nach Exchange 2010 befindet. Der Aufruf wird aus dem Internet zum Beispiel an den ISA/TMG oder auch CISCO Netscaler geleitet. Dieser prüft dann die Gruppenzugehörigkeit eines Benutzers und leitet ihn auf den entsprechenden Exchange Server URL.
2. Das Unternehmen möchte gerne diverse Dinge steuern, je nachdem ob der Benutzer seine Mailbox auf einem Exchange 2003, 2007 oder einem 2010 Server hat.
Continue reading Welcher Benutzer hat seine Mailbox auf welcher Exchangeserver Version?
Due to a company take-over we had to modify the primary proxyaddress of users and public folders.
Unfortunatly all tests using ADModify which is a great tool didn't work. A modification with recipient policies and RUS seemed to be too critical, because most addresses had been modified different times and some tests did not have the expected result. So we decided to write some code using Powershell. We used Quest Power GUI with Active Roles Management Shell for Active Directory (free download) and installed .NET 3.1 and Powershell 1.0 on an Exchange 2003 SP2 Server / German language.
In 3 code snippets we delete a given secondary proxyaddress from users in a given group. Then we add a new primary proxyaddress and in third step we change the old primary address into a secondary address.
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Continue reading Modify the primary SMTP address of a Public Folder - Powershell Script
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A lot of administrators are looking for scripts to create test accounts in bulk. NETsec now offers a freeware tool which creates users and contacts. As special feature you can create free/busy information for testing purposes.
The tool works fine with Active Directory and Exchange 200x and makes creation of large numbers of Active Directory objects easy. Great for Exchange consultants and test lab needs.
Download BulkEx for free.
Continue reading Freeware: NETsec publishes Test Data Tool (BulkEx) for test labs
