POP3 is not working in Microsoft Exchange Server
Troubleshoot and fix POP3 connectivity issues in Microsoft Exchange Server with practical checks, common causes, and step-by-step solutions.
DAG Quorum and the File Share Witness
DAG Quorum and the File Share Witness Quorum is the voting process that the cluster uses to determine whether the DAG should remain online or go offline. If the DAG goes offline all of the databases in the DAG are dismounted and are therefore inaccessible to end users, causing an outage. There are two quorum…
Exchange File mode replication vs Block mode replication
Exchange File mode replication vs Block mode replication Database replication occurs between DAG members using two methods: (1). File mode replication (2). Block mode replication (1). File mode replication: During file mode replication, each transaction log files generated by the active database copy is written until it is closed off when it reaches 1MB in…
Exchange Database Availability Group (DAG) Concepts
Database Availability Group (DAG) Concepts DAG Members The Mailbox servers that are members of the DAG and can host database copies within the DAG. A DAG can have up to 16 members and a File Share Witness. Quorum The process by which the DAG members determine whether a majority of members are online and available….
Managing Mailbox Permissions CMDlets
Managing Mailbox Permissions PowerShell Commands Grant Send on Behalf of Permissions Set-Mailbox ‘user@domain.com’ -GrantSendOnBehalfTo ‘user@domain.com’ Add Editor permissions Add-MailboxFolderPermission -Identity ‘user@domain.com’ -User ‘user@domain.com’ -AccessRights Editor Add Reviewer permissions (what if) Set-MailboxFolderPermission -Identity ‘user@domain.com’ -User ‘user@domain.com’ -AccessRights Reviewer -whatif Getting Mailbox Folder Permissions Get-MailboxFolderPermission -Identity ‘user@domain.com’ | fl Get-MailboxFolderPermission -Identity user@domain.com:\inbox Impersonation Rights New-ManagementRoleAssignment Name:RoleName -Role:ApplicationImpersonation -User:’domain\alias’…
Mailbox Move CMDlets
Exchange Mailbox Move PowerShell Commands Move the user mailbox to Database DB01 New-MoveRequest -Identity ‘username@example.com’ -TargetDatabase “DB01” New-MoveRequest -Identity ‘username@example.com’ -TargetDatabase “DB01” -BadItemLimit 100 Move the bulk users mailbox to Database DB01 Create CSV file having the email address of the users and name it as “EmailAddress.csv” ForEach ($User in Get-Content “C:\temp\EmailAddress.csv”){ New-MoveRequest -Identity $user…
Resource Rooms and Calendars CMDlets
Exchange Resource Rooms and Calendars PowerShell CMDlets Disable Double Booking of Meeting Rooms Set-CalendarProcessing -Identity ‘room’ -AllowConflicts:$false Disable Double Booking on all Meeting Rooms Get-Mailbox | where {$_.ResourceType -eq “Room” } | Set-CalendarProcessing -AllowConflicts:$false Get Status of Meeting Rooms Calendars Get-CalendarProcessing -Identity room | fl Get Calendar Permissions for user Get-MailboxFolderPermission roomname@domain.org:\calendar Grant read rights to…
Message Tracking CMDlets
Exchange Message Tracking PowerShell CMDlets Search by Message ID Get-ExchangeServer | get-messagetrackinglog -MessageID “<messageID>” -Start “5/16/2012 12:01:00 AM” -End “5/16/2012 11:59:00 PM” | fl Timestamp,ClientIp,ClientHostname,ServerIp,ServerHostname,Source,EventId,MessageId, @{Name=”Recipients”;Expression={$_.recipients}},@{Name=”Recipientstatus”;Expression={$_.recipientstatus}},TotalBytes,MessageSubject,Sender,ReturnPath,MessageLantency Search by Sender Get-ExchangeServer | get-messagetrackinglog -sender user@domain.com -Start “11/15/2012 12:00:00 AM” -End “11/16/2012 11:59:00 PM” | fl Timestamp,ClientIp,ClientHostname,ServerIp,ServerHostname, Source,EventId,MessageId, @{Name=”Recipients”;Expression={$_.recipients}},@{Name=”Recipientstatus”;Expression={$_.recipientstatus}},TotalBytes,MessageSubject,Sender Search by Recipient Get-ExchangeServer | get-messagetrackinglog -recipient user@domain.com…
