Category: Exchange 2007

Convert resource mailbox to shared mailbox using pshell command

Convert resource mailbox to shared mailbox using this pshell command:
set-mailbox pep-employees -Type:Shared
The purpose of the share parameter is to create a mailbox that is accessed by other users, a general mailbox.
In Exchange 2003 and Exchange 2000, you had to use shared mailboxes to represent resources.
When you move these mailboxes to Exchange 2007, they will be Exchange 2007 shared mailboxes.
You must convert them from Exchange 2007 shared mailboxes to Exchange 2007 resource mailboxes so that they will have all the properties of Exchange 2007 resource mailboxes.
To use the Exchange Management Shell to convert a mailbox
To convert a shared mailbox to a resource mailbox, run the following command:

Set-Mailbox ConfRoom1 -Type Room
You can use the following values for the Type parameter:
Regular
Room
Equipment
Shared

Error:The distribution list has reached maximum size for your network e-mail server. No new members could be added

The distribution list has reached maximum size for your network e-mail server. No new members could be added
solution: see this MS KB article

Error not finding DC when installing Exch Mgmt tools on WinXP

Occasionally, while installing exchange management tools on windows xp, you may receive domain controller error. These errors are related: cannot find the RUS responsible for domain, New and existing users may not be properly enabled.
To resolve this error, go to command prompt and type
setup /r:MT /dc:’servername’
This installs the 32bit mgmt tool on your workstation. Note that all other pre-requisites have to be installed prior to mgmt tools installation
Note: to install the exchange 2007 mgmt tools/console, download exchange 2007 32bit with sp1 from Microsoft’s website. run the setup file with this switch:  setup /r:MT /dc:‘servername’

Enable Auto Processing of meeting requests for room mailboxes

Users with FullAccess to resource accounts can open it via Outlook or OWA.
Users prefer resource accounts to accept or deny requests automatically. For manual processing, the user must be setup as a delegate to that resource account
To enable auto processing from the powershell command line, type:
Set-MailboxCalendarSetting -id mailboxname -AutomateProcessing AutoAccept -AddOrganizerToSubject $False

Using Exmon(Exchange User Monitor)

Use Exmon(Exchange User Monitor) to view individual user’s usage and user experiencece with exchange server 2003 or 2007.
With this tool, you can gather real-time data for operating servers, to attain a better understanding of usage patterns of clients, and for future planning.
Administrators can view the following using ExMon:
IP addresses used by clients
Microsoft Office Outlook® versions and mode (Cached Exchange Mode versus classic online)
Outlook client-side monitoring data
Resources consumed:
CPU usage
Server-side processor latency
Total latency (network and processing) (with Outlook 2003 version MAPI)
Network bytes

Note   ExMon measures only MAPI traffic and load on an Exchange server. It does not include or display data about other protocols such as Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), Distributed Authoring and Versioning (DAV), Outlook Web Access, Post Office Protocol version 3 (POP3), or Internet Message Access Protocol version 4rev1 (IMAP4).
At this time, Exmon for Exchange 2007 is only available from Microsoft Support Team. You can download Exmon for Exchange server 2003 from Microsoft’s website.

To use Exmon on Exchange server 2007:

1. Get the tool from MSFT and Install Exmon
2. Setup a tracelog for exchange information store(non system provider)
3. use exmon from command prompt to open and analyze captured file. For eg, exmon c:perflogsexmon-tracelog_00001.etl
4. Exmon displays detailed statistics with client ip addresses, version, etc