Category: Powershell

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

SSL Root Certificate Errors with Ent 2008 and Microsoft Exchange.

Working around SSL Root Certificate Errors with Entourage 2008 and Microsoft Exchange.


The following process will show how to set up SSL Certificate as digital ID so that you can avoid SSL “root certificate error.”
Installing the Certificate as a Digital ID

1. Open the application called “Microsoft Cert Manager” located in the Office folder inside your Microsoft Office 2008 folder:

2. Import the Exchange Server certificate. No passphrase is required. Click on Import.
3. Now everything should just work when you create your Exchange Account and choose “Use SSL for these Servers” during the Entourage Setup Assistant:
4. Make sure you check the “DAV Service requires SSL” in the “Advanced” account settings for your Exchange user. If you still get the “root certificate error” when starting Entourage, don’t forget to delete the “OfficeSync Prefs” located in your home directory’s Library/Preferences folder and re-launch Entourage.

Congratulations. You are now done. Please test Entourage to make sure the certificate errors are completely gone. 

Error: Page cannot be found while logging into Webmail

Error: user on exchange 2003 server gets page cannot be found error trying to do webmail via OWAExternalURL. Synopsis: CAS proxying via isa requires users on exchange 2003 server to include user@domain.com as part of their email alias Resolution: Add user@domain.com to user’s email alias list and user can now login to webmail successfully.

Configure Outlook 2007 to automatically empty deleted items

If you do not regularly clean out your Deleted Items folder in Outlook, it can quickly get out of control in size. When you delete a message from your Inbox, Sent Items or other folder within Outlook, the message is moved to the Deleted Items folder. This is where messages stay until you clean out the folder.
As an alternative, you can configure Outlook to automatically empty the Deleted Items folder when you close the application. You can accomplish this using the steps described below.

  1. Within Outlook, click Options from the Tools menu.
  2. Click the tab labeled “Other.”
  3. Check the Empty the Deleted Items folder upon exiting option.
  4. If you do not want a warning to appear each time the Deleted Items folder is emptied, click Advanced Options and clear the War before permanently deleting items option

Using Voting Buttons in Outlook 2007

You can use the Voting Buttons to get responses from colleagues. This is useful for tracking feedback from customers or colleagues. Outlook tallies the votes for you so that they can easily be assessed.

To Insert Voting Buttons into your Message:

1. Create your New Message.

2. Select the Options tab.

3. Select Use Voting Buttons.

4. Choose the voting buttons you wish to use from the four options provided (Approve; Reject, Yes; No, Yes; No; Maybe, or Custom).

5. Make sure your message is the way you want it, including the question or statement that is to be voted on. Make sure you have included the proper recipients for the email message.

6. Click Send.

The recipients of your message will notice a highlighted line of text (vote by clicking Vote in the Respond group above) showing up above the From line in the email. By clicking Vote, they will be shown the voting options to select from. After they select the desired voting option, a confirmation prompt will appear showing their selection and giving them the choice of sending the response or editing the response before sending.

Getting a Tally of the Votes:

You will receive the replies to your message with the selected voting option in the subject line. You could tally the votes yourself, however if you sent the message out to a large number of recipients, this could be rather time consuming. A better method is to let Outlook tally the votes for you.

1. Go to your Sent Items.

2. Open the message that had the voting buttons.

3. Go to the Ribbon.

4. In the Show section, select Tracking.

You will see the reply totals followed by a list of the individual votes.

roaming active sync users getting push emails in batches

Some active sync users who travel often may not get push emails as they arrive
This is often due to network roaming issues. To prevent such errors, configure your active sync device to apply active sync sync schedule while roaming
** please note that roaming charges still apply and you might incur higher phone bill

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

Use this tool to view your cached frequent contacts in Outlook

Use this tool to view, delete or edit Outlook.NK2 Auto complete information.
You may get non-deliverable messages if your autocomplete file isn’t accurate and updated
download the tool from here and double click the executable file.