Professional Windows^® PowerShell^TM for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

by Joezer Cookey-Gam; Brendan Keane; Jeffrey Rosen; Jonathan Runyon; Joel Stidley

• ISBN13: 9780470285046
• ISBN10: 0470285044
• Copyright: 2008-04-01
• Publisher: Wrox

Summary

Professional Windows PowerShell for Exchange Server 2007 SP1 If you want to dramatically improve your implementation and administration of Exchange Server 2007, then this is the book for you. It walks you through the ins and outs of PowerShell, showing you how to take full advantage of this scripting language for deploying, configuring, managing, and maintaining your Exchange environment. You'll first explore Windows PowerShell and the Exchange Server 2007 Management Shell. Next, you'll discover how to work with the new Exchange server roles as well as how to use the cmdlets and features that are specific to these roles. You'll then discover how to successfully bring PowerShell into your environment and work with users and groups. Numerous examples are integrated throughout the chapters so you'll be able to quickly apply the information to enhance your Exchange experience. What you will learn from this book All of the PowerShell for Exchange fundamentals so you can quickly get started Methods for working with Exchange User and Group Objects Ways to configure the Client Access Server, Hub Transport, Mailbox Server and Unified Messaging Server roles Best practices for utilizing PowerShell in a production environment How to work with routing in Exchange 2007, continuous replication, and single copy clusters Techniques for automating administration to ensure optimal performance Who this book is for This book is for Exchange professionals who want to learn how to use PowerShell to effectively manage, automate, and streamline their Exchange 2007 organization. Wrox Professional Guides are planned and written by working programmers to meet the real-world needs of programmers, developers, and IT professionals. Focused and relevant, they address the issues technology professionals face every day. They provide examples, practical solutions, and expert education in new technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

PowerShell for Exchange Fundamentals

Getting Started with Windows PowerShell

Using Exchange Management Shell

Using PowerShell to Deploy Exchange Server 2007

Working with User and Group Objects

Public Folders

Working with Server Roles

Configuring the Client Access Server Role

Configuring the Hub Transport Role

Configuring the Mailbox Server Role

Configuring the Edge Transport Server Role

Unified Messaging

Working with PowerShell in a Production Environment

Exchange Server 2007 Routing

Working with Continuous Replication

Single Copy Clusters

Troubleshooting Exchange Issues

Automating Administration

User, Group, and Public Folder Administration

Reporting, Maintenance, and Administration

Using the .NET Framework to Automate Exchange PowerShell Tasks

Index

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