Microsoft Exchange Cookbook

Microsoft Exchange 2010 PowerShell Cookbook

Manage and maintain your Microsoft Exchange 2010 environment with Windows PowerShell 2.0 and the Exchange Management Shell

Mike Pfeiffer

BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI

Microsoft Exchange 2010 PowerShell Cookbook

Copyright ? 2011 Packt Publishing

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embedded in critical articles or reviews. Every effort has been made in the preparation of this book to ensure the accuracy of the information presented. However, the information contained in this book is sold without warranty, either express or implied. Neither the author, nor Packt Publishing, and its dealers and distributors will be held liable for any damages caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by this book. Packt Publishing has endeavored to provide trademark information about all of the companies and products mentioned in this book by the appropriate use of capitals. However, Packt Publishing cannot guarantee the accuracy of this information.

First published: July 2011

Production Reference: 1150711

Published by Packt Publishing Ltd. 32 Lincoln Road Olton Birmingham, B27 6PA, UK. ISBN 978-1-849682-46-6 Cover Image by Artie Ng (artherng@.au)

Credits

Author Mike Pfeiffer

Reviewers Jason Helmick Shay Levy Robert Martin Anderson Patricio

Acquisition Editor Kerry George

Development Editor Gaurav Mehta

Technical Editors Neha Damle Joyslita D'Souza Aditi Suvarna

Project Coordinator Zainab Bagasrawala

Proofreader Lucy Henson

Indexer Monica Ajmera Mehta

Production Coordinator Melwyn D'sa

Cover Work Melwyn D'sa

About the Author

Mike Pfeiffer has been in the IT field for over 13 years, spending most of his time as

an enterprise consultant focused on Active Directory and Exchange implementation and migration projects. He is a Microsoft Certified Master on Exchange 2010, and a Microsoft Exchange MVP. You can find his writings online at , where he blogs regularly about Exchange Server and PowerShell-related topics.

I'd like to thank my wife Abby and my daughter Isabel for their love, support, and patience with me while I was locked away in my office writing this book. I'd also like to thank the technical reviewers, Jason Helmick, Shay Levy, Anderson Patricio, and Robert Martin for their hard work, dedication, and contributions to the technical community.

About the Reviewers

Jason Helmick is an instructor at Interface Technical Training and has spent 19

years as an IT professional including experience with enterprise-level infrastructure and systems deployment, e-commerce, and n-tier software development and management. Jason specializes in PowerShell and Exchange. He and Mike Pfeiffer are the founders and hosts of the Arizona PowerShell User Group (). You can check out Jason's blog at or you can catch him on twitter at @thejasonhelmick.

To my loving wife and daughter, thanks for making the work easy. To Mike Pfeiffer, thanks for making an awesome book! To Jeffrey Snover, thanks for creating PowerShell.

Shay Levy is a Windows PowerShell MVP and System Administrator for a government

institute in Israel. He has worked with Microsoft platforms for more than 20 years, focusing on Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory. As a long time PowerShell community supporter, he has become a moderator of multiple forums and a co-director of the website. He is the creator of the popular PowerShell Community browser toolbar, a one-stop shop for various PowerShell resources such as downloads, webcasts, videos, podcasts, and more. He often covers PowerShell-related topics on his blog . You can also follow him on Twitter at .

Robert Martin has been in the IT Industry for over 15 years and is a senior consultant

specializing in VMware and Exchange. Robert has achieved several certifications over the years, demonstrating his commitment to the industry. Among others, his certifications include VCP3, VCP4, MCSA, CCNA, CNA, CCA, A+, and HP Accredited Platform Specialist. Robert dedicates much of his time to automating daily tasks and tasks of his peers in PowerShell and C#. In addition, Robert maintains a VMware, Exchange, and PowerShell blog as his way of sharing solutions to daily tasks with other administrators.

Robert currently works for Choice Hotels International in Phoenix, AZ. For more information about Robert Martin or the scripts he contributes, visit his blog at .

Anderson Patricio is an Exchange MVP and works as a messaging consultant for

clients located in the South and North America. He has been working with Exchange since version 5 of the product and he has had the opportunity to use PowerShell since the beta release (code name Monad at that time).

Anderson is a TechEd presenter in South America and he has an exchange resource site in Portuguese with several articles about Exchange, PowerShell, and Active Directory and he also publishes monthly articles at in English.

He is the reviewer of Windows PowerShell in Action by Bruce Payette and PowerShell in Practice by Richard Siddaway.



Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more

You might want to visit for support files and downloads related to your book. Did you know that Packt offers eBook versions of every book published, with PDF and ePub files available? You can upgrade to the eBook version at and, as a print book customer, you are entitled to a discount on the eBook copy. Get in touch with us at service@ for more details. At , you can also read a collection of free technical articles, sign up for a range of free newsletters, and receive exclusive discounts and offers on Packt books and eBooks.

Do you need instant solutions to your IT questions? PacktLib is Packt's online digital book library. Here, you can access, read, and search across Packt's entire library of books.

Why subscribe?

Fully searchable across every book published by Packt Copy and paste, print, and bookmark content On demand and accessible via web browser

Free access for Packt account holders

If you have an account with Packt at , you can use this to access PacktLib today and view nine entirely free books. Simply use your login credentials for immediate access.

Instant updates on new Packt books

Get notified! Find out when new books are published by following @PacktEnterprise on Twitter, or the Packt Enterprise Facebook page.

 ................
................

In order to avoid copyright disputes, this page is only a partial summary.

Google Online Preview   Download