Here are some simple Exchange Management Shell commands for a few common tasks I had encountered over the past several years. I like to have a quick web reference ‘sheet’ in case I need the information fast. These commands involve Exchange server 2010 but generally will work for 2013 as well. Focus is on: exporting mailbox to archive [.PST] and getting an update on the export; updating a Global address list quickly; removing a disconnected mailbox; working quotas and certificates, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Export Mailboxes to PST sample:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
–> New-MailboxExportRequest -Mailbox ExampleUser -FilePath “\\\\EXCH10ZZ-M\\PSTs$\\ExampleUser.pst”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
–> Get-MailboxExportRequest | Get-MailboxExportRequestStatistics<\/p>\n\n\n\n
–> Get-MailboxExportRequest | Remove-MailboxExportRequest<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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To immediately update the GAL, go to the Exchange shell, and do the following (steps 2-4, step 1 MAY not be needed in some cases; it depends on the extent of the Active Directory set up):<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1. AD Sites + Services: replicate AD to all DCs via NTDS etc. (ref. MS Technet)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2. Use PowerShell or Go to the EMC to manually update the OAB: in EMC: go to Organization Configuration\/Mailbox\/Offline Address Book then right click the address book as needed<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3. Open Services.msc off the Exchange server > Restart the System Attendant Service<\/p>\n\n\n\n
4. Shell > run: Update-FileDistributionService at command pipeline position 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Supply values for the following parameters:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Identity: [Exchange Server name]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After the above, the GAL needs to be downloaded within Outlook – Send-Receive Groups\/Full Details in each user’s Outlook to reflect changes, else shows within a few hours<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Completely Remove a Disconnected mailbox [note mailboxes will usually clear out within several days, but if one or two are hanging around]:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Exchange 2007 & 2010, there is no way to remove a disconnected mailbox in the console. We can use the \u201cRemove-StoreMailbox\u201d command to remove it in 2010. To remove a mailbox permanently:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Remove-StoreMailbox \u2013database \u201cMailDatabaseName\u201d \u2013identity \u201cExampleUser\u201d \u2013MailboxState Disabled<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Finally, run:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Get-MailboxDatabase | Clean-MailDatbaseName to refresh the console.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Get all Mailbox or DB Quota related info:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Get-Mailbox -Database Exch10ZZ-M | FL name,issuewarningquota,prohibitsendquota,prohibitsendrecievequota > c:\\Temp\\Quotas.txt<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Get-MailboxDatabase -Server SERVERNAME | FL name,issuewarningquota,prohibitsendquota,prohibitsendrecievequota<\/p>\n\n\n\n
get-mailbox -filter { usedatabasequotadefaults -eq $false -AND recipientTypeDetails -eq ‘usermailbox’ }<\/p>\n\n\n\n
CAREFUL HERE:[sets quota<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Get-Mailbox -Database DatabaseName | Set-Mailbox IssueWarningQuotasize<\/p>\n\n\n\n
-UseDatabaseQuotaDefaults $boolean value<\/p>\n\n\n\n
**** Track Mailbox Sizes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
i.e.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Get-Mailbox -database MailDatabaseName | Get-MailboxStatistics | Sort-Object TotalItemSize -descend | Select-Object DisplayName,ItemCount,@{name=”MailboxSize”;exp={$_.totalitemsize}}<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Certificates:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Get-ExchangeCertificate | fl<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Here are some simple Exchange Management Shell commands for a few common tasks I had encountered over the past several years. I like to have a quick web reference ‘sheet’ in case I need the information fast. These commands involve Exchange server 2010 but generally will work for 2013 as well. Focus is on: exporting … <\/p>\n