SolarWinds Free Tool for Monitoring Exchange Servers
Should one of your Exchange Servers be unavailable you need to find
the root cause. This free utility will enable you to monitor the
state of your email empire.
Email is one of the most vital services you provide can for users. And if one of your
Exchange Servers fails you need to know which one it is
immediately. This free monitor from SolarWinds enables you to keep
an eye on the health of your Exchange enterprise.
This gadget delivers a clever desktop dashboard that
continuously monitors classic counters such as CPU utilization, virtual memory, disk
space, and
mail queue length.
With this SolarWinds utility you'll be able to track Exchange health
by looking for red or green dots, and thus ensure this mission-critical
email application never fails you
for long, see screenshot below.
Exchange Monitor 1.0.2 fixes a problem with "World Wide Web
Publishing" where "Microsoft Exchange Event" services display a "Not
Found" result.
Compatibility Review In 2011, Exchange Monitor
only supported Exchange 2003 and not 2007. However, there are
hopes that SolarWinds will soon release a monitoring gadget for Exchange
2007.
Multiple Servers This version of Exchange Monitor
can only track one server, however for checking multiple servers, SolarWinds
provide the Orion APM for tasks such as
measuring Round Trip Email. This application employs WMI performance counters to
troubleshoot application bottlenecks.
Uninstall Exchange Monitor As with many
applications, make sure that you close all windows
before uninstalling.
Video: SolarWinds Exchange Server Monitoring Gadget
Here is a good way to evaluate Exchange Server Monitor:
How to Install SolarWinds Exchange Monitor
Firstly locate the .zip file you freeware downloaded. Then just followed the standard
procedure; extract the application, which is a single file, click the
licence agreement, and let the InstallShield Wizard perform the setup.
After the install completes, the Exchange Monitor gadget launches,
and now you are ready to
begin checking your servers. If later you need 'find' the
application look on the
start menu, or if all else fails navigate to:
C:\Program Files (x86)\SolarWinds\ExchangeMonitor
Uninstall At the end of your evaluation, should you need to uninstall, then
firstly run MSCONFIG and remove Exchange Monitor from the Startup
folder. Now you are ready to go to the Control Panel, Programs,
scroll down to 'S' for SolarWinds Exchange Monitor. It's a sign of
a good freeware program that it uninstalls easily and completely.
Recommendation: For more help visit SolarWinds
Thwack forum.
Microsoft Exchange Server Monitor
Microsoft Exchange Server User Monitor can collect real-time
data to understand client usage patterns. Administrators can check
IP addresses used by clients, versions and modes of Microsoft Office
Outlook, and resources such as CPU usage, server-side processor latency,
and total latency for network and processing. This email monitor
is suitable for Exchange Server 2003, 2007 and 2010.
Summary: Review of Solarwinds Exchange Monitor
Download and
install this free gadget, then inspect your mail queues, monitor the Exchange
server's memory, confirm there is enough disk space and check the CPU
utilization. This is the real deal - there is no catch. SolarWinds
provides this fully-functioning product for free, as part of their commitment to
supporting the network management community.
Additional Free and Trial SolarWinds Network Software
These are programs which I have enjoyed evaluating on my
network. Some are completely free, while other downloads are trial
versions of the full product. I think SolarWinds have a great
strategy, namely, supplying a free gadget, which may be all a small
company need, yet providing a big-brother suite of programs for
larger organizations.
Guy Recommends:
SolarWinds' NPM - Network Performance Monitor
SolarWinds' performance monitor is designed for detecting network outages,
making it easy to see what's working, and what needs your attention.
This utility guides you through creating network maps; it also helps
identifying whether the
root cause is faulty equipment, or resource overload. Give NPM a try.
