Exchange 2010 PowerShell Cmdlets
A List of PowerShell Commands for Exchange 2010
There are two difficulties when you try to change settings via the built-in Exchange 2010 console.
Firstly there can be confusion from too many drilldowns before you reach the
target menu. Secondly, some settings are just not available in the GUI, thus you
need to execute a PowerShell command.
Topics for Exchange 2010 PowerShell Commands
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Simple PowerShell Example - Exchange Server Roles
The purpose of this simple illustration is to list all the roles of an
Exchange Server. Observe the simplicity of PowerShell's two-part
instruction, the verb 'Get' coupled to the noun 'ExchangeServer'.
# Example: PowerShell Exchange 2010 Command
Note 1: You could append -status to the above command.
Another Simple PowerShell Command
#Exchange 2010 PowerShell Script
Note 2: You can also try the format:
domain\user instead of 'YourPerson'.
Use PowerShell's own Get-Command to list all cmdlets containing
'Exchange'.
# PowerShell cmdlets containing Exchange
Note 3: Actually, *Exchange* doesn't
unearth many cmdlets, thus you could substitute *Mail* or *Address* in
the above example.
Discover Parameters for Your Exchange 2010 Command
Once you find a particular cmdlet that interests you, the next step is
to see if it has any useful parameters. Again use PowerShell's own
Get-Help cmdlet.
# Parameters for Exchange 2010 PowerShell Commands
Note 4: I always append -full because I like to see
Microsoft's PowerShell examples. Incidentally, this is how I knew
there was a parameter called -status.
See more examples
of using simple
PowerShell commands for Exchange Server.
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I have included some of the many PowerShell Exchange 2010 cmdlets, here are the three
most important nouns for investigating Exchange address lists.
AddressList
GlobalAddressList
AddressListPaging
Combine with these PowerShell verbs: Get, Set, New and Remove, for
example,
New-AddressList
Get-AddressListPaging
Set-GlobalAddressList
StoreUsageStatistics
MailboxDatabase
StoreMailbox
Database
MailboxServer
As usual, always try the 'Get' verb, but if you know what you are doing
then experiment with: Mount,
Dismount, Clean or even Remove.
Mailbox Policy Cmdlets
You can also use PowerShell cmdlets to modify the various email policies, the key
nouns are: InboxRule and EmailAddressPolicy.
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Here are PowerShell commands for clustered configurations.
Get-MailboxDatabaseCopyStatus
This PowerShell command displays the status of all your databases on all
your Exchange mailbox servers.
Get-MailboxDatabaseCopyStatus -server Exchsrv
Check to see that the database is mounted and healthy.
Get-MailboxDatabaseCopyStatus -identity DB1\Exchsrv
Note 5: The -identity parameter is frequently used in
conjunction with Exchange cmdlets.
Test-ReplicationHealth
Here is a
PowerShell Cmdlet which checks that mailboxes in a cluster are replicating
correctly.
Test-ReplicationHealth Exchsrv
Digression: Other PowerShell Commands for Exchange 2010 Containing
'Test'
Do you remember how to research for more cmdlets with Get-Command?
Well try:
Get-Command -verb Test
See
more on PowerShell Cmdlets for Exchange 2010.
DSN Messages with New-SystemMessage
New-SystemMessage -DSNCode 5.1.2 -Text "The mailbox you tried to send
an e-mail message to is no longer accepting messages. Please contact
your Exchange Supremo."
See more on Exchange 2010 NDRs
How to enumerate PowerShell cmdlets for Exchange:
Clear-Host
Note 1: You need to have installed Exchange Server
2010 to obtain this list.
Note 2: Substitute -Like "*exch*" for -Match
"Exchange".
List of PowerShell Exchange 2010 Cmdlets
Add-ADPermission Add-MailboxPermission Connect-Mailbox
Disable-Mailbox Enable-Mailbox Export-Mailbox Get-Mailbox Get-MailboxDatabase Get-MailboxStatistics Import-Mailbox New-Mailbox
New-MailContact New-SystemMessage Set-Contact Set-ExchangeServer Set-Mailbox Test-ServiceHealth Test-SystemHealth
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treasures of Microsoft operating systems. Fortunately, SolarWinds
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information, and thus improve your scripts. Take the guess work out of which WMI counters to use when scripting the
operating system, Active Directory or Exchange Server.
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PowerShell Assumptions
Because I cover PowerShell
basics elsewhere, I am assuming that you have a working knowledge of the
cmdlets and how to research parameters with Get-Member. Incidentally, I use PowerShell
2.0s graphical ISE, rather than the command line version.
PowerShell Pre-requisites and Checklist
In the case of Windows 7 and Server
2008, you don't need to download any extra files, just 'Add Feature' Windows PowerShell.
However, for older operating systems, installing can be confusing because
there are different versions of PowerShell for XP, Windows Server 2003 and
Vista. For such legacy systems only, you need to
download PowerShell from Microsoft's site.
Once you have installed PowerShell 2.0, I recommend choosing the
ISE (Integrated Scripting Engine) version, it
will save you buying a text editor.
Summary of PowerShell Exchange 2010 Cmdlets
It can be frustrating to configure certain settings using the Exchange
2010 console. Choosing from a list of PowerShell commands helps to reduce the long drill-downs
and to find settings not available in the Exchange Manger GUI. Perhaps
the best reason of all is that wanting to configure Exchange effieciently
will be the spring-board to learning more about PowerShell.
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