Microsoft Exchange Server 2007: Tony Redmond's Guide to Successful Implementation

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Important Exchange PowerShell commands

I mention the commands listed in this appendix somewhere in the book, so

they must be reasonably important. If you’re missing a PowerShell command

that you think you need, check the PowerShell Community Extensions site

at http://www.codeplex.com/PowerShellCX/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx to

see all the commands that people have created and shared. You may find the

command of your dreams there!

B.1 Recipient management commands

Get-Command Query all of the shell commands available (including standard

Windows PowerShell commands)

Get-ExCommand Query all of the Exchange 2007 shell commands that are available.

Get-ExCommand *Connector* reports all of the shell commands

that mention “Connector” in their name

New-Mailbox Creates a new mailbox (see Chapter 4 for examples)

Set-Mailbox Sets properties on an existing mailbox

Get-Mailbox Retrieves properties of an existing mailbox

Get-Mailbox –id Redmond retrieves properties of Redmond’s mail-

box

Get-Mailbox –server ‘XYZ1’ retrieves all mailboxes on server XYZ1

Disable-Mailbox Disables a mailbox

Disable-Mailbox –id ‘Jane Smith’

Remove-Mailbox Removes a mailbox and its Active Directory object

Remove-Mailbox –id ‘Jane Smith’

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Connect-Mailbox Reconnect a disconnected mailbox with an Active Directory

account

Connect-Mailbox –id ‘Smith, JP’ –User JPSmith

Restore-Mailbox Restore information from a mailbox in a database mounted in a

Recovery Storage Group.

Restore-Mailbox –Id ‘Redmond’-RSGDatabase ‘ExchMbxSvr1\

Recovery Storage Group\VIP Mailboxes’

Get-MailboxStatistics Returns mailbox statistics for a server, database, or mailbox

Get-MailboxStatistics –id Redmond

Get-MailboxStatistics –Server ExchMbxSvr1

Get-MailboxStatistics –Database ‘VIP Mailboxes’

Move-Mailbox Moves a mailbox to another database or server. You can pass the –

ConfigurationOnly parameter to update the mailbox information

in Active Directory without moving the mailbox contents.

Move-Mailbox –id Redmond –TargetDatabase ‘ExchMbxSvr3\VIP

Mailboxes’

Add-MailboxPermission Assign permission to a user over a mailbox. For example, to allow a

user to open another user’s mailbox

Get-MailboxPermission Retrieves details about permissions held over a mailbox

Set-MailboxCalendarSettings Set calendar properties on a room mailbox

Get-MailboxCalendarSettings Retrieves information about the calendar properties on a room

mailbox

Get-MailboxCalendarSettings –id ‘Liffey Room’

Set-ResourceConfig Set resource configuration on an equipment mailbox

Set-ResourceConfig –ResourcePropertySchema (“Room/TV”,

“Room/Concall”, “Room/Couch”, “Room/Whiteboard”, “Equip-

ment/VCR”, “Equipment/ComfortableChairs”)

Get-Recipient Returns a full set of properties for Active Directory recipient

objects.

Get-Recipient –RecipientType MailUniversalSecurityGroup

New-Mailcontact Creates a new mail-enabled contact

Get-Mailcontact Retrieves the properties of a mail-enabled contact

Get-MailContact –id Smith

Set-MailContact Sets properties on a mail-enabled contact

Set-MailContact –id Smith –UseMapiRichTextFormat Always

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Remove-MailContact Deletes a mail-enabled contact

Remove-MailContact –id Smith

Enable-MailContact Mail-enables an existing Active Directory contact

Enable-MailContact –id ‘JFS’

–ExternalMailAddress ‘[e-mail]’

Disable-MailContact Disable a mail contact by removing the Exchange attributes. The

contact reverts to being a “normal” contact

Disable-MailContact –id ‘JFS’

New-DistributionGroup Creates a new distribution group

Set-DistributionGroup Sets properties on a distribution group

Set-Distribution Group –id ‘Senior Executives’ –ExpansionServer

ExchHub1

Get-DistributionGroup Retrieves properties of a distribution group

Remove-DistributionGroup Deletes a distribution group

Remove-DistributionGroup –id ‘Senior Executives’

Get-DistributionGroupMember Retrieves the membership of a distribution group

Get-DistributionGroupMember -id ‘Senior Executives’

New-DynamicDistributionGroup Creates a new dynamic distribution group

Set-DynamicDistributionGroup Sets properties on a dynamic distribution group

Set-DynamicDistributionGroup –id ‘Irish Employees’ –

CustomAttribute1 ‘Important’

Get-DynamicDistributionGroup Retrieves properties of a dynamic distribution group

Get-DynamicDistributionGroup –id ‘Irish Employees’ | Format-

List

Remove-DynamicDistribution-

Group

Deletes a dynamic distribution group

Remove-DynamicDistributionGroup –id ‘Company Users’

Set-CasMailbox Sets properties of a mailbox for a Client Access Server

Set-CasMailbox –id Redmond

–ActiveSyncMailboxPolicy ‘Mobile Users’

Get-CasMailbox Retrieves properties of a mailbox from a Client Access server

Get-CasMailbox –id Redmond | Format-List

Export-Mailbox Exports the contents of a mailbox to another mailbox.

Export-Mailbox –id ‘Jane Smith’ –TargetMailbox ‘Legal Review’ –

TargetFolder ‘Reviews’