Professional Windows® PowerShell for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

User, Group, and Public

Folder Administration

All good administrators know scripts are used to automate everyday tasks and ensure consistent

results with a minimum of effort. The built - in scripting capabilities of Windows PowerShell, and

by extension Exchange Management Shell, offer a level of control previously unavailable when

using administrative tools supplied in earlier versions of Exchange Server.

This chapter examines these scripting capabilities via a thorough examination of sample

administrative scripts, starting at a basic level and expanding to scripts that accomplish more

complex tasks.

This chapter explores scripts that complete these tasks:

❑ Mailbox - enable users

❑ Assign group membership based on user attributes

❑ Load - balance mailbox creation across databases based on user names

❑ Create a public folder for a user

Sample Scripts for Creating New

Mailbox - Enabled Users

One of the best examples of an administrative task easily automated via scripting is the creation of

new mailbox - enabled user accounts.

This section covers four sample scripts for automating the creation of new mailbox - enabled accounts.

The first script is very simple and covers the basics you need to know when creating a script that

uses Exchange Management Shell commands. A second script expands on the first to add error

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