How to Look at ExBPA Files

Exchange Tech Talk10/04/2004

Agenda

• ExBPA status

• Installation

• Importing files

• Viewing files

• More info

• Q & A

ExBPA Status

• Shipped with WR 1.1 on 9/21/2004

• Highly publicized

• 16000 downloads in first week

• Top issues found:– IFS Drive enabled– MaxDSNSize not set– All versions of Outlook are allowed access

Installation

• MSI can be found at http://www.exbpa.com

• Requires .NET Framework 1.1

• Latest configuration will download on startup

Importing Files

Select either one

Importing Files (continued)

Select this to importa new report

Click on report to expand

Select this to view an existing report

Importing Files (continued)

• Import will bring up standard open file dialog• After import or view is selected, file may be

reanalyzed if a newer config exists (this may take a minute or longer depending on file size)

• Alternative import method:– Stop ExBPA– Copy file to \documents and settings\<user>\

application data\microsoft\exbpa– Start ExBPA and report will show up in report view

Viewing FilesThe Full Issues list showsall best practice violations

reported by the tool

Click on issue to expand

Click on link to bringup detailed web article

Viewing Files (continued)

The Detailed View-Full Issues List shows all best practice violations and informational

messages in hierarchical context

Viewing Files (continued)

The Detailed View shows all data gathered and the issues reported

The Statistics Summary section shows overall

totals of various object types

Viewing Files (continued)

The Executing workstation section shows information on the machine

ExBPA was run on (useful for debugging ExBPA problems)

Viewing Files (continued)

The Full Run section shows all the specific data gathered

Icons help navigatedown to issues

Viewing Files (continued)

Server specific data can be foundunder Full Run\Exchange

Configuration\<org name>\Admin Groups\<ag name>\Exchange

Servers\<server name>

Viewing Files (continued)

This will bring up the find bar

Search will be done from currently selected node – text entered can be reg

key name, value, directory property, etc.

Match will be highlighted – no match does nothing

More Info

• Lots of information on http://www.exbpa.com– Download link– Overview doc– Quick start guide– FAQ– Known issues list– Press pass article– And more…

Q & A