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Conference 2018

MarioIvanovDataCentreServices,UniversityofVictoria

PowerShelltoolsforExchangeAdministration

Abitaboutmyself

EXCHANGETOOLSTOSET/RESET:

• Mailboxpermissions• Calendarpermissions• SendAspermissions• SendonBehalfpermissions• UnifiedVoicemessaging• Outofofficemessage

WhatisPowerShell?Built on the .NET Framework, PowerShell is a task-based command-line shell and scriptinglanguage; it is designed specifically for system administrators and power-users, to rapidlyautomate the administration of multiple operating systems (Linux, MacOS, Unix, andWindows) and the processes related to the applications that run on those operatingsystems.

Windows PowerShell introduces the concept of a cmdlet (pronounced "command-let"), asimple, single-function command-line tool built into the shell. You can use each cmdletseparately, but their power is realized when you use these simple tools in combination toperform complex tasks. Windows PowerShell includes more than one hundred basic corecmdlets, and you can write your own cmdlets and share them with other users.

Warning:PowerShellispowerful!

• Beginnersshouldalwaysstartwithnon-intrusivecommandletsi.e.startingwith“Get-”

• The“dangerous”onesstartwith“Set-”,“Remove-”etc.

Example

Get-Mailbox - returnsahugeamountofpropertiesbelongingtoanExchangemailbox,literallyabove200.Amongthem:

• Displayname• Databasename• Forwardingaddress,• Iftheyhaveapicture• IfhiddenintheGlobalAddressList

LoggingtotheExchangeserver

Consoleversions

SwitchingtoGUI• WindowsFormsa.k.a.WinformsWinFormsisagraphical(GUI)classlibraryincludedasapartofMicrosoft.NETFramework,providingaplatformtowriterichclientapplicationsfordesktop,laptop,andtabletPCs.BeingafirstgenerationGUIbuildingtechnology,WinFormsUIlayoutisverysimplisticandlimited.Controlsareplacedusingdistancefromthetop-leftpointofawindowandtheirsizeisexplicitlyspecified.Thesizeofcontrolscan'tcompensateautomaticallywhenresizingwindows…etc.(FromWikipedia)

• WPF

Mailboxpermissionstool

Mailboxpermissionstool

a

Frequentrequest:Pleasegrantuser1FullAccessandSend-As permissiononthefollowingmailboxes:Mailbox1Mailbox2Mailbox3Mailbox4Mailbox5Mailbox6andremoveuser2havinganyaccessontheabove.

Calendar permissions tool

Set-MailboxFolderPermission -Identity dsstesting107:\calendar -User wclarke -AccessRights Editor

Existing permission is a requirement

Add-MailboxFolderPermission -Identity dsstesting107:\calendar -User wclarke -AccessRights Editor

No Existing permission is a requirement

Unified voice messaging tool

Typicalrequestexample:

Pleasemakeext.8631toforwardtomailboxjpotton

Get-UMMailbox -ResultSize Unlimited | where {$_.Extensions -like $phone}

Get-UMMailbox -ResultSize Unlimited | where { if($_.Extensions –like $phone){$line=$_;break}}

$dummyArr=@(1)foreach ($dummyelement in $dummyArr) {

get-ummailbox -ResultSize Unlimited |where { if($_.Extensions -like $phone){$line=$_;break} }}

Set out of office message tool

SUMMARY

Thank you!

Thank you!

The presentation can be downloaded from here

http://web.uvic.ca/~mivanov/BCNET/

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