Microsoft Exchange Server PowerShell Cookbook

This book is for messaging professionals who want to build real-world scripts with Windows PowerShell 5 and the Exchange Management Shell. If you are a network or systems administrator responsible for managing and maintaining Exchange Server 2013, you will find this highly useful.

Over 120 recipes to help you manage and administrate Exchange Server 2013 Service Pack 1 with PowerShell 5

About This Book

Explore the new features and capabilities of PowerShell 5 and its integration with Exchange Server 2013
Learn how to write scripts and functions, schedule scripts to run automatically, and generate complex reports with PowerShell
Manage and automate every element of Exchange Server 2013 with PowerShell such as Mailboxes, distribution groups, and Address lists

What You Will Learn

New features and capabilities of PowerShell 5 and Exchange Server 2013 SP1
Get to grips with the core PowerShell concepts required to master the Exchange Management Shell, such as pipelining, working with objects, formatting output, and writing scripts
Use simple PowerShell scripts and commands to get powerful effects
Generate detailed reports, send the output of commands in e-mail messages, and schedule scripts to run automatically
Import, export, move mailboxes, and delete messages from mailboxes using the command line
Configure transport server settings such as mail relay, tracking logs, transport rules, delivery reports, and more
Manage mailbox and public folder databases

In Detail

Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 is a complex messaging system. Windows PowerShell 5 can be used in conjunction with Exchange Server 2013 to automate and manage routine and complex tasks to save time and money and eliminate errors.

Starting by going through key PowerShell concepts and the Exchange Management Shell, this book will get you automating tasks that used to take hours in no time. Diving deeper, you will then manage your mailbox database, client access, and your transport servers with simple but effective scripts.

This book finishes with advanced recipes on Exchange Server problems, such as managing distribution groups and maintaining high availability and security.