Category Archives: Exchange 2010 SP2

Bulk Updating On-Premise Active Directory Users’ Attributes for Office 365 Batch Migration Using PowerShell.

Posted on March 21, 2016 by jbernec

In this environment, the on premise Active Directory DNS name is different from the email address public DNS name. An alternate UPN Suffix that matches the public email address DNS name has already been configured for the on premise AD … Continue reading →

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Limit Exchange 2010 Email Attachment Size for users with PowerShell.

Posted on January 23, 2015 by jbernec

Recently had a request to limit the email attachment size for specific users within the Exchange Organization. The following one line script took care of the request: New-TransportRule -Name ‘Attachment Size Limit’ -Comments ” -Priority ‘0’ -Enabled $true -FromMemberOf ‘AttachmentSizeLimit@Labnet.net’ … Continue reading →

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Creating New Equipment Address List in Exchange 2010.

Posted on April 30, 2014 by jbernec

The steps and cmdlets below enabled me configured a separate address list in Exchange 2010 to manage all Equipment. Create the Address List and specify the Recipient Filter: [PS] C:\>New-AddressList -name “All Equipment” -RecipientFilter {RecipientType -eq “UserMailbox” -and RecipientTypeDetails -eq … Continue reading →

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Creating Resource Mailbox Resource Property Schema in Exchange Server 2010.

Posted on March 19, 2014 by jbernec

We’ve added a few conference rooms and Equipment mailboxes and I decided to add custom resource properties to distinguish the rooms and equipment . The properties indicate what features are specific to a resource like the conference room conference call … Continue reading →

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Converting a User Mailbox to Resource Room Mailbox using PowerShell.

Posted on December 1, 2013 by jbernec

In past versions of Exchange Server, specifically Exchange 2003, managing Resource Room mailboxes was not exactly a straight forward process. In my organization at the time, to manage room Calendars and bookings for Conference rooms (they were not referred to … Continue reading →

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Renaming AD User Object Surname Property.

Posted on November 18, 2013 by jbernec

The following script renames the Surname property of an Active Directory User Object. The script requires PowerShell 3.0. The only edit required is the organizational Exchange Server name specified in the New-PSSession cmdlet. The script accepts the Given Name, Surname … Continue reading →

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PowerShell 3.0 Script creates AD user and Exchange Mailbox.

Posted on October 19, 2013 by jbernec

This interactive script requires PowerShell 3.0 . It creates an Active Directory user and their corresponding mailbox using a remote session at the same time. It should work out of the box, but specific variables will have to be edited … Continue reading →

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My Frustrating Experience with the Exchange Trusted Subsystem USG.

Posted on October 6, 2013 by jbernec

I was doing some quick research recently with a topic totally unrelated to Exchange. Due to some resource constraints, I decided to install and setup an instance of Spiceworks (Helpdesk and Asset Management tool) on my Lab Exchange 2010 SP2 … Continue reading →

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How to Customize Exchange 2010 RBAC Roles for Delegating User/Contact Management Part 2.

Posted on September 30, 2013 by jbernec

As a follow up to the last post, I decided to further restrict the Support Staff users’ access to the available Custom ‘Address Book Management’ Role cmdlets. The following commands enabled me accomplish this objective: 1) C:\>Get-ManagementRoleEntry -Identity “Address Book … Continue reading →

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How to Customize Exchange 2010 RBAC Roles for Delegating User/Contact Management Part 1.

Posted on September 29, 2013 by jbernec

I recently received a request for specific users to be able to modify users and contact information for the HR department. I immediately thought of Exchange Role Based Access Control. Personally, I think this is one of the best features … Continue reading →

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