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You're reading from Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 PowerShell Cookbook Powerful recipes to automate time-consuming administrative tasks

Product type Paperback

Published in Jul 2017

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781787126930

Length 648 pages

Edition 4th Edition

Languages

PowerShell

Tools

Exchange Server

Concepts

System Administration

Authors (4):

Mike Pfeiffer

Nuno Filipe M Mota

Nuno Mota

Jonas Andersson

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Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Preface

1. PowerShell Key Concepts FREE CHAPTER

2. Exchange Management Shell Common Tasks

3. Managing Recipients

4. Managing Mailboxes

5. Distribution Groups and Address Lists

6. Mailbox Database Management

7. Managing Client Access

8. Managing Transport Servers

9. Exchange Security

10. Compliance and Audit Logging

11. High Availability

12. Monitoring Exchange Health

13. Integration

14. Scripting with the Exchange Web Services Managed API

15. Common Shell Information

16. Query Syntaxes

Creating a Database Availability Group

The initial setup and configuration of a Database Availability Group is done using a single cmdlet named New-DatabaseAvailabilityGroup.

First introduced in Exchange 2013 Service Pack 1, the IP-less DAG (also known as a DAG without an administrative access point) is now the norm in Exchange 2016, which is good as it greatly simplifies the creation of DAGs. It generally means that IP addresses are no longer required for the cluster name object, the network name resource, or for the DAG.

The only downside is the third-party vendor support. Before implementing an IP-less DAG it is strongly recommended that you ensure that any third-party software that integrates with Exchange, such as backup solutions, supports IP-less DAGs.

While Windows Server 2012 supports Exchange 2016 DAGs, only 2012 R2 and above support IP-less DAGs.

In this recipe, we...

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Authors (4)

Andersson

Jonas Andersson is devoted to constantly developing himself and his skills. He started out in the IT business in 2004 and initially worked in a support center, where he acquired a basic knowledge of the industry. In 2007, he started his career as a Microsoft Infrastructure consultant, and from 2008 onwards his focus has been on Unified Communication. At the start of 2010, he was employed at a large outsourcing company as a messaging specialist, specializing in Microsoft Exchange. His work included designing, implementing, and developing messaging solutions for enterprise customers. In 2014, he joined Microsoft Consulting Services, and from then onward his main focus has been Office 365. His role was of a deployment consultant with Microsoft's Office 365 Global Practice EMEA team. In 2016, he started to work for Swedens largest retail companies with a known brand as a Product Specialist for Office 365, mostly focusing on Skype for Business Online but also on the other workloads. As a reward for his work in the community, he was awarded the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for the Microsoft Exchange Server product in 2014.

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Mike Pfeiffer

Mike Pfeiffer is a 20-year IT industry veteran, published author, and international conference speaker. He's a former architect for Amazon Web Services and engineer for Microsoft. Today, Pfeiffer serves as chief technologist for CloudSkills, a cloud computing training and consulting firm.

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Nuno Filipe M Mota

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Mota

Nuno Mota is a Senior Microsoft Messaging Consultant currently working for a large sovereign wealth fund. He has been responsible for designing and deploying Exchange and Office 365 solutions for organizations across the UK. He also shares a passion for Skype for Business, Active Directory, and PowerShell. Besides writing his personal Exchange blog, called LetsExchange, he is also an author on the MSExchange website with dozens of published articles and product reviews as well as multiple scripts on TechNet. He has also been awarded the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) on Exchange five times since 2012.

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