Exchange Server Cookbook

For Exchange Server 2003 and Exchange 2000 Server

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For Exchange Server 2003 and Exchange 2000 Server

By Paul Robichaux, Missy Koslosky, Devin L. Ganger

Publisher: O'Reilly Media

Released: June 2005

Pages: 464

Ask network administrators what their most critical computer application is, and most will say "email" without a moment's hesitation. If you run a network powered by Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Exchange occupies much of your time. According to Microsoft, 110 million Exchange seats have been deployed, but 60% of you are still running Exchange 5.5. That's a problem, because the difference between version 5.5 and the more efficient Exchange 2000 and Exchange Server 2003 is profound.

Don't fret. Exchange Server Cookbook offers you a comprehensive how-to guide to these newer versions of Exchange. You'll find quick solutions for the most common tasks you need to perform--everything from installation and maintenance to configuration and optimization, with proven recipes for the most useful tools and utilities. The book also has solutions to some uncommon tasks (that you may not know are possible) and advanced procedures that aren't part of day-to-day operations. These include tasks for critical situations, such as using a recovery storage group.

Our reliable desktop reference even shows you how to write scripts for Exchange management and deployment tasks. That's right. While not every Exchange job can be scripted, many can, and we provide lots of working VBScript examples for accomplishing particular goals. Whatever your particular need, you'll find it quickly, because chapters in this Cookbook are laid out by recipe, with cross references to other pertinent solutions in the book. With this guide, you'll learn:

The relationship between Exchange and Active Directory
When to use the GUI, the command line, or scripting
How to prepare forests, domains, and servers
How to use Group Policy to control Exchange
Diagnostic logging, measure performance, and administrative privileges
Recipient management: user accounts, mailboxes, mail-enabled groups
Mailbox and public folder database management
Message routing and transport functions
Security, backup, restore, and recovery operations

For every question you have about Exchange 2000 or Exchange Server 2003, our Cookbook has the answer--one that you can find and implement without a moment's hesitation.

Chapter 1 Getting Started
1. Cooking with Exchange
2. Where to Get Tools
3. Finding More Information
Chapter 2 Installation and Infrastructure
1. Introduction
2. Verifying Your Current Infrastructure Is Ready for Exchange Server 2003
3. Preparing a Windows 2000 Server Computer for an Exchange Installation
4. Preparing a Windows Server 2003 Computer for an Exchange Installation
5. Preparing an Active Directory Forest for Exchange
6. Preparing an Active Directory Domain for Exchange
7. Verifying That Forest and Domain Preparation Completed
8. Installing Exchange on a Member Server
9. Installing Exchange on a Domain Controller
10. Using Exchange Setup in Unattended Mode
11. Checking the Expiry Date of an Evaluation Version of Exchange
12. Upgrading the Evaluation Version of Exchange
13. Upgrading from Standard Edition to Enterprise Edition
14. Enumerating All Existing Exchange Servers
15. Enumerating All Exchange Connectors
16. Switching Exchange from Mixed Mode to Native Mode
17. Creating the First Administrative Group with a Custom Name
18. Viewing Administrative Groups in Exchange System Manager
19. Creating Administrative Groups
20. Removing Administrative Groups
21. Moving Objects Between Administrative Groups
Chapter 3 Active Directory Integration
1. Introduction
2. Determining Which Domain Controllers Exchange Is Using
3. Forcing Exchange to Use Specific Domain Controllers
4. Determining and Specifying the DC That ESM Uses
5. Removing Exchange from Active Directory
6. Changing the Forest Functional Level
7. Controlling Exchange Settings Through Group Policy Objects
8. Installing Additional Recipient Update Service Instances
9. Troubleshooting DSAccess Topology Discovery
10. Checking Which Account or Group Has Been Assigned Permissions During ForestPrep
Chapter 4 Exchange Server and Organization Management
1. Introduction
2. Installing ESM on Windows XP
3. Starting and Stopping Exchange
4. Controlling Message Tracking Settings
5. Determining Whether a Server Is a Front-End Server
6. Applying Exchange System Policies
7. Monitoring Exchange Service Status
8. Controlling Diagnostic Logging
9. Measuring Exchange Performance
10. Delegating Administrative Control
11. Setting Default Send and Receive Size Limits
Chapter 5 Recipient Management
1. Introduction
2. Creating a User Account and Mailbox
3. Creating a Mailbox for an Existing User
4. Removing a Mailbox for an Existing User
5. Creating a Mail-Enabled Group
6. Controlling Mailbox Size Limits
7. Moving Mailboxes
8. Getting Mailbox Access and Logon Information
9. Determining the Size of a Mailbox
10. Recovering a Deleted Mailbox
11. Bulk-Adding Mailboxes from an Excel Worksheet
12. Creating a Mail-Enabled Contact
13. Creating Multiple Address Lists
14. Creating Query-Based Distribution Groups
15. Granting Full Access to Mailboxes
16. Getting the List of Delegates for a Mailbox
17. Changing the Display Name Format in the GAL
18. Hiding or Revealing Items in Address Lists
19. Setting a Default Reply-to Address for a Mailbox
20. Creating Recipient Policies
21. Limiting Who Can Send Mail to a Distribution Group
22. Granting Send-as Permissions
23. Granting Send on Behalf of Permissions
24. Granting Users or Groups Permission to Access Other Mailboxes
25. Limiting the Number of Recipients to Which Messages Can Be Sent
26. Creating and Using Offline Address Lists
27. Using Mailbox Manager
28. Using ADModify.NET to Update User Attributes
29. Setting Properties on User Accounts
30. Retrieving Properties on User Accounts
Chapter 6 Mailbox and Public Folder Database Management
1. Introduction
2. Creating a Storage Group
3. Deleting a Storage Group
4. Enumerating the Storage Groups on a Server
5. Creating a Mailbox Database
6. Creating a Public Folder Database
7. Deleting a Database
8. Mounting a Database
9. Dismounting a Database
10. Moving Databases and Logs to Different Disks
11. Determining How Much Whitespace Is in a Database
12. Finding the Low Anchor Log File
13. Rebuilding a Database File from Logs
14. Enumerating Connected Mailboxes in a Database
15. Turning on Circular Logging for a Storage Group
16. Controlling the Online Maintenance Process
17. Performing an Offline Defragmentation
18. Shrinking a Database That Exceeds the 16 GB Size Limit for Standard Edition
Chapter 7 Transport, Routing, and SMTP
1. Introduction
2. Creating a New SMTP Virtual Server
3. Choosing the Correct Connector
4. Creating a Routing Group Connector
5. Creating an SMTP Connector
6. Configuring a Connector to Allow Routing of Messages from Specific Senders
7. Allowing Large Messages Through Specific Connectors
8. Creating a Routing Group
9. Removing a Routing Group
10. Designating the Routing Group Master
11. Moving a Server Between Routing Groups
12. Examining Your Routing Structure
13. Listing the SMTP Queues on a Specific Virtual Server
14. Inspecting the Contents of a Queue
15. Deleting Messages from a Queue
16. Moving SMTP Queues to a New Location
17. Deleting Messages from the Badmail Folder
18. Sharing an SMTP Domain Between Exchange and a Foreign Mail System
19. Accepting Mail for Multiple Domains
20. Controlling Mail Relaying
21. Filtering Messages Based on Recipient
22. Setting IP Address Restrictions for Multiple Servers
23. Using a DNS Block List on Exchange Server 2003
24. Controlling Global and Internet Message Format Settings
25. Setting Up a Role Email Address
26. Verifying Your External DNS Configuration for Inbound SMTP
27. Testing SMTP Manually
Chapter 8 Client Connectivity
1. Introduction
2. Blocking Specific Versions of Outlook from Connecting
3. Configuring Attachment Blocking for Outlook
4. Fixing Mailbox Folder Names That Appear in the Wrong Language
5. Configuring Attachment Blocking for OWA 2003
6. Configuring Freedoc Access for OWA 2003
7. Controlling OWA 2003 Spellchecking
8. Enabling SSL for OWA
9. Configuring Form-Based Authentication for OWA 2003
10. Allowing Password Changes Through OWA
11. Changing OWA 2003 Session Timeouts
12. Using the OWA Web Administration Tool
13. Creating OWA 2003 Themes
14. Forcing Users to Use a Specific OWA Theme
15. Enabling the Use of FBA/SSL with Outlook Mobile Access and Exchange ActiveSync
16. Enabling Support for "Unsupported" Outlook Mobile Access Devices
17. Adding Mobile Carriers for Exchange ActiveSync
18. Disabling Exchange ActiveSync Certificate Checking
19. Installing a Root Certificate for Use with EAS
20. Configuring the POP3 Server for User Access
21. Configuring the IMAP4 Server for User Access
22. Configuring NNTP for Newsgroup Feeds
23. Disabling User Access to POP3, IMAP4, and HTTP
24. Using Protocol Logging
25. Making Exchange Work Behind a Cisco PIX Firewall
Chapter 9 Public Folder Management
1. Introduction
2. Using the Public Folder Migration Tool
3. Rehoming Public Folders
4. Getting and Setting Public Folder Permissions
5. Forcing Public Folder Replication
6. Replicating the Public Folder Hierarchy
7. Getting Properties of the Public Folder Tree
8. Creating and Deleting Public Folders
9. Mail-Enabling or Mail-Disabling a Public Folder
10. Finding All Replicas of a Public Folder
11. Working with a Specific Server's Replica List
12. Controlling Who Can Create Top-Level Public Folders
13. Recreating the Schedule+ Free/Busy Folder
14. Controlling Public Folder Replication Settings
15. Finding or Changing the Site Folder Server
Chapter 10 Exchange Security
1. Introduction
2. Scanning Exchange Servers for Security Patches
3. Securing SMTP Authentication
4. Enabling IPsec Between Front- and Back-End Servers
5. Enabling IPsec on an Exchange Server 2003 Cluster
6. Enabling SSL Offloading
7. Setting Up S/MIME in Outlook
8. Creating a Custom DNS Block List
9. Controlling Anonymous Address Resolution
10. Disabling Unnecessary Exchange Services
11. Setting Up RPC over HTTPS
12. Setting Up TLS Security for SMTP
13. Changing Server Banners
Chapter 11 Backup, Restore, and Recovery
1. Introduction
2. Backing Up an Individual Mailbox
3. Backing Up a Database
4. Backing Up a Storage Group
5. Restoring One or More Databases to the Same Server
6. Restoring a Storage Group to the Same Server
7. Restoring a Database to a Different Machine in Exchange 2000
8. Restoring a Database to a Different Machine in Exchange Server 2003
9. Recovering an Individual Mailbox from a Database Backup
10. Performing Disaster Recovery of a Cluster Node to a Nonclustered Server
11. Using the Exchange Server 2003 Mailbox Recovery Center to Recover a Mailbox
12. Recovering to a Recovery Storage Group in Exchange Server 2003
13. Performing Dial-Tone Recovery with Exchange Server 2003
14. Using the Mailbox Reconnect Utility

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Exchange Server Cookbook

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Paul Robichaux, Missy Koslosky, Devin L. Ganger

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June 2005

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February 2009

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464

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Paul Robichaux

Paul Robichaux is an experienced consultant who specializes in Exchange. Besides a dozen or so successful books, he has written regular weekly and monthly columns on Exchange for years. Microsoft recognized Paul's knowledge and community participation when the company selected him as an Exchange Most Valuable Professional (MVP), an honor given to a few dozen product-area experts each year. Paul is a prolific author who's written successful books for O'Reilly (most notably Managing Exchange Server).

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Missy Koslosky

Missy Koslosky has been working with Exchange server since 1997, and has been a Microsoft MVP for Exchange Server since 1999. Missy's first experience with Exchange was managing a 120-site Exchange 4.0 organization, which taught her how to fix an interesting mix of things. She has worked for the Federal government, for an Application Service Provider, and as a Technology Consultant specializing in Exchange and Active Directory for of a large services organization. She is a Product Manager in the Exchange Solutions group at Quest Software. Missy is happily married; her husbandBryan is a PGA Golf Professional who has temporarily put golfing aside to raise their two amazing daughters, Bryce and Natalie.

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Devin L. Ganger

Devin L. Ganger, a systems administrator with over 9 years of experience in Windows and Unix networks, got his lucky break as an author when his boss at 3Sharp LLC told him to co-write the Exchange Cookbook and stop whining. Despite the work involved, he enjoys writing. He relaxes by spending time with his kids, doting on his wife, tinkering with his home network, and playing roleplaying games. In between compulsive Babylon 5 viewing sprees, he also attempts to write novels, play guitar, and learn Texas Hold'em well enough to prevent his co-workers from taking his money each week. He plans to retire from IT at the age of 40 and settle down to the comfortable life of a dilettante, science fiction novelist, and despot of a banana republic.

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Table of Contents

Product Details

About the Author

Recommended for You

Chapter 1 Getting Started

Cooking with Exchange

Where to Get Tools

Finding More Information

Chapter 2 Installation and Infrastructure

Introduction

Verifying Your Current Infrastructure Is Ready for Exchange Server 2003

Preparing a Windows 2000 Server Computer for an Exchange Installation

Preparing a Windows Server 2003 Computer for an Exchange Installation

Preparing an Active Directory Forest for Exchange

Preparing an Active Directory Domain for Exchange

Verifying That Forest and Domain Preparation Completed

Installing Exchange on a Member Server

Installing Exchange on a Domain Controller

Using Exchange Setup in Unattended Mode

Checking the Expiry Date of an Evaluation Version of Exchange

Upgrading the Evaluation Version of Exchange

Upgrading from Standard Edition to Enterprise Edition

Enumerating All Existing Exchange Servers

Enumerating All Exchange Connectors

Switching Exchange from Mixed Mode to Native Mode

Creating the First Administrative Group with a Custom Name

Viewing Administrative Groups in Exchange System Manager

Creating Administrative Groups

Removing Administrative Groups

Moving Objects Between Administrative Groups

Chapter 3 Active Directory Integration

Introduction

Determining Which Domain Controllers Exchange Is Using

Forcing Exchange to Use Specific Domain Controllers

Determining and Specifying the DC That ESM Uses

Removing Exchange from Active Directory

Changing the Forest Functional Level

Controlling Exchange Settings Through Group Policy Objects

Installing Additional Recipient Update Service Instances

Troubleshooting DSAccess Topology Discovery

Checking Which Account or Group Has Been Assigned Permissions During ForestPrep

Chapter 4 Exchange Server and Organization Management

Introduction

Installing ESM on Windows XP

Starting and Stopping Exchange

Controlling Message Tracking Settings

Determining Whether a Server Is a Front-End Server

Applying Exchange System Policies

Monitoring Exchange Service Status

Controlling Diagnostic Logging

Measuring Exchange Performance

Delegating Administrative Control

Setting Default Send and Receive Size Limits

Chapter 5 Recipient Management

Introduction

Creating a User Account and Mailbox

Creating a Mailbox for an Existing User

Removing a Mailbox for an Existing User

Creating a Mail-Enabled Group

Controlling Mailbox Size Limits

Moving Mailboxes

Getting Mailbox Access and Logon Information

Determining the Size of a Mailbox

Recovering a Deleted Mailbox

Bulk-Adding Mailboxes from an Excel Worksheet

Creating a Mail-Enabled Contact

Creating Multiple Address Lists

Creating Query-Based Distribution Groups

Granting Full Access to Mailboxes

Getting the List of Delegates for a Mailbox

Changing the Display Name Format in the GAL

Hiding or Revealing Items in Address Lists

Setting a Default Reply-to Address for a Mailbox

Creating Recipient Policies

Limiting Who Can Send Mail to a Distribution Group

Granting Send-as Permissions

Granting Send on Behalf of Permissions

Granting Users or Groups Permission to Access Other Mailboxes

Limiting the Number of Recipients to Which Messages Can Be Sent

Creating and Using Offline Address Lists

Using Mailbox Manager

Using ADModify.NET to Update User Attributes

Setting Properties on User Accounts

Retrieving Properties on User Accounts