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As an Exchange and Active Directory administrator you may be asked at some point to make a new distribution group from one or more other distribution groups. Exchange 2010 and PowerShell make this a very easy task. So to get started log in to your exchange server and open your Exchange Management Console. Now we need to create the […]
Read moreOpen Exchange Management Shell Enter the following command: get-mailbox -identity <username or display name> | set-mailbox -type shared Afer the process completes, the mailbox will show as a share box. Example: ***To convert shared to a user mailbox enter the following command: Enter the following command: get-mailbox -identity […]
Read moreOpen the Exchange Management Shell and run the following command: Enable-RemoteMailbox -Identity “amanda smida” -RemoteRoutingAddress asmida@lifetouch.mail.onmicrosoft.com Example:
Read moreWhen you try to migrate an O365 mailbox back to Exchange on-premise, you may run into this error message. Below is the solution for it. SOLUTION Set the ExchangeGUID property on the associated on-premises remote mailbox before you move the mailbox to the on-premises organization. To do this, follow these […]
Read more1. Connect to Exchange On-line From the PowerShell console on an Exchange 2010 server: $Cred = Get-Credential $s = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https://ps.outlook.com/powershell -Credential $cred -Authentication Basic –AllowRedirection Import-PSSession $s Type in your Domain Admin credentials with username of <username>@domain.com Type in your Domain Admin credentials with username of domain\<username> Run this command: you will need the distribution […]
Read moreIf you have the need to remove a specific calendar event/appointment from a mailbox, you can do it through Power Shell or Exchange Management Shell. Open PowerShell or EMS If this is an O365 mailbox, you will need to connect to the O365 environment Connect to Exchange On-line From the PowerShell console on an Exchange 2010 server: $Cred = Get-Credential […]
Read moreAdjusting the delivery restrictions on distribution groups is quite a common task. The more members a group has the more of a problem this ends up being in big organisations. Setting the permissions in the Exchange Management Console (EMC) is simple enough when you have one or two people/groups to add to the allowed list. When you have many user/groups […]
Read moreI’ve added some additional Exchange mailboxes to my account but now I can’t seem to remove them anymore in Outlook as they don’t show up in my account settings or the additional mailboxes list. Right clicking on a mailbox and choosing “Close <mailbox>” produces the error: “This group of folders is associated with an e-mail account. To remove the account, […]
Read moreThere are times when you need to restart all Exchange related services so here are 2 small scripts that will help you achieve this without going over each service in the Services mmc. Of course restarting the “Microsoft Exchange Active Directory Topology” will restart a most of them but these 2 will restart them all. Restarting All Running Services […]
Read morePre-Migration Work Create the AD user account and Exchange on-prem mailbox Confirm UPN suffix of user account matches the email address Go to O365 admin console and add the user license Migrate users Connect to Exchange On-line From the PowerShell console on an Exchange 2010 server: $Cred = Get-Credential $s = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https://ps.outlook.com/powershell -Credential $cred -Authentication Basic –AllowRedirection […]
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