Performing Server-by-Server Configuration

Now that you have looked at some of the configuration properties that you might need to use when configuring your Exchange Server 2007 organization, we'll shift gears and look at some of the things you can do for each server. In the following sections, we will be focusing on the properties and objects found within the Server Configuration work center of the Exchange Management Console.

Entering a Product Key

If you are using Exchange 2007 without entering a product key, you will be dutifully notified each time you run the Exchange Management Console. In the results pane, select the server that needs a license key (this is the server with the small paper symbol and the blue and white exclamation mark icon). You should see the Enter Product Key task on the Actions pane. Figure 8.18 shows an example.

Figure 8.18: The Exchange Management Console showing an unlicensed server

If you are looking at an unlicensed server using the 32-bit version of the Exchange Management Console, the Enter Product Key task will not appear on the Actions pane. You must use the Set-ExchangeServer -ProductKey command. You can also use this command to enter an updated product key number.

Managing Server Properties

If you select each of the subcontainers under the Server Configuration work center, highlight a server in the results pane, and then display the properties, you will see a slightly different set of property pages. However, if you highlight the Server Configuration container itself, all of the servers show up in the results pane. If you display the properties of a server in the results pane now, you will see all of the property pages for all of the server roles that are installed. Figure 8.19 shows the properties for an Exchange Server 2007 server that has all four server roles (Mailbox, Client Access, Hub Transport, and Unified Messaging) installed.

Figure 8.19: Properties of an Exchange 2007 server

Upon further investigation, though, you will find that these properties are all viewed and set with different EMS cmdlets, depending on the server roles that are installed. The following are the cmdlets you would use for setting Exchange server properties:

Cmdlet	Description
Get-ExchangeServer	Views Exchange server properties that are shared by all server roles
Set-ExchangeServer	Sets Exchange server properties that are shared by all server roles
Get-TransportServer	Lists the Hub Transport servers and views Hub Transport server properties
Set-TransportServer	Sets Hub Transport server properties
Get-MailboxServer	Lists all of the Mailbox servers and views Mailbox server properties
Set-MailboxServer	Sets Mailbox server properties
Get-ClientAccessServer	Lists all of the Client Access servers and views Client Access server properties
Set-ClientAccessServer	Sets Client Access server properties
Get-UMServer	Lists all of the Unified Messaging servers and views Unified Messaging server properties
Set-UMServer	Sets Unified Messaging server properties
Enable-UMServer	Enables a Unified Messaging server to process voicemail, faxes, and call routing
Disable-UMServer	Disables a Unified Message server so that it will not process voicemail, faxes, or route calls
Get-ClusteredMailboxServer	Retrieves a list of clustered Mailbox servers
Move-ClusteredMailboxServer	Moves a clustered Mailbox server to a passive clustered node
Start-ClusteredMailboxServer	Starts clustered Mailbox server services
Stop-ClusteredMailboxServer	Stops clustered Mailbox server services

Managing Mailbox and Public Folder Databases

If you highlight the Mailbox subcontainer of the Exchange Management Console, the results pane will show you all servers that host the Mailbox server role and the work pane (below the results pane) will show you the storage groups, mailbox databases, and public folder databases. Figure 8.20 shows this view of the EMC.

Figure 8.20: Managing storage groups, mailbox databases, and public folder databases

There are quite a few tasks that can be defined within this view of the EMC with respect to storage groups, mailbox databases, and public folder databases:

• Creating and deleting storage groups

• Creating and deleting mailbox and public folder databases

• Configuring or moving file locations for storage groups and databases

• Mounting or dismounting databases

• Configuring database maintenance schedules

• Enabling, suspending, and resuming local continuous replication

• Establishing storage limits for mailboxes and public folders supported on a particular database

• Configuring deleted item and deleted mailbox retention times

• Enabling mailbox database journaling

• Setting default public folder databases and offline address books

There are also quite a few EMS cmdlets that can be used for managing storage groups, mailbox databases, and public folder databases. Let's look first at a list of the cmdlets that are used to manage storage group properties:

Cmdlet	Description
New-StorageGroup	Creates a new storage group
Move-StorageGroup	Moves transaction logs or system files to another location.
Get-StorageGroup	Retrieves a list of storage groups or storage group properties
Set-StorageGroup	Sets a storage group's properties
Remove-StorageGroup	Deletes a storage group
Enable-StorageGroupCopy	Enables local continuous replication for a storage group
Disable-StorageGroupCopy	Disables local continuous replication for a storage group
Suspend-StorageGroupCopy	Temporarily suspends local continuous replication
Update-StorageGroupCopy	Instructs local continuous replication to reestablish local continuous replication
Resume-StorageGroupCopy	Starts local continuous replication after it was previously suspended
Restore-StorageGroupCopy	Switches the local continuous replication database for the production copy
Get-StorageGroupCopyStatus	Views the status of local continuous replication

The following cmdlets can be used to manage mailbox and public folder databases:

Cmdlet	Description
New-MailboxDatabase	Creates a new mailbox database
Get-MailboxDatabase	Retrieves a list of mailbox databases or properties of mailbox databases
Set-MailboxDatabase	Sets the properties of a mailbox database
Remove-MailboxDatabase	Deletes a mailbox database
Clean-MailboxDatabase	Disconnects mailboxes on the specified mailbox database if the mailbox has been deleted in Active Directory
New-PublicFolderDatabase	Creates a new public folder database
Get-PublicFolderDatabase	Retrieves a list of public folder databases or public databases
Set-PublicFolderDatabase	Sets the properties of a public folder database
Remove-PublicFolderDatabase	Deletes a public folder database
Mount-Database	Mounts the specified mailbox or public folder database
Dismount-Database	Dismounts the specified pubic folder database
Move-DatabasePath	Moves public folder or mailbox database files to another location
Enable-DatabaseCopy	Enables local continuous replication for the specified database

If you are looking for additional information on creating and managing mailbox databases as well as managing local continuous replication, see Chapter 6, "Scaling Upward and Outward."

Managing Client Access Server Properties

The Client Access server role has a lot of functions in an organization that is using Outlook 2007, Outlook Anywhere (RPC over HTTP), Outlook Web Access, or ActiveSync technologies. When you select the Client Access subcontainer of the Server Configuration work center, the results pane shows the servers that host that particular server role. The work pane shows tabs for Outlook Web Access, Exchange ActiveSync, and Offline Address Book distribution. Figure 8.21 shows the Client Access subcontainer of the EMC.

Figure 8.21: Managing Client Access server properties

While some organizations may be able to use the default configuration of Exchange 2007, other organizations will need to perform some changes or do some customizing. You can configure the following options through the Client Access subcontainer:

• Enabling or disabling Outlook Anywhere

• Managing internal and external URLs for Outlook Web Access, offline address books, Outlook Anywhere, and Exchange ActiveSync

• Managing authentication options for Outlook Web Access

• Managing segmentation options for Outlook Web Access

• Managing POP3 and IMAP4 options

• Configuring file and SharePoint servers that can be accessed remotely by Outlook Web Access and ActiveSync users

With this many possible Client Access server-related tasks, naturally there are a lot of EMS cmdlets. Some Exchange 2007 components such as POP3, IMAP4, and Autodiscover settings cannot be managed through a graphical user interface, and so you must use the EMS. The following list includes some of the Client Access server role cmdlets:

Cmdlet	Description
Get-OutlookAnywhere	Retrieves the Outlook Anywhere configuration
Set-OutlookAnywhere	Sets the Outlook Anywhere configuration
Enable-OutlookAnywhere	Enables Outlook Anywhere support for a Client Access server
Disable-OutlookAnywhere	Disables Outlook Anywhere support for a Client Access server
Get-OwaVirtualDirectory	Retrieves a list of the OWA virtual directories and the OWA virtual directory properties
Set-OwaVirtualDirectory	Sets OWA virtual directory properties
New-OwaVirtualDirectory	Creates a new OWA virtual directory
Remove-OwaVirtualDirectory	Deletes an OWA virtual directory
Test-OwaConnectivity	Tests OWA connectivity
New-ActiveSyncVirtualDirectory	Creates a new Exchange ActiveSync virtual directory
Set-ActiveSyncVirtualDirectory	Sets ActiveSync virtual directory properties
Get-ActiveSyncVirtualDirectory	Retrieves a list of the ActiveSync virtual directories and ActiveSync virtual directory properties
Remove-ActiveSyncVirtualDirectory	Deletes an ActiveSync virtual directory
Test-ActiveSyncConnectivity	Tests Exchange ActiveSync connectivity
Export-ActiveSyncLog	Exports ActiveSync usage information from the IIS log files
Get-OABVirtualDirectory	Retrieves offline address book virtual directory information and properties
New-OABVirtualDirectory	Creates a new offline address book virtual directory
Remove-OABVirtualDirectory	Deletes an offline address book virtual directory
Set-OABVirtualDirectory	Sets the properties of an offline address book virtual directory
Get-AutodiscoverVirtualDirectory	Retrieves a list of Autodiscover virtual directories and their properties
Set-AutodiscoverVirtualDirectory	Sets Autodiscover virtual directory properties
Remove-AutodiscoverVirtualDirectory	Deletes an Autodiscover virtual directory
New-AutodiscoverVirtualDirectory	Creates a new Autodiscover virtual directory
Get-POPSettings	Retrieves the POP3 configuration for a Client Access server
Set-POPSettings	Sets the POP3 configuration
Get-IMAPSettings	Retrieves the IMAP4 configuration for a Client Access server
Set-IMAPSettings	Sets the IMAP4 configuration

You can find more information about enabling Outlook Anywhere, Outlook Web Access, POP3, and IMAP4 in Chapter 19, "Exchange Anywhere."

Managing Receive Connectors

Receive connectors are defined for each Hub Transport server role in your organization. By default there are two Receive connectors configured for each Hub Transport server; these are the default and client receive connects. You can see the Receive Connectors tab in the work pane when you select the Hub Transport subcontainer of the Server Configuration work center in the EMC; an example is shown in Figure 8.22.

Figure 8.22: Managing Hub Transport properties and Receive connectors

If you want to manage the receive connectors from the EMS, here are the cmdlets you can use:

Cmdlet	Description
Get-ReceiveConnector	Retrieves a list of Receive connector and their properties
Set-ReceiveConnector	Sets the properties of a Receive connector
New-ReceiveConnector	Creates a new Receive connector
Remove-ReceiveConnector	Deletes a Receive connector

You can find more information about managing Receive connectors as well as e-mail connectivity in Chapter 18, "Delivering E-mail."