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Global Open Versity, Vancouver Canada Install Guide MS Exchange Server 2007 on Win 2008 v1.1

April 2007, Kefa Rabah, Global Open Versity, Vancouver Canada

www.globalopenversity.org Implementing and Administering MS Exchange Server 2007

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Global Open VersitySystems Integration Hands-on Labs Training Manual

Install Guide MS Exchange Server 2007 on Windows Server 2008 Active

Directory

Kefa RabahGlobal Open Versity, Vancouver Canada

[email protected]

Table of Contents Page No.

INSTALL GUIDE EXCHANGE SERVER 2007 ON WINDOWS SERVER 2008 ACTIVE

DIRECTORY 3

Introduction 3

Part 1: Install Windows Server 2008 Active Directory 4

Part 2: Prerequisite Required by MS Exchange 2008 4

Part 3: Install MS Exchange Server 2007 7Step 1: Adding MX Record Server 15

Part 4: Configuring Exchange 2007 Hub Transport role to receive Internet mail 18Step 1: Configure the Receive Connector 18Step 2: Configure the Send Connector 19Step 4: Configure Accepted domains 24Step 5: Anti-spam configuration 25

Part 5: Enable Telnet Client on Windows Server 2008 27

Part 6: Creating a New Users Account for Exchange 2007 30Step 1: Create New User Account under Active Directory 30

Part 7: Creating Users Mailbox Objects 33Step 1 Creating Exchange Users Account using Exchange Management Console (EMC) 33

Method 1 Creating Mailbox for Existing Users using EMC 33Method 2: Creating Mailbox for a New User using EMC 38

Step 2: Change Management with Exchange Management Console 41Scenario: Move / Disable / Remove mailboxes 41

Part 8: Creating Mailbox for Existing Users using Exchange Management Shell (EMS) or PowerShell 41Step 1: Creating a New Mailboxes using EMS for New Users 41Step 2: Change Management - Removing a Mailbox 44Step 3: Change Management - Modifying Mailbox Settings 45

Part 9: Provisioning Multiple Mailboxes 45
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Step 1: Download & Install PowerGUI 46Step 2: Starting PowerGUI 49Step 3: Using PowerGUI to Manage Exchange Server 2007 50Step 3: Creating Multiple Users 52Step 5: Using PowerGUI for Reporting 55Step 6: Test our Exchange 2007 with Outlook Web Access (OWA) 55

Part 10: Troubleshooting MS Exchange 2007 60Problem: MS Exchange Transport Failed To Reach Status 'Running On This Server... 60Solution: 61

Step 1: Enable IPv6 in NIC properties, but disable IPv6 in registry and re-run the setup. 61Step 2: Disable IPv6 from hosts file 62

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Global Open VersitySystems Integration Hands-on Labs Training Manual

Install Guide Exchange Server 2007 on Windows Server 2008 Active Directory

By Kefa Rabah, [email protected] Dec 17, 2009 SerengetiSys Labs

IntroductionIt is more challenging to install Exchange Server 2007 (ES 2k7) than any other Microsoftproduct. A list, as in shopping a-like list, will not be good enough; if you want to win the

battle to install Exchange 2007, what you need is a plan, as in a general plotting a military

campaign. However, once you get your planning into project management like scenario then installing Exchange 2007 is as brisk as taking a beach-walk on cool sunny evening. In

this install guide we will concern ourselves with installing ES 2k7 on Windows 2007 ActiveDirectory Domain Controller (DC).

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 is a messaging and collaborative software product

developed by Microsoft. It is part of the Microsoft Servers line of server products and iswidely used by enterprises using Microsoft infrastructure solutions. Exchange's majorfeatures consist of electronic mail, calendaring, contacts and tasks; support for mobile and

web-based access to information; and support for data storage.

For most businesses today, e-mail is the mission-critical communications tool that allows

their people to produce the best results. This greater reliance on e-mail has increased the

number of messages sent and received, the variety of work getting done, and even thespeed of business itself and of course the anytime anywhere common with todays global

businesses. Amid this change, employee expectations have also evolved. Today, employeeslook for rich, efficient accessto e-mail, calendars, attachments, contacts, and moreno

matter where they are or what type of device they are using i.e., the anywhere anytime

everywhere access to network resources.

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 has been designed specifically to meet these challenges andaddress the needs of the different groups who have a stake in the messaging system. The

new capabilities of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 deliver the advanced protection yourcompany demands, the anywhere access your people want, and the operational efficiency

you, in IT, need.

Once you have planned, designed, implemented and deployed a robust messaging server

like Exchange Server 2007, and its up and running you can go ahead and push theboundaries of your messaging infrastructure to enterprise level e.g., building small to large

messaging server.

In this guide, we present a step-by-step installation and configuration of Exchange Server2007 on Windows Server 2008 Active Directory. Well also show you how to add newmailboxes using both the Exchange Management Console (EMC) GUI, and Exchange

Management Shell (PowerShell) command-line. Also to be shown is how to install & set up aPowerGUI to help you with provisioning large numbers of new users mailbox, thereby

avoiding dealing with the dreaded scripting complexity. Youll also learn how to add Telnet

client Feature for testing your Exchange 2007 SMTP. Ill also show you how to configure anduse Outlook Web Access (OWA) to access your emails form anywhere, anytime. Well also

teach you how configure Hub Transport Send & Receive Connectors. Finally, youll also learn
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Listing 1: "ES2k7_prereq._Script.bat"

@echo off

echo. "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

echo. "!!!!!!! THIS IS NOT A MICROSOFT SUPPORTED SCRIPT. !!!!!!!!"

echo. "!!!!!!! TEST IN A LAB FOR DESIRED OUTCOME !!!!!!!!"

echo. "!!!!!!! File: "ES2k7_Prereq_Script.bat" !!!!!!!!"

echo. "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"echo.

echo. 1. First run: "ServerManagerCmd -i RSAT-ADDS"echo.

echo. 2. Then next run this batch file below

echo.

echo. This part of batch file will install Exchange 2007 pre-requisites.

echo. Press Enter key to continue.

echo.

pause

ServerManagerCmd -i PowerShell

ServerManagerCmd -i Web-Server

ServerManagerCmd -i Web-ISAPI-ExtServerManagerCmd -i Web-Metabase

ServerManagerCmd -i Web-Lgcy-Mgmt-Console

ServerManagerCmd -i Web-Basic-Auth

ServerManagerCmd -i Web-Digest-Auth

ServerManagerCmd -i Web-Windows-Auth

ServerManagerCmd -i Web-Dyn-Compression

ServerManagerCmd -i RPC-over-HTTP-proxy

echo. cls

echo. PLEASE REBOOT NOW!!!

Pause

1. Copy the batch file script and save it as "ES2k7_Prereq_Script.bat"

2. From the command line run:

C:\ServerManagerCmd -i RSAT-ADDS

to install this service, and then reboot server when done, see Fig. 1.

Fig. 1: running " ServerManagerCmd -i RSAT-ADDS" command


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3. Next, double-click the "ES2k7_Prereq_Script.bat" file to run it.

Fig. 2: running "ES2k7_Prereq_Script.bat" batch file

4. At this point it will take several minutes, so just sit back and relax, or grab some cup of

coffee or tea while you wait.

5. When done, youll again be required to reboot the server, see Fig. 3.


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Fig. 3: Successfully completed running "ES2k7_Prereq_Script.bat" batch file. Reboot server.

6. At this point, were ready to begin installing MS Exchange 2007.

Part 3: Install MS Exchange Server 2007To install the Exchange 2007, perform the following steps:

1. Insert the ES2k7ENSP1 CD into your CD-drive and double-click "Setup". After a while

you should see the Exchange Server 2007 installation wizard, as shown in Fig. 4. Note

that now were already in Step 4, as the other steps were done during the defaultprerequisite installation.

2. From Fig. 4, click "Step4: Install Microsoft Exchange Server 2007"


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Fig. 5

3. Next, you should information on your Desktop with information Microsoft ExchangeServer Setup Initializing, as shown in Figure 6.

Fig. 6

4. From Fig. 7, Introduction page, click on the Next button.


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Fig. 7

5. From Fig. 8, License Agreement page, read & accept the license, and then click Next.

Fig. 8


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6. From Fig. 9, Error Reporting page, click Yes , and then click Next.

Fig. 9

7. From Fig. 10, Installation Type page, select Typical, and then click Next.

Fig. 10


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8. From Fig. 11, Exchange Organization page; type organization name, click Next.

Fig. 11

9. From Fig. 12, Client Settings page; click Yes , if youll have Outlook 2k3, click Next.

Fig. 12


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12.From Fig. 15, Progress page; wait for it to complete the Installation process.

Fig. 15

13.From Fig. 16, Completion page; click Finish to complete the ES2k7 installation.

Fig. 16


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14.You should see a Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Alert informing you to reboot the

systems, as shown in Fig. 17. Click OK to reboot.

Fig. 17

15.Once the system has restarted, click Start > Microsoft Exchange Server20007, and

then click Exchange Management Console, as shown in Fig. 18.

Fig. 17

16.Figure 18 shown the Exchange Management Console. Browse around to familiarize

yourself with server parts. You may also proceed to perform the post deployment tasks

"Exchange Server Finalize Deployment" .


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Fig. 18: Shows the Exchange Management Console.

Step 1: Adding MX Record Server

The final stage to make our Exchange messaging server fully functional is to add the MX

record in our DNS Server. To do that, perform the following procedure:

1. Click Start > Administrator Tools > DNS server

2. Expand as shown and right-click "rabahtech.org" and select "New Mail Exchange

(MX)..."; see Fig. 19.


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4. Our final DNS server records should look like shown in Fig. 21.

Fig. 21: Final DNS records: showing Mail Exchanger (MX) record.

Ones done we need to verify that our mail server is able to perform NSLOOKUP services.

To do this issue the following command on the servers:

1. From the CMD, issue the following command:

C:\>nslookup -querytype=mx server01

with results shown in Fig. 22:

Fig. 22: Perform nslookup for MX record.


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Note: The "Default" receive connector on Hub is configured for other Exchange

servers to authenticate, but it does not accept anonymous email by default. The

easiest way to address this is to add the "Anonymous users" permissions group tothis connector:

20.Right-click the default Receive Connector (here "Default Server01") to access itsproperties

21.Next, select the Permission Groups tab and enable the Anonymous Usersgroup. Click

OK when complete, as shown in Fig. 24

Fig. 24

Step 2: Configure the Send Connector

1. Now navigate to Organization Configuration > Hub Transport.

2. From the Actions pane to the right of the Exchange Management Console click New Send

Connector, see Fig. 25.


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Fig. 25: Organization Configuration > Hub Transport with New Send Connector selected.

3. Enter a meaningful name as desired e.g., in our case "Rabahtech Internet Email" and

set the intended use to Internet from the drop-down menu, see Fig. 26.

Fig. 26

4. Click Add, enter SMTP Address (here *) to route all mail to external domain over this

Send Connector, and click OK ,and then click Next


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Fig. 26Note: If you route your outgoing mail via an ISP smart host or email security service,then choose that option and enter the IP address or DNS name of the smart host. You

can add more than one smart host if necessary. Otherwise leave it configured to useDNS to route mail directly to the destination, as shown in Fig. 27.

Fig. 27


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5. From Fig. 28, Source Server screen, click Next

Fig. 28

6. From Fig. 29, click on the New button

Fig. 29

7. From Fig. 30, click on the Finish button to complete the configuration.


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Fig. 30

8. Your Send Connector tab under Organization Configurations Hub Transport; should now

look as shown in Fig. 31.

Fig. 31: Organization Configuration > Hub Transports Send Connectors

Note: Do not forget to add a rule on your networks firewall to permit the Exchange

Server 2007 server to send traffic to the internet on TCP port 25.


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9. From Fig. 31, under Send Connector tab, right "Rabahtech Internet Email", and

select Properties, see Fig. 32.

Fig. 32

Note: The Network tab allows you to specify whether you'll use a smart host (perhaps

an SMTP server at your ISP) to relay your messages, or if you'll handle the delivery

yourself (using DNS). The Source Server tab specifies which Exchange server or

servers in your organization will be responsible for sending Internet email. Click Cancelwhen done examining the properties.

Step 4: Configure Accepted domains

By default, your new Exchange 2007 servers will only accept email destined to the Windows

domain that the server was a member of. In order to accept email destined to your external

SMTP domain, you will probably need to create a new accepted domain. To do this, performthe following procedure:

1. Click the Organization Configuration -> Hub Transport, and then select Accepted

Domains.

2. Right-click on your domain, and under your domains properties, select the option

desired, and then click OK , as shown in Fig. 32.


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Fig. 32

Note: If you fail to do this step, people that send you email will probably get an NDR

with the error "530 5.7.1 Client was not authenticated."

Step 5: Anti-spam configuration

Because Hub Transport servers only need to perform anti-spam functions when there is noEdge Transport server to perform this function, this is another feature that is not enabled bydefault. Adding this functionality to your Hub Transport servers is a pretty simple process.

To do so, perform the following procedure:

1. Click Start > Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 and then select Exchange ManagementShell

2. Type "Install Anti-spam agents" and hit Enter key (see Fig. 33):

[PS] C:\Windows\System32> Install Anti-spam agents.ps1


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Fig. 33: Install "Install Anti-spam agents.ps1"

Note: by default: C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Scripts

3. Restart "M icrosoft Exchange Transport" service.

4. Go to "Start" -> "Programs" -> "Microsoft Exchange Server 2007".

5. Open "Exchange Management Console".

6. Navigate to "Microsoft Exchange" -> "Organization Configuration" > "HubTransport".

10.A new tab, named "Anti-Spam" should appear, as shown in Fig. 34.

Fig. 34:Anti-spam tab under Hub Transport under Organization Configuration.


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4. From Fig. 36, select "Talent Client", and then click Next.

Fig. 36

5. From Fig. 37, select "Talent Client", and then click Install.

Fig. 37


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Note 1: Installation of the selected feature will be initialized and started. Once installation is

completed, click on Close.

Note 2: Alternatively, you can easily install Telnet-Client via command in the command

prompt, as follows:

C:\ServerManagercmd i Telnet-Client

If you know before-hand that you will need Telnet protocol, then you can add it to

your batch file during the Exchange Server 2007 prerequisite setup.

6. Next, open the Command Prompt, and run the telnet command, e.g., "telnet /?":

Fig. 38: Testing telnet client on Win2k8 Server.

As you can see, from Fig. 38, Telnet is now recognized by Windows Server 2008 and

you can start using it to connect to your telnet servers.

7. As an example, you can test your new Exchange Server 2007s SMTP functionality, as

follows:

C:\telnet server01.rabahtech.com 25

And you should see an output similar to one shown in Fig. 39.


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Fig. 39: Telnet SMTP test

As can be observed from Fig. 37, Telnet is now recognized by Windows Server 2008 andwere able to test it against SMTP port 25.

Part 6: Creating a New Users Account for Exchange 2007

In Exchange 2007, the mailbox creation process has been de-linked from account creation.In other words, when you create an Active Directory account, Active Directory Users and

Computers (ADUC) no longer prompts you asking if you want to create an Exchange mailbox

to go along with the new user.

In this respect, with Exchange 2007, the account and mailbox creation becomes a two-stepprocess: i) Create user accounts in Active Directory and ii) create the user mailbox account

in Exchange 2007.

So, the steps you see here assume that you have already created a user account in Active

Directory either manually or via a script.

Step 1: Create New User Account under Active Directory

In this section, were going to add new AD user account, to demonstrate how ES 2k7integrates with Win2k8 AD DC.

1. Click Start > Administrator Tools > Active Directory Users and Computers

2. Right-click Users container, see Fig. 40.


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Fig. 40

3. Create a new user as shown in Fig. 41, and then click Next.

Fig. 41

4. On Fig. 42, enter the user password and checkmark "Password never expires", and

then click Next.


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Fig. 42

5. On Fig. 43, click Finish, to complete user account creation.

Fig. 43

6. Repeat the same procedure to create two more users accounts:

Usernames: Sarah Craig (sarah.craig) Shaka Zulu (shaka.zulu).


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Note: all the names used are for demonstration purposes and not real names.

Part 7: Creating Users Mailbox ObjectsThis procedure is the starting point of Exchange Server 2007 that allows administrators to

create objects such as Mailboxes, Contacts, Mail Users, and Distribution Groups. Thereare two methods the Administrator can use, these the GUI method with Exchange

Management or second method via the command line.

Step 1 Creating Exchange Users Account using Exchange Management Console (EMC)

Method 1 Creating Mailbox for Existing Users using EMC

To do so, perform the following procedure to create users mailbox object:

1. Click Start -> Exchange Management Console -> Expand Recipient Configuration

2. Next, click on Mailbox

3. In the Mailbox pane, click on New Mailbox..., as shown in Fig. 44

Fig. 44: Creating a new user in the Exchange Management Console.

4. From Fig. 45, the Introduction page. We have to choose what kind of object we arecreating, in Exchange Server 2007 we have four different mailbox types:

User mailbox: This is a traditional mailbox.

Resource mailbox: This is a mailbox specifically assigned to Meeting Rooms. Its

associated user account will be disabled in Active Directory.

Equipment mailbox: This is a mailbox specific to resources, (i.e., TV, Projectorand so on). As with a Resource mailbox, this kind of mailbox will disabled in

Active Directory.

Linked Mailbox: This kind of mailbox will be used in environments with multipleforests.

Now, in the Introduction window, select the appropriate mailbox type, and then clickNext to continue.


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Fig. 45

5. From Fig. 46, User Type screen, we can choose either to create a new user or to assign

an existing user to the new mailbox. If we choose to assign it to an existing user, we willhave to check if the account does not already have a mailbox associated with it. In this

case, Existing user, and then click Add,

From the Select User rabahtech.com dialog box, select user (Irene Wong, and Sarah

Craig), and then click OK .


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Fig. 46

6. Again from Fig. 47, the User Type screen, click Next to continue.

Fig. 47


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7. From Fig. 47, the Mailbox Settings screen, click on the Browse button, and then

Select Mailbox Database, as desired, and then click OK .

Fig. 48

8. Again from Mailbox Settings screen, click Next to continue.

Fig. 49


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9. From Fig. 50, the New Mailbox screen, click New to create mailboxes.

Fig. 50

10.From Fig. 51, the Completion screen, click Finish to complete mailboxes creation.

Fig. 51


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11.Our Exchange Management Console -> Recipient -> Mailbox, should now look like

shown in Fig. 52. Also note out tow added users.

Fig. 52: Showing our new two added ES2k7 users.

Method 2: Creating Mailbox for a New User using EMC

In this section, were gong to create Exchange 2007 user account for a new user. To do this,

perform the following procedure:

1. Click Start -> Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 -> Exchange Management

Console -> Expand Recipient Configuration

2. Next, click on Mailbox

3. In the Mailbox pane, click on New Mailbox...,

4. From the Introduction screen, accept the default selection, i.e., "User Mailbox", and

then click Next to continue

5. From the User Type screen, accept the default selection, i.e., "New User", and then

click Next to continue

6. From the User Information screen, enter the user name and account information, .e.g.Hoe Johns (joe.johns), and then click Next to continue, see Fig. 53.


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Fig. 53

12.From Fig. 54, the Mailbox Settings screen, click on the Browse button, and then

Select Mailbox Database, as desired, and then click OK .

Fig. 54


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7. From Fig. 55, the New Mailbox screen, click New to create the account.

Fig. 55

8. From Fig. 56, the Completion screen, click Finish to complete account creation.

Fig. 56


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Note: the complexity of some of the objects you need to address in your mailbox

creation script.

9. You should see the user Joe Johns added to Mailbox under Recipient Configuration.

Step 2: Change Management with Exchange Management Console

Administrators can move, enable/disable, remove or change mailbox settings for an

existing mailbox through the console or the shell. Below section illustrates the how do sowith Exchange Management Console GUI:

Scenario: Move / Disable / Remove mailboxes

To do this, perform the following procedure:

1. Click Start -> Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 -> Exchange ManagementConsole -> Expand Recipient Configuration

2. Next, right-click on Mailbox

3. From the context menu for each mailbox to Move, Disable or Remove the mailbox, asshown in Fig. 57.

Fig.57

Part 8: Creating Mailbox for Existing Users using Exchange Management

Shell (EMS) or PowerShellWith its PowerShell-based command line, Exchange 2007 opens up huge possibilities when itcomes to automating account and mailbox creation.

Step 1: Creating a New Mailboxes using EMS for New Users

Lets look at how to create new Mailboxes with the PowerShell CMDLet "New-Mailbox".


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To do this, perform the following procedure:

1. Click Start -> Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 -> Exchange Management Shell

2. Change to C:\ director using "chdir" command and then issue "help New-Mailbox"

command, to show us how the syntax looks like, as shown in Fig. 58.

Fig. 58: Syntax ofNew-Mailbox Cmdlet

Note 1: As can be observer, from Fig. 58, there are a lot of attributes that can beused but you do not need to use all of them. Only a few are mandatory.

Example 1: As an example, we will create an Active Directory User named "Doug

Smith" and the corresponding mailbox for him. The mailbox is located on "First

Storage Group", in Mailbox Database. The password not specified so the ExchangeManagement Shell will ask for it. In addition it must be reset at the next logon.

3. Now, from the Syntax, well only copy and use the mandatory part only, e.g.,:

Listing1: Prompt for P assword

New-Mailbox -UserPrincipalName [-Alias ]

-Database -Name

[-OrganizationalUnit ]

-FirstName ] [-LastName ] [-DisplayName ]

[-ResetPasswordOnNextLogon ]

Listing 2: Passw ord IncludedNew-Mailbox -UserPrincipalName [-Alias ]

-Database -Password -Name

[-OrganizationalUnit ]

-FirstName ] [-LastName ] [-DisplayName ]

[-ResetPasswordOnNextLogon ]

4. Which for user "Doug Smith", should look like Listing 2 below:


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Listing 2: Create Mailbox for user "Doug Smith" using CMDLet

New-Mailbox -UserPrincipalName '[email protected]'

-Alias 'doug.smith' -Name 'Doug Smith'

-Database 'SERVER01\First Storage Group\Mailbox Database'

-OrganizationalUnit 'rabahtech.com/Users'

-FirstName 'Doug' -LastName 'Smith' -DisplayName 'Doug Smith'

-ResetPasswordOnNextLogon $true

5. From Fig. 59, enter the CMDLet in a single line, and hit the Enter key, or copy andpaste:

Fig. 59: Creating a User using the New-Mailbox Cmdlet

Example 2

The next example shows how to create a user "Jimmy Ford" in Active Directory and a

resource mailbox for projector equipment. The resource mailbox is located on First

Storage Group, in Mailbox Database. The password must be reset at the next logon.Again, this time round were not supplying password so the Exchange Management Shellwill prompt you for the value of the initial password, because it not is specified

Listing 3: Create Equipment Mailbox & User "Jimmy Ford" using CMDLet

New-Mailbox -UserPrincipalName '[email protected]'

-Alias 'jimmy.ford' -Name 'Jimmy Ford''-Database 'SERVER01\First Storage Group\Mailbox Database'

-OrganizationalUnit 'rabahtech.com/LabTestOU' - Equipment

-FirstName 'Jimmy' -LastName 'Ford' -DisplayName 'Jimmy Ford'

-ResetPasswordOnNextLogon $false


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Remove-Mailbox -Identity 'craig.norman'

Fig. 61: Disconnecting a mailbox from a user account and removing it from Active Directory

Note: As you can see From Fig. 61, Exchange Management Shell has a very good in-built safety as you can observe from within this example there are questions from the

management shell that try to make sure that you know what you are trying to do.

Hence, there is only a minimal risk using the Exchange Management Shell.

Step 3: Change Management - Modifying Mailbox Settings

Again using Exchange Management Shell makes this task, very easy. First just issue the

command "help set-mailbox". And then modify it appropriately to suit your desired needs.

Part 9: Provisioning Multiple MailboxesAs we seen in the sections of the guide, when working with the Exchange Server 2007,

management of single recipients, databases, servers and other objects can easily beperformed from within the Exchange Management Console. However, when you are required

to perform bulk changes of one or more of these objects, you need to turn to the new

Exchange Management Shell (EMS). Again, as we have seen above, working with EMS cannifty once you get the CMDLets syntax right. However, getting CMDLets syntax right especially when working with complex tasks; and under pressure can be daunting even for

an average Exchange Administrator. This becomes even more terrifying for Exchange

administrators with no scripting experience at all can find it extremely difficult to manageobjects using this new command shell. Because a lot of work went into creating consistent

verb-noun pairs (aka cmdlets), most Exchange administrators dont have a problem issuingsingle cmdlets such as Move-Mailbox or Get-MailboxDatabase, but as soon as it comes to

using piping (meaning one cmdlet makes use of the output of another cmdlet) or simplymodifying objects in bulk, most Exchange administrators get stuck.

So question you ask are there any other ways to get around working directly withPowerShell a way that will you to begin mastering the Exchange 2007 cmdlets? Well this is

where PowerGUI comes into the picture. PowerGUI is a freeware tool developed by DmitrySotnikov whos a CTO in the Windows Management group at Quest Software. PowerGUI is

an extensible graphical administrative console, which you can use to manage systems based

on Windows PowerShell technology. You can use PowerGUI with WindowsXP/Vista/2003/2008, Operations Manager 2007 and other new systems from Microsoft. In

this section were going to learn install PowerGUI and then show how it allows you to use therich capabilities of Windows PowerShell in a familiar and intuitive GUI console, especially

with handling built mailbox creation.


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Step 1: Download & Install PowerGUI

First thing we want to do is to download the latest version of PowerGUI (which at the time of

this writing is version 1.9.6) from the PowerGUI.org site. Once the download is completed,then perform the following procedure to complete the installation process.

In this install guide, well install PowerGUI directly on an Exchange 2007 server; however,

you could also install the tool on another server or Windows XP client with the Windows

2003 AdminPak and Exchange 2007 System Management tools installed.

1. Go to PowerGUI latest build "PowerGUI.1.9.6.1027.msi" at the time of writing this

guide, and click to download the latest build, and then click Run and then Run again

when prompted to begin the installation process.

2. From Fig. 62, the Welcome Installation Wizard screen, click Next to continue.

Fig. 62

3. From Fig. 63, the License Agreement screen, read and accept the license, and thenclick Next to continue.
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Fig. 63

4. From Fig. 64, the User I nformation screen, accept the default, and then click Next.

Fig. 63


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5. From Fig. 64, the Select Features screen, accept the default, and then click Next.

Fig. 64

Note:"X" mark on the Active Directory. If you want to include Active Directory, then as

per instruction, must download and install CMDLets from URL:

http://www.quest.com/powershell/activeroles-server.aspx

6. From Fig. 65, the Select Features screen, accept the default, and then click Next.

Fig. 65
http://www.quest.com/powershell/activeroles-server.aspxhttp://www.quest.com/powershell/activeroles-server.aspxhttp://www.quest.com/powershell/activeroles-server.aspx


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7. On the Ready to Install the Application screen, click Next.

8. From Fig. 66, the Completed screen, click Finish to complete the installation.

Fig. 66

Step 2: Starting PowerGUI

With PowerGUI installed, and since we had selected "Start PowerGUI after I click

Finish", it should already be launched. However, you can also launch the application by

clicking Start > All Programs > PowerGUI (see Fig. 67).

Fig. 67: PowerGUI main console


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Note: As can be observed, from Fig. 67, the PowerGUI console looks very similar to a

traditional MMC, it has a navigation tree, a work pane and an action pane as youll see ina moment.

Now that our PowerGUI is up and working, we can go ahead and used it to manage our bulk

users mailboxes in Exchange 2007.

Step 3: Using PowerGUI to Manage Exchange Server 2007

The first thing were to learn here is to show you how you can manage mailbox users in

bulk. For example, to see a list of all mailbox users, perform the following procedure:

1. Click the Mailboxes object under the Recipients container.

2. This will give a list of all mailbox user objects, where the Name of the user, Alias,ServerName, and ProhibitSendQuota are the mailbox properties that are listed by

default, see Fig,. 68.

Fig. 68: Listing Mailbox User Objects

3. To list additional mailbox properties, you can right click on one of the columns headings(e.g., Name, Alias etc.), and then choose the respective mailbox properties on the

context menu as shown in Fig. 69.


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Fig. 69: Selecting Mailbox Properties

Note: You can clickMore... to reveal a complete list with all properties that are available

for a mailbox-enabled user object

Example 1: Prohibit Send Quota

As you can notice from Fig. 68, the Prohibit Send Quota for all users mailbox is currently set

to "unlimited". In this example, lets try to set the quota for the mailbox recipients (Irene,

Sarah and Joe) to value of 3GB (3000000 KB).


1. Select the three users, to select each of the users by holding down CTRL while clicking

on each of them, or by clicking CRTL+A to select all, and then de-select the rest.

2. Once the desired respective mailbox recipients have been selected, click " "

icon Properties in the Actions Pane (see also Fig. 69).3. This will bring up the "Modify... Parameters" dialog box shown in Fig. 70.

4. Next, scroll down to the ProhibitSendQuota property, and then specify the desired

value, and then click OK .


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Fig. 70

You may continue to browse around the PowerGUI to get yourself acquainted with some ofits power. In the next section well proceed to see how we can handle creation of multiple

mailboxes.

Step 3: Creating Multiple Users

The cool part of PowerGUI comes handy when provisioning mailbox users, which mean that

you can, for example, create 100 or more new mailbox users in a matter of a few minutes.

To provision for users using PowerGUI you first have to export at least one existing mailboxuser to a ".CSV" file.


1. To create the ".CSV" file (in our case "users.CSV" select the respective mailbox user(s)

to provision, see Fig. 71. Note: use Notepad or any Text editor to create your CSV file.

Fig. 71: List of Mailbox users to be provisioned


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2. Next from the Actions pane, click icon. In the "Create from CSV

file... Parameters" dialog box, specify the path for the CSV file as shown in Fig. 72,

and then click OK , to provision the new users.

Fig. 72

3. From Fig. 73, you can see our newly provisioned mailbox users specified in the CSV filein the high-lighted rows

Fig. 73: Selected rows show our newly provisioned mailbox users.

Note: In order to provision for mailbox users successfully, the .CSV file created must

contain at least the following columns: UserPrincipalName, Name, Database,

OrganizationalUnit, and Password otherwise the import will fail.


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4. First lets check & verify that our new users have been correctly added to our Exchange

2007. From Fig. 74, we can see that indeed theyve been correctly added; even Jimmy

has been added correctly as an Equipment recipient.

Fig. 74: Selected rows show our newly provisioned mailbox users.

5. Next, lets check & verify that our news have been added to the Active DirectorysLabTestOU.

6. Click Start -> Administrative Tools ->Active Directory Users & Computers , and

then double-click LabTestOU, see Fig. 75. And as you can see, all our new users have

been added. Amanda Smith was the first to be added while testing PowerGUI.

Fig. 75


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Step 5: Using PowerGUI for Reporting

At times you may need to create report on whats going on with your Exchange 2007 e.g.,which users are in certain group or OU. PowerGUI has the option of creating reports with all

kinds of information in them. For example, we could create a report that includes a list of allMailbox users and their associated mailbox limit. We could also make a report of all the

different Exchange 2007 servers in the organization etc. The cool thing about the reporting

feature is that you can export it directly to an HTML file besides XML and CSV files.

To create an HTML report, perform the following procedure:1. To create an HTML report simply select the desired objects in PowerGUI,

2. Next, click "Export to HTML" in the Action pane, enter the HTML file name & click OK .

Fig. 76: Shows how to select list of the Mailbox users & the produce report in html file.

Were done with PowerGUI for time being.

Step 6: Test our Exchange 2007 with Outlook Web Access (OWA)

In this section were going to use Outlook Web Access (OWA) to that our new users can

access their email. To do so, perform the following procedure:

1. Fire-up your browser and enter in the Address bar:http://localhost/exchange/irene.wong, and press Enter key, as shown in Fig. 77

2. Ignore the "Websites security certificate" warning, and click "Continue to this

website (not recommended)".

Note: Certificate warning, as well see in moment, is because its self-signed and issuedcertificate and not from a recognized CA like VeriSign, Thawte etc.
http://localhost/exchange/irene.wonghttp://localhost/exchange/irene.wong


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Fig. 77: Ignore the warning & click to continue.

3. From Fig. 78, enter your credentials, in our case we will login as user: "irene.wong",

and then click OK.

Fig. 78

4. From Fig. 79, "Office Outlook Web Access", enter your credentials, as required:

Security, check: "This is a private computer", and notice the Warning below it.

Domain\ username:"rabahtech\irene.wong"

Password:XXXXXXXX

5. Next, click on the Log On button


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Fig. 79: On the OWA, enter your credentials and click Log On.

6. On the next page, accept the default "Language English (United States)" and the

local "Current time zone" or changed as desired, and then click OK .

7. You should be logged into OWA email page, where you can check, send and receiveemails, of course at the moment its empty, as shown in Figure 80. And of course the

usual goodies that comes with Outlook mail client, Calendar, Contacts, and Public folders

etc.


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Fig. 80: Your OWA page

8. Now, notice that you Address bar is colored in Red color, and warning sign with

"Certificate Error". Click the icon to check it out, and you should access the

warning page shown in Fig. 81. Go ahead and check it out, and of course install it.

Fig. 81


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10.From Fig 84, if your e-mail has not yet been received back to you, then click the "Check

Messages" icon, you should now be able to receive and view the message, as

shown in Fig. 84

Fig. 84: The email came back Ok.

Youre now done with the Exchange Server 2007 for now - Enjoy and good luck!

Part 10: Troubleshooting MS Exchange 2007

Problem: MS Exchange Transport Failed To Reach Status 'Running On This Server...

Below is a common error that comes up when you install Exchange 2007 Server on aWindows 2008 Server. The Hub Transport Role fails with an error "MSExchange transport

failed to reach status running on this server". Mailbox & CAS installations are cancelled aswell; if it is a typical exchange 2007 installation, see Fig. 85.


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Fig. 85

Reason: By default, IPV6 is enabled on a Windows 2008 server and you have disabled it

in the network connections properties, but not fully.

Solution:Step 1:Enable IPv6 in NIC properties, but disable IPv6 in registry and re-run the setup.

In this step, were going to enable IPV6 in NIC properties, but disable IPV6 in registry and

re-run the setup.

To disable IPV6 fully on the 2008 serve, perform the following steps:

1. Launch registry, by clicking Start and under Search type "regedit" and hit the Enter key.

2. Navigate to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip6\Parameters.

3. In the details pane, right-click empty area and then under New , and then click "DWORD

(32-bit) Value".4. Type"DisabledComponents"(without quotes) and then press enter.

5. Next, double-click DisabledComponents and type 0xffffffffin Hexadecimal or

4294967295in Decimal.

6. Close the registry editor.


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Step 2: Disable IPv6 from hosts file

In this step were going to disable IPv6 from the hosts file. To do this, perform the followingprocedure:

1. Click Start > Computer and then navigate to "C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc"

2. Next, open the "hosts" file in notepad.

3. Now delete or disable (with #) the IPV6 entry, see Fig. 86.

Fig. 86

4. Save & close.

5. Re-run the setup.

Stay tuned as this install guide will be continuously improved!

You should be good to go! Enjoy.

Note: You can also request for a companion Training CD for this install guide for nominalfees!

-----------------------

Kefa Rabah is the Founder and CIO, ofSerengeti Systems Group Inc. Kefa is knowledgeable in

several fields of Science & Technology, IT Security Compliance and Project Management, and

Renewable Systems. He is also the founder of Global Open Versity, an eLearning place to

enhance your educational and career goals using latest innovation & technologies.
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