[EX2010] Corrupted Free/Busy Data

Some booking issues are related to corrupted Free/Busy data. In these cases, best practices are to update the Free/Busy information for the resource mailbox. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Load an Outlook profile for the resource mailbox in MFCMapi.
2. Locate the Free/Busy folder for the mailbox in MFCMapi that is located above Top of Information Store.
3. Delete the following two files:
• Local Data
• Sniffer

De <http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2005631>

Find-BadCalendarItems.ps1

[EX2010] DB Recovery

A quick over view of all the options for Microsoft Exchange’s ESEUTIL.

Eseutil /cc Performs a hard recovery after a database restore.

Eseutil /d Performs an offline compaction of a database.

Eseutil /g Verifies the integrity of a database.

Eseutil /k Verifies the checksums of a database.

Eseutil /m Generates formatted output of various database file types. e.g. /mh

Eseutil /p Repairs a corrupted or damaged database.

Eseutil /r Performs soft recovery to bring a single database into a consistent or clean shutdown state.

Eseutil /y Copies a database, streaming file, or log file.

[EX2010] Virtual Directories

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg247612(v=exchg.141).aspx

Default Web site

Anonymous

Required

aspnet_client

Anonymous authentication

SSL required

Requires 128-bit encryption

Autodiscover

Anonymous authentication

Basic authentication

Windows authentication

SSL required

Require 128-bit encryption

ecp

Anonymous authentication

Basic authentication

SSL required

Requires 128-bit encryption

EWS

Anonymous authentication

Windows authentication

SSL required

Requires 128-bit encryption

Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync

Basic authentication

SSL required

Requires 128-bit encryption

OAB

Windows authentication

Not required

owa

Basic

SSL required

Requires 128-bit encryption

Powershell

Anonymous authentication

Not required

Rpc

Basic authentication

Windows authentication

SSL required

Requires 128-bit encryption

RpcWithCert

By default, all authentication methods are disabled

Required

[EX2010] Uncomplete Installation

Check if the "Watermark" and/or "Action" registry key exist in the following paths:

HKEY_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\ExchangeServer\V14\ClientAccessRole

HKEY_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\ExchangeServer\V14\MailboxRole

HKEY_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\ExchangeServer\V14\HubTransportRole

If so, delete it and re-run the Setup file.

[EX2010] Change Expired Passwords

1. Log on to the Client Access server.
2. Start Registry Editor (regedit).
3. Locate the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchange OWA.
4. Create the following DWORD value if it doesn't already exist: ChangeExpiredPasswordEnabled. The value type will be REG_DWORD.
5. Set the value of ChangeExpiredPasswordEnabled to 1.
6. Exit Registry Editor.
7. Restart the IIS (iisreset).

[EX2010] Update E-mail Address Policy

From Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010

Get-EmailAddressPolicy | where {$_.RecipientFilterType –eq “Legacy”} |Set-EmailAddressPolicy –IncludedRecipients AllRecipients

Open ADSIEDIT. MSC

Go to : 
CN=Default Policy,CN=Recipient Policies,CN=First Organization,CN=Microsoft Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=xyz,DC=com

Then “Remove” MsExchMailboxManagerFolderSettings list 

[EX2010] Delete Disconnected Mailboxes

Update the databases to show all disconnected mailboxes

Get-MailboxDatabase | Clean-MailboxDatabase

List all disconnected mailboxes in a database and display DisconnectReason if its SoftDeleted or Disabled

Get-MailboxStatistics -Database DATABASE | Where-Object {$_.DisconnectDate -Notlike $NULL} | ft DisplayName, DisconnectDate, MailboxGuid, DisconnectReason –Wrap

Remove all SoftDeleted disconnected mailboxes from a Database

Get-MailboxStatistics -Database DATABASE | where {$_.DisconnectReason -eq "SoftDeleted"} | foreach {Remove-StoreMailbox -Database $_.database -Identity $_.mailboxguid -MailboxState SoftDeleted}

* Note you will be prompted to confirm each deletion, type Y to each confirmation as prompted. You can add the -Confirm switch to bypass confirmation prompt.