If
you administrate a large organization with multiple server roles, it is likely Exchange Management Shell
is used on a daily basis. Smaller organizations may not require as much use, but rest assured the shell is
used from time to time.
Shell versus Console
When first learning Exchange Server 2007 administration, there may be times when you ??™ ll wonder which
options are available to you when choosing between the console and the shell interfaces. Without
knowledge of what you can accomplish from either interface, you may struggle to find the right path.
This section gives a comparison of operations available in the Exchange Management Console and in the
Exchange Management Shell. It also describes the layout of the console and how this information can be
used to understand the structure of cmdlets in the shell. Included is a summary of Exchange cmdlets and
methods for categorizing these cmdlets based on administrative scope.
Direct Comparison
Each Exchange component has administrative functionality made available via cmdlets. That
functionality is always available in the Exchange Management Shell and may be available in the
Exchange Management Console. The availability of administrative functionality for a given Exchange
component falls into one of three categories:
Parity: There is complete parity between the functionality available from the shell and the
console.
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