For instance, you may create a script for the executive or
contract worker mailbox size limits and then schedule those scripts to be run as well. Similar scripts can
be created to set standards to specific mailboxes, public folder databases, and even server configurations.
Reporting Tasks with PowerShell
In previous versions of Exchange it was always frustrating trying to create reports that told what was
happening in your organization. If your manager asked you to create a report of all the mailbox sizes for
your 100 Exchange servers you would either be creating a VBScript that used at least three different
methods of getting information (CDO, WebDAV, ADSI, and so on) or you were doing a lot of clicking
and exporting to a comma - separated values (CSV) file to import and massage in Microsoft Office Excel.
We are going to cover a couple scenarios to get you started down the path of creating simple and
powerful scripts to report on what is going on in your Exchange organization.
It seems like every few weeks a new PowerShell utility or tool is coming on the market. This is really
good news for those of you who want to keep improving your reports and reduce the time it takes to
troubleshoot and develop new scripts.
One of the many excellent tools that are available and the one that I have been able to spend the most
time with is PowerGadgets, which enables you to create nice looking charts easily as you pipe your data
to the gadget.
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