Downloads

After years of Enterprise Messaging, I have built up quite the repository of scripts, Visio Diagrams, PowerShell cmdlets and such, so I decided to include a one-stop downloads page where readers can grab what you need without having to search through 100's of blog posts ;)

Scripts

This script will compare members of distribution group with those of dynamic distribution group:

Compare-DL-With-DDL

This script will create Archive Mailboxes for all users by grabbing the Primary Database that the mailbox is homed on, and append the number to match the Archive DB:

Create-Archive-Mailbox-All-Users

This script will create Archive Mailboxes for users in a .txt file, which you will need to supply. It will then grab the DB that their mailbox is homed on, and append the number to match the Archive DB:

Create-Archive-Mailbox-Users-List

This script will get distribution groups that contain external contacts

Get-DL-With-Contacts

This script pulls the members of a Dynamic Distribution Group and generates a nicely formatted HTML report that the user can easily read:

Get-DynamicGroupMembers

This script counts all items in all mailboxes in your Exchange Environment and reports the total:

Get-TotalItemCount

This script counts all items in all mailboxes in a specified Database and reports the total:

Get-TotalItemCountInDBs

This script will create a report for Mailboxes on Litigation Hold and output the list to HTML:

Litigation-Report

This script will recover dumpster items back their original folders, using AQS and hardcoded date-range:

RecoverableItemsAQS

This script will set all calendaring values to default for the specified mailbox:

Set-Calendar-Defaults

Guides

This is a guide (in different e-reader formats) that will walk you through setting up a greenfield Exchange 2016 environment in a Resource Forest:

Exchange 2016 Resource Forest Setup v1.epub

Exchange 2016 Resource Forest Setup v1.mobi

Exchange 2016 Resource Forest Setup v1.pdf

Diagrams

This is a diagram showing a 6-node/two-site Exchange environment to use when planning your install:

Exchange 2013_2016 Planning Overview.vsdx

This is a diagram showing the layout for a 6-node DAG:

Exchange 2013_2016 DAG Overview.vsdx

This is a diagram showing the LUN mapping for a DAG for presenting storage to your Exchange servers:

Exchange 2013_2016 LUN Map.vsdx

This is a diagram showing DAG mount point setup:

Exchange 2013_2016 DAG Mount Points.vsdx

This is a diagram showing an Exchange 2016 Hybrid for planning your roll-out:

Exchange 2016 Hybrid Overview.vsdx



This is a diagram showing the Traffic Flow and ports for a Skype For Business Hybrid:

SFB-Office 365 Ports Traffic Flow.vsdx

This is a diagram showing the M365 Purview Encryption user action flow.

Mail Encryption Flow.vsdx

Checklists

A checklist to go by when updating Exchange 2013/2016 servers:

Exchange 2013_2016 Update Checklist.docx

Cmdlets

Giant txt repository of Exchange Shell cmdlets, which you can copy/paste into the shell...and not have to remember hundreds of them:

Exchange PowerShell Cmdlets Repository

Reg Hacks

This registry edit is for Outlook to use the online GAL instead of the OAB while in cached mode:

Force GAL For Outlook Cache Mode

This registry edit will allow Outlook to connect externally without being joined to the domain:

Outlook 2016 for Non-Domain Computers

This registry edit will allow both Teams and Skype For Business add-ins to be loaded into Outlook:

SFB Addin Load At Start

Migration Tools

This is a zip of several tools used for gathering specifics on an Exchange environment before preforming a migration:

Exchange Intel Gathering Tools