Professional PowerShell for Exchange 2007 SP1 - Softcover

Cookey-Gam, Joezer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470226447 ISBN 13: 9780470226445

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2008

Synopsis

Dramatically improve your implementation and administration of Exchange Server 2007 with the PowerShell tips contained in Professional Windows® PowerShellTM for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1. Discover the ins and outs of PowerShell, including how to deploy, configure, manage, and maintain your Exchange environment. Explore Windows PowerShell and the Exchange Server 2007 Management Shell and learn how to work with the new Exchange server roles, cmdlets and features specific to these roles. Learn quickly from the numerous, easy-to-follow examples and apply the information to enhance your Exchange experience.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Professional Windows PowerShell for Exchange Server 2007 SP1

If you want to dramatically improve your implementation and administration of Exchange Server 2007, then this is the book for you. It walks you through the ins and outs of PowerShell, showing you how to take full advantage of this scripting language for deploying, configuring, managing, and maintaining your Exchange environment.

You'll first explore Windows PowerShell and the Exchange Server 2007 Management Shell. Next, you'll discover how to work with the new Exchange server roles as well as how to use the cmdlets and features that are specific to these roles. You'll then discover how to successfully bring PowerShell into your environment and work with users and groups. Numerous examples are integrated throughout the chapters so you'll be able to quickly apply the information to enhance your Exchange experience.

What you will learn from this book

• All of the PowerShell for Exchange fundamentals so you can quickly get started

• Methods for working with Exchange User and Group Objects

• Ways to configure the Client Access Server, Hub Transport, Mailbox Server and Unified Messaging Server roles

• Best practices for utilizing PowerShell in a production environment

• How to work with routing in Exchange 2007, continuous replication, and single copy clusters

• Techniques for automating administration to ensure optimal performance

Who this book is for
This book is for Exchange professionals who want to learn how to use PowerShell to effectively manage, automate, and streamline their Exchange 2007 organization.

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About the Author

Joezer Cookey - Gam holds a Bachelor of Technology degree in Electrical Engineering (Electronics Major) from the Rivers State University of Science and Technology in Nigeria. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer with focus on messaging. He began his IT career as a Network Engineer and Exchange administrator supporting medium to large Enterprise networks. In this role he provided solutions for LinkServe Limited, a leading Internet service provider in Nigeria. He joined Microsoft in 2001 and currently is a Support Escalation Engineer supporting enterprise Exchange customers.

Brendan Keane is currently an information security principal specializing in Microsoft technologies. Brendan began his tenure with Exchange 5.5 and has enjoyed working more with each new release.

Jeffrey Rosen has a Masters of Business Administration from Case Western Reserve Weatherhead School of Management specializing in Information Systems. He is a Microsoft Certified Architect, an MCSE specializing in messaging and security, and a CISSP. He began his career working with Microsoft Mail and Novell Netware. Since then, Jeffrey has been working for Microsoft Consulting Services for nine years, working on large and complex Exchange deployments.

Jonathan Runyon has worked in the IT Industry for more than 17 years. He joined Microsoft in 2001 and has worked exclusively on Exchange Server support ever since. Jonathan recently contributed to the development of Exchange Server 2007 internal training for Microsoft Customer Service and Support. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer and MCSA, specializing in messaging.

Joel Stidley has been working with Microsoft Exchange since the Exchange Server 5.0 beta releases and hasn ’ t missed deploying a release since. He has been working with the Microsoft Exchange JDP/TAP program since Exchange Server 2000 Service Pack 3, and has been running Exchange Server 2007 in production since 2005. Joel also founded ExchangeExchange.com, an Exchange - focused community website in 2004 where he blogs and provides forums for discussing Exchange and PowerShell information. Currently he is a Senior Solutions Engineer at Terremark Worldwide Inc where he works with a variety of storage, virtualization, and messaging technologies.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0470226447
• ISBN 13: 9780470226445
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 554