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Exchange 2010: Client Access Role Configuration Report

02/04/2012 / zloeber posted in Exchange, Exchange 2010, IIS, Microsoft, Powershell, System Administration / No Comments

Ok, so I woke up and was wide awake at 4am this morning. I took it as a sign to lose my mind for a while and get to hacking another script. The result is a client access setting report script which includes all internal and external paths along with their authentication settings. It needs some prettying up and a bit of love but it does exactly what I’ve wanted in Exchange 2010, gives me an overall view of all client access settings (specifically related to IIS). Enjoy.

Get-Exchange2010CASURL.ps1 for reporting enjoyment

Chicago Commuting Dictionary: New Definitions

11/18/2011 / zloeber posted in Chicago Commuting / No Comments

I found myself subjected to the commuting lifestyle again for a recent Lync 2010 deployment I’ve been working on. I realized that after several months without commuting that I had forgotten just how funny it is to experience the commuter’s lifestyle. So I’m continuing my Chicago Commuting Dictionary so that others may be able to understand this weird weird world should they find themselves within it…

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Linux: Headless Ubuntu Torrent Home Server

09/11/2011 / zloeber posted in Linux, Other, System Administration, Ubuntu / 3 Comments

So it got to that time of the year where I feel the itch to upgrade my aging home server. I assessed the situation and realized that, for what it does, my current server does not need any kind of hardware upgrade. So I just decided to rebuild it with Ubuntu 11.04 64 bit and change up the server software a bit to be more accessible to my wife as well as to be a bit more modern (torrentflux and derivatives have been dead for a while now).

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Exchange 2010 One-liner: Get All Network Interface Information

08/19/2011 / zloeber posted in Exchange, Exchange 2010, Microsoft, Networking, Powershell, System Administration / No Comments

Here are a few quick powershell one-liners to get all the network interface information in your exchange environment:

$ExchServers=(Get-ExchangeServer); @(foreach ($Srv in $ExchServers) {Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration -Filter IPEnabled=TRUE -ComputerName $Srv.Name | select @{Name="Server";Expression={$Srv.Name}},@{Name="DNS Host Name";Expression={$_.DNSHostName}},@{Name="Server Role";Expression={$Srv.ServerRole}},Description,@{Name="IP Address";Expression={$_.IPAddress}},@{Name="IP Subnet";Expression={$_.IPSubnet}},@{Name="Default Gateway";Expression={$_.DefaultIPGateway}},@{Name="Mac Address";Expression={$_.MacAddress}},@{Name="DNS Suffix Search Order";Expression={$_.DNSDomainSuffixSearchOrder}},@{Name="DNS Server Search Order";Expression={$_.DNSServerSearchOrder}},FullDNSRegistrationEnabled}) |Export-Csv -NoTypeInformation "C:\Temp\Exchange-network.csv"

If you just want interface information for Exchange 2010 servers:

$ExchServers=(Get-ExchangeServer | where {$_.ServerRole -ne "None"}); @(foreach ($Srv in $ExchServers) {Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration -Filter IPEnabled=TRUE -ComputerName $Srv.Name | select @{Name="Server";Expression={$Srv.Name}},@{Name="DNS Host Name";Expression={$_.DNSHostName}},@{Name="Server Role";Expression={$Srv.ServerRole}},Description,@{Name="IP Address";Expression={$_.IPAddress}},@{Name="IP Subnet";Expression={$_.IPSubnet}},@{Name="Default Gateway";Expression={$_.DefaultIPGateway}},@{Name="Mac Address";Expression={$_.MacAddress}},@{Name="DNS Suffix Search Order";Expression={$_.DNSDomainSuffixSearchOrder}},@{Name="DNS Server Search Order";Expression={$_.DNSServerSearchOrder}},FullDNSRegistrationEnabled}) |Export-Csv -NoTypeInformation "C:\Temp\Exchange2010-network.csv"

Exchange 2010: A Few More Migration Tips

08/13/2011 / zloeber posted in Exchange 2010, Microsoft, Powershell, System Administration / Comments Off

Here are a few more notes from the field to consider when you are planning your Exchange 2010 deployment and migration. Some of these items are good to know even after you have completed your migration and may help with overall system stability.

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Active Directory: Essential Tools

08/11/2011 / zloeber posted in Active Directory, Microsoft, Powershell, Security, System Administration / No Comments

During my many years of working with active directory I’ve used several tools. Here are some of the best that I’ve used which are not baked into windows. Good thing about this list is that most of these tools are fee! Another bonus is that most of the information gathering tools don’t require elevated rights as, by default, domain users have read-only access to active directory.

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CSS: Pretty Code Snippet Formatting

08/05/2011 / zloeber posted in Other, Web Publishing / No Comments

I forgot where I dredged this up from but here is how I do my code/script posts. I modified the default theme css and add the following for pre-formatted text:

pre {
white-space: pre-wrap; /* css-3 */
white-space: -moz-pre-wrap !important; /* Mozilla, since 1999 */
white-space: -pre-wrap; /* Opera 4-6 */
white-space: -o-pre-wrap; /* Opera 7 */
word-wrap: break-word; /* Internet Explorer 5.5+ */
background: #000000;
color: #21FF2C;
}

Exchange 2010: Network Communication Table

07/30/2011 / zloeber posted in Exchange, Exchange 2010, Microsoft, Networking, Security, System Administration / No Comments

I figured I’d post the massive table of firewall rules I compiled for my Exchange 2010 firewall generation script. It has both the source and destination roles for many aspects of an Exchange environment. Where there are ???’s is where I’m simply not certain (mainly around encryption between certain roles). If anyone spots any mistakes or omissions please let me know and I’ll update the accordingly.

Exchange 2010 Network Communication Table By Role

Exchange 2010: Automated Firewall Rule Generation 1.4

07/29/2011 / zloeber posted in Exchange 2010, Networking, Powershell, Security, System Administration / No Comments

I made some updates to the automated firewall rule generation script. This includes some updates to the firewall rule spreadsheet to give information on setting setic ports and port ranges for RPC based services. This csv file may be a good general reference even without the script.

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