Powershell snap-in for exchange 2007

powershell exchange-server snap-in
ErickTreetops picture ErickTreetops · Jul 2, 2013 · Viewed 18.1k times · Source

Ive never used powershell before but it seems like the correct tool to use to read the number and size of mailboxes on our 2007 and 2010 exchange servers. I'm running Powershell on Windows 7 and NOT on the exchange server. The commands used in the examples i have found are not recognised.

From my initial reading it appears i need the Exchange snap in. However, i can't seem to find a download page or instructions for loading it into Powershell, or if it is even possible to access this data from a workstation other than the exchange server. I was wondering if some one could give me some feedback on my problem and point me in the right direction.

thanks.

Answer

PASSED picture PASSED · Oct 3, 2013

I have gotten this to work on windows 7 64 bit with exchange 2007 64

I installed the exchange management console via the exchange server 2007 installation files

you don't need to establish a remote powershell session, you run the commands with a domain/network administrator privileged powershell on the workstation.

I'm trying to get just the powershell snapin as I don't need the whole console, but as of right now, with the whole console and powershell you can load the exchange management snapin to powershell and create mail-enabled user accounts.

after installing the exchange management console you can execute

add-pssnapin microsoft.exchange.management.powershell.admin

to load the exchange snapin and begin pulling exchange data.

on top of that you may need to start the service on the exchange server "microsoft exchange system attendant"

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