Stop and/or disable all Exchange services

There have been various occasions where I've needed to stop and/or disable all services relating to Microsoft Exchange This can be achieved by running PowerShell as an Administrator and executing one of the following commands Stopping all Microsoft Exchange Services get-service | ?{$_.Name -ilike "MSexch*"} | stop-service You may find that some services fail to … Continue reading Stop and/or disable all Exchange services

SBS POP3 Connector Log Location

The POP3 Connector log files on SBS 2011 & SBS 2008 are stored in the following location: C:\Program Files\Windows Small Business Server\Logs\pop3connector\Pop3service.log If you wish to create a new log file you will need to stop the Windows SBS POP3 Connector service, rename the log file to something suitable, and then restart the service. A … Continue reading SBS POP3 Connector Log Location

Grant a user or group full access to all exchange mailboxes

When preparing to migrate mailboxes to exchange online the account used for the migration will need full access to all mailboxes. It is advised to create a an account just for this purpose, I tend to create a domain account with the username "365-<RANDOM>".Replacing <RANDOM> with a random string of characters.The below command will give … Continue reading Grant a user or group full access to all exchange mailboxes