Powershell Links for Exchange 2007/2010

Hot wo automate a Powershell on Windows Server:

http://exchangeshare.wordpress.com/2008/12/08/how-to-schedule-powershell-script-for-an-exchange-task/

Free ActiveRoles Management Shell for Active Directory 32/64-bit from Quest:

http://www.quest.com/powershell/activeroles-server.aspx
http://ss64.com/ps/quest.html

How to load the Powershell Plugins into the Shell (As example Exchange and the Quest)

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb963745.aspx

Add-PSSnapIn -Name Microsoft.Exchange.Management.PowerShell.Admin,Quest.ActiveRoles.ADManagement

http://poshcode.org/2231

Here is how to skip/catch the error if the SNAP in has laready been registered.

1. #Load Exchange PS Snapin
2. If (@(Get-PSSnapin -Registered | Where–Object {$_.Name –eq “Microsoft.Exchange.Management.PowerShell.E2010”} ).count –eq 1) {
3.     If (@(Get-PSSnapin | Where–Object {$_.Name –eq “Microsoft.Exchange.Management.PowerShell.E2010”} ).count –eq 0) {
4.          Write-Host “Loading Exchange Snapin Please Wait….”; Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.Exchange.Management.PowerShell.E2010}
5.          }
6.  
7. #Load Exchange PS Snapin
8. If (@(Get-PSSnapin -Registered | Where–Object {$_.Name –eq “Microsoft.Exchange.Management.PowerShell.Admin”} ).count –eq 1){
9.     If (@(Get-PSSnapin | Where–Object {$_.Name –eq “Microsoft.Exchange.Management.PowerShell.Admin”} ).count –eq 0) {
10.         Write-Host “Loading Exchange Snapin Please Wait….”; Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.Exchange.Management.PowerShell.Admin}
11.         }

Removing mailbox export and import requests from command New-MailboxExportRequest -Mailbox $Identity -FilePath $pstshare$user”.pst”

http://thoughtsofanidlemind.wordpress.com/2010/12/21/removing-mailbox-export-and-import-requests/