TO RUN CMDLETS IN POWERSHELL in Exchange 2003

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TO RUN CMDLETS IN POWERSHELL
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=>While Quest cmdlets run in their own shell, the quest snap-in can also be registered in the Powershell by running the following command, after installing Quest Management Shell.
Go to Powershell and type as below:
Add-PSSnapin Quest.ActiveRoles.ADManagement
=>Upon the shell start, the console may display a message stating that a certain file published by Quest
Software is not trusted on your system. This security message indicates that the certificate the file is
digitally signed with is not trusted on your computer, so the console requires you to enable trust for the
certificate issuer before the file can be run. Press either R (Run once) or A (Always run). To prevent this
message from appearing in the future, it is advisable to choose the second option (A).
=>Try 'Get-Help Get-QADUser' command, its provides the syntax of QADUser command


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HOW TO USE COMMAND TO CREATE A MAILBOX FOR A NEW USER
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/////////////////////////// USERS \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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To create new user ---
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SIMPLE ONE
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new-QADUser -name 'user1' -ParentContainer 'CU=Users,DC=msgdevexch3,DC=local' -SamAccountName 'user1' -UserPassword 'P@ssword'


new-QADContact -name 'user1' -ParentContainer 'CN=Users,DC=msgdevexch3,DC=local' -SamAccountName 'user1' -UserPassword 'P@ssword'

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FOR PARTICULAR DOMAIN
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new-QADUser -Service 'exchange.com' -Name 'user2' -ParentContainer 'CN=Users,DC=msgdevexch3,DC=local' -UserPassword 'P@ssword' -LastName 'user2' -FirstName 'user2' -SamAccountName 'user2' -DisplayName 'user2' -Email 'user2@exchange.com'
new-QADUser -name 'sampleuser' -ParentContainer 'CN=Users,DC=msgdevexch3,DC=local' -firstname 'try11' -lastname 'trytry' -SamAccountName 'sampleuser' -UserPassword 'P@ssword'


New-QADUser -Name 'userall' -ParentContainer 'CN=Users,DC=msgdevexch3,DC=local' -UserPassword 'P@ssw0rd' -Email 'userall@exchange.com' -FirstName 'userallFirstname' -Initials 'M' -LastName 'wrewr' -SamAccountName 'userall' -UserPrincipalName 'userall@exchange.com' -DisplayName 'userallhereuserall'


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ALL IN ONE STATEMENT
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New-QADUser -Name "user11" -ParentContainer "LDAP_ADDR_VALUE" -UserPassword "P@ssw0rd" [-City ] [-Company ] [-Department ] [-Email ]
[-Fax ] [-FirstName ] [-HomeDirectory ] [-HomeDrive ]
[-HomePhone ] [-Initials ] [-LastName ] [-LogonScript ]
[-Manager ] [-MobilePhone ] [-Notes ] [-Office
] [-Pager ] [-PhoneNumber ] [-PostalCode ]
[-PostOfficeBox ] [-ProfilePath ] [-SamAccountName ]
[-StateOrProvince] [-StreetAddress ] [-Title ]
[-UserPrincipalName ] [-WebPage ] [-ObjectAttributes
] [-Description ] [-DisplayName ]
[-ExcludedProperties ] [-IncludedProperties ] [-DeserializeValues]
[-UseDefaultExcludedProperties] [-Control ] [-Proxy] [-UseGlobalCatalog]
[-Service ] [-ConnectionAccount ] [-ConnectionPassword ]
[-Credential ] [-Connection ] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm]

The above line creates user.

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To set user properties
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set-qaduser -identity "muthu" -objectAttributes @{givenName='muthu'}

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To set user properties and CREATE A MAILBOX---
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Please check the below URL: http://www.handigeknakker.nl/?x=entry:entry101222-161855
You can set its value as below:
set-qaduser -identity "user1" -objectAttributes @{givenName=FirstName}
set-qaduser -identity "user1" -objectAttributes @{msExchHomeServerName=MsExchHomeServerName}
set-qaduser -identity "user1" -objectAttributes @{mailnickname=""user1""}
set-qaduser -identity "user1" -objectAttributes @{mDBUseDefaults='TRUE'}
set-qaduser -identity "user1" -objectAttributes @{homeMBD=homeMDB}

$template_user = "Administrator"
$username = 'userall'
$userproperties = get-qaduser -identity "Administrator" -IncludeAllProperties
set-qaduser -identity $username -objectAttributes @{msExchHomeServerName=$userproperties.MsExchHomeServerName;mailnickname="$username";mDBUseDefaults='TRUE';homeMDB=$userproperties.homeMDB;mDBStorageQuota=$mDBStorageQuota;mDBOverQuotaLimit=$mDBOverQuotaLimit;mDBOverHardQuotaLimit=$mDBOverHardQuotaLimit;mDBUseDefaults=$false}




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Remove user along with its related
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get-QADUser -searchRoot 'user2' | remove-QADObject

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ENABLE MAILBOX /USER
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Enable-QADUser -Identity 'muthu'

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DISABLE MAILBOX /USER
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Disable-QADUser -Identity 'muthu05'

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TO ADD CONTACT
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New-QADObject -ParentContainer 'CN=Users,DC=msgdevexch3,DC=local' -type 'Contact' -NamingProperty 'CN' -Name "usercontact" -ObjectAttributes @{displayName="usercontact";givenName="usercontact1";initials="p";sn="usercontact11";mail="usercontact@exchange.com"}

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TO GET CONTACT
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Get-QADObject -Identity 'usercontactname@exchange.com' -Type 'contact'

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TO SET CONTACT
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set-QADObject -identity 'usercontactname@exchange.com' -Type 'contact' -ObjectAttributes @{displayName="usercontact";givenName="usercontact1";initials="p";sn="usercontact11";mail="usercontact@exchange.com"}

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TO REMOVE CONTACT
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remove-QADObject 'usercontactname' -deleteTree -force -confirm false

get-qadobject -identity 'usercontact' -type 'user'|set-qadobject -objectAttributes @{sn='fsfsdfdf'}

set-qadobject -identity 'usercontact@exchange.com' -ObjectAttributes @{sn='fsfsdfdf'}
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REFERENCES:

URL: http://www.servolutions.com/support/config_exchange_2003.htm
URL: http://www.quest.com/powershell/activeroles-server.aspx

Pass credential with cmd as arugments to file and get its value for windows2003

Powershell with dynamic parameter addition. I suppose this would be the technique.

param([string]$user, [string]$hostname)

$cmd = "Get-WmiObject -class Win32_Service -computername `$hostname"

if($user -ne ""){

$myCred = Get-Credential $user

$cmd = $cmd + "-credential `$myCred"

}

Invoke-Expression $cmd

LIKE the one below can be taken as test.ps1 file and run to execute the cmdlets.


param($Argument1,$Name,$ParentContainer,$UserPassword,$email,$firstname,$Intials,$lastname,$samaccountname,$userprinicipalName,$displayName,$credntial);

$password = 'P@ssw0rd' | ConvertTo-SecureString -asPlainText -Force

$username = "msgdevexch3.local\administrator"

$credential = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential($username,$password);
$cmdExe = $Argument1+" -Name '"+$Name+"' -ParentContainer '"+$ParentContainer+"' -UserPassword '"+$UserPassword+"' -Email '"+$email+"'" + "-credential `$credential ";

$cmdExe

Add-PSSnapin Quest.ActiveRoles.ADManagement
invoke-Expression -command $cmdExe;

Thy absence made me ghoul

Now only memories makes thy presence,
Life sunk in darkness, awaiting for thy condolence.

Nature's signals are going unnoticed,
Scared to keep a step out, but enticed.

Tears roll down with remembrance,
Behaviour modifies to be aberrant,

Neither ever held hands nor hugged,
But still feels myself to be clanged,

Each time when you left me alone,
Had hope always, we would be again one,

Now clouds of hope, came behind thy soul,
Myself searching in graveyard like ghoul.

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