Vista - Configure Exchange management shell to use Specific Domain Control

Following exchange best pracitces, you should not use remote desktop to
manage and exchange server. That is fine and all, but our policies state that
all changes are made to a specifice Domain controller that happens to be in
the same site as the servers.

How can I setup my local exchange management shell (powershell) to make its
changes only against a DC in another site?

Thanks in advance to any help.

Hi Sean,


Check this Set-ExchangeServer cmdlet parameters:

-DomainController <Fqdn>
This parameter specifies the domain controller that is used by the
command.

-StaticConfigDomainController <String>
This parameter is used to configure a domain controller to be used
by the server via DSAccess.

-StaticDomainControllers <MultiValuedProperty>
This parameter is used to configure a list of domain controllers
to be used by the server via Directory Service Access (DSAccess).

-StaticExcludedDomainControllers <MultiValuedProperty>
This parameter is used to exclude a list of domain controllers to
be used by the server.

-StaticGlobalCatalogs <MultiValuedProperty>
This parameter is used to configure a list of global catalogs to
be used by the server via DSAccess.



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Shay Levy
Windows PowerShell MVP
http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/ScriptFanatic



SH> Following exchange best pracitces, you should not use remote desktop
SH> to manage and exchange server. That is fine and all, but our
SH> policies state that all changes are made to a specifice Domain
SH> controller that happens to be in the same site as the servers.
SH>
SH> How can I setup my local exchange management shell (powershell) to
SH> make its changes only against a DC in another site?
SH>
SH> Thanks in advance to any help.
SH>

The suggested commands set what Domain controller a particular exchange
server will use.

My understanding is that when you use the exchange command shell, it will
execute the changes to AD to whatever domain controller resonds to the
connection (so when run locally it find a DC in my site - not the site where
changes are supposed to be made).

"Shay Levy [MVP]" wrote:

Hi Sean,


Looks to me that one (or more) of this parameters are what you need. Have
you tried'em?
I don't have Ex2007 on a large scale AD topology so I can't test it.


---
Shay Levy
Windows PowerShell MVP
http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/ScriptFanatic



SH> The suggested commands set what Domain controller a particular
SH> exchange server will use.
SH>
SH> My understanding is that when you use the exchange command shell, it
SH> will execute the changes to AD to whatever domain controller resonds
SH> to the connection (so when run locally it find a DC in my site - not
SH> the site where changes are supposed to be made).
SH>
SH> "Shay Levy [MVP]" wrote:
SH>

Pretty much all Exchange cmdlets have a -DomainController parameter that
you can use to control where changes are made (or reads for that
matter). For example:

Get-Mailbox -Identity UserA | Set-Mailbox -displayName "UserB"
-DomainController siteA.domain.com



Sean Hook wrote: