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Hybrid configuration Office 365 and exchange 2010

This is a step by step to how to cofigure office 365 in a hybrid enviromment, with an exchange 2010 on premise single server, once you have your subscription activated,

the first step:

add your domain to office 665 console, you have two options to validate that you are the owner of the domain, adding some dns records is the option prefered:

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Exchange 2010 Anti-Spam logs?

To check the Anti-Spam logs on a Exchange 2010 server, you can do this:

  • The default logs files for the antispam agents are on: %exchangeinstallpath%TransportRoles\Logs\AgentLog
  • At this location you can see a lot of files (see the image)
  • logs1
  • on this files there are each email processed
  • for example in my domain “domain.com “:
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Extract Exchange 2010 information

>An interesting script to extract exchange 2010 information from databases and mailboxes (mailbox sorted by descending size) produces a html file like this:

Report Exchange

the image in original format: Imagen

The code:

#####################################################################################
# Exchange 2010 Mailbox Database HTML Email Report
# Author: Thiyagu14
# Date Jan 28th 2010
# Modified by Jordi Colomé
# Script gathers below information
# 1. Server currently hosting the Database.
# 2. Database Size
# 3. Database file path
# 4. Number of users in the Database.
# 5. Amount of Whitespace
# 6. Top Mailbox in the Database and the size of it.
# 7. Last Backup time and days since last backup.
# ###################################################################################
# It then generates HTML Files for this.
# You can setup Threshold in the script,below are the items which can have threshold
# 1. Number of Mailboxes
# 2. Database Size
# 3. How old a Backup can be
# 4. Top Mailbox Size
# If any one of the above threshold is reached the configured threshold.
# It will be marked as red in the HTML.
#####################################################################################
Remove-Item DBReport.htm
New-Item -ItemType file  -Name dbreport.htm
$mailboxCountThreshold =  60
$dbSizeThreshold = 30GB
$backupThreshold = 1
$mbxSizeThreshold = 3000MB
$fileName = "DBReport.htm"
Function writeHtmlHeader
{
param($fileName)
$date = ( Get-Date ).ToString('yyyy/MM/dd')
Add-Content $fileName "<html>"
Add-Content $fileName "<head>"
Add-Content $fileName "<meta http-equiv='Content-Type' content='text/html; charset=iso-8859-1'>"
Add-Content $fileName '<title>myExchangeWorld.COM Database Report</title>'
Add-Content $fileName '<STYLE TYPE="text/css">'
Add-Content $fileName  "<!--"
Add-Content $fileName  "td {"
Add-Content $fileName  "font-family: Tahoma;"
Add-Content $fileName  "font-size: 11px;"
Add-Content $fileName  "border-top: 1px solid #999999;"
Add-Content $fileName  "border-right: 1px solid #999999;"
Add-Content $fileName  "border-bottom: 1px solid #999999;"
Add-Content $fileName  "border-left: 1px solid #999999;"
Add-Content $fileName  "padding-top: 0px;"
Add-Content $fileName  "padding-right: 0px;"
Add-Content $fileName  "padding-bottom: 0px;"
Add-Content $fileName  "padding-left: 0px;"
Add-Content $fileName  "}"
Add-Content $fileName  "body {"
Add-Content $fileName  "margin-left: 5px;"
Add-Content $fileName  "margin-top: 5px;"
Add-Content $fileName  "margin-right: 0px;"
Add-Content $fileName  "margin-bottom: 10px;"
Add-Content $fileName  ""
Add-Content $fileName  "table {"
Add-Content $fileName  "border: thin solid #000000;"
Add-Content $fileName  "}"
Add-Content $fileName  "-->"
Add-Content $fileName  "</style>"
Add-Content $fileName "</head>"
Add-Content $fileName "<body>"
Add-Content $fileName  "<table width='100%'>"
Add-Content $fileName  "<tr bgcolor='#CCCCCC'>"
Add-Content $fileName  "<td colspan='7' height='25' align='center'>"
Add-Content $fileName  "<font face='tahoma' color='#003399' size='4'><strong>-www.colome.org- Database Report - $date</strong></font>"
Add-Content $fileName  "</td>"
Add-Content $fileName  "</tr>"
Add-Content $fileName  "</table>"
}
# Function to write the HTML Header to the file
Function writeTableHeader
{
param($fileName)
Add-Content $fileName "<table width='100%'><tbody>"
Add-Content $fileName "<tr bgcolor=#CCCCCC>"
Add-Content $fileName "<td width='10%' align='center'>Database Name</td>"
Add-Content $fileName "<td width='10%' align='center'>Server</td>"
Add-Content $fileName "<td width='15%' align='center'>Database File</td>"
Add-Content $fileName "<td width='10%' align='center'>Database Size(MB)</td>"
Add-Content $fileName "<td width='7%' align='center'># of Mailboxes</td>"
Add-Content $fileName "<td width='10%' align='center'>WhiteSpace(MB)</td>"
Add-Content $fileName "<td width='10%' align='center'>Top Mailbox</td>"
Add-Content $fileName "<td width='10%' align='center'>Top Mailbox Size</td>"
Add-Content $fileName "<td width='10%' align='center'>Last Full Backup</td>"
Add-Content $fileName "<td width='15%' align='center'>No Backup Since?</td>"
Add-Content $fileName "</tr>"
} 

Function writeTableHeader2
{
param($fileName)
Add-Content $fileName "<table width='100%'><tbody>"
Add-Content $fileName "<tr bgcolor=#CCCCCC>"
Add-Content $fileName "<td width='10%' align='center'>DisplayName</td>"
Add-Content $fileName "<td width='10%' align='center'>ItemCount</td>"
Add-Content $fileName "<td width='10%' align='center'>TotalItemSize</td>"
Add-Content $fileName "<td width='10%' align='center'>LastLogonTime</td>"
Add-Content $fileName "<td width='10%' align='center'>TotalDeletedItemSize</td>"
Add-Content $fileName "<td width='10%' align='center'>ServerName</td>"
Add-Content $fileName "<td width='10%' align='center'>Database</td>"
Add-Content $fileName "</tr>"
}
Function writeHtmlTable
{
param($fileName)
Add-Content $fileName "</table>"
}
Function writeHtmlFooter
{
param($fileName) 

Add-Content $fileName "</body>"
Add-Content $fileName "</html>"
} 

Function get-DBInfo
{
 $dbs = Get-MailboxDatabase -Status
 foreach($db in $dbs)
 {
     $name = $db.name
    $svr = $db.servername
    $edb = $db.edbfilepath
    $edbSize = $db.DatabaseSize.Tobytes()
    $whiteSpace = $db.AvailableNewMailboxSpace.Tobytes()/1mb
    $mbxCount = (Get-Mailbox -Database $db).count
    $topMailbox = Get-Mailbox -Database $db | Get-MailboxStatistics | Sort-Object TotalItemSize -Descending |Select-Object DisplayName -First 1 | Format-Table Displayname -HideTableHeaders | Out-String
    $topMailboxSize = Get-Mailbox -Database $db| Get-MailboxStatistics | Sort-Object TotalItemSize -Descending | Select-Object totalitemsize -First 1
    $topMailboxSize = $topMailboxSize.TotalItemSize.Value.ToBytes()
    $lastBackup =  $db.LastFullBackup; $currentDate = Get-Date
    if ($lastBackup -eq $null)
    {
     $howOldBkp =  $null
    }
    else
    {
    $howOldBkp = $currentDate - $lastBackup
    $howOldBkp = $howOldBkp.days
    }
    writedata $name $svr $edb $edbSize $whiteSpace $mbxCount $topMailbox $topMailboxSize $lastBackup $howOldBkp
 }
}
Function get-DBInfoUsers
{
 $dbs = Get-MailboxDatabase -Status
 foreach($db in $dbs)
 { 

    $Mailboxes = Get-Mailbox -Database $db | Get-MailboxStatistics | Sort-Object TotalItemSize -Descending
    foreach($mb in $Mailboxes)
	{
	$1=$mb.DisplayName
	$2=$mb.ItemCount
	$3=$mb.TotalItemSize
	$4=$mb.LastLogonTime
	$5=$mb.TotalDeletedItemSize
	$6=$mb.ServerName
	$7=$mb.Database

    	$tableEntry = "<tr><td>$1</td><td>$2</td><td>$3</td><td>$4</td><td>$5</td><td>$6</td><td>$7</td></tr>"
	Add-Content $fileName $tableEntry
	Write-Host $tableEntry
	}
 } 

} 

Function WriteData
{
param($name,$svr,$edb,$edbSize,$whiteSpace,$mbxCount,$topMailbox,$topMailboxSize,$lastBackup,$howOldBkp) 

$tableEntry = "<tr><td>$name</td><td>$svr</td><td>$edb</td>"
#Checking if EDB size is greater than the set  Threshold
#If it is greater than the table cell will be marked red, else green.
if ($edbSize -gt $dbSizeThreshold)
{
 $edbSize = $edbSize/1mb
 $tableEntry += "<td bgcolor='#FF0000' align=center>$edbSize</td>"
}
else
{
 $edbSize = $edbSize/1mb
 $tableEntry += "<td bgcolor='#387C44' align=center>$edbSize</td>"
}
#Checking if mailbox count is greater than configured threshold
if ($mbxCount -gt $mailboxCountThreshold)
{
 $tableEntry += "<td bgcolor='#FF0000' align=center>$mbxCount</td>"
}
else
{
 $tableEntry += "<td bgcolor='#387C44' align=center>$mbxCount</td>"
}
$tableEntry +=  "<td>$whiteSpace</td>"
$tableEntry +=  "<td>$topMailbox</td>"
#Checking if mailbox count threshold is exceeded or not
if ($topMailboxSize -gt $mbxSizeThreshold)
{
 $topMailboxSize = $topMailboxSize/1mb ; $topMailboxSize =[Math]::Round($topMailboxSize,2)
 $tableEntry += "<td bgcolor='#FF0000' align=center>$topMailboxSize</td>"
}
else
{
 $topMailboxSize = $topMailboxSize/1mb ; $topMailboxSize =[Math]::Round($topMailboxSize,2)
 $tableEntry += "<td bgcolor='#387C44' align=center>$topMailboxSize</td>"
}
#Checking how old is the backup 

if ($howOldBkp -eq $null)
{ 

 $tableEntry += "<td bgcolor='#FF0000' align=center> null </td>"
 $tableEntry += "<td bgcolor='#FF0000' align=center>Never Backed Up</td>"
}
elseif ($howOldBkp -le $backupThreshold)
{
 $tableEntry += "<td bgcolor='#387C44' align=center>$lastbackup</td>"
 $tableEntry += "<td bgcolor='#387C44' align=center>$howOldBkp</td>"
}
else
{
 $tableEntry += "<td bgcolor='#FF0000' align=center>$lastbackup</td>"
 $tableEntry += "<td bgcolor='#FF0000' align=center>$howOldBkp</td>"
}
Add-Content $fileName $tableEntry
Write-Host $tableEntry
} 

Function sendEmail
{ param($from,$to,$subject,$smtphost,$htmlFileName)
$body = Get-Content $htmlFileName
$smtp= New-Object System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient $smtphost
$msg = New-Object System.Net.Mail.MailMessage $from, $to, $subject, $body
$msg.isBodyhtml = $true
$smtp.send($msg)
} 

writehtmlheader $fileName
writetableheader $fileName
get-DBInfo
writeHtmlTable $fileName
writetableheader2 $fileName
get-DBInfoUsers
writeHtmlTable $fileName
writehtmlfooter $fileName 

#sendEmail User@Domain.com User@DOMAIN.com "Database Report" server1 $fileName
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5.7.1 Unable to Relay Exchange 2010

Sometimes if you configure an external users to use the smtp service  with authentication (Relay Exchange)  of your exchange 2010 server, you can experience this error “Unable to Relay”:

Excahange2010-1

Smtp connector properties Relay Exchange

“550 5.7.1 Unable to relay”

this is becose the default smtp connector does not have basic authentication enabled by default

First, on your default smtp connector, you have to uncheck this option:

  • Basic Authentication
    • Offer Basic authentication only after starting TLS

Second, assing rights to the users to send mails to any email address:

Get-ReceiveConnector “Default SMTP” | Add-ADPermission -User “DOMAINUsers” -ExtendedRights “ms-Exch-SMTP-Accept-Any-Recipient”

Attention! if you include “AUTHORITYANONYMOUS LOGON” as user then you can have a open Relay!!:

do not do this:

Get-ReceiveConnector “Default SMTP”|Add-ADPermission -User “NT AUTHORITYANONYMOUS LOGON” -ExtendedRights “ms-Exch-SMTP-Accept-Any-Recipient”

 

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