How do I get insights into Exchange Server health?
An Exchange environment undergoes modifications every single day. Keeping track of the health and performance of its various components is vital, which is why Exchange Reporter Plus provides a Monitoring Dashboard to assist you. Accessing the dashboard: Go to the Monitoring tab. Click any of the links under Overview. Dashboard components: Exchange Reporter Plus helps you monitor the health of various aspects of your Exchange environment, including: CPU and memory utilization: Get complete details
Tip #5: Configuring archiving in Exchange Reporter Plus.
Since Exchange Reporter Plus is a reporting tool, it leads to accumulation of historical data and database growth. While some reports are cleaned up after a particular time period, most of the data remain. The Auditing and Monitoring reports, especially, are retained in order to ensure compliance and maintenance of Server health. To control database growth over time, enable archiving. Exchange Reporter Plus allows you to archive its Auditing and Monitoring reports. To archive a report, follow these
Exchange Reporter Plus 5301 released with security enhancements
Hello Everybody, We are glad to announce the release of the latest build of Exchange Reporter Plus - 5301. Highlight: Exchange Reporter Plus now allows you to: Password-protect exported data. Audit technician activity to view the reports exported and the time at which they were exported. Provide controlled access for delegated roles. Mask important data such as storage paths and IP addresses. Send password expiration notifications to make administrator account users change their passwords every 45
Exchange Reporter Plus Fixes and Enhancements [2018]
For Exchange Reporter Plus Fixes and Enhancements for 2019, click here. Version 5.4 Build 5402 (16th Aug 2018) Enhancements: Option to encrypt keystore password while configuring SSL (HTTPs). Bug Fixes: Issue where graphs were not included in reports exported in PDF and HTML formats is now fixed. Authentication issue in configuring the Skype for Business Server is fixed. Various other bug fixes. Version 5.4 Build 5400 (20th Jul 2018) New Feature: Skype for Business Server reporting: Exchange Reporter
How do I use Exchange Reporter Plus to comply with the GDPR?
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will be here by the end of this week. If your organization is in the European Union (EU) or services EU customers in any way, you need to comply with the GDPR. Emails carry personal data and, as an administrator, you need to make sure they're secure. Exchange Reporter Plus helps you comply with the GDPR by allowing you to: Locate messages based on keywords in their content. Filter messages based on attachments' name, type, and extension. Audit changes
What admin audit log reports does Exchange Reporter Plus have?
If your IT infrastructure team has multiple members, you must be familiar with how difficult it is to keep track of individual changes. You need Exchange Reporter Plus' Admin Audit Log reports to find out who made what change and when. To access the Admin Audit Log reports: Go to the Auditing tab. Click the Advanced Audit reports link. Select any report under the Admin Audit Log category. How these reports help: Exchange Reporter Plus' Admin Audit Log reports help you: Audit mailbox permission changes.
Tip #9: Audit folder permission changes using Exchange Reporter Plus.
As an Exchange administrator, you need to remain vigilant about every aspect of your users' mailboxes. One key task you need to perform regularly is auditing changes to mailbox folder and public folder permission to ensure no rogue user gains access to business-critical information. Exchange Reporter Plus allows you to audit folder permission changes through the following reports: Mailbox folder permission changes Public folder permission changes To audit folder permission changes: Go to the Auditing
Tip #8: Audit DAG failovers using Exchange Reporter Plus.
As an administrator, you must know how painful database failovers are. They can cause unavailability of messaging options and communication loss for your employees, and you have to check your failover event logs to find out what caused the failover. Analyzing logs can be a complex and time-consuming process, which is why you need Exchange Reporter Plus' DAG Failover audit report. This report helps you monitor DAG failover logs and find reasons for the failovers for Exchange Servers 2010, 2013, and
[KB] How do I check users' permissions over Exchange shared mailboxes?
Shared mailboxes help teams collaborate with each other, but they also come with certain security issues. If yours is a growing business, your organization may be hiring more employees. A new hire could inadvertently inherit access to an important shared mailbox carrying business-critical information. To avoid problems caused by unintentionally inherited access rights, you need to keep an eye on shared mailbox permissions. Solution: Exchange Reporter Plus provides two reports that allow you to
Tip #7 Setting up alerts in Exchange Reporter Plus
Your Exchange environment undergoes modifications day after day, and as an administrator, you need to be vigilant about any change in your organization. Using the Exchange event logs to identify changes is, however, a very time-consuming process, especially when you're investigating a data breach in your organization. That's why Exchange Reporter Plus is your best option if you want instant notifications about Exchange modifications. Exchange Reporter Plus allows you to receive real-time alerts each
Tip #6: Scheduling reports in Exchange Reporter Plus.
Exchange Reporter Plus allows you to generate reports both on demand and by scheduling them. These reports are provided by gathering data on various Exchange components. Steps to schedule a report: Click the Admin tab and go to Report Scheduling. Select the Schedule New Report button on the top right corner of the page. Specify the Schedule Name and Schedule Description. Select a Report Category and a specific report under the category using the drop-down menus shown on the screen. Use the Generate
Tip #4: Tracking messages based on their content.
Last week, we looked at how you can customize pre-packaged reports in Exchange Reporter Plus. Now, let's see how you can see specific emails exchanged in your organization based on certain keywords they have in their content. Scenario: Let's assume you've come to know that users in organizations similar to yours are receiving bulk marketing emails that could be spam. You also learn that these emails usually have the word "lottery" in the subject line. Customizing the Mail Search reports: To identify
Tip #3: Customize the pre-packaged reports in Exchange Reporter Plus."
Exchange Reporter Plus offers over 300 unique reports on various aspects of your Exchange Servers and Exchange Online environment. In addition to prepackaged reports, the tool also allows you to customize reports to be created for specific criteria. You can build custom reports for: Unread emails Mailbox folder statistics Email content for both mailboxes and public folders Room mailboxes Email response time Mailbox folder permissions Depending on the type of report you're building, you can customize
Tip #2: Identifying users with forwarding addresses.
The employees in your organization may have set inbox rules to forward and redirect incoming messages when they're away from office. Exchange Reporter Plus lets you easily identify users who have inbox rules enabled. For on-premises Exchange Servers: Click the Reporting tab. Go to General Reports → Click the Forward Set Inbox Rules report. For Exchange Online: Click the Exchange Online tab. Go to General Reports → Click the Mailbox with ForwardTo report. This way, you can easily view the forwarding
Tip #1: Getting real-time alerts about mailbox size.
Emails are the primary means of communication in any workplace. But as emails pile up, mailbox size limits could be reached. This is particularly troublesome for admins when the C Suite and other executives in your organization are involved, because they could lose out on important, business-critical emails. How do you know when mailbox size limits are reached? Exchange Reporter Plus gives you an alert when mailboxes in your organization reach their size limits. To configure alerts: Go to Monitoring
Exchange Reporter Plus Service Pack 5210 Released
Hello Everybody, We are glad to announce the release of Service pack with the much awaited features and enhancements. Find the new features and enhancements below. New Feature: DAG monitoring and auditing: Exchange Reporter Plus adds the capability to monitor DAG health and activation preference, and also audit DAG failovers. Changes & Enhancements: The CPU Utilization monitoring report has been improved for better performance, and reduced usage of memory (RAM and storage) in the server where the
Usernames shown as
While adding mailboxes to monitor, after a few pages some of the names come up as "null null". We have no users with that name.
Monitoring of Mailbox Stores
We have had a number of incidents where our mailbox store is 'stuck' at a mounting state. Can Exchange Reporter monitoring tools/reports pick this up. I believe it can pick up if the mailbox store is dismounted, but this is sort of a halfway scenario. regards Koz
Evaluation Limitation 25 mailbox -question
Hi We're evaluating the Exchange Reporter PLUS in our LAB Currently managed by our test is 25 mailbox What will happened in my LAB if mailbox user is more than 25 ? My I know if the "Exchange Reporter PLUS " will stop the reporting or will collect data randomly in different mailbox? Please advise what is behavior if the mailbox is user is more than 25 ? since we're using in the ALB is evaluation only
Get your questions answered through our brand new Community Learning Series!
Hey there! As you may have noticed, every Wednesday for the past few months, we've posted Tips and Tricks on how Exchange Reporter Plus helps you address common Exchange problems. Now, we're going to continue doing that, but in a new series of posts called the Community Learning Series You get to choose the topics. It all rests on you! We want to tailor our how-to posts to suit your needs. So if you have any question about your Exchange environment or Exchange Reporter Plus, ask away! You can even
Filtering
Hi, Would it be possible to add more filtering options? In particular, I'm looking to be able to filter by "Caller User Name" in the Non - owner Mailbox Logon report. When I try to add filtering here, I'm only presented with Server, Mailbox Database, and Domain. Attached is a picture of what I see in the filter options. Thank you!
[KB] How do I check the permissions users have over calendars?
There are quite a few sharing and publishing permissions users can have over calendars. Only owners and trusted delegates should have access to important users' calendars in your organization. Other users should be limited to just permissions to view the status (busy and free hours). Rogue users with author or editor permissions over calendars can create problems for your C-suite's schedules. To avoid such issues, you need to monitor users' and groups' calendar folder permissions. Solution: Exchange
Deleting Domain from auditing
Can I delete domain from auditing configuration, I have 3 domains and I need to delete one domain?
Users Permissions for Audit
Hello Everyone, what is user permission should i assign to the user, i Don't need to Assign (Domain Admins or Enterprise Admins), as this Group are prohibited to Assign user in the group, if assign Read only (Event Log) can it resolve the problem Thanks Samir Saadeh
[KB] How do I audit connector changes in my Exchange Online environment?
In Exchange organizations with multiple administrators, it is sometimes difficult to keep track of server configuration changes. A send or receive connector could be reconfigured by one of the administrators and not documented. If there are message routing issues, you need to review all the changes that recently took place. But, the lack of documentation and the cumbersome nature of native tools can make this difficult. Solution: Exchange Reporter Plus lets you audit connector changes effortlessly.
[KB] How do I audit Exchange Online mailbox activity?
Mailboxes contain a lot of classified and business-critical information. You need to enable mailbox audit logging to collect the data that would be needed for investigations in the case of data leaks. During internal audits, you will be asked to find out: Who has access to important mailboxes. Who recently accessed those mailboxes. What activity did they perform on these mailboxes. Depending on native tools for this information can be time-consuming. As this is a matter of data security, you need
[KB] How do I track permission changes to Exchange Online mailboxes?
Emails contain business-critical information and as an Exchange admin, you need to ensure that there are no data leaks in your organization. Unauthorized users can misuse mailbox content if they gain access to an important mailbox with no business justification. You need to keep an eye on mailbox permissions to ensure no unauthorized permission change has occurred. Solution: Exchange Reporter Plus helps you audit changes to your Exchange Online mailbox permissions. The Mailbox Permission Changes
[KB] How do I track Exchange Online emails that have been deleted and moved?
Emails are still the trusted medium to transfer business-critical information that aid in making important decisions. It is therefore vital to know when important emails are deleted or moved within mailboxes, to ensure business continuity. Solution: Exchange Reporter Plus provides a comprehensive report on mails moved and deleted which shows details about: The user who moved or deleted an email. When the action was carried out. Mailbox User Principal Name Result of movement or deletion (success
[KB] How do I pass compliance audits in my Exchange environment?
Compliance audits are always a tough affair, especially since you need to manually collate the data required to pass compliance audits. Some of the more common mandates you need to adhere to as an Exchange admin are PCI DSS, SOX, HIPPA, FISMA, and GLBA. Solution: Exchange Reporter Plus provides in-depth reports that help you comply with: SOX: Safeguard financial data exchanged through emails. HIPAA: Email patient information securely. PCI DSS: Control access to payment card information. GLBA: Prevent
[KB] How do I identify the inactive Office 365 distribution lists in my organization?
As an Exchange admin, you need to know which Office 365 distribution lists are inactive in your organization. A group is deemed inactive if there has been no email activity over a specified period of time. You need to identify inactive distribution groups to: Avoid emails sent to unintended recipients. Prevent hackers from sending malicious emails to a wide range of audience. Clean up your Office 365 environment. Solution: Exchange Reporter Plus offers a comprehensive report on inactive Exchange
[KB] How do I monitor my Office 365 shared mailboxes?
Shared mailboxes are excellent for collaboration within organizations and allow multiple users to send and receive emails through them. However, they can cause security issues because of the ease of access. You need to audit your organization's shared mailboxes to know which user accessed a shared mailbox and when. Solution: Exchange Reporter Plus gives you granular reports on: Shared mailboxes Shared mailbox permissions Send as activities in shared mailboxes Shared mailbox activities Inactive shared
How do i schedule a report that shows me how many emails users have in the inbox?
I have been asked to send out a report that shows the the amount of emails users have in their inbox. I have created the report that shows me this but when I try and set up a daily schedule it only shows me emails received in the inbox today.
[KB] How do I monitor mobile device usage in my organization?
With policies such as bring your own device (BYOD), employees are increasingly depending on their smartphones to check on work emails. As an Exchange admin, you need to keep an eye on mobile device usage in your organization. You need to be vigilant about the types of devices being used, folders synchronized per device, and inactive ActiveSync-enabled devices. Solution: Exchange Reporter Plus offers detailed reports on the mobile devices used to access Exchange Online mailboxes. These reports allow
[KB] How do I keep an eye on the OWA activities of my Exchange Online users?
Outlook Web Access has made life so much easier for users—they no longer need to be stuck to their desktops to access emails. But this increase in accessibility also comes with security issues such as logons from unknown IP addresses, which could be a sign of malicious activity. You need to keep an eye on OWA to maintain the health of your Exchange organization. Solution: Exchange Reporter Plus offers comprehensive reports on OWA logons, and attachment and address book policies. These reports allows
[KB] How do I identify details about emails that were not delivered?
A previous tips and tricks post discussed how you can check on emails that were not delivered in an Exchange on-premises organization. Keeping an eye on email delivery is important for any business. Your organization could be embroiled in a situation where a user claims they never received an important email. To verify this, you, as an IT admin, will be asked to identify emails that were not delivered with a particular time period. Just like in the on-premise servers, identifying undelivered emails
[KB] How do I monitor messages based on their content in my Exchange Online environment?
There are several reasons for which you, as an Exchange admin, need to identify emails with certain words in their content. You need to monitor your users' email content to: Identify the source of a data leak during internal investigations. Detect spam emails. Locate emails with malicious attachments. However, using the native tools to locate emails based on content keywords is no simple task. Solution: Exchange Reporter Plus provides the following three Exchange Online content reports that help
[Free webinar] Security in the time of Exchange Online: 5 critical aspects you need visibility into.
Date: November 9th, 2017 Time: 12pm IST Save your seat The Internet has a gazillion articles on the cloud these days, what with most organizations migrating to the cloud. There are some obvious advantages associated with the cloud such as increased reliability, reduced downtime, and more. However, one of the prime reasons organizations using Exchange choose on-premises or a hybrid Exchange environment over just Exchange Online is data security. With ransomware, Petya, and other attacks on the rise,
[KB] How do I monitor Exchange Online mailbox sizes?
These days, every organization depends on emails for communication. As an IT admin, you need to monitor Exchange Online mailbox sizes to keep an eye on space consumption and mailboxes reaching their size limits. Depending on the native tools for such varied information would eat into more than half of your average work day. PowerShell can help, but writing scripts can be a bit complex and time-consuming. Solution: Exchange Reporter Plus, a reporting, change auditing, and monitoring solution for
KB] How do I secure my Exchange Online environment?
Organizations which previously had just on-premises Exchange Servers have now adopted hybrid environments. This mix of on-premises and Exchange Online environments, however, doesn't erase any security concerns you may have about Exchange Online. After all, emails are an easy entry point for cyberattacks. While there are native Office 365 reports that help you audit Exchange Online, they're not detailed and easy to understand. To avoid security attacks, you need quick and in-depth insight into
[Free webinar] Exchange capacity planning made easy: Storage components you must constantly monitor.
Exchange capacity planning made easy: Storage components you must constantly monitor. Date: October 12th, 2017 Time: 12pm IST Save your seat Organizations constantly go through phases of capacity planning, especially during migrations. You need to monitor all the storage components in your organization to ensure that you're operating within capacity, optimizing server performance, and managing resources efficiently. Ignoring the health of your storage components can create problems for your
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