To archive or not to archive…
This article is about choice and how ‘it depends’ for different environments. The philosophical question of how a roll of toilet paper should be placed on the roller; have the paper dispense over the top of the roll, or from below. Every version of Exchange introduces new paradigms and options that can have impact on
cmdlet: Add-DistributionGroupMember
Q: Is there a way to add users to a distribution group? A: Yes, there is the built in Add-DistributionGroupMember cmdlet available, both for an on premises Exchange Server environment and Exchange online tenants. Add-DistributionGroupMember -Identity GroupName -Member UserName
DAG DB’s flipping all the time randomly for no apparent reason
I have run into this issue several times in my travels and want people to be aware of this problem. In a DAG (Database Availability Group), if your databases are randomly mounting or flipping from one server to another, including across datacenters, you may be allowing your Network Interface Card (NIC) to go to sleep.
cmdlet: Get-DistributionGroupMember
Q: Is there a way to list or get members in a distribution group? A: Yes, there is the built in Get-DistributionGroupMember cmdlet available, both for an on premises Exchange Server environment and Exchange online tenants. Get-DistributionGroupMember -Identity GroupName -Member UserName