This document provides information about how to use Binary Tree’s Exchange Pro to perform migrations from supported source versions of Microsoft Exchange to supported target versions of Exchange or to Microsoft Office

365 Exchange Online. See Supported Mailbox Migration Paths and Supported Public Folders Migration Paths below for checklists of supported scenarios.

A separate Exchange Pro Installation and Configuration Guide describes how to install and configure the Exchange

Pro product.

This document assumes the reader brings some basic admin-level experience with Microsoft Exchange and

Microsoft Outlook. If you are unfamiliar with some Outlook and Exchange terms or concepts that appear in this document, please refer to the Microsoft documentation.

Online Help

Exchange Pro also offers context-sensitive browser-based help from the data-entry screens and tabs of the Admin

Portal.

Getting more information

The Exchange Pro Fast Start Guide and Installation and Configuration Guide, both available from Binary Tree, provide an orientation to the product’s intended uses and features, including the Exchange Pro Admin Portal, with detailed instructions for installing and configuring the product for your environment.

For additional resources, refer to Support: http://www.binarytree.com/Support.aspx

About Exchange Pro

Exchange Pro facilitates migration from one version of Microsoft Exchange to another. It combines a back-end policy engine with front-end management components, to provide project managers and administrators more control over Exchange upgrades.

Key features and functions include:

 Workflow engine lets administrators create migration tasks, select objects, schedule jobs, and provide user self-service.

 Unified console enables flexible filtering and selection of mailbox objects.

 Content included in the mailbox is moved in one transaction, so mailbox security and permissions

(delegates) are retained.

 Reports on object and migration status feed into the console, reducing effort required to create tasks.

 Does not require server-hosted agents for any of its functionality.

 Public folder migration for Exchange and Microsoft Office 365.

 Migration to Microsoft Office 365, resource forest migrations, and Outlook 2003 profile updates.

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Supported Mailbox Migration Paths

The current release of Exchange Pro supports mailbox migration for these source/target scenarios:

Exchange Pro supports migrations of Exchange 2010 or later mailboxes on litigation hold.

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Supported Public Folders Migration Paths

Exchange Pro supports inter-org (only) public folders migration for these source/target scenarios:

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Components of Exchange Pro

The main components of Exchange Pro are: the MCP Windows Service, the Admin Portal and the User Portal.

MCP Windows Service

The MCP Windows Service (BinaryTree Exchange Pro MCP Service) is the controlling service for all Exchange Pro functions. This service should automatically start. Make sure that BinaryTree Exchange Pro MCP Service is started in Windows Services.

Admin Portal

Exchange Pro's Admin Portal is a friendly user interface that lets you configure and execute most administrative tasks associated with a migration. The Admin Portal is a Microsoft Silverlight application that runs in a web browser.

To launch the Admin Portal, double-click the Exchange Pro shortcut on your Windows desktop, or select Exchange

Pro from the Windows Start menu:

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The Admin Portal opens in a browser window. Exchange Pro supports Internet Explorer 8 or later, Firefox and

Google Chrome.

For best results, maximize the browser window.

The Admin Portal launches with http://localhost/exchangepro/admin/default.aspx. You can use localhost,

<machinename>, or the IP address to access the Admin Portal.

User Portal

The User Portal is available for users to postpone and schedule blackouts for their migrations and to provide alternative notification capabilities.

 The User Portal is located at: http://<MachineName>/exchangepro/user/default.aspx

 Windows Authentication is enabled for this virtual application. When performing cross-forest migrations, if the users in the source forest attempt to connect to the Exchange Pro server in the target forest and a trust has not been established between the two forests, the users will be prompted for their target credentials.

About the Exchange Pro Admin Portal

Exchange Pro's Admin Portal is a friendly user interface that lets you control various administrative tasks related to

Exchange mailbox migration.

The first time you run the Admin Portal after installing Exchange Pro, the program leads you through a series of screens for you to enter your Exchange Pro license key and configure Exchange Pro communications with other programs and hardware. This process is documented in the Exchange Pro Installation and Configuration Guide.

After that initial configuration, the Admin Portal lets you update configuration data, define new forests, designate mailboxes and public folders for migration, schedule and execute migrations, pause and resume migrations, review migration statistics, and so forth.

To access the Admin Portal, double-click the Exchange Pro shortcut on your Windows desktop, or select Exchange

Pro from the Windows Start menu:

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The Admin Portal opens as a new tab in your browser called Exchange Pro:

We recommend the browser hosting Exchange Pro be set to clear temporary files and history upon exit.

Main Toolbar

Exchange Pro's Admin Portal Main Toolbar appears across the top of the browser tab:

The toolbar buttons let you change the view of the Admin Portal, to show different types of information and different groups of available features below the Main Toolbar:

 Mailboxes: Lists mailboxes from all the sites in the specified forest. In addition, it allows you to sort, group, search, and select mailboxes to add to the migration queue.

 Mailbox Jobs: Manages the sequence of migration requests for the selected migration destination site.

 Public Folders: Displays the public folder tree from the selected Source and Target forest. In addition, it allows you to sort, group, search, and select public folders to add to the migration queue. Public folder migration is only enabled during on-premises cross forest migration projects.

 Public Folder Jobs: Manages the sequence of migration requests for the selected migration destination.

Public folder migration is only enabled during on-premises cross forest migration projects.

 Content Analysis: Allows public folder content information collection and analysis in SQL for data remediation.

 Blackout Times: Allows the configuration of time periods when mailboxes cannot be migrated for the selected migration site.

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 Summary: Displays high-level accounting of mailbox migrations, which allows you to view all status levels.

 Schedule: Displays estimated migration sequence for the selected migration site. It is a read-only view.

 Metrics: Provides historical data and throughput measurements of migrations in a graphical format.

 View Delegation: Lists mailboxes with one or more delegates, and their delegate mailboxes, so you can select delegation-linked pairs to add to a migration queue (to migrate them together, which preserves delegation rights after migration).

 Forests: Configure global forest settings, add new forest, etc.

 Workers: Administer public folder migration workers.

 Settings: Configure general settings, activities, mailboxes, public folders, workers, scripts, notification templates, and licenses.



Help: Opens a browser window of context-sensitive Help: field notes and application notes for the currently open screen or tab. From the context-sensitive Help window, you can navigate to other Exchange

Pro topics using the navigation links and tools that appear across the top of the Help display.



About: Displays version information about the Exchange Pro product.

Data Panel

In addition to the Main Toolbar, the Admin Portal also contains a Data Panel that displays data depending on the button that is currently selected.

Version Information

To view version information: Click in the main toolbar to open the About window:

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2. Creating and Managing Forests

Exchange Pro migrates data from a source forest to a target forest. The source forest can be any forest in your local domain. The target forest can be another local forest, or can be a tenant forest in Office 365. Within Exchange

Pro we classify forests by three types:

 Source Forest: A forest in your local domain from which you will migrate.

 Target Forest: A forest in your local domain to which you will migrate. Generically speaking, a "target forest" can reside either in your local domain or in Office 365, but within Exchange Pro we define and configure Office 365 forests separately (see below). Within Exchange Pro you can designate only one forest of this Target Forest type. A local Exchange target forest is defined when migrating Intra-org (no other forests would be needed), or when migrating Inter-org (a source forest would be defined).

 Office 365 Forest: A forest in Microsoft's Office 365 to which you will migrate. Within Exchange Pro you can designate only one forest of this target forest type.

The first time you run the Admin Portal after installing Exchange Pro, the program leads you through a series of screens for you to enter your Exchange Pro license key and configure Exchange Pro communications with other programs and hardware. (This process is documented in the Exchange Pro Installation and Configuration Guide.)

These screens also prompt you to identify and characterize your Target Forest—to register it with Exchange Pro so the program will know where the forest resides and how to connect to it. After this initial configuration, you can register and configure one or more Source Forests.

The subtopics below explain how the Forests view lets you define (register with Exchange Pro) forests for crossforest migrations, and how to update configuration settings for previously defined forests.

Adding a New Source Forest

To add a new Exchange Pro source forest: Click Forests in the main Exchange Pro toolbar, and then click Add

Forest:

Exchange Pro then opens the first of a series of screens to define and configure the new forest. The first in the series is the Source Forest screen.

Work your way through the screens, as described in the subtopics below. Exchange Pro will register the new forest when you click the Finish button from the Summary screen (the last screen in the series).

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Add Source Forest: Source Forest Screen

Enter the name of the Source Forest (top-level domain) you want to add to Exchange Pro, and be sure to leave the

Office 365 Forest checkbox unmarked.

Or, if you are migrating to Office 365 and configured the local/on-premises forest during your initial

Exchange Pro Forest configuration, you can configure the O365 forest now, and Exchange Pro will automatically switch the two. That is, Exchange Pro will correctly configure the on-premises forest as the source and the O365 forest as the target. In that case, mark the Office 365 Forest checkbox and

see Adding a New Office 365 Forest below.

The Source Forest must be a fully qualified domain name (FQDN), and must be resolvable in DNS to a domain controller and global catalog server in the source forest.

When you have entered the Source Forest name:

 Click Next to advance to the next screen; or

 Click Finish (if enabled) to save all your configuration settings (in all screens in this sequence) and return to the Forests view, with the newly defined forest opened into the multi-tabbed Forest Configuration Settings screen.

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Add Source Forest: Active Directory Screen

Enter the User Name and Password for the account Exchange Pro should use for Active Directory calls, and specify the Global Catalog for this forest. You can mark the Auto-detect a Global Catalog checkbox to have Exchange Pro scan your environment and determine the Global Catalog for you, or manually enter the Global Catalog into the text box.

When these settings appear as you want them:

 Click Next to advance to the next screen; or

 Click Previous to return to the previous screen in the sequence; or

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Add Source Forest: PowerShell Screen

Enter the User Name and Password for the account Exchange Pro should use for PowerShell calls. This account should have PowerShell Remoting access with the Exchange organization.

A PowerShell host must be specified here as a Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN). An IP address will generate an SSL certificate error.

If you specify the hosts manually, be sure to click the Verify PowerShell Host(s) button to verify connectivity to the

PowerShell host servers.

When these settings appear as you want them:

 Click Next to advance to the next screen; or

 Click Previous to return to the previous screen in the sequence; or

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Add Source Forest: Exchange (MAPI) Screen

These settings are required only when migrating public folders in cross-forest migrations where no trusts exist.

Enter the User Name, Password and Email Address for the account Exchange Pro should use for Exchange (MAPI) calls, and select the Outlook Profile.

If Exchange Pro is installed on a Windows 2012 server with Outlook 2010 as the MAPI provider: You must use an Outlook Profile to connect to a secondary forest.

If the MAPI provider is Outlook 2013: Both trusted and non-trusted Exchange 2013 forests can be reached without an Outlook Profile.

When these settings appear as you want them:

 Click Next to advance to the next screen; or

 Click Previous to return to the previous screen in the sequence; or

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Add Source Forest: Staged Migrations Screen

This screen is used to specify an Exchange 2010 server and database for Exchange Pro to use when an intermediate staging server is required. Exchange Pro does not support direct migration from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2013 or Exchange 2016, or from Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2016. In these scenarios, the source is migrated first to an intermediate Exchange 2010 staging server, and then from the staging server to the eventual Exchange target 2013 or 2016 target.

If you will require a staged migration, make sure the Enable staged migrations checkbox is marked, and specify the

Exchange Staging Server and Exchange Staging Database from the drop-down lists here. If you will not require a staged migration, just leave the checkbox unmarked.

When these settings appear as you want them:

 Click Next to advance to the next screen; or

 Click Previous to return to the previous screen in the sequence; or

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Add Source Forest: Mailboxes Screen

Select the sites, servers and databases you want Exchange Pro to search for mailboxes to migrate. All content is selected by default.

You can right-click in the list area to select options to expand/collapse levels of the tree.

When the selections appear as you want them:

 Click Next to advance to the next screen; or

 Click Previous to return to the previous screen in the sequence; or

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Add Source Forest: Public Folders Screen

Select the sites, servers, and databases you want Exchange Pro to search for public folders to migrate. All content is selected by default.

You can right-click in the list area to select options to expand/collapse levels of the tree.

When the selections appear as you want them:

 Click Next to advance to the next screen; or

 Click Previous to return to the previous screen in the sequence; or

 Click Finish to save all your configuration settings (in all screens in this sequence) and return to the Forests view, with the newly defined forest opened into the multi-tabbed Forest Configuration Settings screen.

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Add Source Forest: Summary Screen

Review the displayed summary of the new forest's configuration settings, and determine whether you want to change any settings before you save them into a new forest record.

If necessary, you can click Previous to return to any previous screen in the sequence to change the settings there.

When this Summary shows all the configuration settings as you want them, click Finish to save all the settings (in all screens in this sequence) and return to the Forests view, with the newly defined forest opened into the multitabbed Forest Configuration Settings screen.

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Adding a New Office 365 Forest

To add a new Exchange Pro Office 365 tenant forest: Click Forests in the main Exchange Pro toolbar, and then click

Add Forest:

Exchange Pro then opens its Source Forest screen. This is actually the first screen in a series to define a new source forest, but a checkbox on this screen lets you shift the feature to the series for an Office 365 tenant forest:

To shift the feature to define a new Office 365 tenant forest, mark the checkbox for Office 365 Forest. The screen title then changes to Office 365 Forest, and the text-box field name also changes to Office 365 Forest (as shown below).

Add Office 365 Forest: Office 365 Forest Screen

Enter the name of the Office 365 Forest (top-level domain) you want to add to Exchange Pro, and be sure to leave the Office 365 Forest checkbox marked. (If you unmark the checkbox, the screen will shift back to its Source Forest mode and the entire screen sequence will change to the Source Forest configuration mode.)

When these settings appear as you want them:

 Click Next to advance to the next screen; or

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Add Office 365 Forest: Exchange Online Screen

Enter the User Name and Password for the account Exchange Pro should use for program calls to Exchange Online.

Then, if you will migrate public folders to Exchange Online, specify a Public Folders Migration Mode from the drop-down list. PowerShell and MAPI are the two available methods.

When these settings appear as you want them:

 Click Next to advance to the next screen; or

 Click Previous to return to the previous screen in the sequence; or

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Add Office 365 Forest: Exchange (MAPI) Screen

These settings are required only when migrating public folders in cross-forest migrations where no trusts exist.

Enter the User Name, Password and Email Address for the account Exchange Pro should use for program calls to

Exchange (MAPI), and select the Outlook Profile.

If Exchange Pro is installed on a Windows 2012 server with Outlook 2010 as the MAPI provider: You must use an Outlook Profile to connect to a secondary forest.

If the MAPI provider is Outlook 2013: Both trusted and non-trusted Exchange 2013 forests can be reached without an Outlook Profile.

When these settings appear as you want them:

 Click Next to advance to the next screen; or

 Click Previous to return to the previous screen in the sequence; or

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Add Office 365 Forest: Summary Screen

Review the displayed summary of the new forest's configuration, and determine whether you want to change any settings before you save them into a new forest record.

If necessary, you can click Previous to return to any previous screen in the sequence to change the settings there.

Before you can begin migrating to Office 365, you must select Office 365 license packs and related service plans for Exchange Pro to use when auto-licensing Exchange Online mailbox migrations, adding mailboxes to the migration queue and scheduling mailbox migration to Office 365. Licensing information

is specified in the Licenses tab in the Forest Configuration Settings screen.

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Forest Configuration

Forests that have already been defined in Exchange Pro can be configured and reconfigured in the multi-tabbed

Forest Configuration Settings screen, which appears in the Forests view below the Forests toolbar. The three different Exchange Pro forest types (Source, Target, and Office 365 Tenant forests) are configured differently, on different sets of tabs. This illustration shows the screen with the tabs to configure a source forest:

Configuration Tabs for a Source Forest

These tabs are documented under separate topic headings:

General Tab

Accounts Tab

Sites Tab

Mailboxes & Public Folders Tab

Credentials Tab

Configuration Tabs for the Target Forest

These tabs are documented under separate topic headings:

General Tab

Accounts Tab

Sites Tab

Mailboxes & Public Folders Tab

Credentials Tab

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Configuration Tabs for an Office 365 Tenant Forest

These tabs are documented under separate topic headings:

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Forest Alerts

The forest selection bar on the Forests view includes a Forest Alert indicator to show the accessibility status of required components for successful migration. A green checkmark indicates that no issues are detected. A red exclamation mark indicates that there may be issues that need to be resolved.

The Forest Alerts may not appear during the initial setup of the forest. It may take an hour or more for the first Alert indicators to display accurately.

Also note that the Forest Alert indicator is not available for Tenant (Office365) Forests.

Clicking on the icon will bring up dialog boxes to help in troubleshooting. You can click the Details button for more information. This information also displays the relevant PowerShell script that is used to troubleshoot the issue.

Check the [] Fix This Issue checkbox to select the issues that you would like Exchange Pro to attempt to repair for you. Then click the Fix Issues button at the bottom.

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The Export Scripts button allows you to optionally export and save the scripts. You can then use them as a baseline to create custom scripts that meet your unique environmental needs.

Deleting a Forest

The Forests Configuration Settings screen lets you delete additional (secondary or source) forests. When you delete a secondary forest, Exchange Pro removes all its entries for the users and forest information, including any past migration history. Home (or target) forests cannot be deleted on the Forests Configuration Settings screen. A

Home (or target) forest can be deleted only by a SQL query. Contact Binary Tree Support for assistance.

To delete a secondary forest: Click Forests in the main toolbar. Then select the secondary forest you want to delete

(in the Forest drop-down list), and click Delete Forest.

Source Forest Configuration | General Tab

To view or edit the General tab for source forest configuration: From the Forest view toolbar, select a previously defined source Forest from the drop-down list, and then click the General tab. The General tab appears in its default view when the Advanced checkbox option is left unmarked:

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Or, you can mark the Advanced checkbox to view additional options, although most admins simply accept the default values for these Advanced settings:

Forest Section

The default (non-Advanced) view of this tab contains only one setting for the selected forest:

 Allow users to postpone their Mailbox migration: Mark this checkbox if you want users to be able to set their own migration blackout periods in Exchange Pro's User Portal.

The E2E_Schedulers group in Active Directory (if it exists) will override this user-postpone option.

These settings, also in the Forest section, appear only in Advanced mode:

 Detect changed public folders: Mark this checkbox if you want Exchange Pro to monitor public folders in the organization to detect forest-level additions, deletions and moves. The option is enabled by default, and we recommend you leave it enabled. If this feature is turned off, the admin and Exchange Pro will not know when public folders have changed after the initial sync. This would be irrelevant if you do not intend to re-sync public folders after their initial sync, but would be necessary to permit future syncs.

 Change Detection Tolerance: The spinner control lets you set a wait period for Exchange Pro's Detect feature (above, if enabled), specifying a number of seconds for Exchange Pro to ignore changes to public folders after the time MAPI reports the most recent sync. For example, if set to 5 seconds, any changes detected within 5 seconds of the last sync are ignored. The default (and recommended) value is 2 seconds.

 Apply mailbox blackouts to: Blackout periods can be defined in Exchange Pro's Blackout Times view (see

the Blackout Times topic for more information). The drop-down list here lets you specify one of three

options for applying blackout times to the forest:

 Entire Migration (default, and recommended): All Mailbox jobs are affected by blackouts during the entire migration.

 Initial Migration: Mailbox jobs marked as "Suspend when ready to complete" are affected by blackouts until the migration reaches 95% complete (pre-AutoSuspend). All other mailbox jobs are affected by blackouts during the entire migration. Choose this setting when you want blackouts to be enforced during the pre-staging process, but not for the cutover process.

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want all mailbox jobs to be prevented from Cutover during the blackout period, but you want to allow “Suspend Until Ready to complete” jobs to continue working up to the 95% complete stage

(pre-staging).

Staged Migrations Section

These settings are used to specify an Exchange 2010 server and database for Exchange Pro to use for the selected forest when an intermediate staging server is required. Exchange Pro does not support direct migration from

Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2013 or Exchange 2016, or from Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2016. In these scenarios, the source is migrated first to an intermediate Exchange 2010 staging server, and then from the staging server to the eventual Exchange 2013 or 2016 target. The staging server can reside in either forest.

If you will require a staged migration, make sure the Enable staged migrations checkbox is marked, and specify the

Exchange Staging Server and Exchange Staging Database from the drop-down lists here. If you will not require a staged migration, just leave the checkbox unmarked.

A staging server is not required for migration from Exchange 2003 to Office 365, but is required for a roll-back migration, from Office 365 back to Exchange 2003.

Source Forest Configuration | Accounts Tab

To view or edit the Accounts tab for source forest configuration: From the Forest view toolbar, select a previously defined source Forest from the drop-down list, and then click the Accounts tab. On this tab, all fields are displayed whether or not the Advanced checkbox is marked.

Active Directory Section

Enter the User Name and Password for the account Exchange Pro should use for Active Directory calls, and specify the Global Catalog for this forest.

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designated GC is physically close to the Exchange Pro server. (If you know of another GC that is physically closer than the one found by the Auto-detect feature, you may want to disable Auto-detect and manually specify the nearer option.)

PowerShell Section

Enter the User Name and Password for the account Exchange Pro should use for PowerShell calls. This account should have PowerShell Remoting access within the Exchange organization.

Leave the Auto-detect PowerShell Hosts checkbox marked if you want Exchange Pro to automatically find and specify the PowerShell hosts, or unmark the checkbox if you want to manually specify the hosts in the respective text boxes: Exchange 2010 Host, Exchange 2013 Host and Exchange 2016 Host. Make sure the designated PS hosts are physically close to the Exchange Pro server. (If another PS Host is physically closer than the one found by the

Auto-detect feature, you may want to disable Auto-detect and manually specify the nearer option.)

A PowerShell host must be specified here as a Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN). An IP address will generate an SSL certificate error.

If you specify PowerShell hosts manually, be sure to click the Verify PowerShell Host(s) button to test connectivity to the PowerShell host servers.

Exchange (MAPI) Section

These settings are required only when migrating public folders in cross-forest migrations where no trusts exist.

Enter the User Name, Password and Email Address for the account Exchange Pro should use for Exchange (MAPI) calls, and select the Outlook Profile.

SMTP Section

These settings are necessary for Exchange Pro to use SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol), which is the Internet standard for electronic mail transmission across Internet Protocol (IP) networks.

Complete the fields here, and then click the Send Test Email button to verify connectivity. When you Send Test

Email, Exchange Pro posts a status response:

If the test succeeds, click OK to continue. If the test fails, modify the above SMTP settings and test again.

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Source Forest Configuration | Sites Tab

To view or edit the Sites tab for source forest configuration: From the Forest view toolbar, select a previously defined source Forest from the drop-down list, and then click the Sites tab. On this tab, all fields are displayed whether or not the Advanced checkbox is marked.

The table in this view displays a list of the AD sites that were found in your environment for the selected forest:

Most of the settings in this table can be edited:

 Site Name: Displays the name of the migration site.

 Site Alias: Displays the user-defined name for the migration site. Actual Site Names are often cryptic or otherwise difficult to read, so Exchange Pro lets you assign "friendlier" shorthand names ("aliases") to identify the sites within Exchange Pro features. This is an optional but popular feature, which can also be useful to differentiate among duplicate or very similar Site Names—as sometimes occurs if you add external forests to your project. To edit the alias value, just click inside the cell and the value becomes editable.

 Time Zone: Displays the time zone of the migration, which Exchange Pro uses to calculate configured blackout periods for a given site. An AD site may span several time zones, but Exchange Pro associates each site with a single time zone. To change a time zone setting: Click inside the cell to make the value editable

(a small triangle appears), then click the triangle to view a list of available options, and select the time zone you want to assign to this forest.

 MRS Proxy Server(s): Displays the Exchange Mailbox Replication Service (MRS) proxy servers that Exchange

To manually define MRS Proxy Server(s): Click inside the cell to make the values editable, and enter publicly addressable names for the site's MRS proxy servers, separating multiple names with commas.

 O365 Proxy Server(s): This column applies only for a migration to Office 365 from Exchange 2003 or 2007, which requires an on-premises Exchange 2010 FQDN to be used as a Mailbox Replication Server. Microsoft uses this server as a connection point to pull your mailbox data into the Cloud. This server usually is the same as for your Office 365 hybrid system, although larger distributed environments may want to use different servers in remote sections of their networks.

This O365 Proxy Server(s) value lets you define this on an Active Directory site basis. If no proxy server is specified, Exchange Pro uses the on-premises PowerShell host for this value; therefore, it is important that the name be addressable over the public Internet. The cells in this column let you specify alternate addressable names if you like, separated by commas. To add or change these values: Click inside the cell to make the values editable, and enter publicly addressable names for the Office 365 proxy servers, separating multiple names with commas.

Remember to click Save Forest (in the Forest toolbar above the tabs) to save any changes you make to these settings.

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Source Forest Configuration | Mailboxes & Public Folders Tab

To view or edit the Mailboxes & Public Folders tab for source forest configuration: From the Forest view toolbar, select a previously defined source Forest from the drop-down list, and then click the Mailboxes & Public Folders tab. On this tab, all options are displayed whether or not the Advanced checkbox is marked.

Mailboxes Section

Select the sites, servers and databases you want Exchange Pro to search for mailboxes in this forest to migrate. All content is selected by default.

You can right-click in the list area to select options to expand/collapse levels of the tree.

Public Folders Section

Select the sites, servers, and databases you want Exchange Pro to search for public folders in this forest to migrate.

All content is selected by default.

You can right-click in the list area to select options to expand/collapse levels of the tree.

Source Forest Configuration | Credentials Tab

To view or edit the Credentials tab for source forest configuration: From the Forest view toolbar, select a previously defined source Forest from the drop-down list, and then click the Credentials tab. On this tab, all options are displayed whether or not the Advanced checkbox is marked.

The table in this tab shows the credentials that are available for Exchange Pro to use for its public folder Workers in the selected forest. (Source and Target credentials are selected in the Worker’s settings, and the credentials defined here make up the list of selectable credentials for the Workers.)

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To define a credential for this forest: Click the Add button (below the table) to open the Forest Credential screen:

... and enter this information:

 Domain User: The Domain user (in Domain\Username format).

 User Password: The password for the user

 User Email: The email address of the user

 Mail Profile: The name of the Outlook Profile that has been preconfigured on the Worker machine. A

Worker machine without Outlook installed cannot use credentials with Outlook Profiles. This field should remain blank to create a credential for Workers that do not have Outlook installed.

Then click OK to create a new credentials record and dismiss the Forest Credential screen.

You can also Edit or Delete a previously defined credential.

Target Forest Configuration | General Tab

To view or edit the General tab for target forest configuration: From the Forest view toolbar, select the previously defined target Forest from the drop-down list, and then click the General tab. The General tab appears in its default view when the Advanced checkbox option is left unmarked:

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Or you can mark the Advanced checkbox to view additional options, although most admins simply accept the default values for these Advanced settings:

Forest Section

In the default (non-Advanced) view of this tab, the Forest section contains these two settings for the selected forest:

 Resource Forest: If the target Exchange environment is configured as an Exchange Resource Forest environment, mark the Resource Forest checkbox to create a “Linked User” relationship between the source and target account. This option applies only for Inter-Org migrations; and this checkbox appears only when configuring the Home Forest. (For more information about resource forests, see Microsoft's article http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa998031.aspx

and other Microsoft resources.)

 Allow users to postpone their Mailbox migration: Mark this checkbox if you want users to be able to set their own migration blackout periods in Exchange Pro's User Portal.

The E2E_Schedulers group in Active Directory (if it exists) will override this user-postpone option.

These settings, also in the Forest section, appear only in Advanced mode:

 Change Detection Tolerance: The spinner control lets you set a wait period for Exchange Pro's Detect feature (above, if enabled), specifying a number of seconds for Exchange Pro to ignore changes to public folders after the time MAPI reports the most recent sync. For example, if set to 5 seconds, any changes detected within 5 seconds of the last sync are ignored. The default (and recommended) value is 2 seconds.

 Apply mailbox blackouts to: Blackout periods can be defined in Exchange Pro's Blackout Times view (see

the Blackout Times topic for more information). The drop-down list here lets you specify one of three

options for applying blackout times to the forest:

 Entire Migration (default, and recommended): All Mailbox jobs are affected by blackouts during the entire migration.

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 Final Migration\Cutover: Mailbox jobs marked as "Suspend when ready to complete" are affected by blackouts after the migration reaches 95% complete (post-AutoSuspend, cutover). All other mailbox jobs are affected by blackouts during the entire migration. Choose this setting when you want all mailbox jobs to be prevented from Cutover during the blackout period, but you want to allow “Suspend Until Ready to complete” jobs to continue working up to the 95% complete stage

(pre-staging).

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If you will require a staged migration, make sure the Enable staged migrations checkbox is marked, and specify the

Exchange Staging Server and Exchange Staging Database from the drop-down lists here. If you will not require a staged migration, just leave the checkbox unmarked.

A staging server is not required for migration from Exchange 2003 to Office 365, but is required for a roll-back migration, from Office 365 back to Exchange 2003.

Target Forest Configuration | Accounts Tab

To view or edit the Accounts tab for target forest configuration: From the Forest view toolbar, select the previously defined target Forest from the drop-down list, and then click the Accounts tab. On this tab, all fields are displayed whether or not the Advanced checkbox is marked.

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Active Directory Section

Enter the User Name and Password for the account Exchange Pro should use for Active Directory calls, and specify the Global Catalog for this forest.

You can mark the Auto-detect a Global Catalog checkbox to have Exchange Pro scan your environment and determine the Global Catalog for you, or manually enter the Global Catalog into the text box. Make sure that the designated GC is physically close to the Exchange Pro server. (If you know of another GC that is physically closer than the one found by the Auto-detect feature, you may want to disable Auto-detect and manually specify the nearer option.)

PowerShell Section

Enter the User Name and Password for the account Exchange Pro should use for PowerShell calls. This account should have PowerShell Remoting access within the Exchange organization.

Auto-detect feature, you may want to disable Auto-detect and manually specify the nearer option.)

A PowerShell host must be specified here as a Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN). An IP address will generate an SSL certificate error.

If you specify PowerShell hosts manually, be sure to click the Verify PowerShell Host(s) button to test connectivity to the PowerShell host servers.

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These settings are required only when migrating public folders in cross-forest migrations where no trusts exist.

Enter the User Name, Password and Email Address for the account Exchange Pro should use for Exchange (MAPI) calls, and select the Outlook Profile.

SMTP Section

These settings are necessary for Exchange Pro to use SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol), which is the Internet standard for electronic mail transmission across Internet Protocol (IP) networks.

Complete the fields here, and then click the Send Test Email button to verify connectivity. When you Send Test

Email, Exchange Pro posts a status response:

If the test succeeds, click OK to continue. If the test fails, modify the above SMTP settings and test again.

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Target Forest Configuration | Sites Tab

To view or edit the Sites tab for target forest configuration: From the Forest view toolbar, select the previously defined target Forest from the drop-down list, and then click the Sites tab. On this tab, all options are displayed whether or not the Advanced checkbox is marked.

The table in this view displays a list of the AD sites that were found in your environment for the selected forest:

Most of the settings in this table can be edited:

 Site Name: Displays the name of the migration site.

 Site Alias: Displays the user-defined name for the migration site. Actual Site Names are often cryptic or otherwise difficult to read, so Exchange Pro lets you assign "friendlier" shorthand names ("aliases") to identify the sites in Exchange Pro features. This is an optional but popular feature, which can also be useful to differentiate among duplicate or very similar Site Names—as sometimes occurs if you add external forests to your project. To edit the alias value, click inside the cell and the value becomes editable.

(a small triangle appears), then click the triangle to view a list of available options, and select the time zone you want to assign to this forest.

 MRS Proxy Server(s): Displays the Exchange Mailbox Replication Service (MRS) proxy servers that Exchange

Pro has discovered for the site. Server names are separated with commas. You can manually define the publicly addressable names of the MRS proxy servers for the site. Manually entered server names are not overwritten by scheduled or manual forest refreshes. To manually define MRS Proxy Server(s): Click inside the cell to make the values editable, and enter publicly addressable names for the site's MRS proxy servers, separating multiple names with commas.

PowerShell host for this value; therefore, it is important that the name be addressable over the public

Internet. The cells in this column let you specify alternate addressable names if you like, separated by commas. To add or change these values: Click inside the cell to make the values editable, and enter publicly addressable names for the Office 365 proxy servers, separating multiple names with commas.

Remember to click Save Forest (in the Forest toolbar above the tabs) to save any changes you make to these settings.

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Target Forest Configuration | Mailboxes & Public Folders Tab

To view or edit the Mailboxes & Public Folders tab for target forest configuration: From the Forest view toolbar, select the previously defined target Forest from the drop-down list, and then click the Mailboxes & Public Folders tab. On this tab, all options are displayed whether or not the Advanced checkbox is marked.

Mailboxes Section

Select the sites, servers and databases in this forest you want to search for mailboxes to migrate. All content is selected by default. You can right-click in the list area to select options to expand/collapse levels of the tree.

Public Folders Section

Select the sites, servers, and databases in this forest you want to search for public folders to migrate. All content is selected by default. You can right-click in the list area to select options to expand/collapse levels of the tree.

Target Forest Configuration | Credentials Tab

To view or edit the Credentials tab for target forest configuration: From the Forest view toolbar, select the previously defined target Forest from the drop-down list, and then click the Credentials tab. On this tab, all options are displayed whether or not the Advanced checkbox is marked.

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To define a credential for this forest: Click the Add button (below the table) to open the Forest Credential screen:

... and enter this information:

 Domain User: The Domain user (in Domain\Username format).

 User Password: The password for the user

 User Email: The email address of the user

 Mail Profile: The name of the Outlook profile that has been preconfigured on the Worker machine. A

Worker machine without Outlook installed cannot use credentials with Outlook Profiles. This field should remain blank to create a credential for Workers that do not have Outlook installed.

Then click OK to create a new credentials record and dismiss the Forest Credential screen.

You can also Edit or Delete a previously defined credential.

Tenant Forest (Office 365) Configuration | General Tab

To view or edit the General tab for tenant forest configuration: From the Forest view toolbar, select a previously defined tenant Forest from the drop-down list, and then click the General tab.

The General tab appears in its default view when the Advanced checkbox option is left unmarked:

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Or you can mark the Advanced checkbox to view additional options, although most admins simply accept the default values for these Advanced settings:

Forest Section

In the default (non-Advanced) view of this tab, the Forest section contains these three settings for the selected forest:

 Office 365 Forest: This checkbox will be marked by default, since a tenant forest is an Office 365 forest.

 Auto license O365 users: Displays only for Office 365 Exchange Online. Set this feature to optionally activate a mailbox for an end user. Mailbox migration will fail if the user is not activated. You can also apply an existing SharePoint and Lync/Skype for Business license by reviewing the Office 365 License section on the Exchange Pro Settings tab. Click on your license for options.

 Allow users to postpone their Mailbox migration: Mark this checkbox if you want users to be able to set their own migration blackout periods in Exchange Pro's User Portal.

The E2E_Schedulers group in Active Directory (if it exists) will override this user-postpone option.

These settings, also in the Forest section, appear only in Advanced mode:

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 Apply mailbox blackouts to: Blackout periods can be defined in Exchange Pro's Blackout Times view (see

the Blackout Times topic for more information). The drop-down list here lets you specify one of three

options for applying blackout times to the forest:

 Entire Migration (default, and recommended): All Mailbox jobs are affected by blackouts during the entire migration.

(pre-staging).

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These settings are required for Exchange Pro program access to Office 365.

Enter the User Name and Password for the account Exchange Pro should use to access Office 365.

Specify a Public Folders Migration Mode from the drop-down list. PowerShell and MAPI are the two available methods. If the Migration Mode is not specified here, Exchange Pro will use the MAPI migration method by default.

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These settings are required only when migrating public folders in cross-forest migrations where no trusts exist.

Enter the User Name, Password and Email Address for the account Exchange Pro should use for program calls to

Exchange (MAPI), and select the Outlook Profile.

If Exchange Pro is installed on a Windows 2012 server with Outlook 2010 as the MAPI provider: You must use an Outlook Profile to connect to a secondary forest.

If the MAPI provider is Outlook 2013: Both trusted and non-trusted Exchange 2013 forests can be reached without an Outlook Profile.

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Tenant Forest (Office 365) Configuration | Sites Tab

To view or edit the Sites tab for tenant forest configuration: From the Forest view toolbar, select a previously defined tenant Forest from the drop-down list, and then click the Sites tab. On this tab, all options are displayed whether or not the Advanced checkbox is marked.

The table in this view displays a list of the AD sites that were found in your environment for the selected forest:

Most of the settings in this table can be edited:

 Site Name: Displays the name of the migration site.

 Site Alias: Displays the user-defined name for the migration site. Actual Site Names are often cryptic or otherwise difficult to read, so Exchange Pro lets you assign "friendlier" shorthand names ("aliases") to identify the sites within Exchange Pro features. This is an optional but popular feature, which can also be useful to differentiate among duplicate or very similar Site Names—as sometimes occurs if you add external forests to your project. To edit the alias value, just click inside the cell and the value becomes editable.

(a small triangle appears), then click the triangle to view a list of available options, and select the time zone you want to assign to this forest.

 MRS Proxy Server(s): Displays the Exchange Mailbox Replication Service (MRS) proxy servers that Exchange

PowerShell host for this value; therefore, it is important that the name be addressable over the public

Remember to click Save Forest (in the Forest toolbar above the tabs) to save any changes you make to these settings.

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Tenant Forest (Office 365) Configuration | Licenses Tab

To view or edit the Licenses tab for tenant forest configuration: From the Forest view toolbar, select a previously defined tenant Forest from the drop-down list, and then click the Licenses tab. On this tab, all options are displayed whether or not the Advanced checkbox is marked.

This tab lets you select Office 365 license packs and related service plans for Exchange Pro to use for auto-licensing

Exchange Online mailbox migrations.

Tenant Forest (Office 365) Configuration | Credentials Tab

To view or edit the Credentials tab for tenant forest configuration: From the Forest view toolbar, select a previously defined tenant Forest from the drop-down list, and then click the Credentials tab. On this tab, all options are displayed whether or not the Advanced checkbox is marked.

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To define a credential for this forest: Click the Add button (below the table) to open the Forest Credential screen:

... and enter this information:

 Domain User: The Domain user (in Domain\Username format).

 User Password: The password for the user

 User Email: The email address of the user

 Mail Profile: The name of the Outlook Profile that has been preconfigured on the Worker machine. A

Worker machine without Outlook installed cannot use credentials with Outlook Profiles. This field should remain blank to create a credential for Workers that do not have Outlook installed.

Then click OK to create a new credentials record and dismiss the Forest Credential screen.

You can also Edit or Delete a previously defined credential.

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3. Managing Exchange Pro Workers

Exchange Pro supports configuration of an AWD (Automated Workload Distribution) process for the migration of public folders. The AWD process uses multiple workers assigned different roles (multiple computers working in parallel) in the overall migration process, to scale public folder migration and improve throughput when migrating larger volumes of public folders. Exchange Pro's Workers view lists all installed public folder Workers that are configured to point to the Exchange Pro SQL database. The Exchange Pro server automatically becomes the local master worker when Exchange Pro is installed, but additional remote workers can be defined.

The Exchange Pro Installation and Configuration Guide documents the installation of Exchange Pro public folder

Workers.

To open the Workers view in the Exchange Pro Admin Portal:

 Click the Workers button in Exchange Pro's main toolbar.

The Exchange Pro Workers view features a table showing the current state and processing statistics of each worker, and this information can be sorted and filtered as needed:

Enabling/Disabling Workers

You can enable/disable the processing of public folder jobs by a worker. For example, you may want to temporarily disable a worker to isolate any errors when troubleshooting an issue. To enable/disable the processing of public folder jobs by a worker (beginning in the Workers view):

 Click on a worker in the table to highlight its row, and then click the Enable or Disable button.

A worker can also be enabled or disabled when viewing the Exchange Pro Worker detail dialog.

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Viewing and Editing Worker Settings

To edit (or just view) the configuration settings of any individual worker in the Workers table:

 Double-click on a Worker row in the table (or select a Worker in the table and then click the Modify button) to open the Exchange Pro Worker dialog box for the selected Worker:

In the dialog box above the tabs, you can view and edit these settings:

 ID: The worker ID, an arbitrary index number for Exchange Pro.

 Name: The worker name (also the worker's address).

 State: The current state of the worker.

 Disable or Enable: Click Disable to disable an enabled worker, or click Enable to enable a disabled worker.

In the Settings tab you can view and edit these settings:

 Roles: Select the role(s) you want the worker to perform by marking/unmarking these checkbox options:

 Provisioning: If marked, this worker will create the needed public folders on the target. One or more workers can have this role. We recommend you leave this marked unless you are designating different workers to different tasks. (You may want to create multiple workers to assign different types of roles to different workers—for example, to designate a particular set of workers to handle only the content sync actions.)

 Content Sync: If marked, this worker will copy public folder contents. There can be one or more workers with this role. We recommend you leave this marked unless you are designating different workers to different tasks. (You may want to create multiple workers to assign different types of roles to different workers—for example, to designate a particular set of workers to handle only the content sync actions.)

 Change Detection: If marked, this worker will check for changes in public folders. One or more workers can have this role. We recommend you leave this marked unless you are designating different workers to different tasks. (You may want to create multiple workers to assign different types of roles to different workers—for example, to designate a particular set of workers to handle

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only the content sync actions.) Note that if Change Detection is not enabled on any workers, Public

Folder Jobs that are created with Sync Interval will not sync again after the initial copy, since no changes will be detected.

 Reporting: If marked, this worker will collect public folder data for reporting. One or more workers can have this role. Workers assigned this role are the workers that will run the PF Content Analysis job. We recommend you leave this marked unless you are designating different workers to different tasks. (You may want to create multiple workers to assign different types of roles to different workers—for example, to designate a particular set of workers to handle only the content sync actions.)

 Source Credential and Target Credential: The credentials to use for the source and target, respectively.

Credentials are maintained in the Forest Credentials tab.

The selected credentials should not include a Mail Profile (defined in the Forest Credentials tab) if

Outlook is not installed on the Worker.

 Use Default Settings: If checked, the worker will use the default Worker settings (and General settings for

Logging Level) configured in the Settings view instead of the settings on the worker detail dialog.

 Use Windows Credential Manager: If checked, Worker (MAPI) credentials are cached in Windows

Credential Manager, removing the need to use the saved password that was configured for public folder migrations.

 MAPI Cache Recycle: Number of jobs after which the MAPI cache should be cleared. Larger numbers increase performance, but may cause instability if too large. The practical limit depends on your local environment. The default is After 20 jobs.

 Logging Level: Determines level of detail in program logging for public folder migrations. Options are:

 Off: No public folder messages are logged

 Error: Only public folder error messages are logged

 Warning: Public folder warnings and error messages are logged

 Info: Public folder informational, warnings, and error messages are logged

 Verbose: All public folder messages are logged including debug and trace messages

 Job Polling Interval: How often the worker should poll for new jobs. We recommend you leave this at the default (every 2 seconds) unless this worker is configured for only the Reporting role (see next field below).

 Report Job Polling Interval: How often the worker should poll for report jobs. We recommend you leave this at the default (every 30 seconds) unless this worker is configured for only the Reporting role.

 Refresh Interval: How often the worker should look for any changes to its settings in the SQL Worker table.

We recommend you leave this at its default (every 15 seconds).

 Max Threads: The number of items that are processed concurrently for a public folder job. The default is 4 threads. For best performance, this setting should not be lower than the number of cores in the Worker machine, unless the machine will share its resources with other (non-Worker) functions. The setting can be increased to match the number of cores in a dedicated Worker machine (if greater than the default 4).

The Statistics tab is described in the next subtopic below.

Click the Close button to save any changes and close the Exchange Pro Worker dialog box (and return to the

Workers table).

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Viewing Worker Processing Statistics

To view the processing statistics for an individual worker in the Workers table:

 Double-click on a Worker row in the table (or select a Worker in the table and then click the Modify button) to open the Exchange Pro Worker dialog box for the selected Worker, and then click the Statistics tab in the

Exchange Pro Worker dialog box.

In the Statistics tab, select a Time Period from the drop-down list to define the scope of the statistics you want to see. The Totals will display the numbers of migrated folders, items, bytes and elapsed time for the selected time period, and the average throughput over the period.

To close the dialog box: Click the Close button.

To view aggregate statistics for all Exchange Pro Workers:

 From the Workers table, click the Statistics button to open the Public Folder Statistics dialog box.

Select a Time Period from the drop-down list to define the scope of the statistics you want to see. The Totals will display the numbers of migrated folders, items, bytes and elapsed time for the selected time period, and the average throughput over the period.

To close the dialog box: Click the Close button.

Viewing the Exchange Pro Worker Application

The Exchange Pro Worker application is installed on the worker machine and lets you enable/disable the worker and view its migration processing logs.

To open the Exchange Pro Worker application:

 On the machine hosting the worker: Click the Exchange Pro Worker desktop shortcut, or right-click on the

Exchange Pro icon in the system tray and click Open.

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The Exchange Pro Worker application then opens the log screen, with four buttons:

 Clear Log: The displayed log will be cleared.

 Save Log: A text file of the displayed log will appear and can be saved.

 Enable: Enables public folder processing for the worker (if disabled). This option is also available by rightclicking on the Exchange Pro icon in the system tray and selecting Enable.

 Disable: Disables public folder processing for the worker (if enabled). This option is also available by rightclicking on the Exchange Pro icon in the system tray and selecting Disable.

To view the worker's configuration settings: Right-click on the Exchange Pro icon in the system tray, and select

Settings.

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4. Managing Configuration Settings

Many Exchange Pro configuration settings can be entered, viewed and edited in the tabbed panels of the

Configuration Settings screen.

Click Settings from the main Admin Portal toolbar to open the Exchange Pro Configuration Settings screen, which contains several tabs for different types of settings. The default view of the Settings screen shows only the tabs with settings that are commonly used in many environments:

The default view hides the tabs that contain settings changed by only a few users from their default values, but you can mark the [X] Advanced checkbox (in the toolbar) to show the tabs that contain these Advanced settings:

The settings on these tabs are documented separately under these topic headings:

General Tab (Advanced view only)

Activities Tab

Mailboxes Tab (Advanced view only)

Public Folders Tab

O365 Groups Tab

Workers Tab (Advanced view only)

Scripts Tab (Advanced view only)

Notifications Tab

Licenses Tab

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Settings | General Tab

This tab is available only in Advanced mode. The tab appears only if the Advanced checkbox (in the

Settings toolbar) is marked.

To view or edit Configuration Settings (any tab): From the Admin Portal main toolbar, click Settings to open the

Configuration Settings screen. Then click the tab for the settings you want to view or edit.

To view or edit the General configuration settings (from any other tab on the Configuration Settings screen): Make sure the Advanced checkbox is marked, and click the General tab.

These General settings let you configure options for logging and the user interface:

 Logging Level: Select one of the options for logging levels within the Exchange Pro service for both mailbox and public folder migrations:

 Off: No messages are logged.

 Error: Only error messages are logged.

 Warning: Warnings and error messages are logged.

 Info: Informational, warnings, and error messages are logged.

 Verbose: All messages are logged including debug and trace messages.

 Log Mailbox Job Events: If checked, mailbox job events are saved to CMTEUP_JobEvents.

 Log Public Folder Job Events: If checked, public folder job events are saved to

CMTEUP_PublicFolderJobEvents.

 Purge Job Events Older Than: Number of days after which job event records should be purged from the logging database. We recommend you leave this at its default (30 days), to maintain a month's worth of records in the database but not take up too much space in SQL. A higher setting would generate bloated records in SQL, while a lower setting may leave too few records to be useful in the event you ever need them for troubleshooting.

 O365 PowerShell Pool: Sets the maximum number of Office 365 PowerShell sessions to establish. The default is 1. We recommend this value be set to match the number of available Office 365 sessions for your tenant.

 O365 PowerShell Submit Pool: Sets the number of Office 365 sessions to use for PowerShell queries during mailbox migrations. This feature improves overall migration rates by distributing the workload across multiple Office 365 sessions running in parallel. The valid range is 1 to 100, and the default is 1. We recommend a value based on number of available Office 365 sessions for your tenant.

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 User Portal Url: The URL of the Exchange Pro portal.

 Show Legacy Source Public Folder Servers: If checked, Exchange 2003/2007/2010 public folder servers are displayed in the Source folder hierarchy.

 Show Legacy Target Public Folder Servers: If checked, Exchange 2003/2007/2010 public folder servers are displayed in the Target folder hierarchy.

Exchange 2013/2016 public folders can be split across multiple servers and mailboxes and will not show in a hierarchy. The public folder server and mailbox information will be displayed in the

“hover over” text. The above configuration options allow the Legacy public folders to be displayed in a hierarchy.

 Show Suspend Before Starting Checkbox: If checked, mailbox jobs can be suspended before they start.

 Refresh Frequency: How often to automatically refresh Exchange Pro's UI. We recommend you leave this at its default (7 seconds). Changing this to a lower setting poses an increased burden on system resources, while a higher value diminishes the likelihood that any particular view is current. You can always manually refresh the screen whenever desired.

 Data I/O Timeout: How long Exchange Pro should wait for web service calls to complete before timing out.

We recommend the default setting of 15 minutes, although you may want to temporarily set this higher to overcome a high rate of timeout errors. A lower setting will unnecessarily generate more timeout errors.

 PowerShell Query Timeout: How long Exchange Pro should wait for an on-premises only PowerShell reply to a query before concluding the query has failed, and giving up. We recommend you leave this at its default 120 minutes. A higher setting usually would not provide any benefit, since the HTTP request will have already timed out, while a lower setting may be too short for a PowerShell query to successfully complete, especially in a large distributed environment.

 Resource Forest Permissions: Specifies which trustees to use to apply permissions during a Resource Forest migration. The default Source Forest option stamps the permissions from the source environment onto the target mailboxes and public folders. The Target Forest option is typically used only in a non-resource forest scenario, so that trustees from the Target forest are used to apply permissions.

Exchange Pro will always use the target AD user account for GrantSendOnBehalf permissions regardless of this setting for this Resource Forest Permissions. Therefore all user accounts that have been specifically provided the delegated GrantSendOnBehalf permission must be included within the scope of directory synchronization.

Remember to click Save Settings (in the toolbar above the tabs) to save any changes you make to these settings.

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Settings | Activities Tab

This tab is available in both the default and Advanced modes. But some of the fields on this tab appear only if the Advanced checkbox (in the Settings toolbar) is marked. The field notes below indicate which fields appear only in the Advanced mode.

To view or edit Configuration Settings (any tab): From the Admin Portal main toolbar, click Settings to open the

Configuration Settings screen. Then click the tab for the settings you want to view or edit.

To view or edit the Activities configuration settings (from any other tab on the Configuration Settings screen): Click the Activities tab.

 Populate New Forest: How often to populate new forests with sites, servers, databases, groups, mailboxes, and mailbox statistics. We recommend the default 30 seconds, which ensures that new forests are populated relatively quickly.

 Update Forest: How often to update existing forests with sites, servers, databases, groups, mailboxes, and mailbox statistics. This is an "expensive" task (in computing/network resources), since Exchange Pro has to explicitly query AD and Exchange for much information. We therefore recommend the default 60 minutes.

A lower setting (more frequent updates) will tax the GC specified in Forests | Accounts | Active Directory, probably to the detriment of performance, although the performance hits will likely be less pronounced in smaller environments (1000 or fewer users). A higher setting may be more appropriate in very large environments where existing GCs are already taxed and the admin does not require more frequent updates.

 Update Mailbox Statistics (appears only in Advanced mode): How often to update mailbox statistics. We recommend you leave this set at its default 30 minutes. A lower setting may be better suited to an organization that requires more frequent updates for Exchange Pro to intelligently forecast migration times

(based on mailbox size). A higher setting may be more appropriate in very large environments where existing GCs are already taxed and the admin does not require more frequent updates.

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 Maintenance Tasks (appears only in Advanced mode): How often to run Exchange Pro maintenance tasks in the job event tables, such as removing (from Exchange Pro logs) records of migration events that are older than the Purge Job Events setting. We recommend you leave this set at the default 1440 minutes (one day), although a lower setting (more frequent maintenance) may be appropriate if you are writing hundreds of thousands of events per hour and want to have more control over a rolling purge window in the Exchange Pro Log database.

 Submit Mailbox Jobs: How often to submit Mailbox Jobs. The default is 20 seconds, but a higher setting

(less frequent submissions) may be better for an Exchange source environment that is older or otherwise shows performance issues, and the admin wants to stagger the number of jobs submitted.

 Update Mailbox Jobs: How often to update/refresh the running Mailbox Jobs view. The default is 20 seconds, but a higher setting (less frequent updates) may be better where larger numbers of jobs are running and the admin doesn't require frequent updates.

 Resume Mailbox Jobs (appears only in Advanced mode): How often the program should look for Mailbox

Jobs that are ready to be resumed. The default is 20 seconds.

 Submit Public Folder Jobs: How often to submit new public folder Jobs. The default is 20 seconds, which ensures new mailbox migration jobs are picked up quickly, but a higher setting (less frequent submissions) may be better for an Exchange source environment that is older or otherwise shows performance issues, and the admin wants to stagger the number of jobs submitted.

 Update Public Folder Jobs: How often to update/refresh the running public folder jobs view. The default is

20 seconds, but a higher setting (less frequent updates) may be better where larger numbers of jobs are running and the admin doesn't require frequent updates.

 PF Change Detection (appears only in Advanced mode): How often to check for public folder changes. We recommend you accept the default 30 seconds, although a higher value (less frequent checks) may be more appropriate if the public folders environment does not have many changes and the data is relatively static

(in the source).

 PF Content Analysis (appears only in Advanced mode): Determines how often Exchange Pro should check the queue of pending public folders content analysis jobs. We recommend you accept the default 120 seconds.

 Discover Delegates: The refresh interval, in hours, between Exchange Pro’s delegation discovery processes to update delegation data (only) for mailboxes within the scope of the subset filters that have been defined

for the View Delegation lists (as described in Migrating Delegation Rights ). The default is 1 hour.

These delegation discovery processes are run separately for each defined filter, and this refresh interval applies to the processes for all Filters.

 Delegate Discovery Chain Depth: The number of delegation levels Exchange Pro will trace in its delegation discovery process, relative to the highest-level mailbox in a delegation chain. For example, if A delegates to

B, and B delegates to C, and C delegates to D, and so forth, this Chain Depth value sets a limit to the number of levels Exchange Pro will trace in its delegation discovery process.

The default is 1 level (to show A delegating to B, but not any of B’s delegates). The feature will accept a

Chain Depth value as high as 10, but note that values higher than 2 or 3 will, in most environments, require longer discovery times while offering diminishing benefits.

Remember to click Save Settings (in the toolbar above the tabs) to save any changes you make to these settings.

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Settings | Mailboxes Tab

This tab is available only in Advanced mode. The tab appears only if the Advanced checkbox (in the Settings toolbar) is marked.

To view or edit Configuration Settings (any tab): From the Admin Portal main toolbar, click Settings to open the

Configuration Settings screen. Then click the tab for the settings you want to view or edit.

To view or edit the Mailboxes configuration settings (from any other tab on the Configuration Settings screen):

Make sure the Advanced checkbox is marked, and click the Mailboxes tab.

 Enable Whiteout: If checked, all activities except for mailbox migrations activities are suppressed. This feature is intended for use during times when active migration is taking place in earnest. This can significantly improve performance of mailbox migrations during busy times, easing the burden of the installed Exchange Pro machine as well as the Exchange servers.

Be sure to disable this Whiteout option when the period of focused migrations ends, so that

Exchange Pro can resume its other background processing.

 Enable Mailbox Job Adoption: If checked, enables Exchange Pro to find and show mailbox migrations started outside of Exchange Pro. Select this only if migration processes may have been started outside of the Exchange Pro environment.

 Enable Auto Scheduling: This checkbox enables/disables Exchange Pro's auto-scheduling feature, which tells Exchange Pro to schedule mailbox migration upon certain conditions being met, as specified by the AD

Trigger Field and AD Status Field:

 AD Trigger Field: The AD property used to submit mailboxes during auto-scheduling. For example,

extensionAttribute13.

 AD Status Field: The AD property used to store job status for auto-scheduled mailbox migrations.

 Apply Default Email Address Policy: If checked, the default email address policy will be applied to the target mail users before the mailbox is submitted. This is the equivalent of the PowerShell cmdlet string:

Set-MailUser -EmailAddressPolicyEnabled:$true

 Restart Queued Office365 Migrations After: If checked, Office 365 mailbox jobs that are stuck in a Queued state are automatically canceled and resubmitted. The default to restart jobs stuck in a Queued state is every 20 minutes.

 On-Prem Mailbox Query Size: The number of on-premises mailboxes to query at a time for statistics, etc.

The default is 1,000 mailboxes.

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 Office365 Mailbox Query Size: The number of Office 365 mailboxes to query at time for statistics, etc. The default is 100 mailboxes.

 Office365 Licensing Pause: How long to wait after licensing an Office 365 mailbox before submitting that mailbox for migration. The default is 30 seconds.

 Initial Notification Pause (Exchange 2003): How long to wait after sending the initial notification before submitting a mailbox for migration. The default is 30 seconds.

 Max Submits: The maximum number of requests (per Exchange database) to submit for migration. This includes jobs that resumed before reaching 95% complete. The default is 50 submissions.

 Max Resumes: The maximum number of requests (per Exchange database) to resume for completion. This only includes jobs that are resumed after reaching 95% complete. The default is 50 resumes.

 Batch Submits: The number of requests (per Exchange database) to submit for migration at a time. This includes jobs that resumed before reaching 95% complete. The default is 10 submissions.

 Batch Resumes: The number of requests (per Exchange database) to resume for completion at a time. This only includes jobs that are resumed after reaching 95% complete. The default is 10 resumes.

 Batch Updates: The number of requests (per Exchange database) to update (Get-MoveRequestStatistics) at a time. The default is 10 updates.

 Staged Migration Retries: How many times to re-submit a mailbox for staged migration and how long to wait before re-submitting. The default is 10 times re-submitted every 120 seconds.

 Mailbox Permissions Retries: How many times to retry migrating mailbox permissions and how long to wait before retrying. The default is 10 times retried every 120 seconds.

 Log User Migrations: If checked, logging user migrations is enabled and the Output Folder can be configured.

 Output Folder: The folder where the log user migration reports are saved.

Remember to click Save Settings (in the toolbar above the tabs) to save any changes you make to these settings.

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Settings | Public Folders Tab

To view or edit Configuration Settings (any tab): From the Admin Portal main toolbar, click Settings to open the

Configuration Settings screen. Then click the tab for the settings you want to view or edit.

To view or edit the Public Folders configuration settings (from any other tab on the Configuration Settings screen):

Click the Public Folders tab. On this tab, all options are displayed whether or not the Advanced checkbox is marked.

 Synchronization: Select one of the options from the drop-down list.

 One Way: Synchronize public folders from source to target. Only the Source to Target options can be selected. This means that changes made in the target will not be made in the source. Choose this when you are pre-staging Public folders in your Source environment to your Target environment, and there is no expectation that there will be any production changes made in the Target that need to be copied back to the Source.

 Bi-Directional: Synchronize public folders in both directions, from source to target and target to source. The Target to Source options are enabled to allow configuration synchronization in both directions. Choose this when you expect production changes to occur in both the Source AND the

Target during the migration project. If you choose Bi-Directional, carefully choose your Conflict

Resolution settings (below). This setting means that changes made in the target could potentially override items in the Source, as determined by the Conflict Resolution settings.

 Conflict Resolution: This setting tells Exchange Pro how to resolve public folder migration conflicts (when a source public folder already exists in the target). These conflict-resolution rules are evaluated at the document level, per folder. We suggest the Skip option if you are unsure.

 Skip: Exchange Pro will just skip the public folder (PF), and do nothing. The source and target PFs will both remain unchanged.

 Overwrite: The source PF contents will overwrite the corresponding target PF contents.

 Rename: In a one-way migration, if a target document exists with the same name or subject that was not placed there by a migration, the target document is renamed by appending or prepending some string (the Rename Label) to the original target PF name, as specified below. If a target copy of the document exists from a previous migration, the documents follow the LastModified rule. In bi-directional migrations, both source and target documents are renamed and migrated in both directions. If you select Rename as the Conflict Resolution method:

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 Rename Format: Valid options are Append or Prepend.

 Rename Label: The string that Exchange Pro should append or prepend to the original target

PF name.

 Last Modified: The source and target documents are evaluated and then migrated based on which document is more current.

 Rationalization Pool Size: The maximum number of PowerShell sessions to dedicate to public folder rationalization. The default is 5 sessions.

 Target PF Mailbox Quota Percentage: Spinner control to set the percentage of available quota that should remain in the target mailbox after the migration. Default is 10 percent. This setting ensures that a new PF migration job will maintain at least the configured percentage of free space based on the existing public folder mailbox quota. For example, if the defaults are left at 10% then a new PF migration job will not be scheduled if the result would use at least 90% of the configured quota on the PF mailbox.

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 Folders: Mark and unmark checkboxes to specify which items should be synchronized to the target:

 Adds: If checked, new folders in the source are added to the target.

 Deletes: If checked, deleted folders in the source will cause corresponding folders in the target to be deleted during the sync cycle. By default, this is unchecked, to prevent subsequent deletions in the source from deleting the corresponding folder(s) in the target during the next synchronization cycle.

 Renames: If checked, renamed folders in the source are renamed in the target.

 Moves: If checked, moved folders in the source are moved in the target.

 Items: Mark and unmark checkboxes to specify which items should be synchronized to the target:

 Adds: If checked, new folder content in the source is added to the target.

 Deletes: If checked, deleted folder content in the source is moved to the Binary Tree Recycle Bin in the target.

 Renames: If checked, renamed items in the source are renamed in the target.

 Permissions: Select an option from the drop-down list, and mark/unmark checkboxes to specify how permissions should be copied to the target (if at all):

 Drop-down list options:

 Disabled: Folder permissions will never be copied.

 Once (default): Folder Permissions will only be copied with the initial sync, any changes after that will not be copied.

 Always: Folder permissions will be copied each time the folder is synchronized.

 Anonymous: If checked, “anonymous” user folder permissions are migrated to the target folder.

 Default: If checked, “default” user folder permissions are migrated to the target folder.

 Mail Enablement: Select an option from the drop-down list, and mark/unmark checkboxes to specify how mail-enablement should be copied to the target (if at all):

 Drop-down list options:

 Disabled: Mail-enabled folders in the source will not be mail-enabled in the target.

 Once: Mail-enabled folders will be mail-enabled in the target during the initial sync, any changes after that will not be copied.

 Always (default): Mail-enabled folders in the source will be mail-enabled each time the folder is synchronized.

 Email Addresses: If checked, email addresses are copied to the target folder.

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 Forwarding Address: If checked, the source folder’s forwarding address is copied to the target folder.

 Send/Receive As: If checked, send-as folder permissions on the source are migrated to the target folder.

 Send On Behalf: If checked, send-on-behalf folder permissions on the source are migrated to the target folder.

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 Folders: Mark and unmark checkboxes to specify which items should be synchronized to the source:

 Adds: If checked, new folders in the target are added to the source.

 Deletes: If checked, deleted folders in the target are moved to the Binary Tree Recycle Bin in the source.

 Renames: If checked, renamed folders in the target are renamed in the source.

 Moves: If checked, moved folders in the target are moved in the source.

 Items: Mark and unmark checkboxes to specify which items should be synchronized to the source:

 Adds: If checked, new folder content in the target is added to the source.

 Deletes: If checked, deleted folder content in the target is moved to the Binary Tree Recycle Bin in the source.

 Renames: If checked, renamed items in the target are renamed in the source.

 Permissions: Select an option from the drop-down list, and mark and unmark checkboxes to specify how permissions should be copied to the source (if at all):

 Drop-down list options:

 Disabled: Folder permissions will never be copied.

 Once (default): Folder permissions will only be copied with the initial sync; any changes after that will not be copied.

 Always: Folder permissions will be copied each time the folder is synchronized.

 Anonymous: If checked, “anonymous” user folder permissions are migrated to the source folder.

 Default: If checked, “default” user folder permissions are migrated to the source folder.

Enabling target-to-source synchronization of permissions may cause changes to your source environment or may have other unintended side effects.

 Mail Enablement: Select an option from the drop-down list, and mark and unmark checkboxes to specify how mail-enablement should be copied to the source (if at all):

 Drop-down list options:

 Disabled: Mail-enabled folders in the target will not be mail-enabled in the source.

 Once: Mail-enabled folders will be mail-enabled in the source during the initial sync; any changes after that will not be copied.

 Always (default): Mail-enabled folders in the target will be mail-enabled each time the folder is synchronized.

 Email Addresses: If checked, email addresses are copied to the source folder.

 Forwarding Address: If checked, the target folder’s forwarding address is copied to the source folder.

 Send/Receive As: If checked, send-as folder permissions on the target are migrated to the source folder.

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 Send On Behalf: If checked, send-on-behalf folder permissions on the target are migrated to the source folder.

Enabling target-to-source mail synchronization may cause changes to your source environment or may have other unintended side effects.

Remember to click Save Settings (in the toolbar above the tabs) to save any changes you make to these settings.

Notes About Public Folder Permissions

Exchange Permissions:

 All roles and rights are supported, e.g. Owner, CreateItems, FolderVisible, etc.

 On-Prem and Office 365 are supported.

Send-As Permissions:

 Only applicable to mail-enabled folders.

 Allow\Deny is supported for On-Prem.

 Only Allow is supported for Office 365.

Receive-As Permissions:

 Only applicable to mail-enabled folders.

 Allow\Deny is supported for On-Prem.

 Not supported for Office 365.

Send-On Behalf Permissions:

 Only applicable to mail-enabled folders.

 On-Prem and Office 365 are supported.

Resource Forests:

 Target RFPermissionAuthority is supported for On-Prem and Office 365 for all folder permissions shown above.

 Source RFPermissionAuthority is supported for Send-As and Receive-As permissions but is not supported for

Send-On-Behalf and Exchange permissions.

Trustee Cross-Reference: When locating a target trustee, the following properties from the source trustee are used as a cross-reference. These are the same properties used for mailbox permissions.

 Mailbox GUID

 E-Mail

 Primary SMTP

 Common Name

 SAM Account Name

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Settings | O365 Groups Tab

To view or edit Configuration Settings (any tab): From the Admin Portal main toolbar, click Settings to open the

Configuration Settings screen. Then click the tab for the settings you want to view or edit.

To view or edit the O365 Groups configuration settings (from any other tab on the Configuration Settings screen):

Click the O365 Groups tab. On this tab, all options are displayed whether or not the Advanced checkbox is marked.

 Conflict Resolution: This setting tells Exchange Pro how to resolve Office 365 migration conflicts (when matching content already exists in the target). We suggest the Skip option if you are unsure.

 Skip: Exchange Pro will just skip the public folder (PF) and do nothing. The source and target will both remain unchanged.

 Overwrite: The source PF contents will overwrite the corresponding target contents.

 Rename Format: Valid options are Append or Prepend.

 Rename Label: The string that Exchange Pro should append or prepend to the original target

PF name.

 Last Modified: The source and target documents are evaluated and then migrated based on which document is more current.

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Settings | Workers Tab

This tab is available only in Advanced mode. The tab appears only if the Advanced checkbox (in the

Settings toolbar) is marked.

To view or edit Configuration Settings (any tab): From the Admin Portal main toolbar, click Settings to open the

Configuration Settings screen. Then click the tab for the settings you want to view or edit.

To view or edit the Workers configuration settings (from any other tab on the Configuration Settings screen): Make sure the Advanced checkbox is marked, and click the Workers tab.

 Use Windows Credential Manager: If checked, Worker (MAPI) credentials are cached in Windows

Credential Manager.

 Sync Job Polling Interval: How often Workers should poll for new sync jobs. Default is every 2 seconds.

 Reporting Job Polling Interval: How often Workers should poll for new reporting jobs. Default is 30 seconds.

 Refresh Interval: How often Workers should refresh their status. Default is every 15 seconds.

 Max Threads: Number of items that are processed concurrently for a public folder job. Default is 4 threads.

 MAPI Cache Recycle: After how many jobs should the MAPI cache be cleared. A larger number will increase performance, but may cause instability if too large. Default is After 20 jobs.

 Status Text Limit: Maximum number of status text displayed in the Worker UI. Default is 5,000 lines.

 Max Sync Jobs: Maximum number of sync jobs that should be assigned to each worker. Default is 5 jobs.

 Max Reporting Jobs: Maximum number of reporting jobs that should be assigned to each worker at a time.

Default is 5 jobs.

 Max Change Detection Jobs: Maximum number of change detection jobs that should be assigned to each worker at a time. Default is 5 jobs.

Remember to click Save Settings (in the toolbar above the tabs) to save any changes you make to these settings.

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Settings | Scripts Tab

This tab is available only in Advanced mode. The tab appears only if the Advanced checkbox (in the Settings toolbar) is marked.

To view or edit Configuration Settings (any tab): From the Admin Portal main toolbar, click Settings to open the

Configuration Settings screen. Then click the tab for the settings you want to view or edit.

To view or edit the Scripts configuration settings (from any other tab on the Configuration Settings screen): Make sure the Advanced checkbox is marked, and click the Scripts tab.

 Enable External Scripts: If checked, external scripts are enabled and the following options are available:

 Scripts Folder: The scripts folder location (e.g. c:\contoso\scripts\ps\ )

 Enable Prepare Move Request Script: If checked, enables external CrossForestPrep (to execute Prepare-

MoveRequest.ps1). The name of the prepare move request script can be configured (e.g., Prepare-

MoveRequest.ps1).

 Enable Prepare Move Request Retry On Failure: If checked, enables retry behavior in cross-forest preparation, instead of failure.

 Schedule Migration Script: Name of the script for scheduled migrations, e.g., Confirm-

ScheduleMigration.ps1.

 Begin Migration Script: Name of the script for started migrations, e.g., Confirm-BeginMigration.ps1.

 End Migration Script: Name of the script for completed migrations, e.g., Confirm-EndMigration.ps1.

 Failed Migration Script: Name of the script for failed migrations, e.g., Confirm-FailedMigration.ps1.

Remember to click Save Settings (in the toolbar above the tabs) to save any changes you make to these settings.

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Settings | Notifications Tab

Exchange Pro helps facilitate sending notification emails to end users, to inform them of the status of their migration as it progresses through different stages. The program can use email notification templates to generate

"form letters" to end users, with variables that Exchange Pro will fill with information such as the recipient's email address, any cc recipients, the message Subject, and so forth. Other template attributes let you control the message format and event triggers and so forth. Notifications can be configured in four languages, English, French,

German and Spanish, and any additional languages in the source Exchange environment. By default, the message sent to an end user is matched to the Culture value present on their mailbox object. If a value cannot be determined, English is used as the default language. Users can change their notification language by changing the preference on the End User Portal page.

The Notification templates are configured in this Notifications tab, and in a dialog box accessible from this tab. On this tab, all options are displayed whether or not the Advanced checkbox is marked.

To view or edit the Notifications configuration settings (from any other tab on the Configuration Settings screen):

Click the Notifications tab.

Select the Notification Time Zone from the drop-down list between the tabs and the table. This is the reporting time zone when date fields such as ScheduledStart are used in the notification message template body.

The table displays a list of available notification templates together with these attributes:

 Enabled: Displays whether the template is enabled or disabled by the administrator. By default, Scheduled notification templates are always enabled.

 Name: A descriptive identifying name to distinguish each template from the others in the list.

 Event Trigger: Displays the status of the template, such as Scheduled or Completed.

 Language: The language of the template. A full list of standard Language/Culture ID mappings is available in this Knowledge Base article .

 Migration Type: The migration type of the template.

 Format: Displays the type of media included in the template that goes out to users, such as Email or SMS.

 To: The recipient of the notification.

 CC: Any "carbon copy" (CC) recipient(s) of the notification.

 Subject: The message Subject of this notification.

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Exchange Pro ships with five standard notification templates (Scheduled, Started, Completed, Error, and Migration

automatically suspended). You can customize these with the Edit Template feature.

For any selected template (selected row in the table), the buttons across the bottom of the table let you Edit

Template or Copy Template(s) or Delete Template(s). You can also Add Template.

The Add Template and Edit Template buttons open Exchange Pro's Notification Template dialog box:

Enter or edit the settings in this dialog box:

 Name: The name of the template, as it will appear in the Notifications table and other Exchange Pro features.

 Enabled (checkbox): Mark or unmark to make this template available (or unavailable) for Exchange Pro to run.

 Language (drop-down list): Specify the language for this template. Options are: English, French, German,

Spanish, and any additional languages collected from the source mailbox properties.

 Send Notifications During: Select an option from the drop-down list to specify the portion of the migration to which this notification applies. Options are: Entire Migration, Initial Migration, and Final

Migration\Cutover.

Migrations scheduled using the Suspend when ready to complete option can have notifications defined for the Entire Migration, the Initial Migration or the Final Migration/Cutover. If a migration is scheduled without the Suspend when ready to complete option, the notifications will apply to the Entire Migration.

 Migration Type: Specify whether this notification is for a Mailbox or Public Folder migration.

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 Message Format: Specify whether this notification should be formatted as Email (sent as HTML messages) or SMS (sent as plain text messages). Switching from Email to SMS will erase any body text that may have already been entered.

 Event Trigger: Select one of the two options to specify when this notification will be sent:

 Status: If you select Status, then also specify (from the drop-down list) the condition that will trigger this notification:

 Scheduled: Notification is sent to the user when the mailbox’s migration schedule is set.

 Started: Notification is sent to the user when the migration begins.

 Completed: Notification is sent to the user when the migration completes.

 Error: Notification is sent to the user when the migration halts or errors.

 Date: Use the controls here to specify a time condition that will trigger sending the emails generated from this template. You can specify a certain number of hours or days before the start or completion of the migration:

 [spinner control]: The number (of hours or days).

 [drop-down list]: Indicate whether the number specifies Days Before or Hours Before.

 [drop-down list]: Indicate whether the trigger is relative to the start (Do Not Start Before) or end (Do Not Complete Before) of the migration.

 To: Specify the message recipient(s), either as an SMTP address, or as the variable {User} or {Administrator}

(including the curly brackets). You can specify multiple values here, separated by commas or semicolons or spaces.

 CC: Specify anyone who should receive a copy of this notification, either as an SMTP address, or as the variable {User} or {Administrator} (including the curly brackets). You can specify multiple values here, separated by commas or semicolons or spaces.

 Subject: Type the Subject of the email.

 Body: The body contents of the email. This will be some combination of template text and one or more variables, as shown in the example below. If the Message Format (above) is set to Email, Exchange Pro provides a rich-text editing bar (also shown in this example) that lets you further customize the appearance of the body text.

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Within the template Body you can use these variables as you compose the text of your message:

Macro (Variable) Description Example

{FullName}

{Title}

{FirstName}

{LastName}

{UserPortalLink}

{SAMAccountName}

{ExpectedDuration}

{ScheduledStart}

{ScheduledEnd}

{DoNotCompleteBefore}

{DoNotStartBefore}

{ActualStart}

{ActualEnd}

{ErrorCount}

{ErrorMessage}

User’s First and Last Name

User’s Title

User’s First Name

User’s Last Name

Link to user portal page

User’s Alias

Expected duration of migration

Scheduled time to start

Scheduled time to end

Do not complete migration before time

Do not start migration before time

Time migration started

Time migration ended

Number of errors during migration

Error message during migration

Scott Pepper

Sergeant

Scott

Pepper scott.pepper

01:04:38.4379257

Tuesday, April 12, 2016 3:30:44 PM (GMT)

Tuesday, April 12, 2016 4:35:48 PM (GMT)

Tuesday, April 12, 2016 3:30:44 PM (GMT)

Tuesday, April 12, 2016 4:35:48 PM (GMT)

Tuesday, April 12, 2016 3:30:44 PM

Tuesday, April 12, 2016 4:35:48 PM

Mailbox is full

If using any of the date variables in the template body, the time zone can be changed using the

Notification Time Zone field on the Notifications tab.

Remember to click the OK button at the bottom of this dialog box to save these notification template settings. And remember to click Save Settings (in the toolbar above the tabs) to save any changes you have made to other settings in the Notifications tab.

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Settings | Licenses Tab

The Licenses tab is where Exchange Pro license keys are registered with the program. On this tab, all options are displayed whether or not the Advanced checkbox is marked.

To view or edit Configuration Settings (any tab): From the Admin Portal main toolbar, click Settings to open the

Configuration Settings screen. Then click the tab for the settings you want to view or edit.

To view or edit the Licenses configuration settings (from any other tab on the Configuration Settings screen): Click the Licenses tab.

You can register a license by either of two methods:

 Use the Browse... button to find and select the license file from some location on your local computer; or

 Copy and paste the license key into the Paste License Key text box, and then click the Add License button.

Remember to click Save Settings (in the toolbar above the tabs) to save any changes you make to these settings.

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5. Mailboxes View

Working in the Mailboxes View

When you launch the Admin Portal for the first time, the Mailboxes view displays as the default view. This view consists of a list of mailboxes from various Exchange sites and servers. You may recall that while installing, you had specified the domain name and when the tool launched, it picked up all the mailboxes from all the Exchange server sites (2003 as well as 2007, 2010, 2013, and 2016) in the specified forest.

This view is considered the most important view as this is where the administrators spend most of their time. From here, they can select mailboxes that can be added to the migration queue. This view also provides the administrator all the information that they need in order to select data for migration.

Before we begin to migrate mailboxes using Exchange Pro, let's get familiar with the interface components and how they are used to view migration data. Please note that even though the Mailboxes view is being used to understand how to work within a view, the primary format of the data view remains the same for all the other buttons/tabs with few exceptions, as you will see as we proceed.

Adding and Removing Columns

User data is stored in various attributes in AD. Some of the attributes are displayed by default, such as Site name,

Source Server, Mailbox Database, and Email address as shown below. Additional attributes can be added to the list as desired.

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To change the displayed attributes (columns), right-click in the list of user mailboxes:

... and then select Choose columns, to open this dialog box:

This dialog box shows a complete list of attributes. You can select attributes that are not currently displayed, or deselect attributes to hide them.

Rearranging Columns

You can also change the order in which the attributes are displayed in the view simply by clicking a column, dragging, and then dropping it where you wish to place it. For example, you can make the First Name column the first column by clicking it, dragging, and then dropping it in the space before the Site Name column or over the column.

Group Membership

You can choose a group by selecting the Group Membership option under Advanced Filter. The list of available groups displays. You may quickly find a group by typing in the first few characters to filter the list. Selecting a group will limit the display to users possessing that membership.

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Sorting Data

By default, the mailboxes are not sorted on any specific column. However, you can sort them by any column that you want.

To sort data by their First Name, simply click the First Name column header. When the data is sorted, an inverted triangle appears above the column name. Please notice that the data is now sorted in ascending order in the Data

Panel:

To reverse the sort order, just click the same column header again:

To sort by the values in some other column, click on the other column header.

To do a hierarchical sort, sort the data on one column, then hold down the Shift key and click the next column by which you want data sorted. To remove sorting from one of the columns, hold down the Shift key and click the triangle.

Filtering Data

The filter icon next to each column header lets you quickly filter any column in view. To select the filter criteria:

1. Click on the filter icon next to the column header. The filter window appears:

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2. Click on the down arrows in each field to select the filter criteria.

3. Click Filter to begin filtering.

4. Click Clear Filter to clear the filter.

Data Panel

The Quick Filters and Quick Search fields display in the Data Panel section when you select the Mailboxes button.

This panel remains the same for all the views, except in some views additional components are available.

Quick Filters options:

 Forest: The forest of the mailboxes you want migrated. This is also used to view user mailboxes residing on

Exchange Online.

 Site: Displays the list of AD sites.

 All Sites: Displays the list of all AD sites.

 Exchange Version: The version of the mailboxes you want migrated.

 All Versions: Displays a list of all versions.

 Advanced Filter (a Forest must be selected before using an Advanced Filter on the Mailbox Jobs view):

 Group Membership: Select a group to limit the display to users possessing that membership. Also provides the functionality to import from a text file to facilitate search for specific users within the environment.

 Accounts: Provides the functionality to import users from a text file to facilitate search for specific users within the environment.

Quick Search options:

 Search: The search engine lets you perform a quick search against any of the mailboxes in the Mailboxes view or from the Mailbox Jobs view. Any columns displayed in the current view are valid search terms. This field will return partial matches of search terms.

 Refresh: Press Refresh to force a full refresh of the data.

 Auto Refresh: If the check box is selected, the data is automatically refreshed.

 Export: This function lets you export data to .csv, .html, .txt, and .xml files from either the Mailboxes view or from the Mailbox Jobs view.

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Importing migrated users from a CSV text file

Exchange Pro lets you import from a text file to facilitate searches for specific users within the environment. This

CSV import feature is also available in the Group Membership feature under Advanced Filter from the Exchange

Pro Admin Portal Mailboxes view.

To import users from a text file:

1. Click Mailboxes in the main toolbar.

2. Click the Accounts button to launch the Filter accounts window:

3. Select the users you want to search on and schedule for migration, and then click the Import button. The

Import account list window displays.

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4. Read the content and click OK. The navigation window displays.

5. Select the user list file and click Open. The Import Account Results window will appear displaying how many users matched. Click OK to close the window. Click Export Results to save a CSV file of the match results.

6. The Filter accounts menu displays again so that you can select additional users.

7. When you have completed the import process, click OK. The following is an example of the input text file format.

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8. In the Mailboxes view, the selection of users has been filtered down to the specific users from the user list file and the manual additions selected in the filter accounts menu.

Exporting data to a CSV file

You can export data to a CSV file from either the Mailboxes view or from the Mailbox Jobs view. To export data to a CSV file:

1. Click either Mailboxes or Mailbox Jobs in the main toolbar.

2. Click the drop-down arrow next to the Export button.

3. If you only want to export certain records to the CSV file, highlight the records you want to export and then choose selected records from the drop-down list.

4. If you want to export all records to a CSV file, choose all records from the drop-down list.

5. Select a location for the file to be saved, and then click the Save button.

Here’s an example of exported data from the Mailboxes view:

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Changing Mailbox Properties

You can change certain properties of mailboxes by using the right-click menu. To change the properties of mailboxes:

1. Click either Mailboxes or Mailbox Jobs in the main toolbar.

2. Select the mailboxes you wish to change.

3. Right-click on the selected mailboxes to open a context menu:

4. Click Properties. A dialog window appears allowing you to change the following properties:

Mailboxes: Migration Group

Blackout Profile

Priority

Mailbox Jobs: Migration Queue

Blackout Profile

Priority

Do Not Start Before

Do Not Complete Before

Bad Item Limit

Large Item Limit

5. Check the properties you want to change, change the values and click OK.

Only an existing Blackout Profile property can be added to a mailbox or mailbox job. The Blackout

Profile must be created first (see

Blackout Times View

for information about this feature). The

Default Blackout Profile is already applicable to all mailboxes and mailbox jobs.

Adding Mailboxes to the Mailbox Jobs

Once you have configured settings, and reviewed the data you need to migrate, you are ready to start the migration process. The first step is to add the mailboxes from the Mailboxes view to the Mailbox Jobs.

If your source mailboxes have delegate associations that you want to preserve after the migration

(by migrating the mailboxes together), see the topic

Migrating Delegation Rights

for information

about how to accomplish that. You may then either migrate the associated mailboxes by the View

Delegation features (as described in that other topic), or return here to view delegation associations from this Mailboxes view and add them to Mailbox Jobs as described below.

Whether or not you will migrate mailboxes in delegation groups, before adding mailboxes to Mailbox Jobs you should run this command to verify the validity of the target:

Get-MailboxDatabase | ft Name,IsExcludedFromProvisioning,IsSuspendedFromProvisioning

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If either returns True, Exchange Pro will be unable to use it as a target. In that case, run this command to enable the target:

Set-MailboxDatabase MDB01 -IsExcludedFromProvisioning $FALSE

When you have verified the target, this procedure will add mailboxes to the Mailbox Jobs:

1. Click on Mailboxes in the main toolbar.

2. Select the mailboxes from a site that you wish to migrate. You may consider using a view filter to limit the scope of the mailboxes in the list—to view mailboxes based on their Mailboxes Database name or the

Source Server name, or you can use the Show Filter tool. o To select multiple mailboxes from non-adjacent regions, click the first item in the range; hold down the Ctrl key as you click other items in the range. o To select multiple mailboxes from adjacent regions, click the first desired item in the range; hold down the Shift key as you click the last item in the range.

3. Right-click on any of the selected mailboxes to view this pop-up context menu:

4. If you want to view any mailboxes that have been designated as delegates for the selected mailboxes, click the Show Delegates option, and then add to the selections any delegate mailboxes you want to migrate in the same migration job. Then right-click on a selected mailbox to view the context menu again.

5. Select the Add selection to queue option.

If these mailboxes are scheduled to migrate at a future time, such as the start of a weekend, mailboxes will be migrated based on priority group when the future time begins. The smallest mailboxes within a priority group are migrated first.

If these mailboxes are scheduled to migrate immediately, the migration will begin as soon as the mailboxes are the highest priority in the migration queue, unless another mailbox is already being migrated (in which case this new migration will begin when the in-progress migration completes).

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The Add mailboxes to migration queue dialog box displays:

The options in the Add mailboxes to migration queue dialog box:

 Bad item limit: You can assign a limit to the number of bad items that are acceptable for the migration to keep running. A bad item is one that cannot be successfully migrated. The default number is zero and means no bad items will be skipped. The valid input range is from 0 through

2147483647. If a value above 50 is entered for the Bad Item Limit, Exchange Pro will automatically pass a True value for the AcceptLargeDataLoss parameter for the New-MoveRequest.

 Ignore Rule Limit Errors (applies only when using Exchange 2003 as a destination): Exchange 2003 has a lower limit on the maximum size of mailbox rules. Check this box to ignore errors caused by moving data from an Exchange 2010 database to Exchange 2003.

 Large item limit (only displays when migrating to Office 365 or Exchange 2013 or 2016 on-premises):

You can assign a limit to the number of large items that are acceptable for the migration to keep running. We recommend setting this limit to allow mail items larger than 25 MB to be migrated. If a value above 50 is entered for the Large Item Limit, Exchange Pro will automatically pass a True value for the AcceptLargeDataLoss parameter for the New-MoveRequest.

 Priority: The priority of the migration. The lower the number, the higher the priority. The Priority setting is secondary to the Do not start before and Do not complete before values. Valid values are

1-100, with 10 as the default.

 Do not start before: You can select date and time by clicking on the calendar icon. Setting this value instructs the migration engine to NOT submit mailboxes to the destination Exchange server until after the specified date and time. Use this to manage when a group of users will be migrated.

 Do not complete before: Setting this value instructs the migration engine to NOT complete the migration (cutover) before the specified date and time.

 Suspend when ready to complete: Check this box to suspend the item when ready to complete

(although this feature is not supported for Exchange 2003). This allows administrators to migrate mailboxes 95% of the way, and then complete the final cutover at a later time which can be set by

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the Do not complete before option or manually triggered by the administrator. This allows you to pre-stage the mailboxes, and then cut them over all at the same time. Note that if you override a blackout and scheduled mailbox migration with the Migrate Now option, the migration will complete without suspending the item.

 Apply blackout profile: Dropdown list lets you select a Blackout profile to apply to this migration job. The list of available profiles is drawn from the CMTEUP_Blackout table, and also offers a None option (the default). The selection here will supersede any existing blackout values set on the mailboxes subject to the migration action.

A Blackout Profile must be created before it can be applied (see the

Blackout Times

View

section below for information about this feature). The Default Blackout Profile

is already applicable to all mailboxes and mailbox jobs.

 Target Delivery Domain: Displays the name of the domain to which the mailboxes are being migrated. This option is enabled only in cross-forest (inter-org) migrations.

 Auto License (appears only for Office 365 Exchange Online): Set this feature to optionally activate a mailbox for an end user. Mailbox migration will fail if the user is not activated. You can also apply an existing SharePoint and Lync/Skype for Business license by reviewing the Office 365 License section on the Exchange Pro Settings tab. Click on your license for options.

 Override usage Location (appears only for Office 365 Exchange Online): Check this box and enter a different location to override the default usage location set in the Tenant Forest General Settings.

 Auto select databases for: Check the boxes to automatically rotate among Exchange 2010, Exchange

2013, and Exchange 2016 databases. (If you want to exclude a specific database, use this PowerShell command: Set-MailboxDatabase <NAME> - IsExcludedFromProvisioning $TRUE)

 Select target database(s): Displays a list of destination sites, servers, databases, and Exchange servers. (Databases that are excluded from provisioning are grayed out and cannot be selected.)

 Show Delegates (button): This button lets you open the Delegate Mailboxes window for the selected mailboxes.

When the settings in this Add mailboxes... dialog box appear as you want them, click Add to Migration Queue.

Within a few seconds, the selected mailboxes disappear from the Mailboxes view as they are moved into the

Mailbox Jobs view. If a large number of databases then display in the selection window, you can reduce the size by clicking on the appropriate filter icon.

Exchange Pro utilizes the New-MoveRequest PowerShell command to migrate mailboxes. The Microsoft Exchange

Mailbox GUID value is used as the identity parameter.

A CSV file of mailbox migration jobs can be imported from the command line. See Appendix F for more

information.

Permissions that are inherited (set at the Exchange Org\Server level) are not read from the source or migrated to the target mailbox.

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6. Mailbox Jobs View

To view the mailbox jobs, click the Mailbox Jobs button in the Main Toolbar.

1. In this view, the migration queue of the initial home forest displays. Regardless of the direction of migration, an Exchange Client Access Server in the home forest (where Exchange Pro is installed) is responsible for processing the mailbox migration.

2. Select your site of choice (All Sites is the default) from the drop-down menu, and the migration queue from the destination server site displays:

Active migrations can be suspended when 95% complete by selecting Suspend when ready to complete option on the right-click menu. This option is not available for active migrations to Exchange 2013,

Exchange 2016, or Microsoft Online (Office 365).

The menu options related to the mailboxes in the migration queue:

 Cancel: Removes the selected item(s) from the Active queue and places them into the History queue. The

MCP Service cancels the job and the mailbox is returned to the Mailboxes list.

 Resubmit: Resubmits the item(s) that previously failed with an error with the originally selected migration options. This option appears only if a selected item failed with an error.

 Suspend: Suspends the selected items(s). In Progress item(s) can be suspended.

 Migrate now: Resumes previously suspended item(s)

 Suspend when ready to complete: Automatically suspends when 95% complete. This option is not available for in-progress migrations to Exchange 2013, Exchange 2016, or Microsoft Online (Office 365).

See Appendix J for information about how mailbox permissions are migrated.

Adding Mailboxes to the Mailbox Jobs

To check the validity of a mailbox database as a target, you can run this PowerShell cmdlet:

 Get-MailboxDatabase | ft Name,IsExcludedFromProvisioning,IsSuspendedFromProvisioning

If any return with a value of True, Exchange Pro won’t use it as a target.

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You can modify this with the PowerShell cmdlet:

 Set-MailboxDatabase MDB01 -IsExcludedFromProvisioning $FALSE

… replacing MDBO1 with the name of your database.

Mailbox Jobs History

The default view is set to Active; however, when you select the History tab on the Mailbox Jobs view, the data table displays different information as well as migrations that have already completed and are not Submitted,

Scheduled, In Progress or Suspended.

Migration Status

As the migration proceeds, the status changes in the Status column from Scheduled to Submitted to Queued to

Started to In Progress to Completed. If the migration job encounters an error, the status changes to Error or

Suspended.

You can refer to the logs to understand the error and resolve it. A brief error message is displayed in the Error column.

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Migration Status designations are:

 Scheduled: A migration time has been scheduled, but the job has not yet started.

 Submitted: When the migration request flows from the Exchange Pro queue to the Exchange server.

 Queued: When the user mailbox is added to the migration queue.

 Started: When the user mailbox migration is waiting to be processed by Exchange.

 In Progress: When the user mailbox migration is in progress.

 AutoSuspended: When the user mailbox migration is suspended automatically at 95% because the Suspend when Ready to Complete option was selected.

 AutoSuspend: When the user mailbox migration is in the process of auto-suspending.

 BlackoutSuspended: When the user mailbox migration is suspended due to blackout period.

 Suspended: When the user mailbox migration is suspended.

 Suspending: When the user mailbox migration is in the process of suspending.

 Resuming: A previously suspended mailbox migration has been resumed. Mailboxes automatically suspended and resumed or suspended due to a blackout period and automatically resumed after the blackout period are migrated before new mailbox migrations.

 Completed: When the user mailbox migration is complete.

 Error: When the user mailbox migration halts or errors.

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7. Blackout Times View

Blackout profiles can be created to include blackout periods during which no mailboxes assigned to the selected blackout profile will be migrated, even though scheduled. Typically, blackout periods are set to correspond to the users’ working hours.

If the mailboxes reside on Exchange 2003, and you migrate them during working hours, user mailboxes will be taken offline for the migration to take place.

If the mailboxes reside on Exchange 2007, and you migrate them during working hours, it may severely affect the performance of the production server and the network.

Setting up these blackout profiles gives the administrator the flexibility to keep scheduling migrations without disrupting users’ workflow and affecting the production server performance.

For more information about how blackout times are applied to forests, see the field notes for the Apply mailbox

blackouts setting, in the forest-configuration General tabs (for source, target and tenant forests).

Applying Blackout Times to the Forest

To set blackout times with blackout profiles:

1. Click Blackout Times in the main toolbar.

2. Select a blackout profile from the Profile drop-down list. All user mailboxes are initially set to the default blackout profile. If needed, click Add Profile to create additional blackout profiles.

3. Select a time zone from the Profile Time Zone drop-down list. This setting helps you set blackout periods based on your local time. (All blackout time periods are stored in UTC.)

4. Select the calendar format. Click the Day, Week, or Month button to view a daily, weekly, or monthly calendar, respectively. If you click the Month button, the format will vary as it is displayed in a month format as shown below.

You can also navigate to different dates, months, or years using the time navigation tool located in the right corner of the UI. The behavior of the tool changes to reflect your current format.

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The calendar icon in the middle of the navigator lets you view a calendar where you can select a different date or even a month.

To start adding a blackout period, double-click a time or a day in the calendar depending on whether you are viewing a daily, weekly, or monthly calendar. If you are in the Timeline format, double-click in the cell just below the date.

The Appointment dialog box appears. Setting a blackout period is like setting up a meeting appointment in

Outlook. It is a detailed Appointment setting tool making it a full-fledged free/busy scheduler. You can also categorize, color code, and assign priorities as well.

In the Appointment dialog box, specify what you would like to call these blackout periods, and provide a description in the Description field.

Specify a Start time and End time, or you can select the All day event checkbox if blackout is to be exercised the entire day.

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If you wish to repeat this setting for other days, click the Edit recurrence tab to open the Appointment Recurrence dialog box:

And specify the recurrence pattern:

 Specify whether the specified blackout period will recur daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly.

 For a Weekly recurrence, then also specify the frequency at which it will occur, and the day(s) of the week.

For example, the blackout period will occur every week or every two weeks, on Tuesdays.

 Specify a Start date for the blackout recurrence periods.

 Specify an end date for the blackout recurrence periods.

Click OK to save your recurrence pattern, and the Appointment dialog box reappears. Click Save & Close to save all the settings:

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The blackout periods are set in the calendar as shown below.

The default blackout profile is initially applied to all user mailboxes. To set user mailboxes to a different blackout profile, select one or more mailboxes in the Mailboxes or Mailbox Jobs view and edit the Properties in the rightclick menu.

Manually suspended migrations ignore blackout periods if they are manually resumed, and will begin migrating immediately.

Overriding Blackouts or Scheduled Migrations

Exchange Pro provides the functionality to override blackouts which are in place, or migrations that have been scheduled for a future time. Once you have scheduled a blackout, or have scheduled users for a migration, the following type of information displays in the Mailbox Jobs view of the Admin Portal:

To override blackouts or future scheduled migrations: Select the user, then right-click and select Migrate now:

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8. Migration Summary View

Use the Summary view when you want to find out the status of all migrations from all the sites:

You can sort and group these items based on the available attributes to create a view that will give you a clear picture of migration status on all the migration sites.

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9. Migration Schedule View

The Schedule view is read-only and displays mailboxes in all statuses throughout a migration.

By default, it displays the user mailboxes from the migration site that is currently selected in the Site box. To review the schedule of user mailboxes from another migration site, you must select it in the Site box. Exchange Pro uses the Destination site whenever it displays data.

If you hover over a user, it will display information, such as the status, data migrated in bytes, number of items migrated from a mailbox, time the migration started, and time when it ended.

Select the View Blackouts in schedule check box to display the appropriate blackout schedules listed in the

Schedule view. Deselect this check box to remove the blackouts from the view.

If you change to the Week view, you can see the same information.

Based on the information you specified when adding mailboxes to the migration queue and the information from previously scheduled mailboxes, this view even anticipates when a user mailbox might be migrated.

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10. Migration Metrics View

This view lets you depict the amount of data that has been migrated and number of mailboxes that have been migrated during a specific time graphically.

1. In the Report field, click the down-arrow select a report. Four reports are available:

 Migration Totals

 Data Throughput

 Status Summary

 Mailbox Locations

2. Select a Forest. All forests are selected by default.

3. Select a Site. All sites are selected by default.

4. Select or enter a time range for the report in the Range date selector fields.

5. Once the graph is displayed, you can do the following:

 Pause on (hover mouse over) a bar (or circle graph sector) to view statistics.

 Use the zoom icons on bar graphs to increase or decrease the size of the graph.

 Use the horizontal scroll bar and scroll arrows at the base of bar graphs to view the sections of the graph not visible on the screen.

 Export the graph to a PNG, BMP, Xlsx, or Xps format file and use it in your report. After you have selected the format, it opens a Save As dialog box for you specify the location for saving the exported graph.

Data Throughput

In the Report field, select the Data Throughput option. Data Throughput is selected by default.

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Migration Totals

In the Report field, select the Migration Totals option:

Mailbox Locations

In the Report field, select the Mailbox Locations option:

Status Summary

In the Report field, select the Status Summary option:

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11. Migrating Delegation Rights

Delegation rights can be migrated intact only if the delegate mailbox is migrated at the same time (in the same migration queue) as the mailbox to which the delegate has been given access. If delegation-linked mailboxes aren't migrated together, delegation fails in the target since the associated delegate mailbox does not yet exist. Exchange

Pro identifies delegate relationships in the source as part of its forest-discovery process, so you can view delegate associations and choose to migrate delegates together with the mailbox(es) to which they have delegate access.

Exchange Pro lets you view delegation associations in its Mailboxes view in the Admin Portal, so you can add associated mailboxes to the same migration job. An Admin Portal toolbar button, View Delegation, lets you review only mailboxes with delegates, and select which mailboxes to add to a migration queue, to be migrated together.

Additionally, when adding selected mailboxes to the migration queue, there is a button Show Delegates that allows additional delegate mailboxes to be added to the migration queue. These features are described below.

Forest-Wide Discovery vs. Filtered Group Discovery

The complex interrelationships of delegate rights, crisscrossing from and to multiple users across multiple levels of delegation, is a very large data set for Exchange Pro’s forest discovery process to capture—in addition to all the other mailbox data that Exchange Pro must collect for its other features and functions. The discovery process can run an hour or more in small and mid-sized organizations, or can run several hours, even a day or longer, in larger enterprises with thousands or tens of thousands of users.

Exchange Pro therefore offers a list-filtering feature that lets you define (customize) and view subsets of a forest, to limit the scope of the view. But more than that, Exchange Pro's filtering feature lets you refresh delegate data for mailboxes in these filtered subset groups by a separate discovery process whose scope is limited to only the mailboxes in the filtered groups, which is much faster than running another discovery process for the entire forest.

This feature lets larger organizations view (and act on) the most up-to-date delegation information in a filtered list very quickly.

This filtering feature is described below, under Viewing and Migrating Delegate-Related Mailboxes from the View

Delegation view. The refresh interval, and the number of delegation levels Exchange Pro will trace, are

configurable in the Activities tab in Settings (see the notes for that tab in the Settings topic).

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Viewing and Migrating Delegate-Related Mailboxes from the Mailboxes View

When adding a mailbox to a selection queue by right-clicking it from the Mailboxes view, the Add mailboxes to

migration queue dialog box contains a Show Delegates button that lets you add delegate-related mailboxes to the same migration queue.

To view delegates for a particular mailbox, from the Mailboxes view: Click the Mailboxes button in the Admin

Portal toolbar, then right-click on a mailbox and select Show Delegates:

This opens a Delegate Mailboxes window, where the selected mailboxes appear in a new list:

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You can also select multiple mailboxes (Ctrl+click) in the Mailboxes view, and then Show Delegates:

In this Delegate Mailboxes window you can click [+] on any row (or more than one) to expand the list to show that mailbox’s delegates. Then select/deselect any mailbox, or Select All, or select more than one(Ctrl+click), and then

Add selection to queue:

From the Add mailboxes to migration queue dialog box, the procedure is the same as for adding mailboxes to

Mailbox Jobs. See Adding Mailboxes to the Mailbox Jobs in the

Mailboxes

topic for information about this process.

Viewing and Migrating Delegate-Related Mailboxes from the View Delegation

View

Exchange Pro lets you view delegation associations in its Mailboxes view in the Admin Portal, as described above, so you can add delegate-related mailboxes to the same migration job. Another Admin Portal toolbar button, View

Delegation, lets you review only mailboxes with delegates, so you can select which mailboxes to add to a migration queue, to be migrated together.

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The View Delegation view shows every mailbox in the selected forest that has at least one delegate:

You can add these mailboxes to a migration job the same as you migrate mailboxes from the Mailboxes view:

Select the mailbox(es) you want to migrate, then right-click for the context menu, and click Add selection to

queue. If necessary, see Adding Mailboxes to the Mailbox Jobs in the

Mailboxes

topic for information about this

process.

From this View Delegation view, you can filter the table by the Filters drop-down list:

All Mailboxes is the default scope, showing every mailbox in the entire forest that has one or more delegates. But this filtering feature lets you define and view subsets of a forest, to limit the scope of the view. These filters also let you refresh delegate data for mailboxes in these filtered subset groups separately, which is much faster than running another discovery process for the entire forest.

When you apply a filter to this View Delegation view, the list shows only the mailboxes that are members of the selected filter group. Previously defined filters can be selected from the Filters drop-down list, and can be edited

(by clicking the pencil icon) or deleted (click the [X]).

Remember that the delegation data refresh interval, and the number of delegation levels Exchange Pro will trace,

are configurable in the Activities tab in Settings (see the notes for that tab in the Settings topic).

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To Define a New Filter

In the Filters drop-down, click the Add Filter button to open a dialog box to define the new filter:

Specify the Filter Type: Custom LDAP Filter, AD Group or Exchange Pro Group (an Exchange Pro migration group).

Then select the query for the group you want from the drop-down list, as shown in the figure above. The new filter will limit the displayed list to contain only mailboxes that satisfy the selected query string.

Finally, click the Add button to add the new Filter to the Filters drop-down list.

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12. Public Folders View

Note that migrating public folders to Exchange Online requires the use of a built-in wizard. Refer to the topic

Migrating Public Folders to Exchange Online (in the

Public Folder Jobs View

section) for more information.

Public folder migration to Exchange 2013 requires Exchange 2013 CU5+.

Exchange Pro supports only uni-directional (source to target) synchronization if the Source Public Folder server is Exchange 2003 or 2007. To synchronize public folder bi-directionally in this scenario, a replica resident on Exchange 2010 must be selected as the Source.

Exchange Pro may encounter issues when migrating public folders to Exchange 2013 using bi-directional synchronization if an Outlook Profile is not used. This problem can be resolved by configuring an Outlook

Profile for the public folder migration to Exchange 2013.

The Global Catalog Server value should not be changed in the Forest Setting during public folder migration to ensure Email Address changes will be detected by Exchange Pro

Adding Public Folders to the Public Folder Jobs

The Public Folders view lists public folders from all sites in the specified domain. In addition, it lets you search and select public folders to add to the Public Folder Jobs.

To add public folders to the Public Folder Jobs:

 Click Public Folders in the main toolbar. The screen displays Source Folders on the left side and Target

Folders on the right. All items in the Source and Target Folders in this view are periodically refreshed automatically. However, you can manually refresh all items in the Source or Target Folders at any time by clicking Refresh under the Actions menu. Individual items are updated after migrations and can be updated at any time by right-clicking on an item and clicking Refresh.

Exchange 2013 and 2016 public folder hierarchies can be split across multiple servers and mailboxes so the public folders listed under Server and Mailbox are not displayed. For Exchange 2013 and 2016 public folders the Server and Mailbox information is displayed in the “hover over” tool tip.

Exchange Pro will synchronize Send-As and Receive-As public folder permissions for non-mailenabled groups. Note, however that Receive-As is not supported by Exchange Online (Office

365). Also, other public folder permissions (e.g. Owner, FolderVisible, and so on) are only supported by Exchange for mail-enabled groups.

Anonymous and default permissions are migrated if enabled in the Public Folders settings.

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Source and Target folders can be searched for by using the search box above the folder lists. Also, a folder list can be collapsed or refreshed by selecting an option from the Actions drop-down menu above the folder lists.

Click on the forest, server, and/or folders you want to send to the migration queue and drag them to the Target

Folders pane.

The program then opens this Add folders to migration queue screen. The Binary Tree Knowledge Base article link appears if migrating Schedule+ Free/Busy. Click the link to learn more about supporting Schedule+ Free/Busy

coexistence between Exchange 2003 and Exchange 2010/2013. (This information is also available in Appendix E .)

Indicate the settings you want to apply to the job by selecting the options on the screen:

 Source: The path to the location from which the folders are being migrated.

 Target: The path to the location to which the folders are being migrated.

 CAS Server: If the destination server does not include the "Client Access Server"(CAS) role, you must select a CAS that can access the target server. You can select a valid CAS server using the drop down list or type in the logical name of your CAS array. The specified CAS should be in the same Active Directory site as the target public folder server.

 PF Mailbox (appears for Exchange 2013 and higher targets): The public folder Mailbox to migrate to in the target. The drop-down list includes all public folder mailboxes available in the target. The default is Auto

select, which will be the smallest target PF mailbox.

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If PF Mailbox is set to Auto select, and two or more PF mailboxes meet the criteria, Exchange

Pro selects the PF mailbox with the largest percentage of quota remaining.

If no PF mailbox meets the criteria, Exchange Pro notifies you in a dialog box and lets you choose between continuing with the selected target PF mailbox (only if the job would fit within the quota), or creating a new PF mailbox:

 Scheduled Start: Select date and time by clicking on the calendar icon. Setting this value instructs the migration engine to NOT submit folders to the Target until after the set time condition is met. Use this to manage when a group of folders are being migrated.

 Sync Interval: Enter the interval at which you want Exchange Pro to copy new or changed folders to the target folders. Valid values are any time interval from 0 seconds to 24 hours. Syncs will not continue if a migration error is encountered during a sync.

 Folder options: Select one of the following options: All sub folders, No sub folders, or Custom.

Then select the folders you want to copy to the migration queue, and click the Add to Migration Queue button to add the selected folders to the Public Folder Jobs.

When you click Add to Migration Queue, Exchange Pro verifies the aggregate size of all public folders to be migrated from the source. The program also verifies that a public folder exists in the target that can accommodate the source folder(s) without exceeding 90% of the available quota configured for the PF mailbox.

If PF Mailbox is set to Auto select, and two or more PF mailboxes meet the criteria, Exchange Pro selects the PF mailbox with the largest percentage of quota remaining.

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How Rename Conflict Resolution Works

The following public folder migration rules apply when using the Rename Conflict Resolution option. These rules assume that before the initial migration (sync), there is an existing public folder on the Target with the same name as a Source public folder.

During an initial one-way sync:

 If there are document(s) on the Source and Target with the same name, the source document will be synced to the Target and renamed with the Rename Mask.

 When the one-way sync is completed, the Target will contain both the renamed source document and the original target document.

During continual one-way syncs after the initial sync:

 If a source document, that has a corresponding renamed document on the Target, is modified on the

Source, the corresponding renamed document on the Target will be updated (overwritten).

 The renamed document on the Target is never evaluated again in a one-way sync. Any changes made to the target document will be overwritten if the original source document is modified.

During an initial bi-directional sync:

 If there are document(s) on the Source and Target with the same name, the source document will be synced to the Target and renamed with the Rename Mask and the target document will be synced to the

Source and renamed with the Rename Mask.

 When the bi-directional sync is completed, the Target will contain both the renamed source documents and original target documents, and the Source will contain both the renamed target documents and the original source documents.

During continual bi-directional syncs after the initial sync:

 After the initial bi-directional sync, the source and (renamed) target document can be considered a 'pair'.

Changes to either document will be resolved using 'last modified' conflict resolution.

New public folder jobs are always completed before re-synchronization jobs are started.

If the Domain Name and SMTP Namespace Are Different

Exchange Pro copies Free Busy messages from the source to the target, and renames the subject header so that it matches the Legacy Exchange DN of the target object. In environments where the domain name and the SMTP name space are different, Exchange must be directed to browse the Schedule+ Free Busy folder to discover this information. To do this:

 Open the Exchange Management Shell on Exchange and execute the following command where

“ForestName” is set to the *PrimarySMTP* namespace of the contact objects residing in the target.

Add-AvailabilityAddressSpace –ForestName contoso.com –AccessMethod PublicFolder

As Exchange 2013 no longer supports Schedule+ Free/Busy, the functionality included in Exchange Pro is not sufficient to provide cross-forest Free/Busy lookups during your migration. To achieve this, you will have to

manually configure “Availability Service Sharing” within your environments. Please see Appendix E for some basic

guidance, or contact your Binary Tree sales representative about engaging with our consulting services group.

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How Public Folder Mail-Enablement Works

BTMailEnableService is a separate service that executes the sequence of calls necessary to mail-enable public folders. In complex Exchange environments, it can take a significant amount of time for information about a new public folder to propagate and for Exchange’s addressing policies to create the initial proxy address structure. The public folder engine offloads this process to the BTMailEnableService and continues with data migration.

BTMailEnableService is started the first time a Mail-Enabled public folder is migrated and writes output to the application log.

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13. Public Folder Jobs View

The Public Folder Jobs view lets you manage the sequence of migration requests for the selected migration destination.

Exchange Pro logs an error message if a source folder is moved to a new location and the associated target folder already exists. For example, if \folderB is moved to \folderA\folderB in the target, and a different \folderA\folderB already exists:

Failed to move folder '\folderB' to '\folderA\folderB' on server 'MyTargetServer1'

System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80040604): Error in

IMAPIFolder.CopyFolder(FOLDER_MOVE): MAPI_E_COLLISION

1. Click Public Folder Jobs in the main toolbar. The screen displays a list of folders ready for migration:

2. This view provides a number of details about the public folders being migrated.

3. If you want to move one of the public folder migration jobs to the top/bottom of the migration queue, right-click on the selected public folder migration job, then click the Move to top of queue or Move to

bottom of queue option, as desired.

4. If you want to move one of the public folder migration jobs by one, click Move up one or Move down one, as needed.

The above options have no effect on Active or In-Progress migration jobs.

The Sync Interval, Bi-Directional, and Conflict Resolution settings for a job can be changed in the table:

You can also choose to Cancel selected jobs, Export information about selected jobs to a CSV file and change the columns in the view.

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Public Folder Jobs History

The default view is set to Active; however, when you select the History tab on the Public Folder Jobs screen, the view displays different information as well as migrations that have already completed and are not Submitted,

Scheduled or In Progress.

Public Folder Migration for Non-Trusted Environments

Exchange Pro supports Outlook 2013 for public folder migration only to public folders, not to Office 365

Groups. Also, note that Outlook 2013 32-bit can connect only to Exchange 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016 and

Office 365, not to Exchange 2003.

To install and configure Outlook 2010 or 2013 32-bit:

1. Install Microsoft Outlook (32-bit) and then run “Microsoft Updates” to install applicable updates and patches.

2. Use the Control Panel/Mail (32-bit) applet to configure a profile for the untrusted domain.

3. Select the Manually configure server settings or additional server types option and click Next.

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4. Select the Microsoft Exchange or compatible service option and click Next:

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5. Enter the server name for your account, uncheck Use Cached Exchange Mode and click Next:

6. Select the profile for the target public folder account and click OK:

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7. Launch Outlook using the account profile:

8. Enter the account login information and select the Remember my credentials checkbox:

9. In Exchange Pro Settings, select one of the Outlook profiles that were set up for connectivity and credentials when migrating public folders in a non-trusted environment.

Migrating Public Folders to Exchange Online

Exchange Pro can migrate public folders to Exchange Online using either PowerShell or MAPI. The PowerShell option or MAPI option is selected from the Public Folders Migration Mode drop-down list on the General tab of the Office 365 Forest Configuration Settings screen.

When using PowerShell, in order to migrate Exchange 2003 public folders to Microsoft Online (Office

365), you must first replicate the Exchange 2003 public folders to either Exchange 2007 or 2010. Then, the 2003 replicas must be removed and the 2003 public folder database dismounted. Finally, the public folders can be migrated from Exchange 2007 or 2010 to Office 365. Note that migration of public folders hosted on Exchange 2013 using the New-PublicFolderMigrationRequest PowerShell command to Office

365 is not supported. The MAPI migration engine does not have this limitation.

To Migrate Public Folders to Exchange Online Using PowerShell

1. Click Public Folders in the main toolbar. The screen displays Source Folders on the left side and Target

Folders on the right.

2. Click on the folders you want to send to the migration queue and drag them to the Target Folders pane.

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3. The Migrate Public Folders wizard appears. Follow the instructions on the first screen to ensure that routing to the Exchange Online domain is configured correctly. When finished, click Next.

4. The On-Premise Folders screen appears. Select the folders to migrate and then click Next.

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5. The Size Limits screen appears. Enter a Large Item Limit and Bad Item Limit. You may enter 0 to allow an unlimited number of large or bad items. Click Next.

6. [Conditional Step.] If a backslash character occurs in the filename of any folder to be migrated, this Rename

Public Folders screen appears so that the folder(s) can be renamed. Enter a character that Exchange Pro should use to replace the backslash character when renaming the folder(s), and click Next.

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7. The Clear Exchange Online screen appears. Review the changes and select the I understand checkbox to confirm that you understand the changes to the Exchange Online environment cannot be undone. Click

Next.

8. The Public Folder Mailboxes screen appears. Specify the Starting Mailbox Size for the public folder

Mailboxes and click Next.

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9. The Start Migration screen appears. Click Finish to begin migration.

10. The Starting Migration screen appears. The successful processes are marked with a green checkmark when complete. When complete, Click Next.

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The migration will automatically be suspended at 95%. Once suspended, the migration can do the final cutover by resuming the migration.

When there is a PowerShell failure and less than 10% of the known public folders for a public folder server are returned, Exchange Pro will not mark them all as deleted. A message stating the number of returned folders will appear in the log.

To Migrate Public Folders to Exchange Online Using MAPI

Click Public Folders in the main toolbar. The screen displays Source Folders on the left side and Target Folders on the right.

Click on the folders you want to send to the migration queue and drag them to the Target Folders pane. Unlike

PowerShell, using MAPI allows for public folders to be migrated one at a time.

When using MAPI, public folders can only be migrated to a public folder Mailbox existing on the target

Office 365 forest. The MAPI migration mode does not have the ability to create public folder Mailboxes on the target, so the PowerShell migration mode should be used in these scenarios.

Indicate the settings you want to apply to the job by selecting the options on the screen:

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The settings on this screen:

 Source: The name of the public folder that is being migrated.

 Target: The destination path of the Office 365 public folder mailbox.

 CAS Server: Since the destination is an Office 365 tenant, the CAS Server entry should be pointed to the

Office 365 remote PowerShell host.

 PF Mailbox: The public folder mailbox to migrate to in the target. The drop-down list includes all public folder mailboxes available in the target. The default is Auto select, which will be the smallest target PF mailbox.

 Scheduled Start: Specify the date and time you want the job to start.

 Sync Interval: Select or enter the interval in minutes at which you want Exchange Pro to copy new or changed folders to the target mailbox. Valid values are any value in the range from 0 to 24 hours. Syncs will not continue if a migration error is encountered during a sync. Note also that, while this Sync Interval sets up sync jobs, a sync job will not start to copy new items unless Change Detection is running.

 Folder options: All sub folders, or No sub folders, or Custom. Note that if Custom is selected, only folders that are selected in the UI will be migrated.

Then click Add to Migration Queue to add the selected folders to the Public Folder Jobs.

The folder will appear in the Target Folders pane.

To Rollback Exchange Online Folders

1. Click Public Folders in the main toolbar. The screen displays Source Folders on the left side and Target

Folders on the right.

2. Click on the folders you want to rollback and drag them to the Source Folders pane.

3. The Rollback Public Folders wizard appears. Follow the instructions on the first screen to ensure that you do not lose any email and content received after migration. When finished, click Next.

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4. The Clear Exchange Online screen appears. Review the changes and select the check box to confirm that you understand the changes to the Exchange Online environment cannot be undone. Click Next.

5. The Start Rollback screen appears. Click Finish to begin the rollback, and the Rollback Complete! screen appears when the rollback finishes. Click Close to close the window.

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Migrating Public Folders to Office 365 Groups

Exchange Pro can migrate public folders to Office 365 Groups using the MAPI protocol, but not by PowerShell. The

MAPI option is selected from the Public Folders Migration Mode drop-down list on the General tab of the Office

365 Forest Configuration Settings screen.

 Migration of public folders to Office 365 Groups requires the Exchange Pro Worker be configured with the Provisioning role.

 Only Mail, Appointments, Posts and Documents (IPM.Document types) can be migrated to an

Office 365 Group. An IPM.Document that is directly stored in a public folder is migrated to an

Office 365 Group as a new conversation (IPM.Note).

You must use a cloud mailbox originally created in Office 365 (not a federated account or an account that was migrated) as your MAPI account. Exchange Pro will be unable to open the Office 365 Group mailbox if a cloud mailbox is not used. The account must also be a Global Office 365 administrator. This account can be configured in the Exchange (MAPI) section of the General tab of Exchange Pro’s Office 365 Forest

Configuration Settings screen.

To migrate public folders to Office 365 Groups using MAPI:

1. Click Public Folders in the main toolbar. The screen displays Source Folders on the left side and Target

Folders on the right.

2. On the right (target) side, select the Target Folders drop-down and select Target Groups:

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3. On the left (Source) side, click on the public folders you want to send to the migration queue, and (one at a time) drag them to the Target Folders pane. This approach lets you migrate source public folders one at a time to different Office 365 Groups.

You can choose to copy a top-level public folder and all subfolders to a single Office 365 Group. This means (for example) that if you have multiple calendars configured as subfolders, all items contained in the different calendars will be consolidated into the single calendar contained within the target Office 365 Group.

With MAPI, public folders can be migrated only to an existing Office 365 Group in the target Office 365 forest. The MAPI migration mode cannot create Office 365 Groups in the target.

4. Indicate the settings you want to apply to the job by specifying your choices on this screen:

 Source: The name of the public folder that is being migrated.

 Target: The name of the Office 365 Group that represents the desired migration endpoint.

 CAS Server: Since the destination is an Office 365 tenant, the CAS Server entry should be pointed to the Office 365 remote PowerShell host.

 Scheduled Start: Specify the date and time you want the job to start.

 Sync Interval: Select or enter the interval in minutes at which you want the program to copy new or changed folders to the target Groups. The valid range is 0 to 24 hours. Syncs will not continue if a migration error is encountered during a sync. Note also that, while this Sync Interval sets up sync jobs, a sync job will not start to copy new items unless Change Detection is running.

 Folder options: All sub folders, or No sub folders, or Custom. Note that if Custom is selected, only folders that are selected in the UI will be migrated.

5. Click the Add to Migration Queue button to add the selected folders to the Public Folder Jobs.

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14. Content Analysis View

Content Analysis lets you collect information about the public folder environment and utilize SQL to analyze and

remediate before migration. Review Appendix H for more information about content analysis.

At least one Worker must be assigned the Reporting role for this purpose.

To collect information for a forest, click Content Analysis in the main toolbar. Then select a Forest and click Submit

(button at the bottom of the Data Table):

To change the information collected, select a Forest and click the Properties button. Then you can edit the properties on the Report Run Settings screen:

The options on this screen:

 Forest Name: The name of the forest for which you want to collect data.

 Permissions: Tells Exchange Pro to collect public folder permissions.

 Items: Tells Exchange Pro to collect information about items stored in public folders.

 Attachments: Tells Exchange Pro to collect information about public folder item attachments. In order to collect attachment information, you must collect information about public folder items.

 Number of retries: How many times Exchange Pro should attempt to collect information about a public folder if it initially fails. The default is 1 time.

Once Submit is clicked, Exchange Pro assigns reporting jobs to any worker with the Reporting role. You can assign a worker to the Reporting role from the Workers tab.

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15. The User Portal

The User Portal can be accessed in two different ways. The first is by the Administrator selecting the Mailbox Jobs button, and then clicking on the job status for that user's mailbox. The second way is through the notification emails sent to the user. This is how users will always access the User Portal.

The purpose of this portal is to allow end users to participate in a migration project. Prior to migration, the user can set an external email address to receive notifications, an SMS mobile number, blackout dates, and notification options.

During migration, the User Portal indicates the migration status and the anticipated completion time to the user.

After migration, it also indicates the results of the migration. From the Admin Portal, you can access the User

Portal for the user by clicking on the link on Scheduled in the Status column.

Opt Out Option

By default, with Exchange Pro you have the ability to turn on the Opt Out option or turn this off for all users.

However, in some cases you may want to limit the scope of this functionality. Administrators can establish a security group to determine which users can see the Opt Out option and select alternative migration times. The

User Portal will look for an AD group named E2E_Schedulers to determine whether the group exists and then check if the logged-in user is a member. If they are not a member, they will not be able to reschedule a migration. Note that the location of the E2E_Schedulers group is not critical and can be placed anywhere in AD that the configured administrator account can access.

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The following is a display of a User Portal:

The fields on this screen:

 Migration Schedule:

 Status: Status of the user mailbox.

 Source Server: Name of the Exchange server from where the user mailbox is being migrated.

 Destination Server: Name of the Exchange server to where the user mailbox is being migrated.

 Mailbox Owner: Displays the email of the mailbox owner.

 Mailbox Size: Displays the total size of the user mailbox.

 Mailbox Items: Number of items in the user mailbox.

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 Timeline:

 Start Date: Date on which the user migration is expected to begin.

 Completion Date: Projected date on which the user migration will complete.

 Time to Complete: Estimated time (in hours and minutes) to complete the user migration.

 Preferences:

 Phone Number: Allows user to specify the phone number to send SMS notifications.

 Phone Service Provider: Allows the user to specify the phone service provider used by Exchange Pro to send notifications to the user’s phone. The AT&T, Sprint and Verizon providers are recommended for US customers. Many other providers are available, but they have not been tested.

 Email Address: The alternate email that will be used while the mailbox is migrated.

 Notification Language: Select the language in which you want to receive notifications.

 Do not move my mailboxes between these days: Allows user to specify blackout dates. If the administrator has selected Do not let users postpone their migration (in Migration Options), then users will be unable to customize their migration by setting blackout periods.

After all the settings are specified, click the Save button located in the lower left of the form. Or you can click

Cancel to cancel the settings.

Windows Authentication is enabled for this virtual application. When performing cross forest migrations, if the users in the source forest attempt to connect to the Exchange Pro server in the target forest and a trust has not been established between the two forests, the users will be prompted for their target credentials.

Multi-lingual Support

Click on English (United States) at the top right of the screen, and then select More choices to view a list of available languages. If a user changes their default language, all future End User notifications will be sent in this language.

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Customizing the User Portal

The User Portal web page can be customized by modifying the C:\Program Files\Exchange Pro\User\Default.aspx configuration file that resides on the Exchange Pro server. For example, an administrator may want to hide the

Outlook Profile information that appears on the User Portal page after a migration has completed:

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If you want to hide that information, you can comment out the OutlookProfile ID line in the Default.aspx file. The line appears like this (marked by the red arrow) by default:

To comment out this line, add the "%" character at the beginning and end of the line:

<%--<uc3:OutlookProfile ID="OutlookProfile1" runat="server" />--%>

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16. Troubleshooting

Browser-Based Help Fails to Load

If the online browser-based Help doesn’t load correctly after an Exchange Pro upgrade, clear the temporary files in the browser. We recommend you set your browser to clear temporary files and history upon exit.

Public Folder Migration Error

Problem:

When migrating public folders, the following error message is received:

Error: MapiExceptionNetworkError: Unable to make connection to the server. (hr=0x80004005, ec=2423)

There are a number of steps to correct this issue below. Necessary steps are marked as required. The other steps may or may not be necessary to resolve this issue.

Resolution:

1. Configure Outlook Anywhere (required).

2. Open RPC ports 6001, 6002, 6004 (required).

3. Start RPC Locator service.

4. Update SSL certificate to include autodiscover.domain.com in the subject.

5. Open MRS ports 808, 135.

6. Delete\dismount the Exchange 2003 replicas (required).

Problem with Production Licenses After Upgrading from Trial Licenses

Problem:

There's an issue with Exchange Pro when you try to implement a new production license key after running

Exchange Pro with free trial licenses.

The system doesn't let you mix license key domains. If you implement the solution with the trial keys, you will not be able to easily upgrade to a production license.

You would be required to uninstall and re-install the product which removes all their metrics from running the pilot migrations.

Workaround:

1. Open the Exchange Pro SQL database.

2. Go to the CMTEUP_Checksum table.

3. Delete the current row listed in this table.

4. Now you can apply a new license from within the Exchange Pro UI.

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Mail Delivery Getting Stuck in a Loop

Problem:

When migrating a Resource Forest mailbox to an Exchange server in a different domain than where the Global

Catalog and PowerShell host reside, Exchange may periodically fail to clear the targetAddress. This results in mail delivery getting stuck in a loop.

Resolution:

Clear the targetAddress for any target mailbox when this occurs.

Conflict Resolution Issues with Bi-Directional Public Folder Synchronization

Problem:

If a public folder is initially migrated using a one direction synchronization, and a customer then decides that they want to setup a scheduled bi-directional synchronization job, conflict resolution does not work properly.

Resolution:

The original records of the one direction synchronization should be deleted. This will ensure that conflict resolution works properly in the bi-directional synchronization.

This is done by clearing the BT_TracDoc table in the Exchange Pro SQL database and can be done with the following query:

delete FROM [ ].[dbo].[BT_TracDoc]

For More Troubleshooting Information

Refer to the Binary Tree Exchange Pro Knowledge Base: https://www.binarytree.com/support/search-knowledge-bases/

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Appendix A: About Inter-Org Migrations

Exchange Pro has the ability to migrate mailboxes between two or more Exchange organizations. From the

Exchange Pro Settings page, you can easily add additional organizations whose mailboxes you want migrated to your target. However, for this function to work there must be a mail-enabled (not mailbox-enabled) account in the target forest to receive the migrated mail content. In addition, this target account must have the

msExchMailboxGuid attribute copied from the Source to the Target account. Exchange Pro and Microsoft

PowerShell use this attribute to authoritatively identify the relationship between the source and target objects.

Exchange Pro has no particular preference on how this relationship is established. To perform this association, you can use Binary Tree’s Directory Sync Pro product, the Prepare-MoveRequest.ps1 script located on your Exchange

2010/2013 server, Forefront Identity Manager, or any other product capable of creating a Mail-Enabled user object and stamping the correct msExchMailboxGuid value. This flexibility makes for an easier implementation as you develop your migration project plan.

Getting Mailbox Statistics

When performing Inter-org (cross forest) migrations, mailboxes housed on source forest Exchange 2007, Exchange

2010, and Exchange 2013 servers do not display mailbox sizes and item counts within the Exchange Pro

Administrative and User portals.

Exchange Pro uses native Exchange protocols to query mailbox sizes and item counts. Unlike Exchange 2003,

Exchange 2007, 2010 and 2013 do not support Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) as a method for gathering this information. Instead, either Exchange Web Services (EWS) or Remote PowerShell must be utilized to gather this information.

Perform either of the following two procedures to gather mailbox size and item count information from these platforms.

Option 1:

Open the Exchange Management Shell on either Exchange 2007, Exchange 2010, or Exchange 2013 and execute the following command. This must be executed only once for each messaging server version, to allow Exchange

Pro to query mailbox size information from these systems. For Exchange 2007 type the following command:

Get-ExchangeServer | where {$_.IsClientAccessServer -eq $TRUE} | ForEach-Object {Add-ADPermission -

Identity $_.distinguishedname -User (Get-User -Identity Domain\Administrator | select-object).identity extendedRight ms-Exch-EPI-Impersonation}

For Exchange 2010/2013, type the following command:

New-ManagementRoleAssignment -Name:ImpersonationAssignmentName -Role:ApplicationImpersonation

-User:Domain\Administrator

Option 2:

Identify an Exchange 2010/2013 Server with a valid (non self-signed) trusted SSL certificate that has the IIS service assigned to it. Open the Exchange Management Shell on this Exchange 2010/2013 server and type these two commands:

Enable-PSRemoting

Set-PowerShellVirtualDirectory "$env:COMPUTERNAME\PowerShell (Default Web Site)" -

BasicAuthentication $true

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Once completed, open the Exchange Pro Admin Portal and click Forests:

... and select the desired source forest in the Forest drop-down list (shown here in the red box):

Then, on the Accounts tab, clear the checkbox for Auto-detect the PowerShell Hosts for this Forest, and type the appropriate value into the appropriate PowerShell Host field (Exchange 2010, 2013 or 2016):

And then click Save Forest (in the toolbar above the tabs).

To Update Outlook 2003 Clients for Inter-Org Migrations

See Appendix K of this User Guide.

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Appendix B: Migrating Mailboxes to Office 365

Mailbox migrations to Office 365 are processed the way that Intra-Org and Inter-Org migrations are executed, by using the New-MoveRequest PowerShell cmdlet. This enables us to use the same Project Management and

Workflow features of the Exchange Pro application available to Intra-Org and Inter-Org migration projects.

For these commands to function, your source environment must meet certain requirements. While this document does not seek to provide guidance on how to successfully enable a hybrid coexistence strategy, Exchange Pro requires the following two conditions to be true.

 There must be an internet facing Exchange 2010 Client Access Server (CAS) running the Mailbox Replication

Service (MRS) Proxy service. The CAS is used to upload data from your Exchange 2003, 2007 and 2010 mailboxes.

 The environment must be synchronizing its users with Office 365 by way of the Microsoft Online Services

Directory Synchronization tool. The Microsoft Online Services Directory Synchronization tool is used to create accounts with the proper msExchMailboxGuid values.

For cross-forest migrations with Exchange Pro, the home forest where you configure Exchange Pro usually is also the Target forest. However, in the case of Office 365 migrations, it becomes your source.

The AD groups that are in the Office 365 target environment will be rationalized in Exchange Pro when the Office 365 forest is added, but the members of those groups will not be rationalized in Exchange Pro until the second rationalization pass has occurred. By default, rationalization updates occur every 60 minutes. The Update Forest setting in the Activities settings can be set for shorter time periods (fewer minutes) between updates. However, it is not recommended to set for less than 10 minutes depending on the size of your Exchange environment.

A staging server is not required to migrate from Exchange 2003 to Office 365. A staging server is required, however, if rolling back from Office 365 to Exchange 2003.

On-premises Exchange mailboxes and archives migrate to Office 365 with no issues. There is no need to enable the archive feature in Office 365. If the on-premises mailbox has a server-based archive associated with it, the New-MoveRequest will enable the archive feature in Office 365 and migrate the on-premises archive to the Office 365 archive.

Migrations of on-premises Exchange mailboxes to Office 365 will fail and log an error if the source site's

Office 365 proxy servers are not set.

Exchange Pro Office 365 Migration License Options

You can either manually license users in the Microsoft Online Services portal before selecting them for migration in

Exchange Pro, or allow Exchange Pro to auto-license them automatically.

To allow Exchange Pro to auto-license users:

1. Within the Admin Portal, go to the Settings view.

2. Click the Licenses tab to select Office 365 license packs and related service plans to use for auto-licensing

Exchange Online mailbox migrations.

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Appendix C: Diagnostic and Operational Report Scripts

Exchange Pro uses PowerShell as a platform to extend the product and provide external functionality that can be integrated with other applications and services. Exchange Pro's PowerShell scripts let you:

 Diagnose connection and configuration problems

 Extract operational reports in .csv format

 Customize and extend the migration pipeline functionality

 Trigger auto-migrations outside of the Exchange Pro Admin Portal

 Export and import group information between disconnected forests

The Exchange Pro Diagnostic scripts are installed in C:\Program Files\Binary Tree\Scripts\E2E\Diagnostic, and include:

 Get-BTForest.ps1

 Test-ExchangePowerShellHost.ps1

The Exchange Pro Operational Report scripts are installed in C:\Program Files\Binary Tree\Scripts\E2E\Report), and include:

 Get-BTMigrationReport.ps1

 Get-BTBlackoutReport.ps1

 Get-BTThroughputReport.ps1

Diagnostic Report Scripts

 Get-BTForest.ps1 : Used to quickly scan a forest, validate credentials and access via Active Directory.

PowerShell Command:

.\get-btforest.ps1 –<parameter>

 Test-ExchangePowerShellHost.ps1 : Used to validate the PowerShell host connection in the forest using specified credentials. This is a thorough diagnostic tool to aid in configuring the environment for initial

Exchange / PowerShell / Exchange Pro usage.

PowerShell Command:

.\test-exchangepowershellhost.ps1 –<parameter>

Operational Report Scripts

 Get-BTMigrationReport.ps1 : Provides reports on the Mailbox Jobs, and the migrations which have been completed. These reports can be displayed on the screen or output to a CSV file.

PowerShell Command:

.\get-btmigrationreport.ps1 –<parameter>

 Get-BTBlackoutReport.ps1 : Provides reports on the blackouts which have been defined in Exchange Pro.

These reports can be displayed on the screen or output to a CSV file.

PowerShell Command:

.\get-btblackoutreport.ps1 –<parameter>

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 Get-BTThroughputReport.ps1 : Provides reports on the Throughput results for completed migrations.

These reports can be displayed on the screen or output to a CSV file.

PowerShell Command:

.\get-btthroughputreport.ps1 –<parameter>

Executing Diagnostic and Operational Report Scripts

To execute a script:

1. Open the Windows PowerShell command prompt.

2. Navigate to the location of the scripts.

3. Enter the name of the script and provide any additional parameters. For example:

.\Get-BTMigrationReport.ps1 –archive –csv c:\migrationreport.csv

The –csv parameter lets you output a report to a new .csv file on the local drive:

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You can use the -? parameter to get additional information on the script and available parameters:

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Appendix D: Migration Processing Scripts

The Migration Processing Scripts include these MCP scripts:

 Confirm-ScheduleMigration.ps1

 Confirm-BeginMigration.ps1

 Confirm-EndMigration.ps1

Enabling Migration Customization Scripts

Perform the following steps to enable the migration scripts to be called from Exchange Pro.

1. Click Settings in the main toolbar.

2. Click the Scripts tab. The script settings are displayed.

3. Check Enable External Scripts.

4. Set the Scripts Folder location. For example, c:\contoso\scripts\ps\

5. Enter the script file name for the Migration Script you want to be called. For example: In the End

Migration Script field, enter Confirm-EndMigration.ps1

Failures designed to halt the migration can be expressed as thrown exceptions or as calls to Write-Error in the confirmation scripts. Both the Schedule and Begin confirmations can halt the migration by failing in this manner. The End confirmation cannot cause the migration to fail if the mailbox is already complete, but it can cause a warning to be reported.

Because the confirmation script runs in a non UI environment, calls in PowerShell such as Write-Host will cause faults and should not be used. Write-Error, Write-Warning, and Write-Verbose are acceptable to use, since they write to specific pipelines which are redirected in PowerShell.

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Migration Customization Scripts

If enabled, the Migration Customization scripts are called by the MCP during mailbox migrations. These scripts are installed to C:\Program Files\Binary Tree\Scripts\E2E\Extension; however, they are not usually run manually from the PowerShell console. The files in the Extension folder are not removed during an uninstall.

Confirm-ScheduleMigration.ps1

This script is called when a mailbox has been scheduled for migration, and can be used to perform any custom actions prior to submitting the mailbox to Exchange.

< add key =" Confirm-ScheduleMigration " value = " $null " />

The MCP will not execute any custom scripts for the Schedule Migration step of a mailbox. This is the default entry in the MCP configuration file.

< add key =" Confirm-ScheduleMigration " value = " Confirm-ScheduleMigration.ps1

" />

The MCP will execute the Confirm-ScheduleMigration.ps1 script located in the defined script folder for the

Schedule Migration step of a mailbox.

< add key =" Confirm-ScheduleMigration " value = "" />

The MCP will execute the default script (named Confirm-ScheduleMigration.ps1 in this example) located in the defined script folder during the Schedule Migration step of a mailbox.

< add key =" Confirm-ScheduleMigration " value = " MyCmdlet " />

The MCP will execute the specified cmdlet during the Schedule Migration step of a mailbox.

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Confirm-BeginMigration.ps1

This script is called before a mailbox is migrated, and can be used to perform any prep-work necessary prior to the submission of the mailbox to Exchange.

< add key =" Confirm-BeginMigration " value = " Confirm-BeginMigration.ps1

" />

The same values listed above for the Confirm-ScheduleMigration script can be used for the Confirm-

BeginMigration script.

Confirm-EndMigration.ps1

This script is called after a mailbox is migrated, and can be used to perform any post-processing work necessary after the mailbox has been migrated by Exchange. Note however that this script is only called if the migration job is Completed or CompletedWithWarning.

< add key =" Confirm-EndMigration " value = " Confirm-EndMigration.ps1

" />

The same values listed above for the Confirm-ScheduleMigration script can be used for the Confirm-EndMigration script.

Script Parameters

All scripts include the following parameters:

 $SourceCredential: The source forest PS credentials defined in Exchange Pro settings

 $SourceForest: Source forest name

 $SourceServer: Source server FQDN

 $SourceDatabase: Source database DN

 $SourceMailbox: Source mailbox DN

 $TargetCredential: The target forest PS credentials defined in Exchange Pro settings

 $TargetForest: Target forest name

 $TargetServer: Target server FQDN

 $TargetDatabase: Target database DN

 $TargetMailbox: Target mailbox DN (not mandatory for the Confirm-BeginMigration.ps1 script)

 $Status: Current job status string

 $ControllingForest: optional, not used

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Appendix E: How to Support Schedule+ Free/Busy

Coexistence Between Exchange 2003 and Exchange

2010/2013

If your project requires Free/Busy coexistence between Exchange 2003 and Exchange 2010 or 2013 you will need to configure the Exchange availability service for cross-forest topologies.

Binary Tree recommends that you follow Microsoft’s best practices for setting up the required infrastructure.

More information may be found at this link: http://technet.microsoft.com/enus/library/bb125182(v=exchg.141).aspx

While this document is unable to provide specific instructions for your environment, we would like to share some general guidance that can be used to establish Free/Busy sharing between Exchange 2003 and Exchange 2010 or

2013.

To provide some background, the central challenge is as follows: Exchange 2003 does not natively support the availability service, while Exchange 2013 does not natively support Schedule+ public folder data. The resolution is to add a component which can bridge the gap between these two environments. In this case it involves adding an

Exchange 2010 SP2 RU5 server (or greater) installed in the Exchange 2003 source organization. Once this has been established, the Exchange 2010 server can be used to proxy this information from Exchange 2003 to the Exchange

2010 or 2013 server in the target environment.

This general outline assumes that a two-way trust is in place:

1. Define DNS conditional forwarders so that servers from either side are resolvable in the opposing forest.

2. On the source forest, create a DNS A Record for autodiscover.source.com and direct it to the source

Exchange 2010 server.

3. Verify that autodiscover.source.com resolves to a trusted certificate from every Exchange server in the target (valid SSL cert, either public or private).

4. Establish directory coexistence with a process creating the mail-enabled user objects in a manner compliant with the Exchange availability service, such as Binary Tree DirSync.

5. On the source Exchange 2010 server, add a local replica of the Schedule+ folder.

6. On the source Exchange 2010 server, open the Exchange Management Shell and execute this command:

Set-WebServicesVirtualDirectory -identity “Source2010\EWS (Default Web Site)” -ExternalURL https://source2010.source.com/ews/Exchange.asmx

7. On the source Exchange 2010 server, open the Exchange Management Shell and execute this command:

Get-ClientAccessServer | Add-ADPermission -AccessRights ExtendedRight -ExtendedRights "ms-exchepi-token-serialization" -User "TargetDomain\Exchange Servers"

8. On the source Exchange 2010 server, open the Exchange Management Shell and execute this command:

$a = Get-Credential (Type "Target\Administrator")

Export-AutodiscoverConfig -TargetForestDomainController "targetDC.target.com" -

TargetForestCredential $a -MultipleExchangeDeployments $true

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9. If the source is Exchange 2003, open the Exchange Management Shell on the target Exchange 2010 or 2013 server, and execute this command:

Add-AvailabilityAddressSpace -ForestName SourcePrimarySMTP.com -AccessMethod PublicFolder

If the source is Exchange 2010, on the target Exchange 2013 server, open the Exchange Management Shell and execute the following command:

Add-AvailabilityAddressSpace -ForestName SourcePrimarySMTP.com -AccessMethod OrgWideFB

10. On the target forest, create a DNS A Record for autodiscover.target.com and direct it to the target

Exchange 2010 or 2013 server.

11. Verify that autodiscover.target.com resolves to a trusted certificate from every Exchange server in the source (valid SSL cert, either public or private).

12. On the target Exchange 2010 or 2013 server, open the Exchange Management Shell and execute this command:

Set-WebServicesVirtualDirectory -identity “Target2013\EWS (Default Web Site)” -ExternalURL https://target2013.target.com/ews/Exchange.asmx

13. On the target Exchange 2010 or 2013 server, open the Exchange Management Shell and execute this command:

Get-ClientAccessServer | Add-ADPermission -AccessRights ExtendedRight -ExtendedRights "ms-exchepi-token-serialization" -User "SourceDomain\Exchange Servers"

14. On the target Exchange 2010 or 2013 server, open the Exchange Management Shell and execute this command:

$a = Get-Credential (Type "Source\Administrator")

Export-AutodiscoverConfig -TargetForestDomainController "sourceDC.source.com" -

TargetForestCredential $a -MultipleExchangeDeployments $true

15. On the source Exchange 2010 server, open the Exchange Management Shell and execute this command:

Add-AvailabilityAddressSpace -ForestName TargetPrimarySMTP.com -AccessMethod PerUserFB -

UserServiceAccount $true

At this point users from opposing forests should be able to request Free/Busy information from their Outlook or

OWA clients.

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Appendix F: Exchange Pro Mailbox Job Importer

The Binary Tree Exchange Pro Mailbox Job Importer utility is installed as part of Exchange Pro. The Binary Tree

Exchange Pro Job Importer allows you import a CSV schedule file of mailbox migration jobs from a command line.

A CSV file can also be used to update existing mailbox migration job values. A CSV cancel file can be used to cancel mailbox migration jobs.

Migration jobs that are in AutoSuspended or BlackoutSuspended state (only if Suspend When Ready to Complete flag was set) can be modified. For these jobs, only the Do Not Complete Before Date, Do Not Start Before Date,

Migration Group, and Priority fields will be updated.

The Auto license 0365 users and Default Usage Location settings in the Tenant Forest General Settings are used by the Exchange Pro Job Importer when scheduling mailbox migration to Office 365.

CSV Schedule File Format

The CSV schedule file of mailbox migration jobs must meet the following requirements:

 The file should not contain headers.

 No values can be blank except for the Do Not Start Before Date, Do Not Complete Before Date,

Communication Language, Migration Group and Blackout Profile.

 All columns must be included.

The CSV schedule file must include these columns:

Col Field Example

2 Target Forest Name contoso.com

Matched Against: CMTEUP_Forests.ForestName

Req'd? Description

1 User Principal Name (UPN) [email protected] Yes User Principal Name of desired mailbox.

Matched Against: CMTEUP_PersonADData.userPrincipalName

Yes Name of target forest.

3 Target delivery domain root1.contoso.com

Saved To: CMTEUP_Job.param_TargetDeliveryDomain

Yes Name of target domain for mailbox.

4 Target Mailbox Database

Name primarymailbox1 No Name of target mailbox database. Leave blank if target is an O365 forest.

Matched Against: CMTEUP_ServerDatabase.ServerDatabaseName

Do not start before date 10/15/2016 09:00AM No The time to start the migration, if not immediately. If specified, must be a valid date/time string.

Saved To: CMTEUP_Job.DoNotStartBefore

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Col Field Example Req'd? Description

6 Suspend when ready to complete

"true" or "false" Yes

Saved To: CMTEUP_Job.param_SuspendWhenReadyToComplete

Whether migration should be suspended before cutover.

7 Bad Item Limit 10 No Number of bad mailbox items to allow before migration is failed. Must be a valid number >= 0.

Saved To: CMTEUP_Job.param_BadItemLimit

Large Item Limit 75 No Number of large mailbox items to allow before migration is failed. Must be a valid number >= 0.

Saved To: CMTEUP_Job.param_LargeItemLimit

9 Ignore Rule Limit Errors "true" or "false"

Saved To: CMTEUP_Job.param_IgnoreRuleLimitErrors

Saved To: CMTEUP_UserMailbox.CultureID

Migration Group MyMigrationGroup1

Yes

10 Do not complete before date 10/15/2016 09:00AM No When to complete the migration. If specified, must be a valid date/time string

AND Suspend when ready to complete must be "true."

Saved To: CMTEUP_Job.param_SuspendWhenReadyToComplete

11 Communication Language 0 or "en" or "English" No Number or name of a valid culture. Must match a culture using CMTEUP_Culture.

CultureName, CMTEUP_Cuture.Culture-

Display Name or CMTEUP_Culture.Cul- tureID. Also, when specified,

CMTEUP_UserMailbox.CultureIDLocked=1 is set to prevent updates to this value from the Exchange Pro rationalization process.

Whether mailbox rules should be moved to target.

Name of a migration group. Will either match an existing group on

CMTEUP_MigrationGroups.MigrationGro

upName, or create a new group if no match can be found.

Saved To: CMTEUP_UserMailbox.MigrationGroupID

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Col Field

13 Priority

Example

Req'd? Description

No Relative priority used to schedule the mailbox migration. Must be a number between 1 and 100. If not specified, a default priority of 10 is used.

Saved To: CMTEUP_UserMailbox.Priority

Blackout Profile MyBlackoutProfile1 No The name of a Blackout profile to use. This will either match an existing profile on CMTEUP_Blackout

Profiles.BlackoutProfileName or create a new profile if no match can be found. If not specified, the default blackout profile will be assigned.

Saved To: CMTEUP_UserMailbox.BlackoutProfileID

An example of a valid row in the CSV schedule file looks like:

[email protected],targetForest.dom,TargetDeliveryDomain.dom,Mailbox Database

12345678,03-25-2014 04:12 pm,true,0,0,true,04-01-2014 05:52 pm,en-US,Group1,10,Profile 1,

CSV Cancel File Format

The CSV cancel file used to cancel mailbox migration jobs must meet the following requirements:

 The file should not contain headers.

 The file must include column 1: User Principal Name (UPN).

An example of a valid row in the CSV cancel file looks like:

[email protected]

To convert an Excel document to a CSV text file:

1. Open your Excel file.

2. Remove any existing header rows.

3. Format all cells as text by selecting all columns and then right-click > Format Cells > Text.

4. Save the document as a CSV.

Importing the CSV Schedule File of Mailbox Migration Jobs

To schedule or reschedule mailbox migration jobs by importing the CSV schedule file in the command prompt:

1. Open a command prompt.

2. Run C:\Program Files\Binary Tree\Exchange Pro\bin>BinaryTree.E2E.JobImporter /s [CSV schedule file].

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3. The schedule file is validated and saved to the database. If an error is encountered, no jobs are saved.

To review and correct import errors:

1. Errors will be displayed below the import command in the command prompt window.

2. Optionally, you can run C:\Program Files\Binary Tree\Exchange Pro\bin>BinaryTree.E2E.JobImporter [CSV

schedule file] > OutputReport.txt to generate a text file containing the errors.

3. Correct the errors in the CSV schedule file and attempt the import again. Optionally, you can validate the

CSV schedule file without importing (see steps below).

To validate the CSV schedule file without importing:

1. In the command prompt, run C:\Program Files\Binary Tree\Exchange Pro\bin>BinaryTree.E2E.JobImporter

/v [CSV schedule file]

2. The number of valid rows and rows with errors are displayed. The CSV schedule file is not imported.

To view the Help file:

1. In the command prompt, run C:\Program Files\Binary Tree\Exchange Pro\bin>BinaryTree.E2E.JobImporter

/? or /help

2. The help message is displayed.

Cancelling Mailbox Migration Jobs using the CSV Cancel File

Mailbox migrations jobs can be cancelled using a CSV cancel file that contains a list of UPNs associated with migration jobs.

To cancel mailbox migration jobs by importing the CSV cancel file in the command prompt:

1. Open a command prompt.

2. Run C:\Program Files\Binary Tree\Exchange Pro\bin>BinaryTree.E2E.JobImporter /c [CSV cancel file].

3. The migration jobs for the UPNs are cancelled.

Usage Summary

BinaryTree.E2E.JobImporter [[/s <schedule file>] | [/v <schedule file>] | [/c <cancel file>]] [/?] or [/help]

/s <file> : Schedule (or re-schedule) mailboxes for migration. See JobImporter-ReadMe.txt for details on the format of <schedule file>.

/v <file> : Validate the contents of <schedule file>. Any errors found are reported, but no migration jobs are scheduled.

/c <file> : Cancel mailbox migrations for the list of UPNS found in <cancel file>.

/? or /help : Display this help message.

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Appendix G: Exchange Pro Public Folder Job Importer

The Binary Tree Exchange Pro Public Folder Job Importer utility is installed as part of Exchange Pro. The utility will create a job for each row of the input file. If a job already exists with the same source server name and folder path and same target server name and folder path, the information from the input file will update the existing job instead of creating a new one.

If the user elects to add subfolders for a given row, only subfolders that do not have a job will be added. The utility will not update subfolder job settings based on a parent job.

When the utility creates a job and the user does not specify a value for an optional field, the utility will use the same default as the Add folders to migration queue dialog.

CSV File Format (Scheduling New Jobs and Rescheduling Existing Jobs)

Col Field Example Req'd? Description

Path of job’s source folder. 1 Source folder path \TestFolder Yes

Matched Against: CMTEUP_PublicFolder.FolderPath

Server name where job’s source folder resides. 2 Source folder server name

ExchgPro-EX10-1

Matched Against: CMTEUP_Server.ServerName

Yes

3 Target folder parent path

\ Yes

Matched Against: CMTEUP_PublicFolder.FolderPath

Path of target’s parent folder.

4 Target folder server name

QA-ExchgPro-

EX10-1

Yes Server name where job’s target folder resides.

Matched Against: CMTEUP_Server.ServerName

Target public folder mailbox UPN [email protected]

Only for Exchg

2013+

UPN of mailbox where target public folder will reside.

Matched Against: CMTEUP_PersonADData.userPrincipalName

Add or Modify subfolder jobs

True / False No Specifies if importer should add or modify jobs for subfolders. Defaults to “true.”

7 Sync Seconds 30 No

Saved To: CMTEUP_PublicFolderJob.SyncSeconds

Sets interval for sync job. If value is 0 or omitted, job will run only once.

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Col Field Example

8 Scheduled Start Date 10-25-2016 4:12 pm

Req'd?

Saved To: CMTEUP_PublicFolderJob.ScheduledStart

Description

Scheduled start date for the job. If omitted, then defaults to current time.

Example valid lines:

\TestFolder,ExchgPro-EX10-1,\,QA-ExchgPro-EX10-1,,true,0,3-25-2015 04:12 pm

\TestFolder,ExchgPro-EX10-1,\,QA-ExchgPro-EX13-1,[email protected],true,0,3-25-2015 04:12 pm

CSV File Format (Cancelling existing jobs)

Col Field Example Req'd? Description

Path of job’s source folder. 1 Source folder path \TestFolder

Matched Against: CMTEUP_PublicFolder.FolderPath

Yes

Yes 2 Source folder server name

ExchgPro-EX10-1

Matched Against: CMTEUP_Server.ServerName

Name of server where job’s source folder resides.

3 Target folder parent path

Matched Against: CMTEUP_PublicFolder.FolderPath

Yes

4 Target folder server name

QA-ExchgPro-EX10-1 Yes

Path of target’s parent folder.

Name of server where job’s target folder resides.

Matched Against: CMTEUP_Server.ServerName

5 Target public folder mailbox UPN [email protected] Only for Exchg UPN of mailbox where target public folder will

2013+ reside.

Matched Against: CMTEUP_PersonADData.userPrincipalNam

No 6 Cancel subfolder jobs True / False Specifies if importer should cancel jobs for subfolders. Defaults to “true.”

Example valid lines:

\TestFolder,ExchgPro-EX10-1,\,QA-ExchgPro-EX10-1,,true

\TestFolder,ExchgPro-EX10-1,\,QA-ExchgPro-EX13-1,[email protected],true

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Command Line

Available command line switches:

BinaryTree.E2E.PFJobImporter [[/s <schedule file>] | [/v <schedule file>] | [/c <cancel file>]] [/? or /help]

 /s <file>: Schedule (or re-schedule) public folders for migration.

 /v <file>: Validate the contents of <schedule file>. Any errors found are reported, but no migration jobs are scheduled.

 /c <file>: Cancel public folder migrations for the list of folders found in <cancel file>.

 /? or /help: Display this help message.

Example command line for scheduling (or re-scheduling) a set of public folder jobs:

BinaryTree.E2E.PFJobImporter.exe /s jobfile.csv

Sample output:

Example command line for cancelling a set of public folder jobs:

BinaryTree.E2E.PFJobImporter.exe /c jobfile.csv

Sample output:

Example command line for validating a set of public folder jobs:

BinaryTree.E2E.PFJobImporter.exe /v jobfile.csv

Sample output:

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Appendix H: Public Folder Analysis and Job

Administration

This appendix provides scripts and information for managing public folder migrations and querying collected data about public folders in Exchange Pro.

To run the SQL scripts in this file, open SQL Server Management Studio and connect to your Exchange

Pro database. Right-click on the Exchange Pro database and select New Query to open the New

Query window. Then paste the SQL script into the query window, update the parameter values (if any), and execute the SQL script.

Public Folder Analysis Scripts

For many of the public folder analysis scripts to function correctly, you must perform a public folder content analysis on a forest at least once.

Below is a list of SQL scripts that can be used to query data collected about public folders. The SQL scripts can be downloaded from the Binary Tree FTP folder where the GA Exchange Pro install files and documentation are located. Download the file SQL Queries.zip and extract the files to the SQL server being used for Exchange Pro public folder migrations. The following scripts are also available in the file PF Analysis Queries.sql. You can either open this file in SQL Server Management Studio or copy and paste the query text below into a query in SQL. Some of these queries need to be modified before executing. A good understanding of SQL is recommended before proceeding.

Find the 10 largest public folders by folder size

To find the 10 largest public folders by folder size, run this SQL command:

SELECT TOP 10 s.[ServerName], f.[Name], f.[EntryID], f.[FolderPath], f.[MaxPFSizeBytes]

FROM [dbo].[CMTEUP_PublicFolder] f

INNER JOIN [dbo].[CMTEUP_Server] s ON f.ServerID = s.ServerID

ORDER BY f.MaxPFSizeBytes DESC;

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Find the 10 largest public folders by item count

To find the 10 largest public folders by item count, run this SQL command:

SELECT TOP 10 s.[ServerName], f.[Name], f.[EntryID], f.[FolderPath], i.ItemCount

FROM [dbo].[CMTEUP_PublicFolder] f

INNER JOIN [dbo].[CMTEUP_Server] s ON f.ServerID = s.ServerID

INNER JOIN (SELECT PublicFolderID, COUNT(*) AS ItemCount FROM CMTEUP_PublicFolderItem

GROUP BY PublicFolderID) i ON f.PublicFolderID = i.PublicFolderID

ORDER BY i.ItemCount DESC;

Find public folders with more than x items

To find all the public folders with more than x items, run this SQL command (change "10000" to your own limit number):

DECLARE @numItems INT

SET @numItems = 10000

SELECT f.PublicFolderID, s.[ServerName], f.[Name], f.[EntryID], f.[FolderPath], i.ItemCount

FROM [dbo].[CMTEUP_PublicFolder] f

INNER JOIN [dbo].[CMTEUP_Server] s ON f.ServerID = s.ServerID

INNER JOIN (SELECT PublicFolderID, COUNT(*) AS ItemCount

FROM CMTEUP_PublicFolderItem

GROUP BY PublicFolderID) i ON f.PublicFolderID = i.PublicFolderID

WHERE i.ItemCount > @numItems

ORDER BY ItemCount DESC;

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Find public folders where content has not changed in the last x days

To find all the public folders where content has not changed in the last x days, run this SQL command (change "90" to your own value for "x"):

DECLARE @daysSinceLastContentChange INT

SET @daysSinceLastContentChange = 90

SELECT s.[ServerName], f.[Name], f.[EntryID], f.[FolderPath], f.[ContentChangeDate]

FROM [dbo].[CMTEUP_PublicFolder] f

INNER JOIN [dbo].[CMTEUP_Server] s ON f.ServerID = s.ServerID

WHERE f.ContentChangeDate <= GETUTCDATE()-@daysSinceLastContentChange;

Find public folders where attributes have not changed in the last x days

To find all the public folders where attributes (e.g., permissions) have not changed in the last x days, run this SQL command (change "90" to your own value for "x"):

DECLARE @daysSinceLastAttributeChange INT

SET @daysSinceLastAttributeChange = 90

SELECT s.[ServerName], f.[Name], f.[EntryID], f.[FolderPath], f.[AttributeChangeDate]

FROM [dbo].[CMTEUP_PublicFolder] f

INNER JOIN [dbo].[CMTEUP_Server] s ON f.ServerID = s.ServerID

WHERE f.ContentChangeDate <= GETUTCDATE()-@daysSinceLastAttributeChange;

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Find public folders where a specific user has any permission

To find all the public folders where a specific user has any permission, run this SQL command (change

“'[email protected]” to the user’s UPN):

DECLARE @userAnyPermission NVARCHAR(2000)

SET @userAnyPermission = '[email protected]'

SELECT s.[ServerName], f.[Name], f.[EntryID], f.[FolderPath], p.AccessRight

FROM [dbo].[CMTEUP_PublicFolder] f

INNER JOIN [dbo].[CMTEUP_Server] s ON f.ServerID = s.ServerID

INNER JOIN [dbo].[CMTEUP_PublicFolderPermission] p ON f.PublicFolderID = p.PublicFolderID

WHERE p.TrusteeIdentity = @userAnyPermission;

Find public folders where a specific user has a specific permission

To find all the public folders where a specific user has a specific permission or role, run this SQL command (change

“[email protected]” and “Contributor” to the user's UPN and the permission or role you want to find):

DECLARE @user NVARCHAR(2000)

SET @user = '[email protected]'

DECLARE @permission NVARCHAR(100)

SET @permission = 'Contributor'

SELECT s.[ServerName], f.[Name], f.[EntryID], f.[FolderPath], p.AccessRight

FROM [dbo].[CMTEUP_PublicFolder] f

INNER JOIN [dbo].[CMTEUP_Server] s ON f.ServerID = s.ServerID

INNER JOIN [dbo].[CMTEUP_PublicFolderPermission] p ON f.PublicFolderID = p.PublicFolderID

WHERE p.TrusteeIdentity = @user AND p.AccessRight = @permission;

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Find Public Folders by email address

To retrieve a list of public folders by Email Address, run the following SQL command.

SELECT TOP 10 s.[ServerName], f.[Name], f.[EntryID], f.[FolderPath], f.[Email] f.[MaxPFSizeBytes]

FROM [dbo].[CMTEUP_PublicFolder] f

INNER JOIN [dbo].[CMTEUP_Server] s ON f.ServerID = s.ServerID

ORDER BY f.MaxPFSizeBytes DESC;

Find Public Folders that have been processed by Content Analysis

To see a list of public folders that have been processed by Content Analysis, run the following SQL command.

Select f.folderpath,f.email,f.targetaddress, j.starttime as ReportingJobStarted, j.endtime as

ReportingJobFinished

FROM cmteup_publicfolderreportjob j

INNER JOIN cmteup_publicfolder f

ON j.publicfolderid = f.publicfolderid

Find the 10 largest public folder items by item size

To the find the 10 largest public folder items by item size, run this SQL command:

SELECT TOP 10 s.[ServerName], f.[Name], f.[EntryID], f.[FolderPath], i.ItemName, i.ItemType, i.ItemSize AS ItemSizeInBytes

FROM [dbo].[CMTEUP_PublicFolder] f

INNER JOIN [dbo].[CMTEUP_Server] s ON f.ServerID = s.ServerID

INNER JOIN [dbo].[CMTEUP_PublicFolderItem] i ON f.PublicFolderID = i.PublicFolderID

ORDER BY i.ItemSize DESC;

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Find public folder items larger than x MB

To find all the public folder items larger than x MB, run this SQL command (change "10" to the limit size, in MB):

DECLARE @sizeInMB INT

SET @sizeInMB = 10

SELECT s.[ServerName], f.[Name], f.[EntryID], f.[FolderPath], i.ItemName, i.ItemType,

CONVERT(decimal(10, 3), (i.ItemSize / 1048576.0)) AS ItemSizeInMB

FROM [dbo].[CMTEUP_PublicFolder] f

INNER JOIN [dbo].[CMTEUP_Server] s ON f.ServerID = s.ServerID

INNER JOIN [dbo].[CMTEUP_PublicFolderItem] i ON f.PublicFolderID = i.PublicFolderID

WHERE (i.ItemSize / 1048576.0) > @sizeInMB

ORDER BY i.ItemSize DESC;

Find total number of public folder items by item type

To find the total number of public folder items by item type, run this SQL command:

SELECT

[ItemType],

COUNT(*) As NumberOfItems

FROM [dbo].CMTEUP_PublicFolderItem

GROUP BY [ItemType]

ORDER BY [ItemType];

Find total number of public folder item attachments by type

To find the total number of public folder item attachments by type (extension), run this SQL command:

SELECT

[AttachmentExtension],

COUNT(*) AS NumberOfAttachments

FROM [dbo].CMTEUP_PublicFolderAttachment

GROUP BY [AttachmentExtension]

ORDER BY [AttachmentExtension];

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Find total size of public folder item attachments by type

To find the total size of public folder item attachments by type (extension), run this SQL command:

SELECT

[AttachmentExtension],

SUM(AttachmentSize) AS TotalSizeInBytes

FROM [dbo].CMTEUP_PublicFolderAttachment

GROUP BY [AttachmentExtension]

ORDER BY [AttachmentExtension];

Find public folder item attachments larger than x MB

To find all the public folder item attachments larger than x MB, run this SQL command (change "10" to your limit size, in MB):

DECLARE @attachmentSizeInMB INT

SET @attachmentSizeInMB = 10

SELECT s.[ServerName], f.[Name], f.[EntryID], f.[FolderPath], a.AttachmentName, a.AttachmentExtension,

CONVERT(decimal(10, 3),(a.AttachmentSize / 1048576.0)) AS ItemSizeInMB

FROM [dbo].[CMTEUP_PublicFolder] f

INNER JOIN [dbo].[CMTEUP_Server] s ON f.ServerID = s.ServerID

INNER JOIN [dbo].[CMTEUP_PublicFolderAttachment] a ON f.PublicFolderID = a.PublicFolderID

WHERE (a.AttachmentSize / 1048576.0) > @attachmentSizeInMB

ORDER BY a.AttachmentSize DESC;

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Public Folder Job Administration Scripts

These PowerShell and SQL scripts can be used to manage public folder migrations. The SQL scripts can be downloaded from the Binary Tree FTP folder where the Exchange Pro install files and documentation are located. Download the file SQL Queries.zip and extract the files to the SQL server being used for Exchange Pro public folder migrations. The following scripts are also available in the file PF Job Administration Queries.sql. You can either open this file in SQL Server Management Studio or copy and paste the query text below into a query in

SQL. Some of these queries must be modified before executing. A good understanding of SQL is recommended before proceeding.

Count folders in Exchange

To count the total number of folders in Exchange for a subtree (e.g. \RootFolder1), run this PowerShell command from the Exchange server (change "\RootFolder1" to your root folder):

Get-PublicFolder –Recurse "\RootFolder1" | Select Name | Measure-Object

Count folders in Exchange Pro

To count the number of folders in Exchange Pro for a subtree (e.g. “\RootFolder1”), run the following SQL command (change "\RootFolder1" to the desired root folder, and change "ServerID = 1" to the ID of the desired source server as found in CMTEUP_Server):

SELECT COUNT(*) from CMTEUP_PublicFolder

WHERE (FolderPath like '\RootFolders\%' or FolderPath = '\RootFolders')

AND ServerID = 1

Find folder in Exchange

To look up a folder subtree in Exchange, run the following PowerShell command from the Exchange server (change

"\RootFolder1" to the desired root folder, and change "Server1" to the desired Exchange Public Folder server name):

Get-PublicFolder –Recurse "\RootFolder1" –Server "Server1"

Compare jobs and folders

To compare the number of folders in a subtree to the number of jobs created, run the following SQL command

(change "\2007Folders" to the desired root folder):

SELECT count(1)

FROM CMTEUP_PublicFolder

WHERE FolderPath like '\2007Folders%'

SELECT count(1)

FROM CMTEUP_PublicFolder fs inner join CMTEUP_PublicFolderjob jt on jt.SourcePublicFolderID = fs.PublicFolderID

WHERE fs.FolderPath like '\2007Folders%'

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Find all folders in source forest without Jobs

Change “airbus.corp” to the desired forest name:

SELECT f.FolderPath, *

FROM CMTEUP_PublicFolder f inner join CMTEUP_Server s on s.ServerID = f.ServerID inner join CMTEUP_Site i on i.SiteID = s.SiteID inner join CMTEUP_Forest o on o.ForestID = i.ForestID where o.ForestName = 'airbus.corp' and f.FolderPath not in

(

SELECT DISTINCT(f.FolderPath)

FROM CMTEUP_PublicFolder f

inner join CMTEUP_PublicFolderJob j on j.SourcePublicFolderID = f.PublicFolderID

inner join CMTEUP_Server s on s.ServerID = f.ServerID

inner join CMTEUP_Site i on i.SiteID = s.SiteID

inner join CMTEUP_Forest o on o.ForestID = i.ForestID

where o.ForestName = 'airbus.corp'

)

Check folder provisioning progress

To check the folder provisioning progress for all jobs, run the following SQL command. See Appendix B for more information on job states.

SELECT count(1) as JobCount, s.JobStatus, j.SyncCount

FROM CMTEUP_PublicFolderJob j inner join CMTEUP_JobStatus s on j.JobStatusID = s.JobStatusID

WHERE j.SyncCount = 0

GROUP BY s.JobStatus, SyncCount

Sample Output

... which tells us that 8 jobs have been scheduled, but are not yet started, and 1 folder sync job has started (folder creation and attribute sync).

Find empty folders

To find folders (with or without jobs) that don’t have any items, run the following SQL command.

SELECT f.FolderPath, f.ItemCount, f.ByteCount, f.PublicFolderID from CMTEUP_PublicFolder f where f.ItemCount = 0 order by f.ItemCount desc

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Sample Output

Find empty folders with jobs

To find folders (with jobs) that don’t have any items, run the following SQL command.

SELECT f.FolderPath, s.JobStatus, f.ItemCount, f.ByteCount, f.PublicFolderID, j.PublicFolderJobID from CMTEUP_PublicFolderJob j inner join CMTEUP_JobStatus s on j.JobStatusID = s.JobStatusID inner join CMTEUP_PublicFolder f on j.SourcePublicFolderID = f.PublicFolderID where f.ItemCount = 0 order by f.ItemCount desc

Sample Output

Find Large Folders

To find folders (with or without jobs) that contain a large number of items, run the following SQL command.

-- The max number of folder items declare @maxItems int = 500

SELECT f.FolderPath, f.ItemCount, f.ByteCount, f.PublicFolderID from CMTEUP_PublicFolder f where f.ItemCount > @maxItems order by f.ItemCount desc

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Sample Output

Find large folders with jobs

To find folders (with jobs) that contain a large number of items, run this SQL command:

-- The max number of folder items declare @maxItems int = 500

Sample Output

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Reschedule Large Folders

To postpone the processing of large folders, run the following SQL command.

NOTE: if this is run for jobs that have not yet finished provisioning, the provisioning process will also be postponed. See Check Folder Provisioning Progress to determine the state of the desired folders (change “2015-

06-22” to the rescheduled date and time):

-- The max number of folder items declare @maxItems int = 500

-- The desired reschedule date declare @rescheduleDate datetime2(7) = '2015-06-22' update CMTEUP_PublicFolderJob set ScheduledStart = @rescheduleDate where PublicFolderJobID in

(

SELECT j.PublicFolderJobID

from CMTEUP_PublicFolderJob j

inner join CMTEUP_PublicFolder f on j.SourcePublicFolderID = f.PublicFolderID

where f.ItemCount > @maxItems

)

Find Source Folders with Jobs Not Yet Processed by Change Detection

To find source folders not yet processed by change detection, run the following SQL command: select j.PublicFolderJobID, j.SourcePublicFolderID, sfs.ServerName AS SourceServerName, sf.Name AS

SourceName, sf.FolderPath AS SourceFolderPath, j.LastChangeDetectionDate, sf.ContentChangeDate AS

SourceContentChangeDate

FROM CMTEUP_PublicFolderJob j

INNER JOIN CMTEUP_PublicFolder sf

ON j.SourcePublicFolderID = sf.PublicFolderID

INNER JOIN CMTEUP_Server sfs

ON j.SourceServerID = sfs.ServerID

WHERE j.LastChangeDetectionDate IS NULL

Sample Output

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Find Target Folders with Jobs Not Yet Processed by Change Detection

To find target folders not yet processed by change detection, run the following SQL command.

Change detection only checks target folders if bi-directional syncing is enabled.

-- Change detection only checks target folders if bi-directional syncing is enabled declare @bidi INT set @bidi = (select PFCoexistenceMode from CMTEUP_Settings) select j.PublicFolderJobID, j.TargetPublicFolderID, tfs.ServerName AS TargetServerName, tf.Name AS

TargetName, tf.FolderPath AS TargetFolderPath, j.LastChangeDetectionDate, tf.ContentChangeDate AS

TargetContentChangeDate from CMTEUP_PublicFolderJob j

INNER JOIN CMTEUP_PublicFolder tf

ON j.TargetPublicFolderID = tf.PublicFolderID

INNER JOIN CMTEUP_Server tfs

ON j.TargetServerID = tfs.ServerID where j.LastChangeDetectionDate IS NULL AND @bidi = 1

Table Definitions

Below is a description of the noteworthy columns for the Public Folder and Public Folder Job tables.

CMTEUP_PublicFolder

This table includes all Rationalized public folders from the Source and Target forests:

 PublicFolderID: Unique public folder ID

 Name: Name of the public folder

 FolderPath: Full Folder Path

 ParentFolderID/ParentPath: These two columns will reference the Parent Folder. If this reference is out of sync, Child folder will not be visible in the UI.

 AttributeChangeDate/AttributeChanged: Indicate when a folder attribute (proxy address, permissions) has changed.

 ContentChangeDate/ContentChanged: Indicate when new contents were added to the folder.

 IsDeleted: This will be set to 1 if the folder was deleted.

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CMTEUP_PublicFolderJob

This table includes all the Active public folder jobs. See CMTEUP_PublicFolderJobArchive for all Completed public folder jobs.

 PublicFolderJobID: Unique Job ID for each job

 ScheduleStart: This column determines when the job will be submitted by MCP service.

 SourceServerID/TargetServerID: Identify the source and target Exchange Server

 SourcePublicFolderID/TargetPublicFolderID: These two columns will reference the respective public folder

ID in the CMTEUP_PublicFolder table.

 BiDirectional: Bi-Directional Setting

 SyncCopy: True/false flag.

 SyncCount: Number of times a Sync Copy has completed.

 Result_ErrorMessage: Last Error message will be recorded here.

 Result_ErrorCount: Number of Errors observed.

 JobStatusID: Job Status description can be found in CMTEUP_JobStatus table.

 LastChangeDetectionDate: The last time the change detection worker processed this job.

Job States

Public Folder Job Status

Public Folder Migration Job flow

 Scheduled: Job has been scheduled, but not yet started.

 Started: Folder sync (if necessary, create folder and sync folder attributes and permissions) has started.

 Provisioned: Folder sync has completed and content sync is ready to start.

 In Progress: Folder item copy has started.

 Completed: Folder item copy is done.

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Public Folder Migration Engine Folder Handling Notes

If the public folder does not contain any items, the public folder migration engine will skip the folder except when

Source to Target Content Deletes are selected to be synced in the Exchange Pro Public Folder Settings. If Source to

Target Content Deletes are checked then the engine will check for deleted items in source and delete them in target accordingly.

Exchange Pro Public Folder Migration Child Job Management

When an administrator creates a public folder migration job using the Exchange Pro Admin Portal or the public folder Job Importer utility, Exchange Pro will check if a job already exists for the source folder or any child of the source folder. A child folder will belong to the same forest as its parent and reside on the same server (or mailbox in the case of Exchange 2013). If a child folder with an existing migration job is detected (in the case of a drag and drop in the UI, Exchange Pro will display a warning dialog asking the user if they want to modify the child jobs)

Exchange Pro will update the job’s target folder and target server as well as the job’s sync interval and scheduled start fields. Finally, Exchange Pro will reset the modified job’s status to Scheduled and its sync count to zero (0).

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Appendix I: Exchange Pro Connectivity Test Results

Section Error Result

MAPI Connection and Profile

IMsgServiceAdmin::ConfigureMsgService:

MAIL_E_NAMENOTFOUND

(or WSAECONNRESET)

IMAPISession::OpenMsgStore:

MAPI_E_FAILONEPROVIDER

Probable Causes

User name is incorrect.

A mailbox for the specified user cannot be found.

The Exchange Server is offline.

The Exchange Information Store is offline.

IMsgServiceAdmin::ConfigureMsgService:

MAPI_E_NETWORK_ERROR

Exchange Server name is incorrect or cannot be resolved.

User name or password is incorrect.

Exchange 2010 Address Book service is not running.

The Exchange Server is offline.

Hosted Exchange MAPIConnectHosted: GetAutodiscoverFor-

EmailAddress: There are no autodiscover servers in the AD for this address

MAPIConnectHosted: Error in IMAPISession::

OpenMsgStore: MAPI_E_LOGON_FAILED

User name or password is incorrect.

Password has expired.

Certificate issue.

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Appendix J: Mailbox Permissions Migrated

When a mailbox is submitted for migration, the Submit Pending Jobs activity will read the following mailbox permissions:

Exchange Permissions:

ChangePermission

DeleteItem

ReadPermission

ChangeOwner

FullAccess

Send On Behalf

NT Permissions:

Send-As

Receive-As

Mailbox Folder Permissions:

All mailbox folders

All trustees, except Default and Anonymous

All rights including: Owner, PublishingEditor, PublishingAuthor, Editor, Author, NoneditingAuthor,

Contributor, Reviewer, CreateItems, DeleteAllItems, DeleteOwnedItems, EditAllItems, EditOwnedItems,

FolderContact, FolderOwner, FolderVisible and ReadItems

Mailbox folder permissions are automatically migrated by Exchange. However, to enable Exchange to do so successfully, the following must be done prior to moving the mailbox:

 For Resource Folder migrations the msExchMasterAccountSID must be set on each target trustee before moving the user.

 For non-Resource Forest migrations an X500 address must be added to each source trustee that points to the target trustee before moving the user.

Once the mailbox migration has completed, the permissions found in the CMTEUP_UserMailboxPermissions table are processed. For each permission, the trustee is opened in the Source AD and a matching Target trustee is located using:

Mailbox GUID

E-Mail

Primary SMTP

Common Name

SAM Account Name

If no match is found, the MCP waits and retries applying the permission. This retry process can be configured in the

Mailbox Settings with the Mailbox Permissions Retries setting.

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Appendix K: Updating Outlook 2003 Clients for Inter-Org

Migrations

When executing an Inter-Org migration, an Outlook client loses its association with the user’s mailbox. While

Outlook 2007, Outlook 2010 and Outlook 2013 automatically reconfigure through the AutoDiscover service,

Outlook 2003 does not have this ability.

System Requirements

 .NET 2.0

 Outlook 2003 client

 The UAC (User Account Control) must be set to Never notify in User Accounts on each end user’s machine for Outlook Profile Update Service (OPUS) to work. OPUS needs to update the registry and this will fail if the user does not have the proper permissions.

The Outlook Profile Update Service (OPUS)

The Outlook Profile Update Service (OPUS) is included with Exchange Pro. OPUS can be executed at the workstation’s startup to detect whether this Outlook client should be updated. In interactive mode, OPUS prompts for the URL to the Exchange Pro User Portal, and gives you the option of defining a particular Client Access Server

(CAS). OPUS uses this information to reconfigure your Outlook 2003 profile, if the migration of the user has successfully completed.

The following are two ways that OPUS can be executed:

1. End User execution of OPUS using the GUI wizard mode.

2. The Administrator can choose to execute OPUS via the command line. A silent update mode can be used to update an Outlook profile without a UI. However, a prompt for credentials will still be shown if one is needed.

BinaryTree.E2E.OPUS /silent /endpoint {Exchange Pro server endpoint (optional)} /server {mailbox server name (optional)}

If updating Outlook 2007, Outlook 2010, or Outlook 2013 clients Inter-Org, consider:

 Every time Outlook 2007/2010/2013 launches, it reads in the location of the mailbox as stored in its profile and tries to re-open this connection. That host server accepts the connection and serves the mailbox content, or it uses an Exchange mailbox referral process to redirect the client request to a different mailbox server within the organization. However, in this case the mailbox has been moved outside of the existing

Exchange organization. Failing to find its mailbox in the organization, Outlook queries the TargetAddress attribute of its profile user.

 When a mailbox is migrated by Exchange Pro, the TargetAddress value in the source forest is updated so that it now points to the target forest. Outlook 2007/2010/2013 then makes a query to

autodiscover.target.com and identifies itself to this target organization by forwarding its mailbox GUID.

Outlook is then successfully directed to an appropriate Client Access Server and is connected to the user's migrated mailbox. This process occurs without any agents or additional processing required.

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End-User Execution of OPUS

End users who have access to the Exchange Pro server endpoint can execute OPUS through a GUI wizard. They will receive an email with a link that lets them download and run OPUS.

Exchange 2013 does not support Outlook 2003.

To execute OPUS:

1. Click Next to begin the Exchange Pro Outlook profile update service process.

2. Enter the Exchange Pro Endpoint information on the screen and click Next to continue.

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3. Click Next to update your Outlook profile.

4. The following screen displays when Exchange Pro is updating your Outlook profile.

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5. If the mailbox information cannot be found, the following screen displays. Otherwise, this screen does not display.

6. If Outlook is open, it will close and re-open with the new profile. Click Finish to complete the process.

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Command line execution of OPUS

This section details the Administrator process to execute OPUS via the command line when end-user client machines do not have connectivity to the Exchange Pro server endpoint or when the Administrator prefers that the end users have no interaction with the process.

From the command prompt, navigate to c:\Program Files\Binary Tree\Exchange Pro\Downloads and run the

BinaryTree.E2E.OPUS command with the following parameters.

BinaryTree.E2E.OPUS

/silent

/oldservers {comma-separated list of source mailbox servers}

/server {target mailbox server name}

/cas {target CAS server name (optional, defaults to same as /server)}

This parameter is necessary only when the CAS server name differs from the mailbox server name (/server parameter).

This parameter is necessary only when the subject of the SSL certificate on the CAS server differs from the CAS server name (/cas parameter).

/upn {user principal name (optional, defaults to existing upn in profile)}

This parameter should be omitted if the intent is for this to be used for multiple users. OPUS will maintain the same user name that was created in the profile before migrating, if this parameter is omitted

This allows bulk updates of many Exchange 2003 client machines, without customizing the .config file for a specific

UPN without access to the Exchange Pro web service, and also allows specification of multiple source servers.

Allowing for local override when Exchange Pro web service is unavailable

There are circumstances where the client box that needs to upgrade an Outlook 2003 profile has no access to the

Exchange Pro box and cannot resolve the web service endpoint.

The BinaryTree.E2E.OPUS.exe.config file for OPUS located in c:\ProgramFiles\BinaryTree\Exchange Pro\Downloads typically looks like this:

<BinaryTree.E2E.OPUS.Properties.Settings>

<value/> (notice the absence of this value)

</setting>

</BinaryTree.E2E.OPUS.Properties.Settings>

</applicationSettings>

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To override the remote configuration in favor of a local one, the .config would look like this:

<BinaryTree.E2E.OPUS.Properties.Settings>

<value /> (notice the absence of this value)

</setting>

<value>Ex2010-mbx.contoso.com</value>

</setting>

<value>Ex2010-cas.contoso.com</value>

</setting>

</BinaryTree.E2E.OPUS.Properties.Settings>

</applicationSettings>

<BinaryTree.E2E.OPUS.Properties.Settings>

<value>[email protected]</value>

</setting>

<value>Ex03legacy.contoso.com</value>

</setting>

</BinaryTree.E2E.OPUS.Properties.Settings>

</userSettings>

This table provides a description for each OPUS application configuration setting:

Name

E2EEndPoint

MailboxServer

Description Example

A URL to the Exchange Pro server for your installation. http://server.contoso.com/ epro/user/default.aspx

Name of the new (target) Exchange mailbox server. Ex2010MBX.contoso.com

CASServer Name of the new (target) Exchange CAS server. Defaults to the MailboxServer if not supplied.

Ex2010CAS.contoso.com

The UPN (alias) of the mailbox user. John.smith UserPrincipalName

SourceMailboxServer The name of the source Exchange mailbox server as found in the user’s Outlook profile.

Ex2003.contoso.com

For the E2EEndPoint setting, the URL is only needed if the administrator is not providing all of the setting values for OPUS.

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Exchange Pro 4.4

User Guide

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Exchange Pro

About this Document

Online Help

Getting more information

About Exchange Pro

Supported Mailbox Migration Paths

Supported Public Folders Migration Paths

Components of Exchange Pro

MCP Windows Service

Admin Portal

User Portal

About the Exchange Pro Admin Portal

Main Toolbar

Data Panel

Version Information

2. Creating and Managing Forests

Adding a New Source Forest

Add Source Forest: Source Forest Screen

Add Source Forest: Active Directory Screen

Add Source Forest: PowerShell Screen

Add Source Forest: Exchange (MAPI) Screen

Add Source Forest: Staged Migrations Screen

Add Source Forest: Mailboxes Screen

Add Source Forest: Public Folders Screen

Add Source Forest: Summary Screen

Adding a New Office 365 Forest

Add Office 365 Forest: Office 365 Forest Screen

Add Office 365 Forest: Exchange Online Screen

Add Office 365 Forest: Exchange (MAPI) Screen

Add Office 365 Forest: Summary Screen

Forest Configuration

Configuration Tabs for a Source Forest

Configuration Tabs for the Target Forest

Configuration Tabs for an Office 365 Tenant Forest

Forest Alerts

Deleting a Forest

Source Forest Configuration | General Tab

Forest Section

Staged Migrations Section

Source Forest Configuration | Accounts Tab

Active Directory Section

PowerShell Section

Exchange (MAPI) Section

SMTP Section

Source Forest Configuration | Sites Tab

Source Forest Configuration | Mailboxes & Public Folders Tab

Mailboxes Section

Public Folders Section

Source Forest Configuration | Credentials Tab

Target Forest Configuration | General Tab

Forest Section

Staged Migrations Section

Target Forest Configuration | Accounts Tab

Active Directory Section

PowerShell Section

Exchange (MAPI) Section

SMTP Section

Target Forest Configuration | Sites Tab

Target Forest Configuration | Mailboxes & Public Folders Tab

Mailboxes Section

Public Folders Section

Target Forest Configuration | Credentials Tab

Tenant Forest (Office 365) Configuration | General Tab

Forest Section

Exchange Online Section

Exchange (MAPI) Section

Tenant Forest (Office 365) Configuration | Sites Tab

Tenant Forest (Office 365) Configuration | Licenses Tab

Tenant Forest (Office 365) Configuration | Credentials Tab

3. Managing Exchange Pro Workers

Enabling/Disabling Workers

Viewing and Editing Worker Settings

Viewing Worker Processing Statistics

Viewing the Exchange Pro Worker Application

4. Managing Configuration Settings

Settings | General Tab

Settings | Activities Tab