Windows 7 / Getting Started

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Public Folder Management Console

The Public Folder Management Console is an MMC 3.0 based interface that offers administrators a GUI to manage their public folder infrastructure. Administrators can use the console to create, configure, or maintain public folders.

The Public Folder Management Console displays the public folder hierarchy with two primary subtrees:

• Default Public Folders-Public folders that users can connect to directly using client applications such as Microsoft Outlook
• System Public Folders-Not accessible directly by users, the System Public Folders enable client applications to store information such as free/busy data, offline address books (OABs) and organizational forms. The system public folders container also stores configuration information that is used by Exchange Server itself.

The OAB and Schedule+ Free Busy information is important for environments with legacy (Outlook 2003 and before) client applications.

Remote Connectivity Analyzer

New to the toolbox in Exchange Server 2010 is the Remote Connectivity Analyzer (RCA). This web-based tool enables administrators to verify that Internet facing services such as Exchange ActiveSync, AutoDiscover, Outlook Anywhere, and inbound email are set up and configured properly.

Unlike the test-ActivesyncConnectivity and test-OWAConnectivity cmdlets in the Exchange Management Shell, which can only run from inside the network and only test internal connectivity, the Remote Connectivity Analyzer, as the name suggests, enables administrators to verify the connectivity to these features from outside the network.

The RCA provides the following tests:

• Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync Connectivity Tests
  • Exchange ActiveSync with AutoDiscover
  • Exchange ActiveSync
• Microsoft Exchange Web Services Connectivity Tests
  • ActiveSync Provider AutoDiscover
  • Outlook Provider AutoDiscover
• Microsoft Office Outlook Connectivity Tests
  • Outlook Anywhere with AutoDiscover
  • Outlook 2003 RCP/HTTP
• Internet Email Tests
  • Inbound SMTP Email Test

Role Based Access Control (RBAC) User Editor

Also new to the toolbox is the Role Based Access Control User Editor. With the change in Exchange Server 2010 from using access control lists (ACLs) to RBAC, administrators need to assign users to RBAC groups and roles. Although this can be done from the EMS, the cmdlets and parameters will all be new to administrators, so Microsoft has provided an Editing tool to assist administrators with this task.

The RBAC User Editor is a web-based interface that utilizes the new Exchange Control Panel. Clicking the icon opens a web browser, enabling the administrator to authenticate through OWA. When logged in, the administrator is taken to the Administrator Roles editor in which he can view the properties of existing role groups and add or remove members as needed.

Although much of the RBAC configuration still needs to be accomplished using the Exchange Management Shell, the ECP enables basic configuration changes to be made.