Hybrid-Free-Busy-Configuration-Checker

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• This script is still under development. It is not a stable finished version.

• This script does not make changes to current settings. It collects relevant configuration information regarding Hybrid Free Busy configurations on Exchange On Premises Servers and on Exchange Online, both for OAuth and DAuth.

• This is a Beta Version. Please doublecheck on any information provided by this script before procceding to address any changes to your envoironment. Be advised that there may be incorrections in the provided output.

Use: Collects OAuth and DAuth Hybrid Availability Configuration Settings Both for Exchange On Premises and Exchange Online

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Supported Exchange Server Versions:

The script can be used to validate the Availability configuration of the following Exchange Server Versions: - Exchange Server 2013 - Exchange Server 2016 - Exchange Server 2019 - Exchange Online

Required Permissions:

• Organization Management
• Domain Admins (only necessary for the DCCoreRatio parameter)

Please make sure that the account used is a member of the Local Administrator group. This should be fulfilled on Exchange servers by being a member of the Organization Management group. However, if the group membership was adjusted or in case the script is executed on a non-Exchange system like a management server, you need to add your account to the Local Administrator group.

Other Pre Requisites:

AD management Tools:

If not available, they can be installed with the following command:

Install-windowsfeature -name AD-Domain-Services -IncludeManagementTools

Imports and Intalls the following Modules (if not available):

PSSnapin: microsoft.exchange.management.powershell.snapin Module : ActiveDirectory Module Module : ExchangeOnlineManagement Module

Syntax:

  FreeBusyChecker.ps1
    [-Auth <string[]>]
    [-Org <string>]
    [-Pause]

How To Run:

• This script must be run as Administrator in Exchange Management Shell on an Exchange Server. You can provide no parameters and the script will just run against Exchnage On Premises and Exchange Online to query for OAuth and DAuth configuration setting. It will compare existing values with standard values and provide detail of what may not be correct.

• Please take note that though this script may output that a specific setting is not a standard sertting, it does not mean that your configurations are incorrect. For exmaple, DNS may be configured with specific mapppings that this script can not evaluate.

Valid Input Option Parameters:

Paramater : Auth Options : All; DAuth; OAUth; Null

    All               : Collects Availability Information for both OAuth and DAuth
    DAuth             : DAuth Authentication
    OAuth             : OAuth Authentication
    Default Value.    : Null. No swith input means the script will collect availability information for the current used method. If OAuth is enabled it will collect OAuth Availability    
                        Configuration information. If OAuth is not enabled it will collect DAuth Availability Information

Paramater : Org Options : ExchangeOnPremise; ExchangeOnline; Null

    ExchangeOnPremise : Use ExchangeOnPremise parameter to collect Availability information in the Exchange On Premise Tenant
    ExchangeOnline    : Use ExchangeOnline parameter to collect Availability information in the Exchange Online Tenant
    Default Value.    : Null. No swith input means the script will collect both Exchange On Premise and Exchange OnlineAvailability configuration Detail

Paramater : Pause Options : Null; True; False

    True              : Use the True parameter to use this script pausing after each test done.
    False             : To use this script not pausing after each test done no Pause Parameter is needed.
    Default Value.    : False.

Paramater : Help

Options               : Null; True; False
    True              : Use the $True parameter to use display valid parameter Options.

Examples:

• This cmdlet will run Free Busy Checker script and will collect availability information for the current used method. If OAuth is enabled it will collect OAuth Availability Configuration information. If OAuth is not enabled it will collect DAuth Availability Information.

        PS C:\> .\FreeBusyChecker.ps1 
  

• This cmdlet will run Free Busy Checker script and check Availability OAuth and DAuth Configurations both for Exchange On Premises and Exchange Online.

        PS C:\> .\FreeBusyChecker.ps1 -Auth All
  

• This cmdlet will run the Free Busy Checker Script against for OAuth Availability Configurations only.

        PS C:\> .\FreeBusyChecker.ps1 -Auth OAuth
  

• This cmdlet will run the Free Busy Checker Script against for DAuth Availability Configurations only.

        PS C:\> .\FreeBusyChecker.ps1 -Auth DAuth
  

• This cmdlet will run the Free Busy Checker Script for Exchange Online Availability Configurations only.

        PS C:\> .\FreeBusyChecker.ps1 -Org ExchangeOnline
  

• This cmdlet will run the Free Busy Checker Script for Exchange On Premises OAuth and DAuth Availability Configurations only.

        PS C:\> .\FreeBusyChecker.ps1 -Org ExchangeOnPremise
  

• This cmdlet will run the Free Busy Checker Script for Exchange On Premises Availability OAuth Configurations, pausing after each test done.

        PS C:\> .\FreeBusyChecker.ps1 -Org ExchangeOnPremise -Auth OAuth -Pause $True