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Customising Exchange Activesync Powershell script

Hi All,
We are seeing couple of activesync mailboxes getting disabled/enabled offen. This is because of users having admin access are changing adhocly.
Planning to have a script in place to enable/disable activesync and maintain a log to track of all changes with date and time.

Below is the script to enable/disable Activesync

$name=Read-Host Enter the SMTP address of the account to be ActiveSync ENABLED
$a = get-date
set-mailbox -id $name -CustomAttribute1 'Enable'
set-casmailbox -id $name -ActiveSyncEnabled $true -ActiveSyncMailboxPolicy 'Default - Default Policy + Encryption'
echo $a >> c:\temp\scripts\EAS\log.txt
get-casmailbox -id $name | ft -autosize PrimarySMTPAddress,ServerName,ActiveSyncMailboxPolicy,ActiveSyncEnabled | out-file -append c:\temp\scripts\EAS\log.txt
get-casmailbox -id $name | ft -autosize PrimarySMTPAddress,ServerName,ActiveSyncMailboxPolicy,ActiveSyncEnabled

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But my requirement is
1. read a user to enable or disable activesync
2. Do u want to enable or disable active sync
3. If user wants to enable AS
Then below conditions
if AS is not enabled and if CA#1 is empty
Enable ActiveSync and update CA#1 as Enable
Else IF AS is enabled & CA#1 is empty/disable
Inform like AS is already enabled for the user, but CA#1 is not updated/disable
Do u want to update CA#1 -> If yes -> Update CA#1
Else if AS is not enable & if CA#1 is updated as enable
Inform like AS is not enabled for the user, but CA#1 is updated
Do u want to enable Active sync
Else
inform both AS is enabled and CA#1 is updated.
4. If user wants to disable
then the same logic but have to disable...
Please let me know the conditons to be added in the script and let me know if we can have some good output with
1. Admin info - who has updated the AS & CA
2. Date and time
3. User info - whose details got updated.

This will allow me to track admins who are enabling/disabling the requests and also will be very easy to manage AS.

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Rajitha Chimmani

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ahmshaik

ASKER

Hi Rajitha,

Many thanks for developing a script for me based on my requirement. I will try to run it and get back to you if I get any errors.

ahmshaik

ASKER

Hi Rajitha,
I am getting the below error while executing the script.

Enter the SMTP address of the account to manage Active Sync: ahmed@test.com
Get-Date : Cannot bind parameter 'Date'. Cannot convert value "log.txt" to type "System.DateTime". Error: "The string was not recognized as a valid D
ateTime. There is a unknown word starting at index 0."
At C:\\Ahmed\Activesync.ps1:2 char:9
+ get-date <<<<  >> add-content log.txt
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [Get-Date], ParameterBindingException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CannotConvertArgumentNoMessage,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetDateCommand

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Rajitha Chimmani

change this line "get-date >> add-content log.txt" to "get-date | add-content log.txt"

ahmshaik

ASKER

Thanks for your quick response.

I am not getting any errors now. But when i enter emailaddress its accepting and script execution is completed. I believe it is not entering in any condition.

I even tried to give alias name,logon name as input but no Luck.

Rajitha Chimmani

Try to print $Status and $CAValue within the script so that we can check if the commands work.

ahmshaik

ASKER

I got the below result.

$status = test.com/Users/ahmshaik
$cavalue = Shaik,AhmedAli (User)

Rajitha Chimmani

what is this test.com/Users/ahmshaik? I thought you were giving email address. Try the below command individually

$Status = Get-CASMailbox -Identity "emailaddress"

I presume something wrong with the input.

Those variables should not be single valued. you must get a set of values.

ahmshaik

ASKER

Hi Rajitha,

I am giving email address but still getting some error.
Enter the SMTP address of the account to manage Active Sync: ahmed@test.com
Get-CASMailbox : The operation could not be performed because object 'emailaddress' could not be found on domain controlle
.
At C:\Ahmed\Activesync.ps1:3 char:25
+ $Status = Get-CASmailbox <<<< -identity "emailaddress"
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Get-CASMailbox], ManagementObjectNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : 6EB7296,Microsoft.Exchange.Management.RecipientTasks.GetCASMailbox

Shaik,AhmedAli (User)

Also just to confirm I tried running the below Cmlet and getting the below output.
I think we should get only email address here in the output.

[PS] C:\Ahmed>Get-CASMailbox -Identity ahmed@test.com

Name ActiveSyncEnabled OWAEnabled PopEnabled ImapEnabled
---- ----------------- ---------- ---------- -----------
ahmshaik True True True True

Rajitha Chimmani

No... what you are getting is right. You should get the details of the CAS account.

In your first command..You must run it as below (i gave email address so that you can specify one)

$name=Read-Host "Enter the SMTP address of the account to manage Active Sync"
$Status = Get-CASmailbox -Identity $name
$Status
$CAValue = Get-Mailbox $Name
$CAValue

ahmshaik

ASKER

Hi Rajitha,

This Question is an escalated one as I have not got any response from any expert till certain time.

You have accepted my escalated query & given an awesome script for my custom requirment.

Thanks a lot.
I am feeling vey bad to give only 500 points.Wish to give u more and more points.

Rajitha Chimmani

No problem AhmedAli and Thank You. As this was neglected question i get 200 more points..total 700 :)

ahmshaik

ASKER

Thats really gr8.

I am very happy for that.