Exchange Tasks 2007 - Frequently asked questions and answers

Absolutely not!

Exchange Tasks 2007 adds configuration settings to Active Directory objects called displaySpecifiers.

You can read more about them here:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727026.aspx

You should provide the credentials of an Enterprise Admin or equivalent, in order to perform changes in the Configuration partition of Active Directory.

This partition holds the objects called displaySpecifiers (see previous question).

Exchange Tasks 2007 requires the credentials in order to make the required changes during setup.

The credentials are sent securely to the domain controller for authentication and are discarded immediately after the configuration changes.

The privileged user is required only once. In the first installation of Exchange Tasks 2007, or when upgrading to a newer version.

No. as stated in the previous question:

The privileged user is required only once. In the first installation of Exchange Tasks 2007 , or when upgrading to a newer version.

You could issue a quick and silent install after running an installation with the required credentials with the following command:

msiexec.exe /i exchange-tasks-2007.msi /qb

Note: Local administrator permissions are still required for the installation.

Exchange Tasks 2007 as an application has the following prerequisites:

 

• Any Windows OS above and including Windows XP Service Pack 2
• Exchange Server 2007 Management Tools must be installed.
• Windows PowerShell
• .NET Framework 2.0 or above
• A connection to an Active Directory domain and an Exchange Server 2007 environment.

Exchange Tasks 2007 uses the built-in PowerShell cmdlets and commands for mailbox management.

Each command has different permission requirements.

To read about the commands follow this link: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124233.aspx

The Exchange Server 2007 Management Tools can be installed individually directly from the Exchange 2007 DVD media.

If you want a 32bit version of the tools for your management workstation, you can download them directly from Microsoft at the following link:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6be38633-7248-4532-929b-76e9c677e802&displaylang=en

For Export/Import mailbox feature, the requirements are:

• Full mailbox access permissions, you can add them easily with this example cmdlet:
  • Get-ExchangeServer EX2007 | Add-ADPermission –ExtendedRights Receive-As, Send-As –User Administrator
• Outlook 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) or Outlook 2007
• The 32-bit version of the Exchange management tools

Exchange Tasks 2007 uses the Exchange Server 2007 Management Snap-In to manage mailboxes and run the different commands and tasks.

This snap-in has some known compatibility issues with the Exchange Server 2003 management tools.

Try removing them and everything should start working.

While the ADM is included in every version of Exchange Tasks 2007, only the Premium edition of Exchange Tasks 2007 supports these GPO changes.

You probably forgot to install the Exchange Server 2007 Management Tools on your workstation.

You probably forgot to install the Exchange Server 2007 Management Tools on your workstation.

This is mostly caused by two reasons: 

1. The credentials provided in the “Active Directory Authentication” screen during the installation were not privileged for the Configuration partition in Active Directory.
2. You’re not using the default Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in. If you’ve created custom management snap-ins, you might need to create them again.
3. If the above two does not apply to you, try to uninstall our prodcut, delete the following registry key, and reinstall Exchange Tasks.
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{F9168C5E-CEB2-4FAA-B6BF-329BF39FA1E4}\

Most of our tools are installed in secure server environments where Internet connectivity cannot be taken for granted.

That’s why we don’t provide any automatic updating functions in our products.

This might change in the future but for now all you have to do to find out if there is a new version available is to visit our website.

Customers who purchased our retail products are automatically added to our mailing list and receive email notifications about updates and news.

You can contact our sales department at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

They will consider each request and decide whether to provide you with a trial extension key.

Exchange Tasks 2007 uses a per user, per machine licensing method.
You have to purchase a single license for each user who is going to manage recipient mailboxes using Exchange Tasks 2007 and that license can be activated twice on that machine for maintenance reasons (operating system reinstallation for example).