Comments on: How to Use a Specific Domain Controller in Exchange 2010 Management Shell

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:54:34 +0000

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By: Paul Cunningham

Paul Cunningham — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 21:56:10 +0000

Hi Rich, Set-ADServerSettings applies only to the current session.

If you want the setting to be applied each time you open a new session you could look at using a PowerShell profile:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee692764.aspx

By: Rich

Rich — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:56:17 +0000

When I run the script “Set-ADServerSettings -PreferredServer pdc.domain.com”, it changes the data to what I expected when I run the “Get-ADServerSettings | fl “however when I close the EMS and re-open it and run the “Get-ADServersettings | fl” script it shows the old configuration for “dns.domain.com”.
I have checked that the EMS is running “as administrator” and checked that the administrator can change the Exchange server.
The system log files show that the changes took place but it appears it is not working as expected. Am I missing something?
This is a new Exchange 2010 SP1 on Server 2008 R2 in a New Domain/Forest. I have check that it is fully patched, and that the DC’s are fully patched and the DC’s are both GC’s. I am runing this via a RDP, do I have to run it at the Exchange console?
Any help would be appreciated.

By: Junaid Ahmed

Junaid Ahmed — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 08:28:46 +0000

Thanks man!!

By: Paul Cunningham

Paul Cunningham — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:48:29 +0000

Set-ExchangeServer sets server settings that the server itself uses for AD access.

Set-AdServerSettings sets the settings for your Exchange Management Shell session. Eg if you were running the shell on your admin workstation.

By: Hamid

Hamid — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 21:07:39 +0000

what is the difference if i try to do the same job using the Set-ExchangeServer cmdlet.

for example : Set-ExchangeServer -Identity -StaticDomainControllers dc1.mydomain.ad,dc2.mydomain.ad

by the way, your blog is really one of my favorite one

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 19:11:23 +0000

Why the option DefaultPreferredDomainControllers keeps pointing to : {DC1.exchangeserverpro.local}? I have a lab environment that there are two dcs. I would like to demote one of them, but the exc keeps connected on it like your example. And I’ve changed the GC.

By: Bhargav Shukla

Bhargav Shukla — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:23:19 +0000

You may or may not see this issue I had on Exchange 2007 but good to refer to: http://bit.ly/5KKRXX – Exchange 2007 Setup Error: Setup Cannot use Domain Controller