Configure Group Metrics

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Applies to: Exchange Server 2010

MailTips that provide information about the size of distribution groups and dynamic distribution groups rely on Group Metrics data. Group Metrics data is generated on designated Mailbox servers and is copied to Client Access servers using the Microsoft Exchange File Distribution Service. For more information about Group Metrics, see Understanding Group Metrics.

You can enable or disable Group Metrics generation on a Mailbox server and configure the time when Group Metrics data is generated.

Looking for other management tasks related to MailTips? Check out Managing MailTips.

Prerequisites

Group Metrics data is only used for MailTips. Make sure that Group Metrics MailTips are enabled in your organization. For detailed steps, see Configure Organizational Settings for MailTips. To learn more about MailTips, see Understanding MailTips.

Use the Shell to enable or disable Group Metrics generation

You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure. To see what permissions you need, see the "Group Metrics" entry in the Mailbox Permissions topic.

Note

You can't use the EMC to enable or disable Group Metrics generation.

You use the Set-MailboxServer cmdlet to enable or disable Group Metrics generation on a Mailbox server. This example enables Group Metrics generation on server MBX1.

Set-MailboxServer MBX1 -GroupMetricsGenerationEnabled $true

This example disables Group Metrics generation on server MBX1.

Set-MailboxServer MBX1 -GroupMetricsGenerationEnabled $false

For detailed syntax and parameter information, see Set-MailboxServer.

Use the Shell to configure the Group Metrics generation time

You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure. To see what permissions you need, see the "Group Metrics" entry in the Mailbox Permissions topic.

Note

You can't use the EMC to configure the Group Metrics generation time.

You use the Set-MailboxServer cmdlet to configure the time of day when Group Metrics data is generated on a Mailbox server. You must use the 24-hour clock notation (HH:MM) when specifying the generation time. These examples configure Group Metrics generation on servers MBX1 and MBX3 to occur at 11:30 P.M. and 3:00 A.M. respectively.

Set-MailboxServer MBX1 -GroupMetricsGenerationTime 23:30
Set-MailboxServer MBX3 -GroupMetricsGenerationTime 03:00

For detailed syntax and parameter information, see Set-MailboxServer.