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How to Customize the Exchange Management Console

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Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 will reach end of support on April 11, 2017. To stay supported, you will need to upgrade. For more information, see Resources to help you upgrade your Office 2007 servers and clients.

 

Applies to: Exchange Server 2007, Exchange Server 2007 SP1, Exchange Server 2007 SP2, Exchange Server 2007 SP3

This topic explains how to customize the various management interfaces in Exchange 2007. These various interfaces are configurable in that you can show or hide items in the console window, and you can add columns to or remove columns from in the result panes or work panes.

The management interfaces that you can customize depend on which version of Exchange 2007 you are running. In Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1), you can use these procedures to customize the Exchange Management Console, the Queue Viewer, the Details Templates Editor, and the Public Folder Management Console. In the release to manufacturing (RTM) version of Exchange 2007, you can use these procedures only to customize the Exchange Management Console

Before You Begin

To perform this procedure, the account you use must be delegated the following:

  • Exchange View-Only Administrator role and local Administrators group for the target server

For more information about permissions, delegating roles, and the rights that are required to administer Exchange Server 2007, see Permission Considerations.

Procedure

To configure columns in the result pane or the work pane

  1. In the management interface, select an item in either the result pane or the work pane.

  2. In the action pane, click View, and then select Add/Remove Columns. Or on the menu bar, select View, and then select Add/Remove Columns.

  3. To add columns to your current view, select the column name in the Available columns box and click Add.

  4. To remove columns from your current view, select the column name from the Displayed columns box and click Remove.

  5. To change the position in which the columns display, select a column name from the Displayed columns box, and then click the Move Up or Move Down button.

  6. Click OK to apply your changes and close the dialog box.

To show or hide items in the console window

  1. In the action pane, click View, and then select Customize. Or on the menu bar, select View, and then select Customize.

  2. Select or clear the check boxes to show or hide items in the console window. Your changes will take effect immediately upon selecting or clearing the check boxes.

  3. Click OK to close the dialog box.

For More Information

For more information the Exchange Management Console, see Using the Exchange Management Console.

For more information about how to use the Queue Viewer, see How to Use the Queue Viewer.

For more information about how to use the Details Templates Editor, see Managing Details Templates.

For more information about how to use the Public Folder Management Console, see Using the Public Folder Management Console.