Hey folks,

I was curious what was a recommended reporting tool for Exchange 2013.  Is there a handy out-of-the-box solution for reporting Mailbox trends, sizes?  Reports on general email usage for users, groups etc?  Would there be a solution that offers reports, but also offers real time alerts, say if the DAG goes down or there's something nasty going on with the server?

Anyway, thanks for your suggestions!

Hi Jason,

Based on my knowledge, these reports are generated separately. Details as below:

1. Mailbox size report:

Mailbox size reports and other stuff - Exchange powershell 2010

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/exchange/en-US/82d5d38a-0c13-4c16-b1b0-9999c00d354d/mailbox-size-reports-and-other-stuff-exchange-powershell-2010?forum=exchange2010

2. Report message tracking:

Message tracking

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124375(v=exchg.150).aspx

3. The administrator audit log records specific actions, based on Exchange Management Shell cmdlet, performed by administrators and users who have been assigned administrative privileges.

View the administrator audit log

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn342832(v=exchg.150).aspx

4. Exchange server health monitor.

Managed Availability and Server Health

http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2013/06/26/managed-availability-and-server-health.aspx

 

All of the reports involved above are performed by running command, you can use Scheduled Tasks for these PowerShell Scripts. More details to see:

Creating Scheduled Tasks for Exchange 2010 PowerShell Scripts

http://mikepfeiffer.net/2010/02/creating-scheduled-tasks-for-exchange-2010-powershell-scripts/

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Thanks

It seems, the above references would be a great approach to cover all of your requirements that you have mentioned into your description.

However, if you wish to get these all reports automatically, you may also consider on our exchange server solution (http://www.lepide.com/solutions/exchange-server.html) that provides all the reports into real time even at granular level and monitor all the changes from centralized location.

A 3rd party tool you may be interested in is the ARK for Exchange Server - http://www.vyapin.com/products/exchange-audit/exchange-server-reporting from Vyapin Software Systems.