I have multiple HT Servers internal and also multiple Edge Servers in the DMZ. SMTP from the HT servers are load balanced because they also receiving mails from NON Exchange systems/applications. If now someone comes in the door and asks me why his mail wasn't received by the recipient. I have to first look on all of the HT Servers ind the Messagetracking (because I don't know where the mail was directed from the balancer) and then I have to go via RDP to the Edge System and search there in the messagetracking. Is it realy true that microsoft brings the the power of powershell to each and every product and then not allowing to manage the edge servers remotely? http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd638134.aspx I can not belive that? How should i write a powershell script which does all this work for me when it's not possible to connect to the edge systems via powershell? Is there any Third Party Software out there which can do Messagetracking accros multiple systems? THX for your answers Harald

Hello Harald, I think you cannot use powershell to manage the edge servers remotely. Exchange 2010 uses the local shell only on the Edge Transport server role, this is because each computer that runs the Edge transport role is administered individually and because the Edge transport server role doesn't use Active Directory Domain Services. For Hub Servers you can use get-messagetracking -server to check for it. Get-MessageTrackingLog http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa997573.aspx For Edge Servers, you may need logon to Edge Server to check for it. Thanks, Evan Liu TechNet Subscriber Support in forum If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.com Evan Liu TechNet Community Support

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Hello, Thanks for our answer, but that didn't really help. That the edge servers are not in AD can not be the reason why it is not possible to remotly connect via powershell. It is possible for me to connect to the edge servers via winrs which is using as far as I know mainly the same components in the background to remotely connect. I just want that MS is aware that the current situation is for a micky mouse enviroment but not for enterprises! KR

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