Exchange Tasks 2013

Exchange Tasks 2013 is an application that was developed to help users turn their ADUC (Active Directory Users and Computers) console into a reliable management utility for Microsoft Exchange. It can be used to manage users, groups, and mailboxes.

The purpose of this application was to turn Microsoft Exchange into a more accessible application since it lacks a comprehensive management system, which can be disconcerting to some users.

Many system administrators relied on the ADUC MMC Snap-In, which is a single management interface, to handle their messaging environments. Although some versions of Microsoft Exchange had implemented support for Exchange management functions through the snap-in, the 2010 and 2013 ones either come with a stand-alone management interface or lack it altogether.

Exchange Tasks 2013 adds extra features to the ADUC snap-in so that it includes various management solutions as well as additional functionality, such as bulk operations and commands.

Setting up the utility requires users to establish an Office 365 or Exchange connection before using the application. Among the features it encompasses, users can find configuring Exchange-related settings for their recipients, performing bulk tasks on several objects and creating new Exchange objects.