ARKES documentation about Exchange Server configuration can be used to perform disaster recovery documentation, audits and to manage security policies across the enterprise. It helps Exchange Server Administrators to have sufficient information about the baseline configuration information and Exchange-specific settings within the organization.

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Prepare and print server management reports for documentation and compliance.   Export server configuration data to MS-Access database or MS-Excel for further analysis of Exchange data.   View information about different Exchange Server objects in their own display windows. Especially useful for managing several Exchange Servers at the same time.   Hierarchy Reports is conveniently organized into separate tab views and fields, keeping relevant information for each logical information block in one view. The relevance for each view has been maintained according to the Exchange Server architecture.   Compare properties (general, security etc) of similar objects in different Exchange Servers in the same site and organization, by viewing information simultaneously.   Apply powerful conditional queries to get a narrow subset of information. Domain Reports Remote connectivity: Easy to use Exchange Server Connection Manager that enables a user to connect and store the Exchange Servers in the organization. Connect to an Exchange Server with admin credentials and monitor the configuration settings. This is similar to connecting to a remote server using the Exchange Server Administrator Program, but ARKES additionally provides the ability to enter any user credential with sufficient permissions, other than the currently logged on user.   Built-in Reports: Provides several out-of-the-box reports across Exchange Sites / Administrative groups / Servers in the Exchange Organization. The built-in reports can be generated for the Organization, Site / Administrative Group and Server scopes. Exchange Server containers covered in ARKES includes: Organization Information about the Exchange Organization container settings and its delegated security settings Administrative Groups Configuration information about the administrative group which contains the collection of servers and routing groups that share an administrative security context and its associated security settings. Servers Includes information about the list of servers, protocols and storage groups in each server, policies assigned for each server and the associated security settings of the server objects. Protocols Configuration Settings and security information of protocols available in the Exchange Servers and Sites. Storage Groups Configuration and security settings of Storage Groups, Mailbox and Public Folder Stores, and the associated resource utilization in terms of size and number of mailboxes & public folders, physical database size and security information for available stores in the Exchange Organization. Routing Group Information about the routing group which contains the server(s) that constantly communicate information to each other using reliable LAN connectivity and connectors (either to other routing groups or to other messaging systems) Connectors Configuration Settings and security information of various connectors in the routing group. System Policies Information about the configuration and security settings applied to mailbox stores, public folder stores, servers and recipients in the Exchange Servers. Recipients General information, Permissions and all other properties of Mailbox users, Mail-enabled users, Distribution Lists, Contact and Public Folder objects. Specific information about e-mail address, membership details, hidden recipient objects, mailbox rights, message delivery and storage settings, size and activity, delivery restrictions, orphaned mailboxes and public folder client permissions. Hierarchy Reports: Generate report formats by connecting to the desired Exchange Server 2007 / 2003 / 2000 / 5.5 and view information in the native Exchange Server hierarchy. Custom Reports: Customize report formats to view, print or export report data. Allows the user to customize a report by selecting the desired report fields, order them, group by a report field, apply required data filters and finally save it as a custom report template for repetitive use. Data Dump: Export or Print whole/part information about Exchange Server objects in a single instance. Export configuration data to MS-Access, MS-Excel, HTML or CSV file format. Data Filters: Powerful query-based data filter options to track and report only the desired information in a report.   Custom Report Views: Create custom views by selecting the desired fields for a report and save the custom report view for repetitive use.   Task Manager: Powerful tool to generate multiple reports at periodic intervals in a single task. Create a scheduled task to export multiple reports from ARKES to MS-Access, MS-Excel, HTML and Comma Separated Values (CSV) file formats. Task Manager internally uses the familiar Windows task scheduler for generating reports at different time intervals - daily, monthly, weekly etc.  Export multiple reports in four simple steps: Select Directory Server to generate the reports on, Select the Reports,  Specify Scope and Delivery Options and Schedule the Export Task.   Basic support for Exchange 2007     Task Manager to generate multiple reports at periodic intervals in a single task   Security and owner information for all objects Hardware:Intel Pentium III or higher processor,  64 MB of RAM, 15 MB disk   Operating System: Windows 2000 (SP 4.0) / Windows XP (SP2.0) / Windows 2003 (SP 2.0)   Software: MDAC 2.5/2.6/2.8. Microsoft Outlook 2000 and above (or) Exchange Server 5.5 administrator program (Optional).