Just curious as to what everyone uses to test and verify that their Exchange environment is still in a healthy state after applying update rollups or service packs. Anyone have a checklist of various tests they run? I already know about testexchangeconnecivity.com. What other tools or scripts do people use?

Hello, I use the ol' fashion telnet but the URL you mention is very good. MiguelMiguel Fra / Falcon ITS Computer & Network Support, Miami, FL Visit our Knowledgebase Sharepoint Site

Check services, ExBPA and mailflow If using HA maybe a plan for testing the function would be niceJonas Andersson MCTS: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007/2010 | MCITP: EMA 2007/2010 | MCSE/MCSA Blog: http://www.testlabs.se/blog

One thing I noticed is all these "test" exchange cmdlets. The majority of them look quite useful as a means to prove and validate that one's Exchange environment is functioning and in good health. What I don't get is why didn't Microsoft just throw these cmdlets into a nice GUI someplace. It would be nice if I could easily just run a bunch of these cmdlets and get one consolidated report.

I agree with you, it would be very nice! Let's hope they will do the work for SP2 :) Jonas Andersson MCTS: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007/2010 | MCITP: EMA 2007/2010 | MCSE/MCSA Blog: http://www.testlabs.se/blog