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MessageStats 7.8.1 - Report Pack for Outlook Web Access (OWA) User Guide

Steps to Install and Configure the Report Pack

Before you can run the Report Pack for Outlook Web Access (OWA), you must perform the following functions in the following order:

1
Ensure that you meet the system requirements for the report pack.
2
Configure IIS Logging on your Exchange servers (see Configuring IIS Logging on the Exchange Server ).
3
Install the Report Pack for OWA (see Installing the Report Pack for OWA ).
4
Assign the OWA role to servers in the MessageStats console (see Assigning the OWA Server Role ).
5
Create the OWA report pack gathering tasks (see Creating the IIS Log Files Gathering Task ).

 

Installing the OWA Report Pack

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System Requirements
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Rights and Permissions
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Configuring IIS Logging on the Exchange Server
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Installing the Report Pack for OWA

System Requirements

Before you install the report pack, verify that you meet the MessageStats hardware minimum requirements. You must also have the MessageStats core product installed before you can install the report pack. For information about the MessageStats hardware requirements, see the MessageStats Release Notes.

For information about MessageStats required permissions, see the MessageStats Quick Start Guide.

Software Requirements

You install the report pack components on servers on which the core MessageStats components are already installed. You must meet the software requirements for MessageStats. The following table contains any additional software requirements for the report pack:

 
Table 1. Software minimum requirements
Component
Minimum Requirement

Task Execution Server
(where the report pack task processors are installed)
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Microsoft PowerShell 2.0.
NOTE: You can download the Windows Management Framework (which includes PowerShell 2.0) from Microsoft at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968929.

Additional Software
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MessageStats 7.8.1
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.NET Framework 4.7.2

Exchange Servers

At least one server running Exchange 2010, Exchange 2013, Exchange 2016, or Exchange 2019.

You must install the IIS Management Scripts and Tools on the Exchange server. The IIS Management Scripts and Tools are required to allow the report pack to gather the IIS log files.

Rights and Permissions

This section lists the rights and permissions required to install the MessageStats Report Pack for OWA.

Installation Rights

The following rights are required to install the report pack:

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Local Administrator rights of the computer on which you are installing MessageStats
Operational Rights

The following rights are required to configure the report pack and to run gathering tasks:

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MessageStats Admin rights on the server that houses the MessageStats database
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Local Administrator rights on the task execution server
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Local Administrators rights on all Exchange OWA servers
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Be a member of View-Only Organization Management and Public Folder Management groups
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