The Big Picture (Powershell log-spanning event script)

4/23/2018: This is a quick 1-liner script aimed at pulling all eventlog events over a specific time span, across multiple logs. Gives you the 'high-view' timeline of the sequence of events, when you're trying to correlate that odd issue to a root cause.

Sure you can check each constituent log - System, Application, and a Crimson/App-log one by one, and mentally compare the time sequence across the logs.

But the handy bit to this chunk of code is that it quickly & neatly pulls all of the events together into one csv, sorted into time sequence, ready for quick review: Pop the Csv open, and you can directly see the events that occurred just ahead of your app's issues - possibly spot the OS/System-level item that actually was the actual root of the problem. :)

Exchange newest mailbox redistribution script (move-MailboxesMostRecent.ps1)

4/5/2018: This script leverages the Exchange-2010+ 'Automatic Mailbox Provisioning' (AMP) feature, wherein, if you don't designate a specific destination database for a mailbox move, AMP will pick one at random for you (following some predictable rules, covered below).

When moving mailboxes, to redistribute load, the most 'easy-to-move' of the bunch, are boxes that are brand new, or those only in use for a very limited amount of time.