Forcing Exchange 2007 to use a static Global Catalog

For best pratice, by default, let exchange servers to pickup DCs and GCs automatically, However, for some case, you may have to force Exchange 2007 to use a static Global Catalog

 

Set-ExchangeServer -Identity EX-HUB01
-StaticDomainControllers:dc1.domain.com,dc2.domain.com,dc3.domain.com,dc4.domain.com
-StaticGlobalCatalogs:dc1.domain.com,dc2.domain.com,dc3.domain.com,dc4.domain.com -StaticConfigDomainController:dc2.domain.com

 

To Exclude DC's

 

Set-ExchangeServer -identity <server> -StaticExcludedDomainControllers:<domaincontroller>;<domaincontroller>

 

Get-ExchangeServer cmdlet afterwards, the DCs/GCs that I
listed in the Set cmdlet, are NOT listed.

You will need to add the  -Status switch to the command to see the DCs.

 

You may also need to know

 

How to configure Outlook to a specific global catalog server or to the closest global catalog server

 

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/319206