Resume-PublicFolderMailboxMigrationRequest Exchange cmdlet issued (25716) how to monitor with email alert

[bob]

Man, that event ID 25716 pops up when someone fires off the Resume-PublicFolderMailboxMigrationRequest cmdlet in Exchange. It signals the system resuming a stalled migration for public folders into mailboxes. You know, those shared spots where everyone dumps calendars or contacts. The event logs the exact time, the user who triggered it, and a bunch of details like the migration batch ID. I always check the source-it's usually MSExchangeMigration. And the description spells out the command parameters, so you see if it targeted a specific folder or the whole shebang. Hmmm, sometimes it includes error codes if things hiccuped before the resume. But mostly, it's a green light that the process is back on track after a pause. You can spot it under Applications and Services Logs in Event Viewer, right in the Microsoft-Exchange-Migration folder.

Now, if you wanna keep an eye on this without staring at screens all day, I set up alerts through a scheduled task tied to Event Viewer. You fire up Event Viewer, hunt down that event under Custom Views or the specific log. Then, right-click the event, pick Attach Task To This Event. Boom, it walks you through naming it something like PublicFolderResumeAlert. You tell it to run a program-maybe just a simple batch file that pings your email setup. Set the triggers for event ID 25716 exactly. And schedule it to check every few minutes or on logon. I tweak the conditions so it only grabs this specific cmdlet resume. That way, you get a nudge if migrations kick back in during off-hours. Or, if you're lazy like me, link it to send an email straight from the task actions.

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Oh, and at the end here is that automatic email solution we talked about for the alert.

Note, the PowerShell email alert code was moved to this post.