The Toolbox work center that is found in the Exchange 2007 EMC is a new concept for Exchange
management tools. The Toolbox work center from a default installation of Exchange 2007

The tools that are found in the Toolbox are not directly integrated with the Exchange
Management Console; instead, the Toolbox provides links to external tools. As new or updated
tools are released by Microsoft, the Toolbox can be updated. The following tools are found in
the Toolbox:

  • The very popular Exchange Best Practices Analyzer (BPA) tool analyzes your Exchange
    configuration and makes recommendations for configuration and security improvements
    based on Microsoft and industry best practices.
  • The Details Templates Editor allows you to edit templates that the user sees from within
    Outlook, such as User and Contact. This feature is new to Exchange Server 2007 Service
    Pack 1.
  • The Public Folder Management Console allows you to manage public folder properties
    from a graphical user interface rather than the Exchange Management Shell; this feature
    is new to Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1.
  • The Database Recovery Management tool helps guide you through the process of
    performing disaster recoveries of various server roles.
  • The Database Troubleshooter tool helps you to determine why mailbox databases will not
    mount or why transaction log files will not replay.
  • The Mail Flow Troubleshooter helps to diagnose problems relating to messages being
    transferred between Mailbox, Hub Transport, and Edge Transport servers.
  • The Message Tracking tool allows you to track a message’s progress through an Exchange
    organization and see which Exchange components have processed the message.
  • The Queue Viewer allows you to view the message queues on Hub Transport servers.
  • Routing Log Viewer is a new utility that lets you view the message routing logs to help
    with troubleshooting site, routing group, server, address space, and Send connector
    configurations.
  • The Performance Monitor tool is aWindows tool that helps analyze and troubleshoot
    Windows’s performance.When you launch the tool from the EMC Toolbox work center, it
    includes common performance counters related to Exchange servers.
  • The Performance Troubleshooter analyzes a server, looks at common factors that could
    hurt performance— such as memory and disk configuration — and makes
    recommendations to improve them.