System requirements

1. Hardware Requirements
2. Software Requirements

Hardware Requirements

Note The storage space requirements might vary depending upon your organization size, mailbox size, traffic volume, and Outlook Web Access logins, along with mailbox and organization property changes.

The default port used to access the web console of Exchange Report Plus is 8181.

Software Requirements

Supported Platforms

Supported Exchange Servers

• Exchange Server Subscription Edition (SE)
• Exchange Server 2003
• Exchange Server 2007
• Exchange Server 2010
• Exchange Server 2013
• Exchange Server 2016
• Exchange Server 2019

Supported Browsers

Preferred screen resolution is 1024 x 768 pixels or higher

Supported databases

• MS SQL and
• PostgreSQL (comes bundled with the product)

Port requirements

Exchange Reporter Plus uses port 80 for HTTP and port 443 for HTTPs communications.

Prerequisites

Before you configure a Microsoft 365 tenant, make sure that these prerequisites are satisfied:

• Make sure that you have a working internet connection and the required domains are not blocked by your firewall. Please refer to this table to know the entire list of domains to be allowed by your firewall.
• You have Microsoft .NET version 4.8 and PowerShell version 5.1 installed.
  • To check if Microsoft .NET Framework is installed, open the Command Prompt from Run. Enter the following command: reg query "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP\v4\full" /v version Check the displayed version. If the version is below 4.8, install Microsoft .NET Framework version 4.8 from here.
  • To check if PowerShell is installed, type PowerShell from Run. If PowerShell is installed, check for its version number by running the following command: $PSVersionTable If the version is below 5.1 or if PowerShell is not installed, install PowerShell version 5.1 from here.

Other software requirements

For Exchange Server

• Install Windows Management Framework (which contains Windows PowerShell and Windows Remote Management).

  Note In Windows Server 2008 R2 and above, Windows Management Framework is installed by default.

• Install Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 or above.
• Install Microsoft Exchange Web Services Managed API 2.2.
• Install MAPI to extract mailbox size and content-related data for Exchange Server versions 2003 and 2007.
• Enable csCookie (refer to the Appendix for instructions).
• For mailbox and public folder content reports: The user account that you use to configure the Exchange server in Exchange Reporter Plus must have a valid mailbox that is not hidden from the global address list. The user must also have logged in to the mailbox at least once.
• Ensure there's a valid mailbox for MAPI Profile (applies only for Exchange Server 2003 and 2007 versions).

For Skype for Business

• Exchange Reporter Plus requires .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 for Skype for Business reporting.
  Exchange Reporter Plus supports Skype for Business reporting in the following platforms:
• Windows 7 and above
• Windows Server 2008 R2 and above

Note To configure Exchange Reporter Plus, use the Quick Start Guide.

Appendix

Steps to enable csCookie

• Open the Run dialog box and enter inetmgr.
• In the left pane, navigate to the Machine Name → Sites.
• Click Default Web Site.
• In the middle pane, double-click Logging.
• In the right pane, under Actions, click Enable.
• For IIS 7 and above:
  • Under the Log File section, click Select Fields.
  • Check the cs(Cookie) box.
  • Click OK.
• For IIS 6:
• Click Properties and go to the Advanced tab.
• Check the cs(Cookie) box.
• Click OK.

General domains

The general domains that must be allowed through the firewall are as follows:

1. *.zoho.com
2. *.manageengine.com
3. *.zohocorp.com
4. api.bcti.brightcloud.com
5. *.manageengine.jp (Only Japanese build users)
6. *.manageengine.cn (Only Chinese build users)

Azure AD cloud (default)

Azure AD cloud (default) users must ensure that the following domains are allowed by their firewall. Azure Germany, China, and US cloud users can refer to the respective tables below.

Table 1: Domains to be allowed by Azure AD cloud users.

Azure Germany

Azure Germany cloud users must ensure that the following domains are allowed by their firewall.

Table 2: Domains to be allowed by Azure AD Germany cloud users.

Azure China

Azure China cloud users must ensure that the following domains are allowed by their firewall.

Table 3: Domains to be allowed by Azure AD China cloud users

Azure US

The Azure US cloud users must ensure that the following domains are allowed by their firewall.