Additional Outlook 2003 Monitoring Information

In Exchange 2000, there has always been the ability to add extra columns of information into the Logons object of a mailbox or public store in Exchange System Manager. There are many columns available, such as Open Attachments, Open Messages, etc. The method for adding these columns is to simply right-click the Logons object, and choose View / Choose Columns, as shown below.

With Exchange 2003, several new columns are available for client monitoring purposes that will only be populated by the new Outlook 2003 client. They are:

1. Adapter Speed - NIC speed of the client in Kbits/sec

2. Client IP Address - Self explanatory

3. Client Mode - Unknown (0), Online (1) or Cached (2)

4. Client Name - FQDN of the connecting workstation

5. Latency - Round-trip RPC (ms) latency between the client and server

6. MAC Address - Hardware address of the client

7. RPC Calls Succeeded - Self explanatory