Exchange Load Generator

Exchange Load Generator is a simulation tool to measure the impact of MAPI, OWA, IMAP, POP and SMTP on Exchange Servers. You should use this tool in a test environment and not in your exchange production environment.

Exchange Load Generator allows you to test how a server running exchange responds to email loads. To simulate an email load your run this tool on client computers.

Running the tool on client computers will send multiple requests to the exchange server causing a mail load.

Running a simulated load helps administrators validate a deployment plan. It also helps Exchange Administrators validate Exchange Server configurations and settings.

Test results can also help identify bottlenecks on your exchange servers.

The computer that you will be running Exchange Load Generator from should be a member of the Active Directory Domain. The Exchange Load Generator Tool requires Domain Administrator rights because it must create user accounts, Organizational units and query based distribution groups in the Active Directory Forest.

The tool can be installed on Windows 2003, 2008 server, Vista and XP. It is best to simulate the workload from the client computer.

In conclusion Microsoft’s Exchange Load Generator is a good tool to simulate an email load on your Exchange Servers. It’s also a good way to validate your servers in a deployment plan and overall solution.

Company: Microsoft
Website: Exchange Load Generator 32 bit
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