Activeboard: Office 365 Exchange Statistics

[ 1 Purpose ] [ 2 Prerequisites ] [ 3 Open Activeboard ] [ 4 Use Activeboard ]

Purpose

This Activeboard generates a high-level service status overview by displaying the most relevant Exchange metrics, both from a performance and an operational standpoint. It extracts valuable information such as service use over time, volumes of data processing, or the average size of messages amongst others, not only to evaluate the current throughput of the service but also to analyze seasonality and trends.

Total Messages	Average Message Size	Top Sending Domains
Distinct Recipient Domains	Messages	Top Recipients
Distinct Sending domains	Top Recipient Domains	Top Senders
Total Bytes Transmitted

Prerequisites

To use this Activeboard, you must have the following data sources available in your domain:

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Open Activeboard

Once you have installed the Activeboard, you can use the Open button at the top right of the card in Exchange to access it and see the different widgets populated with the relevant data. You can also access the Activeboard area via the Navigation pane.

Data loading takes too long?

Sometimes some widgets take time to upload the data, it is possible to speed up the process by creating aggregation tasks. Refer to the Aggregation tasks article to learn how to do it.

Use Activeboard

After installing and opening the Activeboard, you can use its widgets to visualize and monitor data. To do this, each widget offers a variety of customization and visualization options. Refer to Using widgets and Using inputs to know them all.