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Configure power plan in Exchange Server
Configure the right power plan on the Exchange Server. When you install Windows Server, the standard power plan is Balanced (recommended). However, it’s not the best practice power plan for the Exchange Server. Microsoft recommends changing the power plan to High Performance on the Exchange Server. In this article, we will configure the High Performance power plan through PowerShell.
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Check current power plan status
Run PowerShell as administrator. Check the current status of the power plan on the Exchange Server. The asterisk (*) shows the active power plan.
PS C:\> powercfg /LIST
Existing Power Schemes (* Active)
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Power Scheme GUID: 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e (Balanced) *
Power Scheme GUID: 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c (High performance)
Power Scheme GUID: a1841308-3541-4fab-bc81-f71556f20b4a (Power saver)In the next step, we will configure the power plan to High Performance.
Configure power plan Exchange Server with PowerShell
Run PowerShell as administrator. Set the power plan to High Performance.
PS C:\> powercfg -SETACTIVE 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635cVerify power plan Exchange Server
Verify the status of the configured power plan on the Exchange Server. Both of the cmdlets will give you the same output. The first cmdlet is the expanded version. The second cmdlet is using an alias for the cmdlets and parameters.
PS C:\> powercfg /LIST
Existing Power Schemes (* Active)
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Power Scheme GUID: 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e (Balanced)
Power Scheme GUID: 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c (High performance) *
Power Scheme GUID: a1841308-3541-4fab-bc81-f71556f20b4a (Power saver)The High Performance plan is active.
Configure power plan Exchange Server through GUI
Click on Start and click Control Panel. If you can’t find it, search for Control Panel. You can also enter the command powercfg.cpl.
From the list of displayed items under Control Panel, click on Power Options. If you do not see Power Options, type the word power in the Search Control Panel box. Click Power Options.
It will take you to select a power plan. By default, the Balanced (recommended) power plan is enabled. Choose the High Performance power plan to enable.
The High Performance plan is active.
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Conclusion
You learned how to configure the power plan to High Performance on the Exchange Server. You can configure the power plan with PowerShell or with the GUI. It’s always good to verify the power plan after applying the changes.
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Had to use powercfg to modify the Power Plan as follows:
for /f “tokens=4” %g in (‘powercfg /list ^| findstr “High performance”‘) do powercfg /setactive %g
Use %%g if used in a batch script.
I edited the PowerShell commands to support all Windows Server versions.
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