Exchange Server and OpenAI GPT-3?

OpenAI AI is currently on everyone's lips and every day there are new articles in the media about GPT3 or GPT-4 with tests of how well or badly something works. There are calls for the regulation of AI systems and some people are already predicting mass unemployment. As an Exchange admin, I can't predict whether this will all happen and an AI will soon take over the world. But of course I also want to play around with GPT-3...

Of course I also have the GPT-3 Chat and was amazed at the sometimes very good results, but I quickly found the OpenAI API much more interesting. There is even a PowerShell module that can be used to access the OpenAI API very easily. The PowerShell module can be installed with the following command:

Install modules PowerShellAI

Now only an API key is required, which created here can be used. The API key can then be saved in an environment variable and can therefore be used with the PowerShell module:

$env:OpenAIKey = "APIKEY"

The first scenario that occurred to me was to feed the AI with the errors from the event log and have it suggest a solution. I therefore quickly created a small script:

#OpenAI API Key:
$env:OpenAIKey = "APITOKEN"
$EventLog = Get-EventLog -LogName Application -EntryType Error -After (get-date).AddDays(-1)
$EventLogGroups = $EventLog | group eventid
foreach ($EventLogGroup in $EventLogGroups) {
$Event = $EventLogGroup.Group | select -Unique
$EventID = $Event.EventID
$Message = $Event.Message
$GPT3Answer = Get-GPT3Completion "What could be the solution for this error: $Message"
write-host "EventID: $EventID" -ForegroundColor red
write-host "Message:" -ForegroundColor red
write-host "$Message"
write-host "Proposed solution by GPT-3:" -ForegroundColor green
write-host "$GPT3Answer"
}

On my test Exchange Server there are unfortunately few "real" errors, most errors occur during startup or shutdown of the server. However, the answers are not that bad:

I then fed OpenAI with a few errors from a productive Exchange server and the results were surprisingly good. For two errors, the registry key suggested by GPT-3 as a solution even worked. So it's worth testing a little further here.

By the way, GPT-3 can also create quite useful PowerShell scripts for administration. Here is an example:

$Script = Get-GPT3Completion "Create a PowerShell Script to list all Exchange Server Mailbox sizes"

This is the result:

There is a small error: The line "Import-Module Exchange" does not work because the Exchange CMDLets are not a PowerShell module but a SnapIn. The script works in the Exchange Management Shell itself, as the CMDLets are available and do not have to be loaded separately.

The script actually works, as you can see the size of the administrator mailbox is displayed. If you add a bit of error handling, the script is already finished.

The instructions also work well in German:

Playing around with the OpenAI API is really fun, you find new use cases very quickly:

Many results are already amazingly good, but at the moment you don't have to be afraid of becoming unemployed as an Exchange Admin :-)

However, since the entry hurdle with the OpenAI API is very low, it is worth experimenting with it a little. I'm currently having a lot of fun with it :-)