Information Systems:Exchange Online administration with PowerShell - Revision history

Norwinu: Add instructions for granting mailbox permissions

2021-06-18T18:16:55Z

Add instructions for granting mailbox permissions

2021-04-01T22:16:54Z

2021-04-01T05:45:53Z

Toggle hidden-from-GAL attribute of private contacts

2021-04-01T05:45:46Z

2021-03-31T05:09:08Z

2021-03-31T05:04:56Z

Documentation

2021-03-31T05:01:25Z

2021-03-29T19:05:42Z

2021-03-29T18:58:11Z

Pre-requisites

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 Yes the workaround is literally to set a dummy value for all contacts and then undo the change, just to nudge it into updating.
 ==Notes==
 * After checking it out, PowerShell programming (e.g. using for loops, if/else constructs, exporting to file etc.) would be the real advantage to using PowerShell to do Exchange administration, especially when batch changes/exports are necessary. Otherwise, most of the Exchange cmdlets have GUI equivalents. Performance can be equally sluggish through PowerShell as well (experienced a connection timeout and slow return of query results).

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  $AddressesToUpdate | foreach{Set-MailContact -Identity $_.DisplayName -HiddenFromAddressListsEnabled $false}
  </nowiki>
 ==Notes==
 * After checking it out, PowerShell programming (e.g. using for loops, if/else constructs, exporting to file etc.) would be the real advantage to using PowerShell to do Exchange administration, especially when batch changes/exports are necessary. Otherwise, most of the Exchange cmdlets have GUI equivalents. Performance can be equally sluggish through PowerShell as well (experienced a connection timeout and slow return of query results).

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  $AddressesToUpdate | foreach{Set-MailContact -Identity $_.DisplayName -HiddenFromAddressListsEnabled $false}
  </nowiki>
 ==Notes==

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 ==Documentation==
 How to connect to Exchange Online in PowerShell and how to use it to manage Exchange are best learned through Microsoft's [https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/exchange/exchange-online-powershell?view=exchange-ps Exchange Online PowerShell] docs. Specifically, the Reference section provides detailed info for all the "cmdlets" in both regular Exchange and the new EXO V2 modules.
 ==Notes==

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 ==Notes==
 * EAC has a web shell feature (Azure Cloud Shell), but to use this requires Azure Cloud Storage (and the small cost associated with creating a storage blob to store whatever Cloud Shell needs to store). For reference, its location in EAC is shown here:
 :[[File:2021-03-29 11_44_27-Exchange admin center.png|200px]]

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 ==Pre-requisites==
-''Note: These instructions are likely to change frequently as PowerShell continues to be upgraded. ''
+''Note: These instructions may change as PowerShell and Exchange continues to be upgraded. Check with official docs if you encounter issues.''
-* To connect to Exchange Online via PowerShell, the EXO V2 (as of 2021-03-29) PowerShell module is required. This module contains the cmdlets necessary for Exchange administration tasks. This can be obtained here
+* To connect to Exchange Online via PowerShell, the EXO V2 (as of 2021-03-29) PowerShell module is required. This module contains the cmdlets necessary for Exchange administration tasks. To install, issue this command in PowerShell <code>Install-Module -Name ExchangeOnlineManagement</code>
 ==Documentation==

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 * To connect to Exchange Online via PowerShell, the EXO V2 (as of 2021-03-29) PowerShell module is required. This module contains the cmdlets necessary for Exchange administration tasks. This can be obtained here
-[https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/ExchangeOnlineManagement/ EXO V2]
+::[https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/ExchangeOnlineManagement/ EXO V2]
 * EXO V2 is supported in PowerShell v7. This is currently a few versions newer than the PowerShell built-in to Windows, so the new version has to be downloaded from Microsoft's GitHub:
-[https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/tree/v7.1.3 PowerShell GitHub]
+::[https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/tree/v7.1.3 PowerShell GitHub]
 ==Documentation==