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| − | To connect to Exchange Online via PowerShell, the EXO V2 (as of 2021-03-29) PowerShell module is required. |
+ | * 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. |
| + | * 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: |
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| + | [https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/tree/v7.1.3 PowerShell GitHub] |
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==Notes== |
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EAC has a shell feature built in (through Azure Cloud Shell), but to go through appears to require Azure Cloud Storage (and the small cost associated with creating a storage blob to store whatever Cloud Shell needs). Regardless the option to use the web shell is shown here as reference: |
EAC has a shell feature built in (through Azure Cloud Shell), but to go through appears to require Azure Cloud Storage (and the small cost associated with creating a storage blob to store whatever Cloud Shell needs). Regardless the option to use the web shell is shown here as reference: |
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Revision as of 11:50, 29 March 2021
Overview
Some settings of Exchange Online are still only manageable through PowerShell. PowerShell is not only an alternate way of administration, but it seems to be the preferred way, with official documentation often referring to PowerShell commands in its instructions.
Pre-requisites
Note: These instructions are likely to change frequently as PowerShell continues to be upgraded.
- 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.
- 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:
Notes
EAC has a shell feature built in (through Azure Cloud Shell), but to go through appears to require Azure Cloud Storage (and the small cost associated with creating a storage blob to store whatever Cloud Shell needs). Regardless the option to use the web shell is shown here as reference:
