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8/1/20202 min read

PowerShell

Modify Mailbox Settings Via the Set-Mailbox Cmdlet

Set-Mailbox -Identity "Joseph Ludwig" -Alias "Josephludwig25"

Set-Mailbox -Identity “Joseph Ludwig” -DisplayName “Joe Ludwig”

Set-Mailbox -Identity “Joseph Ludwig” -samAccountName joeludwig

Set-Mailbox -Identity “Joseph Ludwig” -ArchiveDatabase Archive01

Set-Mailbox -Identity “Joseph Ludwig” -Database MBX01Archive01

Set-Mailbox -Identity “Joseph Ludwig” -ArchiveQuota 50GB

Set-Mailbox -Identity “Joseph Ludwig” -ArchiveWarningQuota 45GB

Set-Mailbox -Identity “Joseph Ludwig” -ForwardingAddress “Joseph Ludwig”

Set-Mailbox -Identity “Joseph Ludwig” -ForwardingSmtpAddress “josephludwig@gmail.com”

Set-Mailbox -Identity “Joseph Ludwig” -ForwardingAddress “Joseph Ludwig” -DeliverToMailBoxAndForward $True

Get-AdUser -Filter {department eq 'IT'} | ForEach {Set-Mailbox -Identity $_.Name -DeliverToMailboxAndForward $true -ForwardingAddress "Joseph Ludwig"}

Get-ADUser -SearchBase "OU=IT,OU=Department,DC=jl,DC=joe,DC=com" -Properties -Filter | Select samAccountName,GivenName,Surname,DisplayName,UserPrincipalName,EmailAddress,Department,msExchRecipientTypeDetails,Title,Company,Enabled,LastLogonDate,PasswordLastSet,PasswordNeverExpires | Export-Csv C:\Users\joe\Desktop\HR10102024.csv -Encoding UTF8 -NoTypeInformation

Sharepoint Cmdlet

Get-SPOTenant | Select disallowinfectedfiledownload

Set-SPOTenant -DisallowInfectedFileDownload $true

Office 365 Tenant Cmdlet

New-AuthenticationPolicy -Name "Block Basic Authentication"

Set-OrganizationConfig -MailTipsExternalRecipientsTipsEnabled $True

Set-OwaMailboxPolicy OwaMailboxPolicy-Default -LinkedInEnabled $False

Set-OwaMailboxPolicy OwaMailboxPolicy-Default -AdditionalStorageProvidersAvailable $False

Set-AdminAuditLogConfig $true

Get-MsolcompanyInformation | Select Allowemailverifiedusers, Allowadhocsubscriptions

Get-OrganizationConfig | fl auditdisabled*

Disable Mailbox

Disable-Mailbox it@josephludwig.com

Delete mailbox

Remove-Mailbox it@josephludwig.com

Verify Deleted Mailbox

$dbs = Get-MailboxDatabase

$dbs | foreach {Get-MailboxStatistics -Database $_.DistinguishedName} | where {$_.DisplayName -eq "<DisplayName>"} | Format-List DisconnectReason,DisconnectDate

Reconnect deleted Mailbox

New-MailboxRestoreRequest -SourceStoreMailbox e4890ee7-79a2-4f94-9569-91e61eac372b -SourceDatabase MBXDB01 -TargetMailbox "Joe Ludwig" -AllowLegacyDNMismatch

Get-User -Identity it@josephludwig.com

Connnect Mailbox:

Connect-Mailbox -Identity "Joseph Ludwig" -Database MBXDB02 -LinkedDomainController DC01 -LinkedMasterAccount it@josephludwig.com -Alias joeludwig

Enable Audit Log:

Set-AdminAuditLogConfig -UnifiedAuditLogIngestionEnabled $true

Get-AdminAuditLogConfig | Format-List UnifiedAuditLogIngestionEnabled

Set-AdminAuditLogConfig -UnifiedAuditLogIngestionEnabled $false

One Drive Provisioning

Install-Module Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell -Force

Connect-SPOService -Url https://domain-admin.sharepoint.com

$emails = "joe1@contoso.com", "joe2@contoso.com"

Request-SPOPersonalSite -UserEmails $emails -NoWait

Enable Archive Mailbox (PowerShell command to automatically provision an archive mailbox when a primary mailbox that's licensed for archiving reaches 90% of the quota )

Enable-Organizationcustomization

Set-OrganizationConfig -AutoEnableArchiveMailbox $true

Enable for All

Get-Mailbox -Filter {ArchiveGuid -Eq "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000" -AND DisabledArchiveGuid -Eq "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000" -AND RecipientTypeDetails -Eq "UserMailbox"} | Enable-Mailbox -Archive

Enable for users doesn’t have archive mailbox enabled

Get-Mailbox -Filter {ArchiveStatus -Eq "None" -AND RecipientTypeDetails -eq "UserMailbox"} | Enable-Mailbox -Archive

Enable for Single User

Enable-Mailbox -Identity <username> -Archive

Disable Archive Mailbox

Disable-Mailbox -Identity <username> -Archive

Disable for All

Get-Mailbox -Filter {ArchiveGuid -Ne "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000" -AND RecipientTypeDetails -Eq "UserMailbox"} | Disable-Mailbox -Archive

Autoexpand Archive for Org

Set-OrganizationConfig -AutoExpandingArchive

Get-OrganizationConfig | FL AutoExpandingArchiveEnabled

Expand Auto Archive for Single User