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Powershell Commands and What They Do

Below you will find a list of powershell commands and a description of what they do.

Recipient management

Use these cmdlets to view, create, configure, and delete recipient objects.

Cmdlet Description
Get-Contact View information about specified contacts or retrieve a list of the contacts stored in your shared address book.
Set-Contact Change the properties of an existing contact. Note: If you want to be able to send e-mail to a contact, use the *-MailContact cmdlets.
Get-DistributionGroup View information about specified public groups or retrieve a list of the public groups stored in your shared address book. In Outlook Live, distribution groups are called “public groups”.
New-DistributionGroup Create a public group.
Remove-DistributionGroup Delete a public group.
Set-DistributionGroup Change the properties of an existing public group.
Add-DistributionGroupMember Add a recipient to an existing public group.
Get-DistributionGroupMember View the members of an existing public group.
Remove-DistributionGroupMember Delete a recipient from the membership of a public group.
Update-DistributionGroupMember Overwrite the current membership of a distribution group.
Get-DynamicDistributionGroup View the settings on an existing dynamic distribution group.
New-DynamicDistributionGroup Create a dynamic distribution group whose members are programmatically calculated.
Remove-DynamicDistributionGroup Delete a dynamic distribution group.
Set-DynamicDistributionGroup Change the properties of an existing dynamic distribution group.
Get-Group View all public groups configured for your organization. Note: Although you can view the security groups configured for you in the datacenter, you can’t create additional security groups.
Set-Group Change the properties of a public group in your organization. Note: Use the *-DistributionGroup or *-DynamicDistributionGroup cmdlets to manage public groups.
Get-LinkedUser View information about a linked user account. Linked user accounts are used for authentication in cross-premises scenarios and with Exchange Recipient Management Web Services. A local Windows account can be linked to an external user or a certificate.
Set-LinkedUser Change the properties of a linked user account.
Get-Mailbox View information about users who have a Windows Live ID in your organization and receive e-mail in an Outlook Live mailbox.
New-Mailbox Create a new user in your organization who has a mailbox in Outlook Live.
Remove-Mailbox Delete a mailbox. The contents of the mailbox and the corresponding Windows Live ID are also deleted.
Set-Mailbox Change the settings of an existing mailbox.
Get-MailboxPlan View information about the mailbox plans available to your organization and their settings. A mailbox plan is a user provisioning template.
Set-MailboxPlan Change the display name of a mailbox plan, or set an alternative mailbox plan as the default.
Get-MailContact View information about a specified external contact or contacts.
New-MailContact Create a shared address book listing for an external contact.
Remove-MailContact Delete a contact from the shared address book.
Set-MailContact Change the settings of an existing external contact.
Get-MailUser View information about a user who has a Windows Live ID in your organization and receives e-mail at an external e-mail address.
New-MailUser Create a new user in your organization and specify an external e-mail address.
Remove-MailUser Delete a user who receives e-mail at an external address.
Set-MailUser Change the settings of a user who receives e-mail at an external address.
Get-User View information about a user who has a Windows Live ID in your organization.
Set-User Change the properties of an existing user account.

Domain management

Use these cmdlets to view and configure settings that affect everyone in your domain.

Cmdlet Description
Set-AcceptedDomain Configure the settings for an accepted domain that you have enrolled with Outlook Live.
Get-RemoteDomain View the configuration information for all remote domains or for a specific remote domain.
New-RemoteDomain Create a new remote domain entry so that you can configure message formatting and policy for messages sent to that domain.
Remove-RemoteDomain Remove a remote domain entry.
Set-RemoteDomain Configure the message formatting and policy settings for an existing remote domain entry.
Get-TransportConfig View transport configuration settings such as the language in which Delivery Status Notifications (DSN) are sent.
Set-TransportConfig Change transport configuration settings such as DSN language.

Permissions

Use these cmdlets to view, assign, and remove the permissions delegated to users in your domain.

Cmdlet Description
Add-MailboxFolderPermission Grant a user permission to access a folder in another user’s mailbox. For example, you can give a user permission to manage another user’s calendar. The target folder is specified in this format: alias:\foldername.
Get-MailboxFolderPermission View the permissions that are assigned to a specific folder in a user’s mailbox.
Remove-MailboxFolderPermission Remove permissions from a user to remove access to a specific folder in another user’s mailbox.
Get-ManagementRole View the management roles available in your organization.
New-ManagementRole Create a new management role that is based on an existing role.
Remove-ManagementRole Remove a management role. You can only remove roles that you have created. You can’t remove the built-in roles.
Get-ManagementRoleAssignment View the management roles currently assigned to a specific user.
New-ManagementRoleAssignment Assign a new management role to a user.
Remove-ManagementRoleAssignment Remove a management role from a user.
Set-ManagementRoleAssignment Change the settings of a management role assignment, such as the associated management scope.
Add-ManagementRoleEntry Add access to a specific cmdlet and parameters to an existing management role.
Get-ManagementRoleEntry View the cmdlets and parameters available to an existing management role.
Remove-ManagementRoleEntry Remove access to a cmdlet from an existing management role.
Set-ManagementRoleEntry Add or remove access to a parameter.
Get-ManagementScope View the management scopes defined for your organization. A management scope determines the objects that are available to a user. For example, the management scope for a typical user is limited to his or her account. The management scope for an organization administrator is all objects in the domain.
New-ManagementScope Define a new management scope.
Remove-ManagementScope Remove a management scope. You can only remove management scopes that you defined.
Set-ManagementRoleEntry Add or remove access to a parameter.
Set-ManagementScope Change the definition for an existing management scope.

Policy

Use these cmdlets to view and establish policies that determine how e-mail sent to or from your domain is processed and to control how users connect to their mailboxes.

Cmdlet Description
Get-ActiveSyncMailboxPolicy View the policies that can be applied to Exchange ActiveSync devices connected to mailboxes in your organization and the settings configured for those policies.
New-ActiveSyncMailboxPolicy Create a new policy that can be applied to mailboxes in your organization to enforce the settings of connected Exchange ActiveSync devices.
Remove-ActiveSyncMailboxPolicy Remove an existing Exchange ActiveSync mailbox policy.
Set-ActiveSyncMailboxPolicy Configure the settings of an existing policy that is applied to mailboxes in your organization to enforce the settings of connected Exchange ActiveSync devices.
Get-OWAMailboxPolicy View the policies that can be applied to mailboxes that connect by using Outlook Web App and the settings configured for those policies.
New-OWAMailboxPolicy Create a new policy that can be applied to mailboxes in your organization to enforce the settings of Outlook Web App connections.
Remove-OWAMailboxPolicy Remove an existing policy that is used to enforce the settings of Outlook Web App connections.
Set-OwaMailboxPolicy Configure the settings of an existing policy that is applied to mailboxes in your organization to enforce the settings of Outlook Web App connections.
Add-SupervisionListEntry Add an entry to the Allow list or Reject list of a specified user.
Get-SupervisionListEntry View the Allow entry and Reject entry defined for a specified user.
Remove-SupervisionListEntry Remove an entry from a specified user’s Allow list or Reject list.
Get-SupervisionPolicy View the settings of the supervision policies for your organization.
Set-SupervisionPolicy Configure the settings of a supervision policy.

Reporting and troubleshooting

Use these cmdlets to view configuration settings and statistics for your domain.

Cmdlet Description
Get-ActiveSyncDeviceStatistics View the list of mobile phones configured to synchronize with a specified user’s mailbox and synchronization statistics for each device. The information returned includes statistics such as the last time synchronization was attempted and the device identification.
Get-AdminAuditLogConfig View configuration settings for the current administrator audit logging.
Set-AdminAuditLogConfig Configure the settings for administrator audit logging. You can specify the cmdlets for which you want to track usage.
Get-LogonStatistics View information about open logon sessions to a specified mailbox, such as user name, logon time, and last access time. A user must sign out to close a logon session; therefore multiple sessions may appear for users who just close their browser.
Get-MailboxStatistics View information about a specified mailbox, such as the size of the mailbox, the number of messages it contains, and the last time that it was accessed.
Get-MessageLatencyReport Generate and view a report of message latency metrics for a specific date range.
Get-Recipient View information about recipients of all types in your organization. Results returned include mailboxes, mail users, contacts, public groups, and dynamic distribution groups.
Get-ThrottlingPolicy View information about the limits for concurrent connections per protocol for your organization.
Get-TransportConfig View transport settings, such as message size limits.
Test-ExchangeSearch Test to verify that Exchange Search is enabled and is indexing new e-mail messages in a timely manner for a specified mailbox. Exchange Search indexes new e-mail messages as they arrive to speed up user searches for messages containing specific words or phrases.
Test-MAPIConnectivity Test to verify that a specified mailbox can connect by using the MAPI protocol, which is used by Microsoft Office Outlook.

Client access settings

Use these cmdlets to configure and control how users access Outlook Live.

Cmdlet Description
Clear-ActiveSyncDevice Clear the contents of a mobile device that is using Exchange ActiveSync to connect to a mailbox in your organization. This command is typically used when a device is lost or stolen.
Get-ActiveSyncDevice View a list of mobile devices that are using Exchange ActiveSync to connect to mailboxes in your organization.
Remove-ActiveSyncDevice Remove an Exchange ActiveSync connection for a mobile device from a mailbox. You have to know the name of the mobile device and the user’s mailbox.
Get-CASMailbox View the protocols that are enabled for client connections for one or more mailboxes in your organization.
Set-CASMailbox Configure the client access connection protocols that are enabled for a specific mailbox.
Get-CASMailboxPlan View the default client access settings that are applied to new mailboxes in your organization.
Get-HotmailSubsciption View the settings of a Hotmail subscription that is configured for a specified mailbox.
New-HotmailSubscription Add a Hotmail subscription to a mailbox for e-mail aggregation. You have to know the Windows Live ID and password for the Hotmail account, but if you have that information, you can create a subscription on behalf of another user.
Set-HotmailSubscription Change the settings of a Hotmail subscription that is configured for a specified mailbox.
Get-PopSubscription View the POP subscription information for a specified mailbox. Use this command to help troubleshoot POP connection problems for users.
New-PopSubscription Add a POP subscription to a mailbox for external e-mail aggregation. You have to know the user name and password for the POP account, but if you have that information, you can create a subscription on behalf of another user.
Set-PopSubscription Configure the settings of a POP subscription for a mailbox.
Get-Subscription View external e-mail account subscriptions for a specified mailbox. Use this command when you are unsure of what kind of subscription a user has configured.
New-Subscription Add a subscription to a mailbox for external e-mail aggregation. This command tries to automatically configure settings for an account without your having to specify the connection protocol.
Remove-Subscription Remove a subscription to an external e-mail account from a user’s mailbox.