27.3 Get-DRASharedMailbox

Synopsis

Gets information about the Active Directory shared mailbox account specified by the Identifier parameter.

Syntax

Get-DRASharedMailbox -Domain <String> [-IncludeAllVAProperties <SwitchParameter>] [-Attributes <String[]>] [-PowersForOperations <String[]>] [-VisiblePropertiesOnly <SwitchParameter>] -Identifier <String> [-DRARestServer <String>] [-DRARestPort <Int32>] [-IgnoreCertificateErrors <SwitchParameter>] [-Force <SwitchParameter>] [-Timeout <Int32>] [<CommonParameters>]

Description

The Get-DRASharedMailbox cmdlet returns the properties of the requested on-premises shared mailbox account or an Exchange Online shared mailbox that is associated with an on-premises Active Directory user account managed by DRA. The requesting user must have the View All Shared Mailbox Properties power. You can view the default list of properties or specify specific properties. The default properties of a shared mailbox include: MailboxType and DistinguishedName.

See the examples for information on how to view specific properties.

Parameters

Attribute / Description

Parameters / Values

Required

Position

Default Value

Accept Pipeline input?

Accept wildcard characters?

IncludeAllVAProperties [<SwitchParameter>]

A flag to indicate whether DRA should return the virtual attributes. If you specify this flag, DRA returns the virtual attributes that the user has powers to view.

If you specify the Attributes parameter along with this flag, DRA returns the virtual attributes along with the properties specified in the Attributes parameter.

false

named

 

false

false

Attributes [<String[]>]

An array of attributes to retrieve specific values. If this parameter is missing, a default list of properties is returned.

false

named

 

true (ByPropertyName)

false

PowersForOperations [<String[]>]

An array of DRA operation names for which you want the server to return read/write permission information. This parameter is typically used by a UI-based client to hide or disable elements the calling user doesn't have powers for.

false

named

 

true (ByPropertyName)

false

VisiblePropertiesOnly [<SwitchParameter>]

A flag to indicate whether DRA should return only properties the caller has powers to view. By default DRA will return an error if the caller requests a property that they do not have powers to view, by specifying this flag DRA is instructed to not return an error and instead just not return a value for such properties.

false

named

 

false

false

Identifier [<String>]

The name or distinguished name of an existing Active Directory object. When the name is specified, an additional call to the DRA Server is needed to obtain the distinguished name for the object.

true

named

 

true (ByPropertyName)

false

Domain [<String>]

The domain of the object in FQDN format. For example: mydomain.corp

true

named

 

true (ByPropertyName)

false

DRARestPort [<Int32>]

The port number of the DRA REST Service. This parameter is only used when the DRARestServer parameter is also specified. If the DRARestServer parameter is specified but the DRARestPort is not, 8755 will be used as the default REST port.

false

named

8755

true (ByPropertyName)

false

IgnoreCertificateErrors [<SwitchParameter>]

Allows the request to bypass any SSL certificate errors, such as the InvalidOperation error that occurs when the REST Service is bound to a self-signed certificate.

false

named

false

false

Force [<SwitchParameter>]

Suppresses any request for user input and supplies a 'yes' response. For example: -Force with a delete request will perform the delete without presenting the confirmation request to the user.

false

named

false

false

Timeout [<Int32>]

The number of seconds to wait before the request to the DRA REST server times out. To specify an infinite timeout, you can set this parameter to -1.

false

named

100 seconds

true (ByPropertyName)

false

<CommonParameters>

Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see About CommonParameters.

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE:For more information, type "Get-Help Get-DRASharedMailbox -detailed". For technical information, type "Get-Help Get-DRASharedMailbox -full".

Example 27-3 1

Ps C:\>Get-DRASharedMailbox  -Domain MyDomain.corp -Identifier  "O365SMB_123" -Attributes 
"office365DeliverAndForward","office365ForwardingAddress","office365FullAccess","office365SendAs"

This example requests few of the Office 365 or Exchange Online properties for the Exchange Online shared mailbox O365SMB_123. The Attributes parameter specifies what properties to return. If the Attributes parameter is not specified, a default list of properties is returned.

Example 27-4 2

PS C:\>Get-DRASharedMailbox -Domain MyDomain.corp -Identifier "SMB_123" -Attributes "Description","DisplayName",Mail","MailNickname","DistinguishedName","FriendlyPath","FriendlyParentPath","FriendlyName","IsDisabled","SamAccountName","TrustedForDelegation","ObjectCategory"

This example requests the properties of the shared mailbox named SMB_123 in MyDomain.corp. The Attributes parameter specifies what properties to return. When the Attributes parameter is not present, a default list of properties will be returned.

Example 27-5 3

PS C:\>Get-DRASharedMailbox -Domain MyDomain.corp -Identifier "SMB_123"

This example requests the properties of the shared mailbox named SMB_123 in MyDomain.corp. The identifier shows the name for the shared mailbox. When the name is used, DRA resolves the name to the distinguished name and then requests the properties for the shared mailbox.

Example 27-6 4

PS C:\>Get-DRASharedMailbox  -Domain MyDomain.corp -Identifier "CN=SMB_123,OU=Accounting,DC=MyDomain,DC=corp"

This example requests the properties of the shared mailbox named SMB_123 in MyDomain.corp. The identifier shows the distinguished name for the Shared mailbox. The returned object will have a default list of properties.

Example 27-7 5

Get-DRASharedMailbox -Domain MyDomain.corp -Identifier "SMB_123" -Attributes "Description","DisplayName" -IncludeAllVAProperties

This example requests the properties of the shared mailbox named SMB_123 in the "MyDomain.corp" domain. The Attributes parameter specifies the properties to return. The IncludeAllVAProperties parameter returns all virtual attributes that the assistant administrator has powers to view.