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Written by Stacia Snapp, Microsoft User Experience Writer.
Four new Microsoft PowerShell cmdlets are now available for you to use with Microsoft Online Services. The first two cmdlets below let you manage alternate recipient settings for a user’s mailbox. The last cmdlets help you enable or disable POP access for a specific user’s mailbox.
We first introduced the following Powershell commandlets in the January 2011 Service Update blog post. Admins will have to download the latest version of the migration tools (32-bit or 64-bit) to use the new commandlets.
1. Clear-MSOnlineAlternateRecipient: By using this cmdlet, you can remove all alternate recipient settings for a user’s mailbox in Microsoft Online Services. Clearing these settings will stop incoming messages from being forwarded to a designated alternate e-mail address and will restore delivery to the original recipient’s mailbox.
Get the Clear-MSOnlineAlternateRecipient cmdlt here.
2. Set-MSOnlineAlternateRecipient: Use the Set-MSOnlineAlternateRecipient cmdlet to set an alternate recipient for a user’s mailbox in Microsoft Online Services. The cmdlet supports the following delivery scenarios for incoming e-mail messages:
Get the Set-MSOnlineAlternateRecipient cmdlt here.
3. Disable-MSOnlinePOPAccess: Use this cmdlet to disable POP3 access for a specific user’s mailbox in Microsoft Online Services.
Get the Disable-MSOnlinePOPAccess cmdlt here.
4. Enable-MSOnlinePOPAccess: Use this cmdlet to enable POP3 access for a specific user’s mailbox in Microsoft Online Services.
Get the Enable-MSOnlinePOPAccess cmdlt here.
We hope these cmdlets are helpful for you and your organization. Are there other cmdlets that you often use? We want to hear from you in the comments section below or send an email to our community mailbox. Follow us on Twitter and like our Facebook page.
Fantastic! when will be available in Powershell (new Migration Tools version to download??)
Hi Aitor,
I just added the following to the blog post above:
"We first introduced the following Powershell commandlets in the January 2011 Service Update blog post. Admins will have to download the latest version of the migration tools (32-bit or 64-bit) to use the new commandlets."
Hope this helps,
JoshT_MSFT
Nice!! Thanks a lot for the download link. The next step it's the commandlet to hide the contacts (normally used as forward addresses...),or already exists?
It appears there is a type in the credential parameter. The help and how to's show -Credentials <PSCredentials>. But I had to drop the s from the command to get the command to work. IE.. -Credential <PSCredential>
Seems the command to set alternate recipient works fine, but I don't see a way to view the properties of a user to see if they DO have an alt rcp set already. I'm trying to use Get-MSOnlineUser but do not see the additional field anywhere, nor an additional entry in the proxy addresses. Any other suggestions?
When we use Enable POP access, why is it hiding the corresponding identity from GAL??? Is it how it works ot it is a bug??
Hi Michael, check out the updated topics for these cmdlets (click the link in the blog post on each cmdlet name). We've fixed the extra "s" on the -credential parameter and updated the topics. :-)
@Flemingkris. Yes, we've discovered a but in the Enable-MSOnlinePOPAccess commandlet with the behavior that you describe. A fix is in the works as I type this reply, and it should be available in a couple of days. Stay tuned. Apologies for the problem this bug is creating.
So my mailboxes that are POP Enabled, are still hidden from the GAL, it has been 12 days with no update, what is the deal? My biggest issue is that i have a service that POP's email's from a mailbox, but i would like to open that mailbox in my Outlook profile (so i can monitor it, make sure the service is working), but because it is POP Enabled, and hidden from the GAL, i cannot open it. So i would like to know if it this will ever be fixed.
Hi redLabel,
Have you tried filing a service request? http://cot.ag/aqE6bB
Thanks and keep us posted.
JT_MSFT.
"Flemingkris" already brought it to attention on February 9, 2011 6:03 AM. and "penglis" confirmed it as a bug. So I assumed it was already brought tom M$ attention. but i will make a service request.
Can I run these powershell cmdlets on a windows server or exchange server?
Hi Josh,
Can you setup a Dist group to forward a email to a BPOS user mailbox?
This would be like the Exchange feature in SBS where Group emails are sent to a Public Folder for recording and ease of refferal.
Hi Shanes,
Take a look at these sites - http://bit.ly/hogsUc and http://bit.ly/gsqIEa .
Do these help?
Thanks,
Hi Tech, you can run these PowerShell cmdlets on Windows Server 2003 or 2008, or on Windows 7. If you are running Exchange Server on one of those platforms, you can run the cmdlets on that computer.
--Stacia
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