Microsoft 365 Scripts

Microsoft 365 admins often search for a way to convert a user mailbox to a shared mailbox. If you are one of them, this blog is for you.   Reasons to Convert a Mailbox to a Shared Mailbox in Office 365   When you convert a user mailbox to a shared mailbox, all the existing emails and calendars are retained. Only the type of the mailbox is changed.  When an employee leaves an organization, the administrator can convert the mailbox…

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Message tracking or tracing helps admins to monitor mail flow and delivery status. With message trace, you can    Analyze what happened to an email like whether it was received, rejected, deferred, or delivered at the other end.   Troubleshoot email delivery problems.   Validate email policies and mail flow rules      How to Perform Message Trace in Microsoft 365   Message trace can be performed through the Exchange admin center (EAC) or PowerShell. Most admins prefer PowerShell over EAC. So, this blog…

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Often, Microsoft 365 admins want to export all email addresses in their Microsoft 365 environment. You can use the PowerShell cmdlets like Get-Mailbox, Get-Recipient to retrieve Primary email addresses and aliases. Since each type of mailbox requires different cmdlets or filtering conditions, it is always challenging to find the right one.   Since Microsoft allows sending emails from alias addresses, admins need a record of alias addresses. To easily export all the email addresses, you can download our script. Also, our script…

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This blog helps admins add multiple members to the distribution group using PowerShell. The script accepts bulk users through import CSV and adds those users to the distribution list.    Note: This script uses the PowerShell cmdlet Add-DistributionGroupMember. Before running the script, you must install the Exchange Online Management module.  Connect-ExchangeOnline Import-CSV <FilePath> | foreach { $UPN=$_.UPN Write-Progress -Activity “Adding $UPN to group… ” Add-DistributionGroupMember –Identity <GroupUPN> -Member $UPN If($?) { Write-Host $UPN Successfully added -ForegroundColor Green } Else { Write-Host $UPN – Error occurred –ForegroundColor…

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Microsoft 365 allows some users to access other mailbox through delegation. Admins can delegate the permissions to another mailbox based on the organization’s requirements,    Full access – Allows modifying content and reading email from another mailbox   Send as –Allows sending emails from another mailbox   Send-on behalf – Allows sending emails on behalf of another mailbox      How to Set Mailbox Permission?   Mailbox permission can be set either through Admin Center or PowerShell. Since UI is suitable for…

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