CMDlets

Question 1

Create eDiscovery mailbox

Answer 1

New-MailboxSearchResults –Discovery –UserPrincipalName SearchResults@CBTNuggets.com

Question 2

Sets OWA Mailbox policy to allow .pdf files

Answer 2

Set-OWAMailboxPolicy –Identity Default –AllowedFileTypes ‘.pdf’

Question 3

Retrieve list of devices in organization using Exchange Active Sync

Answer 3

Set-OWAMailboxPolicy –Identity Default –AllowedFileTypes ‘.pdf’

Question 4

Enable in-place archiving

Answer 4

Enable-Mailbox “User Name” – Archive

Question 5

Check mailboxes enabled for archiving

Answer 5

Get-Mailbox –Archive –ResultSize Unlimited

Question 6

Disable in-place archive

Answer 6

Disable-Mailbox –Identity “User Name” –Archive

Question 7

(1) Retrieve GUID, (2) then connect disabled archive to mailbox user by replacing GUID with one retrieved in (1)

Answer 7

(1) Get-MailboxDatabase | Get-MailboxStatistics-Filter ‘DisconnectDate –ne $null’
(2) Connect-Mailbox Identity “8734c04e-981e-4ccf-a547-1c1ac7ebf3e2” –Archive –User “User Name”

Question 8

Connect to your Exchange Online service

Answer 8

Connect-MSolService

Question 9

(1)Create and (2)change a retention policy

Answer 9

(1) New-RetentionPolicy -RetentionPolicyTagLinks

(2) Set-MailBox “Mailbox Name” –RetentionPolicy “Retention Policy Name”

Question 10

Change old retention policy to new one

Answer 10

$OldPolicy={Get-RetentionPolicy “Old-Retention-Policy”}.distinguishedName
Get-Mailbox -Filter {RetentionPolicy -eq $OldPolicy} -Resultsize Unlimited | Set-Mailbox -RetentionPolicy “New-Retention-Policy”

Question 11

Test whether mailbox policy was applied

Answer 11

Get-Mailbox “Mailbox Name” | Select RetentionPolicy

Question 12

Create additional discovery mailbox

Answer 12

New-MailBox SearchResults -Discovery –PrimarySmtpAddress Searchresults@cbtnuggets.com

Question 13

Display available discovery mailboxes

Answer 13

Get-Mailbox -Resultsize unlimited -Filter {RecipientTypeDetails -eq “DiscoveryMailbox”}

Question 14

Create In-place hold

Answer 14

New-MailBoxSearch “Search Name” –SourceMailboxes Kengle@cbtnuggets.com –InPlaceHoldEnabled $true

Question 15

Create new malware filter

Answer 15

New-MalwareFilterPolicy -Name “CBT Nuggets Defense System” -EnableInternalSenderAdminNotifications $true –InternalSenderAdminAddress admin@cbtnuggets346.onmicrosoft.com

Question 16

Configure existing malware filter

Answer 16

Set-MalwareFilterPolicy –Identity “CBT Nuggets Defense System”

Question 17

Connect to your Exchange Online service

Answer 17

Connect-MSolService –Credentials $Credentials

Question 18

Configure additional proxy addresses

Answer 18

$users = Get-Mailbox foreach ($a in $users) {$a.emailaddresses.Add(“smtp:$($a.alias)@thenewdomainname”)}
$users | %{Set-Mailbox $.Identity -EmailAddresses $.EmailAddresses}

Question 19

Configure additional addresses using .csv file

Answer 19

Import-CSV “C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\AddEmailAddress.csv” | ForEach {Set-Mailbox
$.Mailbox -EmailAddresses @{add=$.NewEmailAddress}}

Question 20

Create contacts using PowerShell with a .csv file

Answer 20

Import-Csv .\ExternalContacts.csv|%{New-MailContact -Name $.Name -DisplayName $.Name -
ExternalEmailAddress $.ExternalEmailAddress -FirstName $.FirstName -LastName $_.LastName}

Question 21

Add more information to each existing contact using .csv file

Answer 21

(1) $Contacts = Import-CSV .\externalcontacts.csv
(2) $contacts | ForEach {Set-Contact $.Name -StreetAddress $.StreetAddress -City $.City -
StateorProvince $.StateorProvince -PostalCode $.PostalCode -Phone $.Phone -MobilePhone
$.MobilePhone -Pager $.Pager -HomePhone $.HomePhone -Company $.Company -Title
$.Title -OtherTelephone $.OtherTelephone -Department $.Department -Fax $.Fax -Initials
$.Initials -Notes $.Notes -Office $.Office -Manager $.Manager}

Question 22

Hide contacts using PowerShell

Answer 22

Set-MailContact HiddenFromAddressListsEnabled $true

Get-Contact -ResultSize unlimited -Filter {(RecipientTypeDetails -eq ‘MailContact’)} | Set-MailContact -HiddenFromAddressListsEnabled $true

Question 23

Create and configure a mail user using PowerShell

Answer 23

New-MailUser -Name -WindowsLiveID -Password (ConvertTo-SecureString -String ‘’ -AsPlainText -Force)

Set-MailUser LindaAdams-ExternalEmailAddress LindaAdams@cbtnuggets.org

Question 24

Create and configure a shared mailbox using PowerShell

Answer 24

New-Mailbox -Name “CBT Nuggets Trainers” -Alias CBTNTrainers –Shared
Set-Mailbox CBTNTrainers -ProhibitSendReceiveQuota 5GB -ProhibitSendQuota 4.75GB -IssueWarningQuota 4.5GB

Question 25

Manage Mailbox permissions using PowerShell

Answer 25

Remove-MailboxPermission -Identity -User -AccessRights FullAccess
Add-MailboxPermission -Identity Kengle -User ‘Kurt Engle’ -AccessRight FullAccess -
InheritanceType All -Automapping $false

Question 26

Create and configure a room mailbox user using PowerShell

Answer 26

New-Mailbox -Name “Second Floor Back Patio” –Room

Set-CalendarProcessing -AutomateProcessing AutoAccept

Question 27

Create and configure an equipment mailbox using PowerShell

Answer 27

New-Mailbox -Name “Trainer Laptop – Tag BR549” –Equipment

Set-CalendarProcessing -AutomateProcessing AutoAccept

Question 28

Change Mailbox type

Answer 28

Set-Mailbox -Type Regular

Get-Mailbox -Identity | Format-List RecipientTypeDetails

Question 29

Create and view a mail-enable security group using PowerShell

Answer 29

New-DistributionGroup -Name “CBT Nuggets Trainers” -Alias CBTNTrainers -Type security
Get-DistributionGroup CBTNTrainers | FL Name,RecipientTypeDetails,PrimarySmtpAddress

Question 30

Create a mail-enable distribution group using PowerShell

Answer 30

New-DistributionGroup -Name “CBTN Managers” -Alias CBTNMngrs –MemberJoinRestriction Open

Question 31

Create and view a dynamic distribution group using PowerShell

Answer 31

New-DynamicDistributionGroup -IncludedRecipients MailboxUsers -Name “CBTN Marketing Dynamic Group” -Department Marketing
Get-DynamicDistributionGroup -Identity “Marketing” | Format-List

Question 32

Connect to your SharePoint Online service using PowerShell

Answer 32

Connect-SPOService -Url https://cbtnuggets346-admin.sharepoint.com –credential brianalderman@cbtnuggets346.onmicrosoft.com

Question 33

Retreive list of available site templates using PowerShell

Answer 33

Get-SPOWebTemplate

Question 34

Create new site collection using PowerShell

Answer 34

New-SPOSite –Url https://cbtnuggets346.sharepoint.com/teams/HR –Owner Engle@cbtnuggets346.onmicrosoft.com –Template “STS#0” -Title “HR Site”

Question 35

Retrieve information about site collection using PowerShell

Answer 35

Get-SPOSite or Get-SPOSite –Identity SiteCollectionUrl

Question 36

Configure site collection settings using PowerShell

Answer 36

Set-SPOSite –Identity https://cbtnuggets346.sharepoint.com/teams/HR –StorageQuota 750 -StorageQuotaWarningLevel 500

Question 37

Delete or restore a site collection using PowerShell

Answer 37

Remove-SPOSite -Identity https://cbtnuggets346.sharepoint.com/teams/HR -NoWait
Restore-SPODeletedSite -Identity https://cbtnuggets.sharepoint.com/teams/HR -NoWait

Question 38

Enable or Disable push notifications using PowerShell

Answer 38

Set-CsPushNotificationConfiguration EnableApplePushNotificationService or EnableMicrosoftPushNotificationService

Question 39

Retrieve information about Lync Online users using PowerShell

Answer 39

Get-CsOnlineUser

Question 40

Assign audio conference number to a user using PowerShell

Answer 40

Set-CSUserAcp -TollNumber, -TollFreeNumbers, -ParticipantPassCode

Question 41

Retrieve information about Lync Tenant using PowerShell

Answer 41

Get-CsTenant

Question 42

Enable or disable ability to record online conferences using PowerShell

Answer 42

Set-CsMeetingConfiguration –AllowConferenceRecording

Question 43

Retrieve list of blocked domains from blocked domains list using PowerShell

Answer 43

Get-CsTenantFederationConfiguration

Question 44

Enable or disable federation with public IM providers using PowerShell

Answer 44

Set-CsTenantFederationConfiguration –AllowPublicUsers

Question 45

Enable mailbox auditing for a specific user using PowerShell

Answer 45

Set-Mailbox user@domainname.com -AuditEnabled $true

Question 46

Enable mailbox auditing for all users using PowerShell

Answer 46

$UserMailboxes = Get-mailbox -Filter {(RecipientTypeDetails -eq ‘UserMailbox’)}
$UserMailboxes | ForEach {Set-Mailbox $_.Identity -AuditEnabled $true}

Question 47

View configuration settings for current administrator audit logging

Answer 47

Get-AdminAuditLogConfig

Question 48

Add comments to administrator audit log

Answer 48

Write-AdminAuditLog

Question 49

Search content of administrator audit log

Answer 49

Search-AdminAuditLog or New-AdminAuditLogSearch

Question 50

View accounts that bypass mailbox audit logging

Answer 50

Get-MailboxAuditBypassAssociation

Question 51

Specify accounts that bypass mailbox audit logging

Answer 51

Set-MailboxAuditBypassAssociation

Question 52

Retrieve data from a specific message tracking report

Answer 52

Get-MessageTrackingReport

Question 53

Find unique message tracking report using search criteria provided

Answer 53

Search-MessageTrackingReport

Question 54

View information about open logon sessions to specified mailbox

Answer 54

Get-LogonStatistics

Question 55

View information about the folders in a specified mailbox

Answer 55

Get-MailboxFolderStatistics

Question 56

View information about a specified mailbox

Answer 56

Get-MailboxStatistics

Question 57

View information about total number of recipients in organization

Answer 57

Get-RecipientStatisticsReport