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phill
phill

Reputation: 13844

exchange powershell : get-mailbox outside default scope

how do you run the cmdlet "get-mailbox" outside the current default scope of the current domain?

When I run get-mailbox -OrganizationalUnit bob.com/bobsage I get an error message saying: Get-mailbox: The requested search root 'rss.com/rsstoilet' is not in the current default scope 'ens.com'. Cannot perform searches outside the current default scope.

thanks in advance

Upvotes: 2

Views: 29489

Answers (3)

Shay Levy
Shay Levy

Reputation: 126702

Try to set this global variable:

$AdminSessionADSettings.ViewEntireForest = $True

Or use Set-ADServerSettings -ViewEntireForest $True

Or set it on a cmdlet level:

Get-Mailbox -IgnoreDefaultScope

Upvotes: 4

Sitaram Pamarthi
Sitaram Pamarthi

Reputation: 459

If you use the second option(-ignoredefaultscope), make sure to pass the DN of the object as a parameter to -Identity.

ex: Get-Mailbox -IgnoreDefaultScope -Identity "cn=username,ou=ouname,dc=domainname,dc=com"

Thanks, Sitaram Pamarthi

www.techibee.com

Upvotes: 0

Don Jones
Don Jones

Reputation: 9497

I'm pretty sure the error message is accurate - it cannot perform searches outside the current default scope. You would need to change the scope you're running the command in.

Upvotes: 0

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