New-UMAutoAttendant

This cmdlet is available only in on-premises Exchange.

Use the New-UMAutoAttendant cmdlet to create a Unified Messaging (UM) auto attendant.

For information about the parameter sets in the Syntax section below, see Exchange cmdlet syntax.

Syntax

New-UMAutoAttendant
   [-Name] <String>
   -UMDialPlan <UMDialPlanIdParameter>
   [-Confirm]
   [-DomainController <Fqdn>]
   [-DTMFFallbackAutoAttendant <UMAutoAttendantIdParameter>]
   [-PilotIdentifierList <MultiValuedProperty>]
   [-SpeechEnabled <Boolean>]
   [-Status <StatusEnum]
   [-WhatIf]
   [<CommonParameters>]

Description

The New-UMAutoAttendant cmdlet creates one or more UM auto attendants. UM auto attendants have a forest-wide scope in the configuration container in Active Directory. When you create a UM auto attendant, the auto attendant isn't speech-enabled or able to answer incoming calls by default. The auto attendant is linked to a single UM dial plan that contains a list of extension numbers. Linking the UM auto attendant to the UM dial plan enables the associated Mailbox servers to answer incoming calls using the UM auto attendant.

After this task is completed, a UM auto attendant is created.

You need to be assigned permissions before you can run this cmdlet. Although this topic lists all parameters for the cmdlet, you may not have access to some parameters if they're not included in the permissions assigned to you. To find the permissions required to run any cmdlet or parameter in your organization, see Find the permissions required to run any Exchange cmdlet.

Examples

Example 1

New-UMAutoAttendant -Name MyUMAutoAttendant -UMDialPlan MyUMDialPlan -PilotIdentifierList 55000 -Status Enabled

This example creates the UM auto attendant MyUMAutoAttendant that can accept incoming calls using the extension number 55000 but isn't speech-enabled.

Example 2

New-UMAutoAttendant -Name MyUMAutoAttendant -UMDialPlan MyUMDialPlan -PilotIdentifierList 56000,56100 -SpeechEnabled $true -Status Enabled

This example creates the speech-enabled UM auto attendant MyUMAutoAttendant using the extension numbers 56000 and 56100 that can accept incoming calls.

Parameters

-Confirm

The Confirm switch specifies whether to show or hide the confirmation prompt. How this switch affects the cmdlet depends on if the cmdlet requires confirmation before proceeding.

  • Destructive cmdlets (for example, Remove-* cmdlets) have a built-in pause that forces you to acknowledge the command before proceeding. For these cmdlets, you can skip the confirmation prompt by using this exact syntax: -Confirm:$false.
  • Most other cmdlets (for example, New-* and Set-* cmdlets) don't have a built-in pause. For these cmdlets, specifying the Confirm switch without a value introduces a pause that forces you acknowledge the command before proceeding.
Type:SwitchParameter
Aliases:cf
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False
Applies to:Exchange Server 2010, Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016

-DomainController

The DomainController parameter specifies the domain controller that's used by this cmdlet to read data from or write data to Active Directory. You identify the domain controller by its fully qualified domain name (FQDN). For example, dc01.contoso.com.

Type:Fqdn
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False
Applies to:Exchange Server 2010, Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016

-DTMFFallbackAutoAttendant

The DTMFFallbackAutoAttendant parameter specifies a secondary UM auto attendant. A secondary UM auto attendant can be used only if the SpeechEnabled parameter is set to $true.

Type:UMAutoAttendantIdParameter
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False
Applies to:Exchange Server 2010, Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016

-Name

The Name parameter specifies the display name for the UM auto attendant. The display name for the UM auto attendant can contain as many as 64 characters.

Type:String
Position:1
Default value:None
Required:True
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False
Applies to:Exchange Server 2010, Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016

-PilotIdentifierList

The PilotIdentifierList parameter specifies a list of one or more pilot numbers. Pilot numbers route incoming calls to Mailbox servers. The calls are then answered by the UM auto attendant.

Type:MultiValuedProperty
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False
Applies to:Exchange Server 2010, Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016

-SpeechEnabled

The SpeechEnabled parameter specifies whether the UM auto attendant is speech-enabled. The default value is $true. If this parameter is omitted, or if the value is $false, the UM auto attendant isn't speech-enabled.

Type:Boolean
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False
Applies to:Exchange Server 2010, Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016

-Status

The Status parameter specifies whether the UM auto attendant being created will be enabled. Valid values are:

  • Enabled
  • Disabled (This is the default value)
Type:StatusEnum
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False
Applies to:Exchange Server 2010, Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016

-UMDialPlan

The UMDialPlan parameter specifies the UM dial plan identifier for the UM dial plan to be associated with this UM auto attendant.

Type:UMDialPlanIdParameter
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:True
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False
Applies to:Exchange Server 2010, Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016

-WhatIf

The WhatIf switch simulates the actions of the command. You can use this switch to view the changes that would occur without actually applying those changes. You don't need to specify a value with this switch.

Type:SwitchParameter
Aliases:wi
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False
Applies to:Exchange Server 2010, Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016

Inputs

Input types

To see the input types that this cmdlet accepts, see Cmdlet Input and Output Types. If the Input Type field for a cmdlet is blank, the cmdlet doesn't accept input data.

Outputs

Output types

To see the return types, which are also known as output types, that this cmdlet accepts, see Cmdlet Input and Output Types. If the Output Type field is blank, the cmdlet doesn't return data.