Set-ManagementScope

This cmdlet is available in on-premises Exchange and in the cloud-based service. Some parameters and settings may be exclusive to one environment or the other.

Use the Set-ManagementScope cmdlet to change an existing management scope.

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

Syntax

Set-ManagementScope
   [-Identity] <ManagementScopeIdParameter>
   -DatabaseRestrictionFilter <String>
   [-Confirm]
   [-DomainController <Fqdn>]
   [-Force]
   [-Name <String>]
   [-WhatIf]
   [<CommonParameters>]
Set-ManagementScope
   [-Identity] <ManagementScopeIdParameter>
   -ServerRestrictionFilter <String>
   [-Confirm]
   [-DomainController <Fqdn>]
   [-Force]
   [-Name <String>]
   [-WhatIf]
   [<CommonParameters>]
Set-ManagementScope
   [-Identity] <ManagementScopeIdParameter>
   [-RecipientRestrictionFilter <String>]
   [-RecipientRoot <OrganizationalUnitIdParameter>]
   [-Confirm]
   [-DomainController <Fqdn>]
   [-Force]
   [-Name <String>]
   [-WhatIf]
   [<CommonParameters>]

Description

If you change a scope that has been associated with management role assignments using the New-ManagementRoleAssignment cmdlet, the updated scope applies to all the associated role assignments. For more information about changing scopes, see Change a role scope.

For more information about regular and exclusive scopes, see Understanding management role scopes.

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

Set-ManagementScope "Seattle Mailboxes" -RecipientRestrictionFilter "City -eq 'Seattle' -and RecipientType -eq 'UserMailbox'"

This example changes the recipient restriction filter on the Seattle Mailboxes management scope to match all mailboxes that have Seattle in the City mailbox property.

Example 2

Set-ManagementScope "Sales Recipients" -RecipientRoot contoso.com/Sales

This example changes the recipient root for the Sales Recipients management scope to match only recipient objects contained under the contoso.com/Sales OU.

Example 3

Set-ManagementScope "Vancouver Servers" -ServerRestrictionFilter "ServerSite -eq 'NA-CDN-Vancouver,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=contoso,DC=com"}'"

This example changes the Active Directory site used in the server restriction filter for the Vancouver Servers management scope to "NA-CDN-Vancouver,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=contoso,DC=com".

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, Exchange Server 2019, Exchange Online, Exchange Online Protection

-DatabaseRestrictionFilter

This parameter is available only in on-premises Exchange.

The DatabaseRestrictionFilter parameter uses OPATH filter syntax to specify the databases that are included in the scope. The syntax is "Property -ComparisonOperator 'Value'".

  • Enclose the whole OPATH filter in double quotation marks " ". If the filter contains system values (for example, $true, $false, or $null), use single quotation marks ' ' instead. Although this parameter is a string (not a system block), you can also use braces { }, but only if the filter doesn't contain variables.
  • Property is a filterable property. For a list of filterable database properties, see Understanding management role scopes.
  • ComparisonOperator is an OPATH comparison operator (for example -eq for equals and -like for string comparison). For more information about comparison operators, see about_Comparison_Operators.
  • Value is the property value to search for. Enclose text values and variables in single quotation marks ('Value' or '$Variable'). If a variable value contains single quotation marks, you need to identify (escape) the single quotation marks to expand the variable correctly. For example, instead of '$User', use '$($User -Replace "'","''")'. Don't enclose integers or system values in quotation marks (for example, use 500, $true, $false, or $null instead).

You can chain multiple search criteria together using the logical operators -and and -or. For example, "Criteria1 -and Criteria2" or "(Criteria1 -and Criteria2) -or Criteria3".

For detailed information about OPATH filters in Exchange, see Additional OPATH syntax information.

You can't use this parameter with the RecipientRestrictionFilter, ServerRestrictionFilter, RecipientRoot, DatabaseList, or ServerList parameters.

Type:String
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, Exchange Server 2019

-DomainController

This parameter is available only in on-premises Exchange.

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, Exchange Server 2019

-Force

This parameter is available only in the cloud-based service.

The Force switch hides warning or confirmation messages. You don't need to specify a value with this switch.

You can use this switch to run tasks programmatically where prompting for administrative input is inappropriate.

Type:SwitchParameter
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False
Applies to:Exchange Online, Exchange Online Protection

-Identity

The Identity parameter specifies the name of the management scope to modify. If the name contains spaces, enclose it in quotation marks (").

Type:ManagementScopeIdParameter
Position:1
Default value:None
Required:True
Accept pipeline input:True
Accept wildcard characters:False
Applies to:Exchange Server 2010, Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019, Exchange Online, Exchange Online Protection

-Name

The Name parameter specifies the name of the management scope. The management scope name can be a maximum of 64 characters. If the name contains spaces, enclose it in quotation marks (").

Type:String
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, Exchange Server 2019, Exchange Online, Exchange Online Protection

-RecipientRestrictionFilter

The RecipientRestrictionFilter parameter uses OPATH filter syntax to specify the recipients that are included in the scope. The syntax is "Property -ComparisonOperator 'Value'".

  • Enclose the whole OPATH filter in double quotation marks " ". If the filter contains system values (for example, $true, $false, or $null), use single quotation marks ' ' instead. Although this parameter is a string (not a system block), you can also use braces { }, but only if the filter doesn't contain variables.
  • Property is a filterable recipient property. For filterable recipient properties, see Filterable properties for the RecipientFilter parameter.
  • ComparisonOperator is an OPATH comparison operator (for example -eq for equals and -like for string comparison). For more information about comparison operators, see about_Comparison_Operators.
  • Value is the property value to search for. Enclose text values and variables in single quotation marks ('Value' or '$Variable'). If a variable value contains single quotation marks, you need to identify (escape) the single quotation marks to expand the variable correctly. For example, instead of '$User', use '$($User -Replace "'","''")'. Don't enclose integers or system values in quotation marks (for example, use 500, $true, $false, or $null instead).

You can chain multiple search criteria together using the logical operators -and and -or. For example, "Criteria1 -and Criteria2" or "(Criteria1 -and Criteria2) -or Criteria3".

For detailed information about OPATH filters in Exchange, see Additional OPATH syntax information.

You can't use this parameter with the DatabaseRestrictionFilter, DatabaseList, ServerList, or ServerRestrictionFilter parameters.

Type:String
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, Exchange Server 2019, Exchange Online, Exchange Online Protection

-RecipientRoot

The RecipientRoot parameter specifies the organizational unit (OU) under which the filter specified with the RecipientRestrictionFilter parameter should be applied. Valid input for this parameter is an OU or domain that's returned by the Get-OrganizationalUnit cmdlet. You can use any value that uniquely identifies the OU or domain. For example:

  • Name
  • Canonical name
  • Distinguished name (DN)
  • GUID

You can't use this parameter with the ServerRestrictionFilter or DatabaseRestrictionFilter parameters.

Type:OrganizationalUnitIdParameter
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, Exchange Server 2019, Exchange Online, Exchange Online Protection

-ServerRestrictionFilter

This parameter is available only in on-premises Exchange.

The ServerRestrictionFilter parameter uses OPATH filter syntax to specify the servers that are included in the scope. The syntax is "Property -ComparisonOperator 'Value'".

  • Enclose the whole OPATH filter in double quotation marks " ". If the filter contains system values (for example, $true, $false, or $null), use single quotation marks ' ' instead. Although this parameter is a string (not a system block), you can also use braces { }, but only if the filter doesn't contain variables.
  • Property is a filterable property. For a list of filterable server properties, see Understanding management role scopes.
  • ComparisonOperator is an OPATH comparison operator (for example -eq for equals and -like for string comparison). For more information about comparison operators, see about_Comparison_Operators.
  • Value is the property value to search for. Enclose text values and variables in single quotation marks ('Value' or '$Variable'). If a variable value contains single quotation marks, you need to identify (escape) the single quotation marks to expand the variable correctly. For example, instead of '$User', use '$($User -Replace "'","''")'. Don't enclose integers or system values in quotation marks (for example, use 500, $true, $false, or $null instead).

You can chain multiple search criteria together using the logical operators -and and -or. For example, "Criteria1 -and Criteria2" or "(Criteria1 -and Criteria2) -or Criteria3".

For detailed information about OPATH filters in Exchange, see Additional OPATH syntax information.

You can't use this parameter wit the RecipientRestrictionFilter, RecipientRoot, DatabaseRestrictionFilter, DatabaseList, or ServerList parameters.

Type:String
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, Exchange Server 2019

-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, Exchange Server 2019, Exchange Online, Exchange Online Protection

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.