Set-MigrationEndpoint

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-MigrationEndpoint cmdlet to edit settings for cutover or staged Exchange migrations, IMAP migrations, Google Workspace (formerly G Suite) migrations, and remote moves.

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

Syntax

Set-MigrationEndpoint
   [-Identity] <MigrationEndpointIdParameter>
   [-AcceptUntrustedCertificates <Boolean>]
   [-ApplicationId <String>]
   [-AppSecretKeyVaultUrl <String>]
   [-Authentication <AuthenticationMethod>]
   [-Confirm]
   [-Credentials <PSCredential>]
   [-DomainController <Fqdn>]
   [-ExchangeServer <String>]
   [-MailboxPermission <MigrationMailboxPermission>]
   [-MaxConcurrentIncrementalSyncs <Unlimited>]
   [-MaxConcurrentMigrations <Unlimited>]
   [-NspiServer <String>]
   [-Partition <MailboxIdParameter>]
   [-Port <Int32>]
   [-PublicFolderDatabaseServerLegacyDN <String>]
   [-RemoteServer <Fqdn>]
   [-RpcProxyServer <Fqdn>]
   [-Security <IMAPSecurityMechanism>]
   [-ServiceAccountKeyFileData <Byte[]>]
   [-SkipVerification]
   [-SourceMailboxLegacyDN <String>]
   [-TestMailbox <MailboxIdParameter>]
   [-WhatIf]
   [<CommonParameters>]

Description

Use the Set-MigrationEndpoint cmdlet to configure settings for different types of migration:

  • Cross-forest move: Move mailboxes between two different on-premises Exchange forests. Cross-forest moves require the use of a RemoteMove endpoint.
  • Remote move: In a hybrid deployment, a remote move involves onboarding or offboarding migrations. Remote moves require the use of a RemoteMove endpoint. Onboarding moves mailboxes from an on-premises Exchange organization to Exchange Online, and uses a RemoteMove endpoint as the source endpoint of the migration batch. Offboarding moves mailboxes from Exchange Online to an on-premises Exchange organization and uses a RemoteMove endpoint as the target endpoint of the migration batch.
  • Cutover Exchange migration: Migrate all mailboxes in an on-premises Exchange organization to Exchange Online. Cutover Exchange migration requires the use of an Exchange endpoint.
  • Staged Exchange migration: Migrate a subset of mailboxes from an on-premises Exchange organization to Exchange Online. Staged Exchange migration requires the use of an Exchange endpoint.
  • IMAP migration: Migrate mailbox data from an on-premises Exchange organization or other email system to Exchange Online. For an IMAP migration, you must first create the cloud-based mailboxes before you migrate mailbox data. IMAP migrations require the use of an IMAP endpoint.
  • Gmail migration: Migration mailbox data from a Google Workspace tenant to Exchange Online. For a Google Workspace migration, you must first create the cloud-based mail users or mailboxes before you migrate mailbox data. Google Workspace migrations require the use of a Gmail endpoint.
  • Local: Move mailboxes between different servers or databases within a single on-premises Exchange forest. Local moves don't require the use of an endpoint.

For more information about the different move and migration scenarios, see:

Changes made to an endpoint that affect the individual users within the batch are applied starting at the next time that the batch is processed. If you are running this cmdlet in the cloud-based service and wish to speed up the application of these settings, consider running the Set-MigrationBatch cmdlet with the -Update parameter.

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-MigrationEndpoint -Identity CutoverExchangeEndpoint01 -MaxConcurrentIncrementalSyncs 50 -NspiServer Server01.contoso.com

This example changes the MaxConcurrentIncrementalSyncs setting to 50 on the CutoverExchangeEndpoint01 migration endpoint using the NSPI server Server01.

Example 2

Set-MigrationEndpoint -Identity Onboardingmigrationendpoint01 -MaxConcurrentMigrations 10 -RemoteServer Server01.contoso.com

This example changes the MaxConcurrentMigrations setting to 10 on the Onboardingmigrationendpoint01 migration endpoint using the remote server, Server01.

Parameters

-AcceptUntrustedCertificates

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

{{ Fill AcceptUntrustedCertificates Description }}

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

-ApplicationId

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

{{ Fill ApplicationId Description }}

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

-AppSecretKeyVaultUrl

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

{{ Fill AppSecretKeyVaultUrl Description }}

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

-Authentication

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

The Authentication parameter specifies the authentication method used by the remote mail server.

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

-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 2013, Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019, Exchange Online

-Credentials

The Credentials parameter specifies the username and password for connecting to the remote endpoint. Credentials should be used when creating either a staged or cutover Exchange endpoint or a RemoteMove endpoint.

A value for this parameter requires the Get-Credential cmdlet. To pause this command and receive a prompt for credentials, use the value (Get-Credential). Or, before you run this command, store the credentials in a variable (for example, $cred = Get-Credential) and then use the variable name ($cred) for this parameter. For more information, see Get-Credential.

Type:PSCredential
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False
Applies to:Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019, Exchange Online

-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 2013, Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019

-ExchangeServer

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

The ExchangeServer parameter specifies the on-premises source Exchange server for cutover and staged migrations. This parameter is applicable only to staged and cutover Exchange endpoints which don't use Autodiscovery.

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

-Identity

The Identity parameter specifies the name of the migration endpoint you want to configure.

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

-MailboxPermission

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

The MailboxPermission parameter specifies what permissions should be used to access the source mailbox during OutlookAnywhere onboarding (Staged Exchange Migration and Cutover Exchange Migration). This parameter is not for non-OutlookAnywhere migrations.

The account specified must have the following permissions:

  • FullAccess permission. The account has Full-Access permission to the mailboxes they want to migrate.
  • Admin permission. The account is a domain administrator who can access any mailbox they want to migrate.
Type:MigrationMailboxPermission
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False
Applies to:Exchange Online

-MaxConcurrentIncrementalSyncs

The MaxConcurrentIncrementalSyncs parameter specifies the maximum number of incremental syncs allowed for this endpoint at a specified time. This value must be less or equal to MaxConcurrentMigrations parameter.

Type:Unlimited
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False
Applies to:Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019, Exchange Online

-MaxConcurrentMigrations

The MaxConcurrentMigrations parameter specifies the maximum number of mailboxes that will be migrated for this endpoint at a specified time. This parameter is applicable for all migration types.

Type:Unlimited
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False
Applies to:Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019, Exchange Online

-NspiServer

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

The NspiServer parameter specifies the FQDN of the remote Name Service Provider Interface (NSPI) server. This parameter is only applicable to staged and cutover Exchange endpoints that don't use Autodiscovery.

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

-Partition

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

This parameter is reserved for internal Microsoft use.

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

-Port

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

For an IMAP migration, the Port parameter specifies the TCP port number used by the migration process to connect to the remote server.

Type:Int32
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False
Applies to:Exchange Online

-PublicFolderDatabaseServerLegacyDN

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

This parameter is reserved for internal Microsoft use.

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

-RemoteServer

The RemoteServer parameter specifies the remote server depending on the protocol type for moves:

  • Exchange server moves: The FQDN of an Exchange server that has the Client Access role installed, a Client Access server array, or a group of Client Access servers that are located behind a supported network load balancer.
  • IMAP moves: The FQDN of the IMAP server.
Type:Fqdn
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False
Applies to:Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019, Exchange Online

-RpcProxyServer

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

For a staged Exchange migration, the RpcProxyServer parameter specifies the FQDN of the RPC proxy server for the on-premises Exchange server. This parameter is only applicable to staged and cutover Exchange endpoints that don't use Autodiscovery

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

-Security

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

For an IMAP migration, the Security parameter specifies the encryption method used by the remote mail server. The options are None, Tls, or Ssl.

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

-ServiceAccountKeyFileData

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

The ServiceAccountKeyFileData parameter is used to specify information needed to authenticate as a service account. The data should come from the JSON key file that is downloaded when the service account that has been granted access to your remote tenant is created.

A valid value for this parameter requires you to read the file to a byte-encoded object using the following syntax: ([System.IO.File]::ReadAllBytes('<Path>\<FileName>')). You can use this command as the parameter value, or you can write the output to a variable ($data = [System.IO.File]::ReadAllBytes('<Path>\<FileName>')) and use the variable as the parameter value ($data).

Type:Byte[]
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False
Applies to:Exchange Online

-SkipVerification

The SkipVerification switch skips verifying that the remote server is reachable when creating a migration endpoint. You don't need to specify a value with this switch.

Type:SwitchParameter
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False
Applies to:Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019, Exchange Online

-SourceMailboxLegacyDN

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

The SourceMailboxLegacyDN parameter specifies a mailbox on the target server. Use the LegacyExchangeDN for the on-premises test mailbox as the value for this parameter. The cmdlet tries to access this mailbox using the credentials for the administrator account on the target server.

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

-TestMailbox

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

The TestMailbox parameter specifies a mailbox on the target server. Use the primary SMTP address as the value for this parameter. The cmdlet tries to access this mailbox using the credentials for the administrator account on the target server.

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

-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 2013, Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019, Exchange Online

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.