Get-Notification

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 Get-Notification cmdlet to view notification events that are shown in the notification viewer in the Exchange admin center (EAC). These notifications are related to the following events:

  • Mailbox moves and migrations.
  • Expiring and expired certificates.
  • Exporting mailbox content to .pst files.
  • Importing mailbox content from .pst files.
  • Restoring deleted mailboxes.

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

Syntax

Get-Notification
   [-Settings]
   -ProcessType <AsyncOperationType>
   [-DomainController <Fqdn>]
   [<CommonParameters>]
Get-Notification
   [[-Identity] <EwsStoreObjectIdParameter>]
   [-Summary]
   [-DomainController <Fqdn>]
   [<CommonParameters>]
Get-Notification
   [-ProcessType <AsyncOperationType>]
   [-ResultSize <Unlimited>]
   [-StartDate <ExDateTime>]
   [-Summary]
   [-DomainController <Fqdn>]
   [<CommonParameters>]

Description

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

Get-Notification

This example displays a summary list of all notification events.

Example 2

Get-Notification -ProcessType Migration

This example displays a summary list of all mailbox move and migration notification events.

Example 3

Get-Notification -Identity 0259ec74-3539-4195-ab4f-de93e654ceaf | Format-List

This example displays detailed information for the specified notification event.

Parameters

-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

-Identity

The Identity parameter specifies the notification event that you want to view. You identify the notification event by its AlternativeID property value (a GUID). You can find this value by running the command Get-Notification | Format-List DisplayName,AlternateID,StartTime,Status,Type.

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

-ProcessType

The ProcessType parameter filters the results by the type of notification event. Valid values are:

  • CertExpiry
  • ExportPST
  • ImportPST
  • MailboxRestore
  • Migration
Type:AsyncOperationType
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:True
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False
Applies to:Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019, Exchange Online

-ResultSize

The ResultSize parameter specifies the maximum number of results to return. If you want to return all requests that match the query, use unlimited for the value of this parameter. The default value is 1000.

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

-Settings

This parameter is available only in on-premises Exchange.

The Settings switch includes the ProcessType and NotificationEmail property values in the results. You don't need to specify a value with this switch.

You can only use this switch with the ProcessType parameter value CertExpiry.

You can't use this switch with the Summary switch.

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

-StartDate

The StartDate parameter specifies the start date of the date range.

Use the short date format that's defined in the Regional Options settings on the computer where you're running the command. For example, if the computer is configured to use the short date format mm/dd/yyyy, enter 09/01/2018 to specify September 1, 2018. You can enter the date only, or you can enter the date and time of day. If you enter the date and time of day, enclose the value in quotation marks ("), for example, "09/01/2018 5:00 PM".

Type:ExDateTime
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

-Summary

The Summary switch includes only the ProcessType and Status property values in the results. You don't need to specify a value with this switch.

You can't use this switch with the Settings 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

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.