Get-EXORecipient
This cmdlet is available only in the Exchange Online PowerShell module. For more information, see About the Exchange Online PowerShell module.
Use the Get-ExORecipient cmdlet to view existing recipient objects in your organization. This cmdlet returns all mail-enabled objects (for example, mailboxes, mail users, mail contacts, and distribution groups).
For information about the parameter sets in the Syntax section below, see Exchange cmdlet syntax.
Syntax
Get-EXORecipient
[[-Identity] <String>]
[-ExternalDirectoryObjectId <Guid>]
[-Filter <String>]
[-IncludeSoftDeletedRecipients]
[-OrganizationalUnit <String>]
[-PrimarySmtpAddress <String>]
[-Properties <String[]>]
[-PropertySets <PropertySet[]>]
[-RecipientPreviewFilter <String>]
[-RecipientType <String[]>]
[-RecipientTypeDetails <String[]>]
[-ResultSize <Unlimited>]
[-UserPrincipalName <String>]
[<CommonParameters>]Get-EXORecipient
[-Anr <String>]
[-Filter <String>]
[-IncludeSoftDeletedRecipients]
[-OrganizationalUnit <String>]
[-Properties <String[]>]
[-PropertySets <PropertySet[]>]
[-RecipientPreviewFilter <String>]
[-RecipientType <String[]>]
[-RecipientTypeDetails <String[]>]
[-ResultSize <Unlimited>]
[<CommonParameters>]Description
Get-EXORecipient cmdlet can be used to view existing recipient objects in your organization. This cmdlet returns all mail-enabled objects (for example, mailboxes, mail users, mail contacts, and distribution groups).
Examples
Example 1
Get-EXORecipient -ResultSize 100This example returns the first 100 recipient objects in name sorted order.
Example 2
Get-EXORecipient -Identity john@contosot.comThis example returns the recipient attribute details for the user john@contoso.com
Parameters
-Anr
The Anr parameter specifies a string on which to perform an ambiguous name resolution (ANR) search. You can specify a partial string and search for objects with an attribute that matches that string. The default attributes searched are:
- CommonName (CN)
- DisplayName
- FirstName
- LastName
- Alias
You can't use this parameter with the ExternalDirectoryObjectId, Identity, PrimarySmtpAddress, or UserPrincipalName parameters.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Exchange Online |
-ExternalDirectoryObjectId
The ExternalDirectoryObjectId parameter identifies the recipient that you want to view by the ObjectId in Microsoft Entra ID.
You can't use this parameter with the Anr, Identity, PrimarySmtpAddress, or UserPrincipalName parameters.
| Type: | Guid |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | True |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Exchange Online |
-Filter
The Filter parameter uses OPATH syntax to filter the results by the specified properties and values. The search criteria uses the syntax "Property -ComparisonOperator 'Value'".
- Enclose the whole OPATH filter in double quotation marks " ". If the filter contains system values (for example,
$true,$false, or$null), use single quotation marks ' ' instead. Although this parameter is a string (not a system block), you can also use braces { }, but only if the filter doesn't contain variables. - Property is a filterable property. For more information about the filterable properties, see Get-EXORecipient property sets and Filterable properties for the Filter parameter.
- ComparisonOperator is an OPATH comparison operator (for example
-eqfor equals and-likefor string comparison). For more information about comparison operators, see about_Comparison_Operators. - Value is the property value to search for. Enclose text values and variables in single quotation marks (
'Value'or'$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'$User', use'$($User -Replace "'","''")'. Don't enclose integers or system values in quotation marks (for example, use500,$true,$false, or$nullinstead).
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.
| 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 recipient object that you want to view. For the best performance, we recommend using the following values to identify the recipient:
- User ID or user principal name (UPN)
- GUID
Otherwise, you can use any value that uniquely identifies the recipient. For example:
- Name
- Alias
- Distinguished name (DN)
- Domain\Username
- Email address
- LegacyExchangeDN
- SamAccountName
You can't use this parameter with the Anr, ExternalDirectoryObjectId, PrimarySmtpAddress, or UserPrincipalName parameters.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | 0 |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | True |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Exchange Online |
-IncludeSoftDeletedRecipients
The IncludeSoftDeletedRecipients switch specifies whether to include soft deleted recipients in the results. You don't need to specify a value with this switch.
Soft-deleted recipients are deleted recipients that are still recoverable.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Exchange Online |
-OrganizationalUnit
The OrganizationalUnit parameter filters the results based on the object's location in Active Directory. Only objects that exist in the specified location are returned. Valid input for this parameter is an organizational unit (OU) or domain that's visible using 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
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Exchange Online |
-PrimarySmtpAddress
The PrimarySmtpAddress identifies the recipient that you want to view by primary SMTP email address (for example, navin@contoso.com).
You can't use this parameter with the Anr, ExternalDirectoryObjectId, Identity or UserPrincipalName parameters.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | True |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Exchange Online |
-Properties
The Properties parameter specifies the properties that are returned in the output of this cmdlet. You can specify multiple values separated by commas.
For more information about the available properties, see Get-EXORecipient property sets.
| Type: | String[] |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Exchange Online |
-PropertySets
The PropertySets parameter specifies a logical grouping of properties that are returned in the output of this cmdlet. Valid values are:
- Minimum (this is the default value)
- Archive
- Custom
- MailboxMove
- Policy
For more information about the properties that are included in each property set, see Get-EXORecipient property sets.
| Type: | PropertySet[] |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Exchange Online |
-RecipientPreviewFilter
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 |
-RecipientType
The RecipientType parameter filters the results by the specified recipient type. Valid values are:
- DynamicDistributionGroup
- MailContact
- MailNonUniversalGroup
- MailUniversalDistributionGroup
- MailUniversalSecurityGroup
- MailUser
- PublicFolder
- UserMailbox
You can specify multiple values separated by commas.
| Type: | String[] |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Exchange Online |
-RecipientTypeDetails
The RecipientTypeDetails parameter filters the results by the specified recipient subtype. Valid values are:
- DiscoveryMailbox
- DynamicDistributionGroup
- EquipmentMailbox
- GroupMailbox
- GuestMailUser
- LegacyMailbox
- LinkedMailbox
- LinkedRoomMailbox
- MailContact
- MailForestContact
- MailNonUniversalGroup
- MailUniversalDistributionGroup
- MailUniversalSecurityGroup
- MailUser
- PublicFolder
- PublicFolderMailbox
- RemoteEquipmentMailbox
- RemoteRoomMailbox
- RemoteSharedMailbox
- RemoteTeamMailbox
- RemoteUserMailbox
- RoomList
- RoomMailbox
- SchedulingMailbox
- SharedMailbox
- SharedWithMailUser
- TeamMailbox
- UserMailbox
You can specify multiple values separated by commas.
The value of the RecipientType parameter affects the values that you can use for this parameter. For example, if you use the RecipientType value MailContact, you can't use the value UserMailbox for this parameter. You'll receive the error: None of the specified RecipientTypeDetails are included in any specified recipient type.
| Type: | String[] |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | 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 Online |
-UserPrincipalName
The UserPrincipalName parameter identifies the recipient that you want to view by UPN (for example, navin@contoso.onmicrosoft.com).
You can't use this parameter with the Anr, ExternalDirectoryObjectId, Identity, or PrimarySmtpAddress parameters.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | True |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Exchange Online |
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