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Add-FederatedDomain

Exchange Online ExchangeOnlineManagement Add-*

Configure a secondary domain with the federated organization identifier in the federation trust for the Exchange organization. The domains being added to the federation trust must exist as accepted domains in the Exchange organization.

Quick start script

# Add-FederatedDomain — quick start (serv365.ai)
# 1. Connect (app-only shown; interactive: omit the certificate parameters)
Connect-ExchangeOnline -CertificateThumbprint $thumb -AppId $appId -Organization $org

# 2. Run and inspect
Add-FederatedDomain -DomainName <SmtpDomain> | Format-List

# 3. Export for evidence / drift tracking
Add-FederatedDomain | Export-Clixml .\FederatedDomain-$(Get-Date -Format yyyyMMdd).xml

Syntax

Add-FederatedDomain [[-Identity] <OrganizationIdParameter>] -DomainName <SmtpDomain>
 [-Confirm]
 [-DomainController <Fqdn>]
 [-WhatIf]
 [<CommonParameters>]

Parameters (5)

ParameterTypeRequiredWhat it controls
-Identity OrganizationIdParameter This parameter is reserved for internal Microsoft use.
-DomainName SmtpDomain yes The DomainName parameter specifies the secondary domain to be configured.
-Confirm SwitchParameter The Confirm switch specifies whether to show or hide the confirmation prompt. How this switch affects the cmdlet depends on whether the cmdlet requires confirmation before proceeding.
-DomainController Fqdn 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...
-WhatIf SwitchParameter The WhatIf switch shows what the command does without making any changes. You don't need to specify a value with this switch.

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