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Disable-RemoteMailbox

Exchange Online ExchangeOnlineManagement Disable-*

Remove user mailboxes from the cloud-based service but keep the associated user objects in the on-premises Active Directory.

Quick start script

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

# 2. Capture the current state first — you cannot roll back what you never recorded
$before = Get-RemoteMailbox
$before | Format-List

# 3. Make the change (dry run first)
Disable-RemoteMailbox -Identity <RemoteMailboxIdParameter> -WhatIf
Disable-RemoteMailbox -Identity <RemoteMailboxIdParameter>

# 4. Verify and diff
$after = Get-RemoteMailbox
Compare-Object ($before | Out-String) ($after | Out-String)

Syntax

Disable-RemoteMailbox [-Identity] <RemoteMailboxIdParameter>
 [-Archive]
 [-Confirm]
 [-DomainController <Fqdn>]
 [-IgnoreDefaultScope]
 [-IgnoreLegalHold]
 [-WhatIf]
 [<CommonParameters>]

Parameters (7)

Parameter	Type	Required	What it controls
-Identity	RemoteMailboxIdParameter	yes	The Identity parameter specifies the cloud-based mailbox. Valid values are:
-Archive	SwitchParameter		The Archive switch specifies whether to disconnect the cloud-based archive mailbox from the associated cloud-based mailbox. You don't need to specify a value with this switch.
-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...
-IgnoreDefaultScope	SwitchParameter		The IgnoreDefaultScope switch tells the command to ignore the default recipient scope setting for the Exchange PowerShell session, and to use the entire forest as the scope. You don't need to specify a value with this switch.
-IgnoreLegalHold	SwitchParameter		The IgnoreLegalHold switch ignores the legal hold status of the remote user. You don't need to specify a value with this switch.
-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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