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Enable-AddressListPaging

Exchange Online ExchangeOnlineManagement Enable-*

Enable Active Directory virtual list view for address lists. Virtual list view allows you to display the address lists in your organization as pages instead of loading and viewing the entire directory.

Quick start script

# Enable-AddressListPaging — 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-AddressListPaging
$before | Format-List

# 3. Make the change (dry run first)
Enable-AddressListPaging  -WhatIf
Enable-AddressListPaging

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

Syntax

Enable-AddressListPaging [-Confirm]
 [-DomainController <Fqdn>]
 [-WhatIf]
 [<CommonParameters>]

Parameters (3)

Parameter	Type	What it controls
-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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