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Enable-TransportAgent

Exchange Online ExchangeOnlineManagement Enable-*

Enable a transport agent.

Quick start script

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

# 3. Make the change (dry run first)
Enable-TransportAgent -Identity <TransportAgentObjectId> -WhatIf
Enable-TransportAgent -Identity <TransportAgentObjectId>

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

Syntax

Enable-TransportAgent [-Identity] <TransportAgentObjectId>
 [-Confirm]
 [-DomainController <Fqdn>]
 [-TransportService <TransportService>]
 [-WhatIf]
 [<CommonParameters>]

Parameters (5)

Parameter	Type	Required	What it controls
-Identity	TransportAgentObjectId	yes	The Identity parameter specifies the display name of the transport agent to be enabled. The length of the name can't exceed 64 characters.
-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...
-TransportService	TransportService		The TransportService parameter specifies the transport service that you want to view or modify. Valid values for this parameter are:
-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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