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Get-AddressList

Exchange Online ExchangeOnlineManagement Get-*

View address lists. In Exchange Online, To use this cmdlet, you need to add the Address Lists role to a role group (for example, to the Organization Management role group). For more information, see Add a role to a role group.

Quick start script

# Get-AddressList — 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
Get-AddressList -Container <AddressListIdParameter> | Format-List

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

Syntax — 3 parameter sets

Container

Get-AddressList -Container <AddressListIdParameter>
 [-DomainController <Fqdn>]
 [<CommonParameters>]

Identity

Get-AddressList [[-Identity] <AddressListIdParameter>]
 [-DomainController <Fqdn>]
 [<CommonParameters>]

SearchSet

Get-AddressList [-SearchText <String>]
 [-DomainController <Fqdn>]
 [<CommonParameters>]

Parameters (4)

Parameter	Type	Required	What it controls
-Identity	AddressListIdParameter		The Identity parameter specifies the address list that you want to view. You can use any value that uniquely identifies the address list. For example:
-Container	AddressListIdParameter	yes	The Container parameter filters the results based on the location of the address list. Only address lists under the specified path are returned. Valid input for this parameter is the root "\\" (also known as All...
-DomainController	Fqdn		This parameter is available only in on-premises Exchange.
-SearchText	String		The SearchText parameter filters the results based on the name and display name of the address list. Only address lists whose names or display names that contain the specified text string are returned. If the value...

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