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Get-MailboxExportRequest

Exchange Online ExchangeOnlineManagement Get-*

View the detailed status of an ongoing export request that was initiated by using the New-MailboxExportRequest cmdlet. To use this cmdlet, you need to add the Mailbox Import Export 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-MailboxExportRequest — 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-MailboxExportRequest | Format-List

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

Syntax — 3 parameter sets

Identity

Get-MailboxExportRequest [[-Identity] <MailboxExportRequestIdParameter>]
 [-DomainController <Fqdn>]
 [-ResultSize <Unlimited>]
 [<CommonParameters>]

MailboxFiltering

Get-MailboxExportRequest [-Mailbox <MailboxOrMailUserIdParameter>]
 [-BatchName <String>]
 [-Database <DatabaseIdParameter>]
 [-DomainController <Fqdn>]
 [-HighPriority <Boolean>]
 [-Name <String>]
 [-ResultSize <Unlimited>]
 [-Status <RequestStatus>]
 [-Suspend <Boolean>]
 [-RequestQueue <DatabaseIdParameter>]
 [<CommonParameters>]

MailboxLocationFiltering

Get-MailboxExportRequest [-Mailbox <MailboxLocationIdParameter>]
 [-BatchName <String>]
 [-Database <DatabaseIdParameter>]
 [-DomainController <Fqdn>]
 [-HighPriority <Boolean>]
 [-Name <String>]
 [-ResultSize <Unlimited>]
 [-Status <RequestStatus>]
 [-Suspend <Boolean>]
 [-RequestQueue <DatabaseIdParameter>]
 [<CommonParameters>]

Parameters (11)

Parameter	Type	What it controls
-Identity	MailboxExportRequestIdParameter	The Identity parameter specifies the identity of the export request. By default, export requests are named `<alias>\MailboxExportX` (where X = 0-9). If you specified a name for the export request when the request was...
-BatchName	String	The BatchName parameter specifies the name given to a batch export request.
-Database	DatabaseIdParameter	The Database parameter specifies the database in which the user's mailbox or archive resides. You can use any value that uniquely identifies the database. For example:
-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...
-HighPriority	Boolean	The HighPriority parameter filters the results based on the Priority value that was assigned when the request was created. Valid input for this parameter is $true or $false. Here's how these values filter the results:
-Mailbox	MailboxOrMailUserIdParameter	The Mailbox parameter filters the results by the source mailbox where the contents are being exported from.
-Name	String	The Name parameter specifies that export requests that have the specified name are returned.
-ResultSize	Unlimited	The ResultSize parameter specifies the maximum number of results to return. If you want to return all requests that match the query, use unlimited for the value of this parameter. The default value is 1000.
-Status	RequestStatus	The Status parameter filters the results based on status. You can use the following values:
-Suspend	Boolean	The Suspend parameter specifies whether to return requests that have been suspended. Valid input for this parameter is $true or $false.
-RequestQueue	DatabaseIdParameter	The RequestQueue parameter identifies the request based on the mailbox database where the request is being run. You can use any value that uniquely identifies the database. For example:

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