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Get-MessageCategory

Exchange Online ExchangeOnlineManagement Get-*

Retrieve a message category from the specified mailbox.

Quick start script

# Get-MessageCategory — 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-MessageCategory | Format-List

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

Syntax

Get-MessageCategory [[-Identity] <MessageCategoryIdParameter>]
 [-DomainController <Fqdn>]
 [-Mailbox <MailboxIdParameter>]
 [<CommonParameters>]

Parameters (3)

ParameterTypeRequiredWhat it controls
-Identity MessageCategoryIdParameter The Identity parameter specifies the name of the message category to be retrieved.
-DomainController Fqdn This parameter is available only in on-premises Exchange.
-Mailbox MailboxIdParameter The Mailbox parameter specifies the mailbox that you want to view. You can use any value that uniquely identifies the mailbox. For example:

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