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New-OrganizationSegment

Exchange Online ExchangeOnlineManagement New-*

For more information, see Security & Compliance PowerShell. Use the New-OrganizationSegment cmdlet to create organization segments for use with information barrier policies in the Microsoft Purview compliance portal. Organization Segments are not in effect until you apply information barrier policies.

Quick start script

# New-OrganizationSegment — 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-OrganizationSegment
$before | Format-List

# 3. Make the change (dry run first)
New-OrganizationSegment -Name <String> -UserGroupFilter <String> -WhatIf
New-OrganizationSegment -Name <String> -UserGroupFilter <String>

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

Syntax

New-OrganizationSegment [-Name] <String> -UserGroupFilter <String>
 [-Confirm]
 [-WhatIf]
 [<CommonParameters>]

Parameters (4)

Parameter	Type	Required	What it controls
-Name	String	yes	The Name parameter specifies the unique name for the organization segment. The maximum length is 64 characters. If the value contains spaces, enclose the value in quotation marks (").
-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.
-UserGroupFilter	String	yes	The UserGroupFilter parameter uses OPATH filter syntax to specify the members of the organization segment. The syntax is `"Property -ComparisonOperator 'Value'"` (for example, `"MemberOf -eq 'Engineering...
-WhatIf	SwitchParameter		The WhatIf switch doesn't work in Security & Compliance PowerShell.

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