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New-UMHuntGroup

Exchange Online ExchangeOnlineManagement New-*

Create a Unified Messaging (UM) hunt group used to link incoming calls to a specific UM dial plan.

Quick start script

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

# 3. Make the change (dry run first)
New-UMHuntGroup -Name <String> -UMDialPlan <UMDialPlanIdParameter> -UMIPGateway <UMIPGatewayIdParameter> -WhatIf
New-UMHuntGroup -Name <String> -UMDialPlan <UMDialPlanIdParameter> -UMIPGateway <UMIPGatewayIdParameter>

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

Syntax

New-UMHuntGroup [-Name] <String> -UMDialPlan <UMDialPlanIdParameter> -UMIPGateway <UMIPGatewayIdParameter>
 [-Confirm]
 [-DomainController <Fqdn>]
 [-PilotIdentifier <String>]
 [-WhatIf]
 [<CommonParameters>]

Parameters (7)

Parameter	Type	Required	What it controls
-Name	String	yes	The Name parameter specifies the UM hunt group name used for display purposes. This string can contain as many as 64 characters and it must be unique.
-UMDialPlan	UMDialPlanIdParameter	yes	The UMDialPlan parameter specifies the UM dial plan used with the UM hunt group.
-UMIPGateway	UMIPGatewayIdParameter	yes	The UMIPGateway parameter specifies the UM IP gateway to be associated with the UM hunt group.
-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...
-PilotIdentifier	String		The PilotIdentifier parameter specifies the number string used to uniquely identify the pilot access number for the specified IP gateway. This number must match the subscriber access number configured in the UM dial plan.
-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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