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Remove-eDiscoveryCaseAdmin

Exchange Online ExchangeOnlineManagement Remove-*

For more information, see Security & Compliance PowerShell. Use the Remove-eDiscoveryCaseAdmin cmdlet to remove an eDiscovery Administrator from the Microsoft Purview compliance portal. To replace all eDiscovery Administrators, use the Update-eDiscoveryCaseAdmin cmdlet.

Quick start script

# Remove-eDiscoveryCaseAdmin — 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-eDiscoveryCaseAdmin
$before | Format-List

# 3. Make the change (dry run first)
Remove-eDiscoveryCaseAdmin -User <String> -WhatIf
Remove-eDiscoveryCaseAdmin -User <String>

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

Syntax

Remove-eDiscoveryCaseAdmin -User <String>
 [-Confirm]
 [-WhatIf]
 [<CommonParameters>]

Parameters (3)

Parameter	Type	Required	What it controls
-User	String	yes	The User parameter specifies the user that you want to remove from the list of eDiscovery Administrators. You can use any value that uniquely identifies the user. For example:
-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.
-WhatIf	SwitchParameter		The WhatIf switch doesn't work in Security & Compliance PowerShell.

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