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Set-MailboxSentItemsConfiguration

Exchange Online ExchangeOnlineManagement Set-*

Modify the Sent Items settings for mailboxes in your organization.

Quick start script

# Set-MailboxSentItemsConfiguration — 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-MailboxSentItemsConfiguration
$before | Format-List

# 3. Make the change (dry run first)
Set-MailboxSentItemsConfiguration  -WhatIf
Set-MailboxSentItemsConfiguration

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

Syntax

Set-MailboxSentItemsConfiguration [-Confirm]
 [-DomainController <Fqdn>]
 [-Identity <MailboxIdParameter>]
 [-SendAsItemsCopiedTo <SentItemsCopiedTo>]
 [-SendOnBehalfOfItemsCopiedTo <SentItemsCopiedTo>]
 [-WhatIf]
 [<CommonParameters>]

Parameters (6)

Parameter	Type	What it controls
-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...
-Identity	MailboxIdParameter	The Identity parameter specifies the mailbox whose Sent Items configuration you want to modify. You can use any value that uniquely identifies the mailbox. For example:
-SendAsItemsCopiedTo	SentItemsCopiedTo	The SendAsItemsCopiedTo parameter specifies where messages that are sent from the mailbox using Send As permission are saved. Valid values are:
-SendOnBehalfOfItemsCopiedTo	SentItemsCopiedTo	The SendOnBehalfOfItemsCopiedTo parameter specifies where messages that are sent from the mailbox using Send On Behalf Of permission are saved. Valid values are:
-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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