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Set-SettingOverride

Exchange Online ExchangeOnlineManagement Set-*

**Caution**: Incorrect usage of the setting override cmdlets can cause serious damage to your Exchange organization. This damage could require you to reinstall Exchange. Only use these cmdlets as instructed by product documentation or under the direction of Microsoft Customer Service and Support. Use the Set-SettingOverride cmdlet to modify setting overrides that store Exchange customizations in Active Directory instead of in text files on the server.

Quick start script

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

# 3. Make the change (dry run first)
Set-SettingOverride -Identity <SettingOverrideIdParameter> -WhatIf
Set-SettingOverride -Identity <SettingOverrideIdParameter>

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

Syntax

Set-SettingOverride [-Identity] <SettingOverrideIdParameter>
 [-Confirm]
 [-DomainController <Fqdn>]
 [-Force]
 [-MaxVersion <Version>]
 [-MinVersion <Version>]
 [-Parameters <MultiValuedProperty>]
 [-Reason <String>]
 [-Server <String[]>]
 [-WhatIf]
 [<CommonParameters>]

Parameters (10)

Parameter	Type	Required	What it controls
-Identity	SettingOverrideIdParameter	yes	The Identity parameter specifies the setting override that you want to modify. You can use any value that uniquely identifies the override. 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.
-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...
-Force	SwitchParameter		The Force switch hides warning or confirmation messages. You don't need to specify a value with this switch.
-MaxVersion	Version		The MaxVersion parameter specifies the latest version of Exchange 2016 that this override applies to (up to and including the specified value).
-MinVersion	Version		The MinVersion parameter specifies the earliest version of Exchange 2016 that this override applies to (up to and including the specified value).
-Parameters	MultiValuedProperty		The Parameters parameter specifies one or more parameters for the override that are available for the combination of the Component and Section parameter values. This parameter uses the syntax:...
-Reason	String		The Reason parameter is used to provide a description of why the override was created. If the value contains spaces, enclose the value in quotation marks (").
-Server	String[]		The Server parameter specifies the name of the Exchange 2016 server where you want the override applied. You can specify a single Exchange 2016 server name, or an array of Exchange 2016 server name wildcards. For...
-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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