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Set-TeamsProtectionPolicy

Exchange Online ExchangeOnlineManagement Set-*

Modify Microsoft Teams protection policies.

Quick start script

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

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

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

Syntax

Set-TeamsProtectionPolicy [-Identity] <TeamsProtectionPolicyIdParameter>
 [-AdminDisplayName <String>]
 [-Confirm]
 [-HighConfidencePhishQuarantineTag <String>]
 [-MalwareQuarantineTag <String>]
 [-WhatIf]
 [-ZapEnabled <Boolean>]
 [<CommonParameters>]

Parameters (7)

Parameter	Type	Required	What it controls
-Identity	TeamsProtectionPolicyIdParameter	yes	The Identity parameter specifies the Teams protection policy that you want to modify. There's only one Teams protection policy in an organization named Teams Protection Policy.
-AdminDisplayName	String		The AdminDisplayName parameter specifies a description for the policy. 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.
-HighConfidencePhishQuarantineTag	String		The HighConfidencePhishQuarantineTag parameter specifies the quarantine policy that's used for messages that are quarantined as high confidence phishing by ZAP for Teams. You can use any value that uniquely...
-MalwareQuarantineTag	String		The MalwareQuarantineTag parameter specifies the quarantine policy that's used for messages that are quarantined as malware by ZAP for Teams. You can use any value that uniquely identifies the quarantine policy. For example:
-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.
-ZapEnabled	Boolean		The ZapEnabled parameter specifies whether to enable zero-hour auto purge (ZAP) for malware and high confidence phishing messages in Teams messages. Valid values are:

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