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Set-X400AuthoritativeDomain

Exchange Online ExchangeOnlineManagement Set-*

Edit an existing X.400 authoritative domain for your organization. The X.400 authoritative domain defines the standard fields for the namespace appended to the recipient identity for all mailboxes assigned an X.400 address.

Quick start script

# Set-X400AuthoritativeDomain — 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-X400AuthoritativeDomain
$before | Format-List

# 3. Make the change (dry run first)
Set-X400AuthoritativeDomain -Identity <X400AuthoritativeDomainIdParameter> -WhatIf
Set-X400AuthoritativeDomain -Identity <X400AuthoritativeDomainIdParameter>

# 4. Verify and diff
$after = Get-X400AuthoritativeDomain
Compare-Object ($before | Out-String) ($after | Out-String)

Syntax

Set-X400AuthoritativeDomain [-Identity] <X400AuthoritativeDomainIdParameter>
 [-Confirm]
 [-DomainController <Fqdn>]
 [-Name <String>]
 [-WhatIf]
 [-X400DomainName <X400Domain>]
 [-X400ExternalRelay <Boolean>]
 [<CommonParameters>]

Parameters (7)

Parameter	Type	Required	What it controls
-Identity	X400AuthoritativeDomainIdParameter	yes	The Identity parameter specifies the X.400 authoritative domain that you want to modify. You can use any value that uniquely identifies the domain. 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...
-Name	String		The Name parameter specifies the unique name for the X.400 authoritative domain. The maximum length is 64 characters. If the value contains spaces, enclose the value in quotation marks (").
-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.
-X400DomainName	X400Domain		The X400DomainName parameter specifies the X.400 namespace that can only include the X.400 organizational components. Specifically, only the following attribute types are supported:
-X400ExternalRelay	Boolean		The X400ExternalRelay parameter specifies whether this authoritative domain is an external relay domain. If you set the X400ExternalRelay parameter to $true, Exchange routes to the external address and doesn't treat...

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