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Start-InformationBarrierPoliciesApplication

Exchange Online ExchangeOnlineManagement Start-*

For more information, see Security & Compliance PowerShell. Use the Start-InformationBarrierPoliciesApplication cmdlet to apply active information barrier policies in the Microsoft Purview compliance portal.

Quick start script

# Start-InformationBarrierPoliciesApplication — quick start (serv365.ai)
# 1. Connect (app-only shown; interactive: omit the certificate parameters)
Connect-ExchangeOnline -CertificateThumbprint $thumb -AppId $appId -Organization $org

# 2. Run and inspect
Start-InformationBarrierPoliciesApplication | Format-List

# 3. Export for evidence / drift tracking
Start-InformationBarrierPoliciesApplication | Export-Clixml .\InformationBarrierPoliciesApplication-$(Get-Date -Format yyyyMMdd).xml

Syntax

Start-InformationBarrierPoliciesApplication [[-Identity] <PolicyIdParameter>]
 [-CleanupGroupSegmentLink]
 [-Confirm]
 [-WhatIf]
 [<CommonParameters>]

Parameters (4)

Parameter	Type	What it controls
-Identity	PolicyIdParameter	This parameter is reserved for internal Microsoft use.
-CleanupGroupSegmentLink	SwitchParameter	The CleanupGroupSegmentLink switch specifies whether to remove group segment links. You don't need to specify a value with this switch.
-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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