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Suspend-Queue

Exchange Online ExchangeOnlineManagement Suspend-*

Stop processing for a queue on a Mailbox server or an Edge Transport server.

Quick start script

# Suspend-Queue — 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
Suspend-Queue -Identity <QueueIdentity> -Filter <String> | Format-List

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

Syntax — 2 parameter sets

Filter

Suspend-Queue -Filter <String>
 [-Server <ServerIdParameter>]
 [-Confirm]
 [-WhatIf]
 [<CommonParameters>]

Identity

Suspend-Queue [-Identity] <QueueIdentity>
 [-Confirm]
 [-WhatIf]
 [<CommonParameters>]

Parameters (5)

Parameter	Type	Required	What it controls
-Identity	QueueIdentity	yes	The Identity parameter specifies the queue. Valid input for this parameter uses the syntax Server\\Queue or Queue, for example, Mailbox01\\contoso.com or Unreachable. For details about queue identity, see [Queue...
-Filter	String	yes	The Filter parameter specifies one or more queues by using OPATH filter syntax. The OPATH filter includes a queue property name followed by a comparison operator and value (for example, `"NextHopDomain -eq...
-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.
-Server	ServerIdParameter		The Server parameter specifies the Exchange server where you want to run this command. You can use any value that uniquely identifies the server. 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.

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