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Test-ServiceHealth

Exchange Online ExchangeOnlineManagement Test-*

Test whether all the Microsoft Windows services that Exchange requires on a server have started. The Test-ServiceHealth cmdlet returns an error for any service required by a configured role when the service is set to start automatically and isn't currently running.

Quick start script

# Test-ServiceHealth — 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
Test-ServiceHealth | Format-List

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

Syntax

Test-ServiceHealth [[-Server] <ServerIdParameter>]
 [-ActiveDirectoryTimeout <Int32>]
 [-Confirm]
 [-DomainController <Fqdn>]
 [-MonitoringContext <Boolean>]
 [-WhatIf]
 [<CommonParameters>]

Parameters (6)

Parameter	Type	What it controls
-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:
-ActiveDirectoryTimeout	Int32	The ActiveDirectoryTimeout parameter specifies the amount of time, in seconds, allowed for each Active Directory operation to complete before the operation times out. The default value is 15 seconds.
-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...
-MonitoringContext	Boolean	The MonitoringContext parameter specifies whether to include the associated monitoring events and performance counters in the results. Valid values are:
-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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