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Update-FileDistributionService

Exchange Online ExchangeOnlineManagement Update-*

Access the Microsoft Exchange File Distribution service to poll for offline address book (OAB), Group Metrics, and Unified Messaging (UM) configuration and data.

Quick start script

# Update-FileDistributionService — 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-FileDistributionService
$before | Format-List

# 3. Make the change (dry run first)
Update-FileDistributionService -Identity <ServerIdParameter> -WhatIf
Update-FileDistributionService -Identity <ServerIdParameter>

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

Syntax

Update-FileDistributionService [-Identity] <ServerIdParameter>
 [-Confirm]
 [-DomainController <Fqdn>]
 [-Type <String>]
 [-WhatIf]
 [<CommonParameters>]

Parameters (5)

Parameter	Type	Required	What it controls
-Identity	ServerIdParameter	yes	The Identity parameter specifies the Exchange server where you want to run this command. You can use any value that uniquely identifies the server. 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...
-Type	String		The Type parameter specifies whether to reload OAB, Unified Messaging, or Group Metrics data. If you don't use the Type parameter when running this command, OAB, Unified Messaging, and Group Metrics data are reloaded.
-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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