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How to Connect to Exchange Online via PowerShell

Below is a walkthrough showing you how to connect to Office 365 Exchange Online via PowerShell

  • Click on the start menu and open PowerShell
  • Enter the following command. This is used to save your office 365 credentials into PowerShell
  • $UserCredential = Get-Credential

Note: If you get the following error it means PowerShell has not been configured to run scripts

“Files cannot be loaded because running scripts is disabled on this system. Provide a valid certificate with which to sign the files.”

The following link will run you through configuring PowerShell to run scripts
https://itwalkthroughs.com/knowledge-base/configure-powershell-to-run-scripts/

  • When the Windows PowerShell Credential Request opens enter the username/password for a Global Admin account and click Ok
  • Run the following command to connect to your Exchange Online instance
    $Session = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https://outlook.office365.com/powershell-liveid/ -Credential $UserCredential -Authentication Basic -AllowRedirection
  • Run the following command to import the required cmdlets
  • Import-PSSession $Session

If you don’t receive any errors you are now connected to Exchange Online.

If you would like to test the connection run Get-Mailbox cmdlet which will show you a list of all Office 365 mailboxes.

Updated on November 19, 2022

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