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
http://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
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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.