Command-line administration for Exchange Online, including its anti-spam and anti-malware settings, using a PowerShell module that opens a connection to the service.
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Terms in this definition
- Exchange Online
Microsoft 365's hosted service for mail, calendars and contacts. Defender for Office 365 protects these mailboxes.
- Connection
Resource that attaches a virtual network gateway to its peer, which may be an ExpressRoute circuit, a second VNet gateway (Vnet2Vnet) or a local network gateway over IPsec. Resetting it recovers a single tunnel and avoids rebooting the whole gateway.
Related terms
- Connect-IPPSSession
Opens a Security & Compliance PowerShell session using modern authentication, signing in interactively or app-only with a certificate. It comes with the Exchange Online PowerShell module.
- New-OMEConfiguration
An Exchange Online PowerShell cmdlet for adding a branding template for encrypted mail, which can include an expiry for messages to outside recipients. Custom templates need Advanced Message Encryption; to change existing ones, use Set-OMEConfiguration.
- Remove-OMEConfiguration
Deletes a custom branding template for message encryption, from Exchange Online PowerShell. You need Advanced Message Encryption to use it, and it won't delete the default template.
- Room list
A distribution group made up solely of room mailboxes, which helps people pick rooms by building or cope with large numbers of rooms (over 100). You can only create one with Exchange Online PowerShell.
- Security & Compliance PowerShell
Run Connect-IPPSSession (part of the Exchange Online PowerShell module) to reach cmdlets for Purview and Defender for Office 365, including New-ComplianceSearchAction, which purges messages.
- Set-OMEConfiguration
Changes the branding template for Microsoft Purview Message Encryption from Exchange Online PowerShell: its logo and wording, whether recipients can sign in with a social ID, and one-time passcode use.