Get-ActiveSyncMailboxPolicy
This cmdlet is available in on-premises Exchange and in the cloud-based service. Some parameters and settings might be exclusive to one environment or the other.
Use the Get-ActiveSyncMailboxPolicy cmdlet to retrieve the Mobile Device mailbox policy settings for a specific Mobile Device mailbox policy.
Note: In Exchange 2013 or later, use the Get-MobileDeviceMailboxPolicy cmdlet instead. If you have scripts that use Get-ActiveSyncMailboxPolicy, update them to use Get-MobileDeviceMailboxPolicy.
For information about the parameter sets in the Syntax section below, see Exchange cmdlet syntax.
Syntax
Default (Default)
Get-ActiveSyncMailboxPolicy
[[-Identity] <MailboxPolicyIdParameter>]
[-DomainController <Fqdn>]
[<CommonParameters>]
Description
A Mobile Device mailbox policy is a group of settings that specifies how mobile devices enabled for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync connect to the computer running Exchange. Exchange supports multiple Mobile Device mailbox policies. The Get-ActiveSyncMailboxPolicy cmdlet displays all the policy settings for the specified policy. These settings include password settings, file access settings and attachment settings.
You need to be assigned permissions before you can run this cmdlet. Although this article lists all parameters for the cmdlet, you might not have access to some parameters if they aren't included in the permissions assigned to you. To find the permissions required to run any cmdlet or parameter in your organization, see Find the permissions required to run any Exchange cmdlet.
Examples
Example 1
Get-ActiveSyncMailboxPolicy -Identity "SalesPolicy"
This example returns the policy settings for the Mobile Device mailbox policy named SalesPolicy.
Example 2
Get-ActiveSyncMailboxPolicy -Identity "Default"
This example returns the policy settings for the Mobile Device mailbox policy named Default.
Example 3
Get-ActiveSyncMailboxPolicy -Identity "Management"
This example returns the policy settings for the Mobile Device mailbox policy named Management.
Parameters
-DomainController
Applicable: Exchange Server 2010, Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019, Exchange Server SE
This parameter is available only in on-premises Exchange.
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 (FQDN). For example, dc01.contoso.com.
Parameter properties
| Type: | Fqdn |
| Default value: | None |
| Supports wildcards: | False |
| DontShow: | False |
Parameter sets
(All)
| Position: | Named |
| Mandatory: | False |
| Value from pipeline: | False |
| Value from pipeline by property name: | False |
| Value from remaining arguments: | False |
-Identity
Applicable: Exchange Server 2010, Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019, Exchange Server SE, Exchange Online
The Identity parameter specifies the policy name.
Parameter properties
| Type: | MailboxPolicyIdParameter |
| Default value: | None |
| Supports wildcards: | False |
| DontShow: | False |
Parameter sets
(All)
| Position: | 1 |
| Mandatory: | False |
| Value from pipeline: | True |
| Value from pipeline by property name: | True |
| Value from remaining arguments: | False |
CommonParameters
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutBuffer, -OutVariable, -PipelineVariable, -ProgressAction, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.
Inputs
Input types
To see the input types that this cmdlet accepts, see Cmdlet Input and Output Types. If the Input Type field for a cmdlet is blank, the cmdlet doesn't accept input data.
Outputs
Output types
To see the return types, which are also known as output types, that this cmdlet accepts, see Cmdlet Input and Output Types. If the Output Type field is blank, the cmdlet doesn't return data.