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Get-MailboxFolderPermission

Module:
Exchange PowerShell

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-MailboxFolderPermission cmdlet to view folder-level permissions in mailboxes.

Note: In Exchange Online PowerShell, we recommend that you use the Get-EXOMailboxFolderPermission cmdlet instead of this cmdlet. For more information, see Connect to Exchange Online PowerShell.

For information about the parameter sets in the Syntax section below, see Exchange cmdlet syntax.

Syntax

Default (Default) 

Get-MailboxFolderPermission
    [-Identity] <MailboxFolderIdParameter>
    [-DomainController <Fqdn>]
    [-GroupMailbox]
    [-ResultSize <Unlimited>]
    [-SkipCount <Int32>]
    [-UseCustomRouting]
    [-User <MailboxFolderUserIdParameter>]
    [<CommonParameters>]

Description

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-MailboxFolderPermission -Identity john@contoso.com:\Marketing\Reports

This example returns the current list of user permissions for the Reports subfolder in the Marketing folder in John's mailbox.

Example 2

Get-MailboxFolderPermission -Identity john@contoso.com:\Marketing\Reports -User Ayla@contoso.com

This example returns the permissions for the same folder in John's mailbox, but only for the user Ayla.

Example 3

Get-MailboxFolderPermission -Identity john@contoso.com:\Calendar -User Ayla@contoso.com

This example returns the permissions for the Calendar folder in John's mailbox, but only for the user Ayla.

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

-GroupMailbox

Applicable: Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019, Exchange Server SE, Exchange Online

The GroupMailbox switch is required to return Microsoft 365 Groups in the results. You don't need to specify a value with this switch.

Parameter properties

Type:SwitchParameter
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 mailbox folder that you want to view. The syntax is MailboxID:\ParentFolder[\SubFolder].

For the value of MailboxID, you can use any value that uniquely identifies the mailbox. For example:

  • Name
  • Alias
  • Distinguished name (DN)
  • Canonical DN
  • Domain\Username
  • Email address
  • GUID
  • LegacyExchangeDN
  • SamAccountName
  • User ID or user principal name (UPN)

Example values for this parameter are john@contoso.com:\Calendar or John:\Inbox\Reports.

Parameter properties

Type:MailboxFolderIdParameter
Default value:None
Supports wildcards:False
DontShow:False

Parameter sets

(All)
Position:1
Mandatory:True
Value from pipeline:True
Value from pipeline by property name:True
Value from remaining arguments:False

-ResultSize

Applicable: Exchange Online, Exchange Online Protection

This parameter is available only in the cloud-based service.

The ResultSize parameter specifies the maximum number of results to return. If you want to return all requests that match the query, use unlimited for the value of this parameter. The default value is 1000.

Parameter properties

Type:Unlimited
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

-SkipCount

Applicable: Exchange Online

This parameter is available only in the cloud-based service.

{{ Fill SkipCount Description }}

Parameter properties

Type:Int32
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

-UseCustomRouting

Applicable: Exchange Online

This parameter is available only in the cloud-based service.

{{ Fill UseCustomRouting Description }}

Parameter properties

Type:SwitchParameter
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

-User

Applicable: Exchange Server 2010, Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019, Exchange Server SE, Exchange Online

The User parameter filters the results by the specified mailbox, mail user, or mail-enabled security group (security principal) that's granted permission to the mailbox folder.

For the best results, we recommend using the following values:

  • UPN: For example, user@contoso.com (users only).
  • Domain\SamAccountName: For example, contoso\user.

Otherwise, you can use any value that uniquely identifies the user or group. For example:

  • Name
  • Alias
  • Distinguished name (DN)
  • Canonical DN
  • Email address
  • GUID

Parameter properties

Type:MailboxFolderUserIdParameter
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

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.