Public/Convert-MailboxToShared.ps1
function Convert-MailboxToShared { <# .DESCRIPTION Convert an Exchange Online Mailbox to a Shared Mailbox without the need of maintaining a license. .NOTES Requirements: 1. This Function is used for an Active Directory Synced account that is being disabled and the mailbox converted to an Exchange Online Shared Mailbox. 2. This Function must be run from the server that hosts Azure AD Connect and the on-premise Account must be synce to an Exchange Online Mailbox. 3. The Exchange online Module must be imported into the console before this function is run. 4. The account associated with the Exchange Online Mailbox must be disabled and moved to an OU that is not Azure AD Synced .Link https://github.com/TheTaylorLee/AdminToolbox #> [CmdletBinding()] Param ( ) begin { #Provide menu functions for Do-Until loops function Show-Menu { param ( [string]$Title = 'My Menu' ) Clear-Host Write-Host " " Write-Host "================ $Title ================" -ForegroundColor Magenta Write-Host "1: Press '1' Start Azure Sync." -ForegroundColor Green Write-Host "2: Press '2' Check that disabled Mailbox is not active" -ForegroundColor Green Write-Host "3: Press '3' Stage Shared Mailbox" -ForegroundColor Green Write-Host "4: Press '4' Copy Disabled Mailbox to the Shared Mailbox" -ForegroundColor Green Write-Host "5: Press '5' Monitor Progress of copy to shared mailbox" -ForegroundColor Green Write-Host "6: Press '6' Add SMTP addresses for the Shared Mailbox" -ForegroundColor Green Write-Host "Q: Press 'q' to quit." -ForegroundColor Green } function Show-Menu2 { param ( [string]$Title = 'My Menu' ) Clear-Host Write-Host " " Write-Host "================ $Title ================" -ForegroundColor Magenta Write-Host "1: Press '1' Check for Mailbox Disabled" -ForegroundColor Green Write-Host "Q2: Press 'q' If the mailbox shows after pressing 1" -ForegroundColor Green } function Show-Menu3 { param ( [string]$Title = 'My Menu' ) Clear-Host Write-Host " " Write-Host "================ $Title ================" -ForegroundColor Magenta Write-Host "1: Press '1' Add Access for a user" -ForegroundColor Green Write-Host "Q3: Press 'q' to quit step 3" -ForegroundColor Green } function Show-Menu5 { param ( [string]$Title = 'My Menu' ) Clear-Host Write-Host " " Write-Host "================ $Title ================" -ForegroundColor Magenta Write-Host "1: Press '1' Check Mailbox copy Progress" -ForegroundColor Green Write-Host "2: Press '2' Kickstart Stalled Progress" -ForegroundColor Green Write-Host "3: Press '3' Remove Completed Copy Job" -ForegroundColor Green Write-Host "Q5: Press 'q' to quit step 5" -ForegroundColor Green } #Begin function by declaring prerequisites and providing a chance to abort the function Clear-Host Write-Host " " Write-Warning "The following requirements must be met. If they are not then abort this function!" Write-Host " " Write-Host " Prerequisites: 1. This Function is used for an Active Directory Synced account that is being disabled and the mailbox converted to an Exchange Online Shared Mailbox. 2. This Function must be run from the server that hosts Azure AD Connect and the on-premise Account must be synced to an Exchange Online Mailbox. 3. The Exchange online Module must be imported into the console before this function is run. 4. The account associated with the Exchange Online Mailbox must be disabled and moved to an OU that is not Azure AD Synced 5. Powershell version 5 is required " -ForegroundColor Green Write-Host " " Write-Host "If requirements are met the menu is worked through in chronological order" -ForegroundColor Yellow Write-Host " " $RequirementsMet = Read-Host "Have you Read and Completed the prerequisites? (yes/no)" if ($RequirementsMet -eq 'yes') { } else { Write-Host "Function has been Aborted." -ForegroundColor Yellow break } } process { #Start a do-until loop for processing the creation of the shared mailbox and managing it. do { #Menu that is returned until the function is ended Show-Menu -Title Convert-MailboxToShared #Switch that does the work for the menu's sleected options $selection = Read-Host "Please make a selection" switch ($selection) { '1' { #Start an azure sync to disconnect the disabled mailbox Write-Host "Syncing the disabled account to Azure AD." -ForegroundColor Yellow Start-ADSyncSyncCycle -PolicyType Delta } '2' { #Check for the disabled mailbox before moving to the next step do { Show-Menu2 -Title "Check Mailbox Disabled" $selection2 = Read-Host "Please make a selection" switch ($selection2) { '1' { get-mailbox -softdeletedmailbox | Select-Object DisplayName, IsSoftDeletedByRemove, IsSoftDeletedByDisable, IsInactiveMailbox | Sort-Object DisplayName | Format-Table } } Pause } until ($selection2 -eq 'Q') } '3' { #Create a shared mailbox and grant permissions to it Write-Host "Respond to Prompts to create the shared mailbox" -ForegroundColor Yellow Write-Host "The Names used for the mailbox must not match the disabled mailbox" -ForegroundColor Yellow #Prompt variable for Creating the mailbox and asking if anyone should be granted permission to it. $MailboxName = Read-Host "Type a Unique name for the Mailbox (ex: John Smith Archive)" $MailboxAlias = Read-Host "Type a Unique Alias for the Mailbox (ex: JSMith)" $PromptAccess = Read-Host "Do you wish to grant someone access to the mailbox? (yes/no)" #Creates the Shared Mailbox Write-Host "Creating the Shared Mailbox" -ForegroundColor Cyan New-Mailbox -Shared -Name "$MailboxName" -DisplayName "$MailboxName" -Alias "$MailboxAlias" if ($PromptAccess -eq 'yes') { ##Grant access to the shared mailbox Write-Host " " Write-Host "Time to grant Full Access to the Shared Mailbox" -ForegroundColor Yellow Pause #Start a do-until loop to grant access do { Show-Menu3 -Title "Grant User Access to Shared Mailbox" $selection3 = Read-Host "Please make a selection" switch ($selection3) { '1' { Write-Host "When the Popup appears, select a mailbox, and hit ok." -ForegroundColor Yellow $AccessPermission = get-mailbox | Out-GridView -passthru -title "Select a Mailbox and Hit Ok" Add-MailboxPermission -Identity "$MailboxName" -User $AccessPermission.name -AccessRights FullAccess -InheritanceType All } } Pause } until ($selection3 -eq 'Q') } } '4' { ##Perfom a mailbox copy from the disabled mailbox to the new mailbox #Get GUID of new shared mailbox: Write-Host "Select the Shared Mailbox and Hit Ok" -ForegroundColor Yellow $SharedMailbox = Get-Mailbox | Where-Object { $_.RecipientTypeDetails -eq 'SharedMailbox' } | Out-GridView -passthru -title "Select the Shared Mailbox and Hit Ok" Write-Host "The Shared Mailbox Guid is" -ForegroundColor Cyan $SharedMailbox.ExchangeGuid #Get GUID of old inactive mailbox: Write-Host "Select the disconnected/disabled Mailbox and Hit Ok" -ForegroundColor Yellow $DisconnectedMailbox = Get-Mailbox -softdeletedmailbox | Out-GridView -passthru -title "Select the disconnected/disabled Mailbox and Hit Ok" Write-Host "The Disconnected/disabled Mailbox Guid is" -ForegroundColor Cyan $DisconnectedMailbox.ExchangeGuid $TargetMailbox = Read-Host "Paste the Shared Mailbox guid here without spaces" $SourceMailbox = Read-Host "Paste the disconnected/disabled mailbox guid here without spaces" #Copy inactive mailbox content to the new active or shared mailbox: Write-Host "The Disconnected Mailbox's emails will be copied to the Shared Mailbox. The Job name matches the Target Guid." New-MailboxRestoreRequest -SourceMailbox $SourceMailbox -TargetMailbox $TargetMailbox -TargetRootFolder "Inactive Mailbox Archive" -AllowLegacyDNMismatch -BatchName $TargetMailbox } '5' { ##onitor progress of the mailbox copy and remove completed requests do { Show-Menu5 -Title "Grant User Access to Shared Mailbox" $selection5 = Read-Host "Please make a selection" switch ($selection5) { '1' { Get-MailboxRestoreRequest | Get-MailboxRestoreRequestStatistics | Format-Table } '2' { Get-MailboxRestoreRequest | Resume-MailboxRestoreRequest } '3' { Get-MailboxRestoreRequest | Where-Object { $_.status -eq "completed" } | Remove-MailboxRestoreRequest } } Pause } until ($selection5 -eq 'Q') } '6' { #Add SMTP Addresses to the Shared Mailbox Write-Host " " Write-Host "Select the Shared Mailbox and Hit Ok" -ForegroundColor Yellow $SharedMailbox = Get-Mailbox | Where-Object { $_.RecipientTypeDetails -eq 'SharedMailbox' } | Out-GridView -passthru -title "Select the Shared Mailbox and Hit Ok" Write-Host " " Write-Host "Current Mailbox Addresses are..." -ForegroundColor Green $SharedMailbox.EmailAddresses Write-Host " " Write-Host "For Addresses to add, write them out like so..." -ForegroundColor Yellow Write-Host '"SMTP: John.Smith@company.com", "John.Smith@mail.onmicrosoft.company.com", "JohnS@company.com"' -ForegroundColor Cyan Write-Host " " $SMTPAddresses = Read-Host "Specify SMTP Address and the primary using SMTP as shown in the above example" Set-Mailbox $SharedMailbox.name -EmailAddresses @{add = $SMTPAddresses } #Set the Primary SMTP Address Write-Host " " $PrimarySMTP = Read-Host "Provide an SMTP address for the Primary Email address (Example@company.com)" Set-Mailbox $SharedMailbox.name -PrimarySMTPAddress $PrimarySMTP } } Pause } until ($selection -eq 'q') } #Final statements and cleanup end { Write-Host "Don't Forget to tell those with permission to the Shared Mailbox, to look for it in outlook." -ForegroundColor Yellow } } |