Office 365 – Creating Archive Mailboxes with PowerShell in bulk

💡 Office 365 – PowerShell Script to create archive mailboxes

Clear-Host
Import-Module PSSharedGoods #-Force

$Configuration = @{
    Tenant = @{
        UserName         = 'przemyslaw.klys@domain.com'
        Password         = 'C:\Users\pklys\OneDrive - Evotec\Support\GitHub\PSWinDocumentation\Ignore\MySecurePassword.txt'
        PasswordSecure   = $true
        PasswordFromFile = $true
        ConnectionURI    = 'https://outlook.office365.com/powershell-liveid/'
        Authentication   = 'Basic'
        SessionAzure     = 'Azure'
        SessionAzureAD   = 'AzureAD'
        SessionExchange  = 'Exchange'
    }
    Steps  = @{
        ConnectTenant            = @{
            Azure          = $false
            AzureAD        = $false
            ExchangeOnline = $true
        }
        AddArchiveToAllMailboxes = $true
    }
}
if ($Configuration.Steps.ConnectTenant.Azure) {
    $SessionAzure = Connect-WinAzure -SessionName $Configuration.Tenant.SessionAzure -Username $Configuration.Tenant.UserName -Password $Configuration.Tenant.Password -AsSecure:$Configuration.Tenant.PasswordSecure -FromFile:$Configuration.Tenant.PasswordFromFile
}
if ($Configuration.Steps.ConnectTenant.AzureAD) {
    $SessionAzureAD = Connect-WinAzureAD -SessionName $Configuration.Tenant.SessionAzureAD -Username $Configuration.Tenant.UserName -Password $Configuration.Tenant.Password -AsSecure:$Configuration.Tenant.PasswordSecure -FromFile:$Configuration.Tenant.PasswordFromFile
}
if ($Configuration.Steps.ConnectTenant.ExchangeOnline) {
    $Session = Connect-WinExchange -SessionName $Configuration.Tenant.SessionExchange -Username $Configuration.Tenant.UserName -Password $Configuration.Tenant.Password -AsSecure:$Configuration.Tenant.PasswordSecure -FromFile:$Configuration.Tenant.PasswordFromFile -ConnectionURI $Configuration.Tenant.ConnectionURI -Authentication $Configuration.Tenant.Authentication
    Import-PSSession $Session -AllowClobber
}

if ($Configuration.Steps.AddArchiveToAllMailboxes) {
    $Users = Get-Mailbox -Filter {ArchiveStatus -Eq "None" -AND RecipientTypeDetails -eq "UserMailbox"}
    foreach ($User in $Users) {
        Write-Color 'Enabling archive for user ', $User.UserPrincipalName -Color White, Yellow
        $Output = $User | Enable-Mailbox -Archive
    }
}