Get-Notification
This cmdlet is available in on-premises Exchange and in the cloud-based service. Some parameters and settings may be exclusive to one environment or the other.
Use the Get-Notification cmdlet to view notification events that are shown in the notification viewer in the Exchange admin center (EAC). These notifications are related to the following events:
- Mailbox moves and migrations.
- Expiring and expired certificates.
- Exporting mailbox content to .pst files.
- Importing mailbox content from .pst files.
- Restoring deleted mailboxes.
For information about the parameter sets in the Syntax section below, see Exchange cmdlet syntax.
Syntax
Get-Notification
[-Settings]
-ProcessType <AsyncOperationType>
[-DomainController <Fqdn>]
[<CommonParameters>]Get-Notification
[[-Identity] <EwsStoreObjectIdParameter>]
[-Summary]
[-DomainController <Fqdn>]
[<CommonParameters>]Get-Notification
[-ProcessType <AsyncOperationType>]
[-ResultSize <Unlimited>]
[-StartDate <ExDateTime>]
[-Summary]
[-DomainController <Fqdn>]
[<CommonParameters>]Description
You need to be assigned permissions before you can run this cmdlet. Although this topic lists all parameters for the cmdlet, you may not have access to some parameters if they're not 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-NotificationThis example displays a summary list of all notification events.
Example 2
Get-Notification -ProcessType MigrationThis example displays a summary list of all mailbox move and migration notification events.
Example 3
Get-Notification -Identity 0259ec74-3539-4195-ab4f-de93e654ceaf | Format-ListThis example displays detailed information for the specified notification event.
Parameters
-DomainController
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.
| Type: | Fqdn |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019 |
-Identity
The Identity parameter specifies the notification event that you want to view. You identify the notification event by its AlternativeID property value (a GUID). You can find this value by running the command Get-Notification | Format-List DisplayName,AlternateID,StartTime,Status,Type.
| Type: | EwsStoreObjectIdParameter |
| Position: | 1 |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | True |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019, Exchange Online |
-ProcessType
The ProcessType parameter filters the results by the type of notification event. Valid values are:
- CertExpiry
- ExportPST
- ImportPST
- MailboxRestore
- Migration
| Type: | AsyncOperationType |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | True |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019, Exchange Online |
-ResultSize
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.
| Type: | Unlimited |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019, Exchange Online |
-Settings
This parameter is available only in on-premises Exchange.
The Settings switch includes the ProcessType and NotificationEmail property values in the results. You don't need to specify a value with this switch.
You can only use this switch with the ProcessType parameter value CertExpiry.
You can't use this switch with the Summary switch.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | True |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019 |
-StartDate
The StartDate parameter specifies the start date of the date range.
Use the short date format that's defined in the Regional Options settings on the computer where you're running the command. For example, if the computer is configured to use the short date format MM/dd/yyyy, enter 09/01/2018 to specify September 1, 2018. You can enter the date only, or you can enter the date and time of day. If you enter the date and time of day, enclose the value in quotation marks ("), for example, "09/01/2018 5:00 PM".
| Type: | ExDateTime |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019, Exchange Online |
-Summary
The Summary switch includes only the ProcessType and Status property values in the results. You don't need to specify a value with this switch.
You can't use this switch with the Settings switch.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019, Exchange Online |
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.