Set-ComplianceSearch
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 Set-ComplianceSearch cmdlet to modify non-running compliance searches in Exchange Server 2016 or later and in the Microsoft Purview compliance portal.
For information about the parameter sets in the Syntax section below, see Exchange cmdlet syntax.
Syntax
Set-ComplianceSearch
[-Identity] <ComplianceSearchIdParameter>
[-AddExchangeLocation <String[]>]
[-AddExchangeLocationExclusion <String[]>]
[-AddSharePointLocation <String[]>]
[-AddSharePointLocationExclusion <String[]>]
[-AllowNotFoundExchangeLocationsEnabled <Boolean>]
[-Confirm]
[-ContentMatchQuery <String>]
[-Description <String>]
[-ExchangeLocation <String[]>]
[-ExchangeLocationExclusion <String[]>]
[-Force]
[-HoldNames <String[]>]
[-IncludeOrgContent <Boolean>]
[-IncludeUserAppContent <Boolean>]
[-Language <CultureInfo>]
[-Name <String>]
[-PublicFolderLocation <String[]>]
[-RefinerNames <String[]>]
[-RemoveExchangeLocation <String[]>]
[-RemoveExchangeLocationExclusion <String[]>]
[-RemovePublicFolderLocation <String[]>]
[-RemoveSharePointLocation <String[]>]
[-RemoveSharePointLocationExclusion <String[]>]
[-SharePointLocation <String[]>]
[-SharePointLocationExclusion <String[]>]
[-WhatIf]
[<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.
In on-premises Exchange, this cmdlet is available in the Mailbox Search role. By default, this role is assigned only to the Discovery Management role group.
To use this cmdlet in Security & Compliance PowerShell, you need to be assigned permissions. For more information, see Permissions in the Microsoft Purview compliance portal.
Examples
Example 1
Set-ComplianceSearch -Identity "Project X" -ExchangeLocation AllThis example changes the existing compliance search named Project X. The scope of the Exchange search is changed to all mailboxes.
Example 2
Set-ComplianceSearch -Identity "Contoso Case Search 1" -HoldNames All -ExchangeLocation $null -SharePointLocation $nullThis example changes an existing compliance search that's associated with an eDiscovery case in the Microsoft Purview compliance portal. The scope of the search is changed from searching selected mailboxes and SharePoint sites to searching all content locations that have been placed on hold in the eDiscovery case.
Example 3
Set-ComplianceSearch -Identity "China Subsidiary Search" -Language zh-CNThis example changes the language setting for an existing compliance search to Chinese.
You might have to change the language setting if you're using non-English keywords in the search query (which is specified in the ContentMatchQuery parameter).
Parameters
-AddExchangeLocation
The AddExchangeLocation parameter specifies the mailboxes to add to the list of included mailboxes when you aren't using the value All for the ExchangeLocation parameter. Valid values are:
- A regular user mailbox. Including other types of mailboxes (for example, inactive mailboxes or Microsoft 365 guest users) is controlled by the AllowNotFoundExchangeLocationsEnabled parameter.
- A distribution group or mail-enabled security group (all mailboxes that are currently members of the group).
To specify a mailbox or distribution group, use the email address. You can specify multiple values separated by commas.
| Type: | String[] |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019, Security & Compliance |
-AddExchangeLocationExclusion
This parameter is functional only in on-premises Exchange.
This parameter specifies the mailboxes to add to the list of excluded mailboxes when you use the value All for the ExchangeLocation parameter. Valid values are:
- A regular user mailbox. Including other types of mailboxes (for example, inactive mailboxes or Microsoft 365 guest users) is controlled by the AllowNotFoundExchangeLocationsEnabled parameter.
- A distribution group or mail-enabled security group
To specify a mailbox or distribution group, use the email address. You can specify multiple values separated by commas.
| Type: | String[] |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019, Security & Compliance |
-AddSharePointLocation
This parameter is available only in the cloud-based service.
The AddSharePointLocation parameter specifies the SharePoint Online sites to add to the list of included sites when you aren't using the value All for the SharePointLocation parameter. You identify the site by its URL value.
You can enter multiple values separated by commas. If the values contain spaces or otherwise require quotation marks, use the following syntax: "Value1","Value2",..."ValueN".
| Type: | String[] |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Security & Compliance |
-AddSharePointLocationExclusion
This parameter is available only in the cloud-based service.
This parameter is reserved for internal Microsoft use.
| Type: | String[] |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Security & Compliance |
-AllowNotFoundExchangeLocationsEnabled
The AllowNotFoundExchangeLocationsEnabled parameter specifies whether to include mailboxes other than regular user mailboxes in the compliance search. Valid values are:
- $true: The search doesn't try to validate the existence of the mailbox before proceeding. This value is required if you want to search mailboxes that don't resolve as regular mailboxes.
- $false: The search tries to validate the existence of the mailbox before proceeding. If you specify a mailbox that isn't a regular user mailbox, the search will fail. This is the default value.
The mailbox types that are affected by the value of this parameter include:
- Inactive mailboxes
- Users without an Exchange Online license who use Office applications
- Guest users
- On-premises users whose identity is synchronized with your Microsoft 365 organization
| Type: | Boolean |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019, Security & Compliance |
-Confirm
The Confirm switch specifies whether to show or hide the confirmation prompt. How this switch affects the cmdlet depends on if the cmdlet requires confirmation before proceeding.
- Destructive cmdlets (for example, Remove-* cmdlets) have a built-in pause that forces you to acknowledge the command before proceeding. For these cmdlets, you can skip the confirmation prompt by using this exact syntax:
-Confirm:$false. - Most other cmdlets (for example, New-* and Set-* cmdlets) don't have a built-in pause. For these cmdlets, specifying the Confirm switch without a value introduces a pause that forces you acknowledge the command before proceeding.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Aliases: | cf |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019, Security & Compliance |
-ContentMatchQuery
The ContentMatchQuery parameter specifies a content search filter.
This parameter uses a text search string or a query that's formatted by using the Keyword Query Language (KQL). For more information, see Keyword Query Language (KQL) syntax reference and Keyword queries and search conditions for eDiscovery.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019, Security & Compliance |
-Description
The Description parameter specifies a description for the compliance search. If the value contains spaces, enclose the value in quotation marks.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019, Security & Compliance |
-ExchangeLocation
The ExchangeLocation parameter specifies the mailboxes to include. Valid values are:
- A regular user mailbox. Including other types of mailboxes (for example, inactive mailboxes or Microsoft 365 guest users) is controlled by the AllowNotFoundExchangeLocationsEnabled parameter.
- A distribution group or mail-enabled security group (all mailboxes that are currently members of the group).
- The value All for all mailboxes. You can only use this value by itself.
To specify a mailbox or distribution group, use the email address. You can specify multiple values separated by commas.
You can enter multiple values separated by commas. If the values contain spaces or otherwise require quotation marks, use the following syntax: "Value1","Value2",..."ValueN".
| Type: | String[] |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019, Security & Compliance |
-ExchangeLocationExclusion
This parameter is functional only in on-premises Exchange.
This parameter specifies the mailboxes to exclude when you use the value All for the ExchangeLocation parameter. Valid values are:
- A regular user mailbox. Including other types of mailboxes (for example, inactive mailboxes or Microsoft 365 guest users) is controlled by the AllowNotFoundExchangeLocationsEnabled parameter.
- A distribution group or mail-enabled security group (all mailboxes that are currently members of the group).
To specify a mailbox or distribution group, use the email address. You can specify multiple values separated by commas.
| Type: | String[] |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019, Security & Compliance |
-Force
The Force switch hides warning or confirmation messages. You don't need to specify a value with this switch.
You can use this switch to run tasks programmatically where prompting for administrative input is inappropriate.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019, Security & Compliance |
-HoldNames
This parameter is available only in the cloud-based service.
The HoldNames parameter specifies that the content locations that have been placed on hold in the eDiscovery case will be searched. You use the value All for this parameter. You can use this parameter only for compliance searches that are associated with an eDiscovery case.
If the content locations in the compliance search include mailboxes, you also need to use the ExchangeLocation parameter with the value $null. Similarly, if the compliance search includes SharePoint sites, you also need to use the SharePointLocation parameter with the value $null.
Also, if a content location was placed on a query-based case hold, only items that are on hold will be searched when you restart this compliance search. For example, if a user was placed on a query-based case hold that preserves items that were sent or created before a specific date, only those items would be searched by using the search criteria specified by this compliance search.
| Type: | String[] |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Security & Compliance |
-Identity
The Identity parameter specifies the compliance search that you want to modify.
You can use any value that uniquely identifies the compliance search. For example:
- Name
- JobRunId (GUID)
You can find these values by running the command Get-ComplianceSearch | Format-Table -Auto Name,JobRunId,Status
| Type: | ComplianceSearchIdParameter |
| Position: | 1 |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | True |
| Accept pipeline input: | True |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019, Security & Compliance |
-IncludeOrgContent
{{ Fill IncludeOrgContent Description }}
| Type: | Boolean |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Security & Compliance |
-IncludeUserAppContent
This parameter is available only in the cloud-based service.
The IncludeUserAppContent parameter specifies that you want to search the cloud-based storage location for users who don't have a regular Microsoft 365 user account in your organization. These types of users include users without an Exchange Online license who use Office applications, Microsoft 365 guest users, and on-premises users whose identity is synchronized with your Microsoft 365 organization. Valid values are:
- $true: The cloud-based storage location for the users specified in any of the Exchange location parameters will be included in the search. If you use the value All for the ExchangeLocation parameter, the cloud-based storage location for any guest or on-premises user will be included in the search.
- $false: The cloud-based storage location for the users specified in the ExchangeLocation parameter won't be included in the search. This is the default value.
| Type: | Boolean |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Security & Compliance |
-Language
The Language parameter specifies the language for the compliance search.
Valid input for this parameter is a supported culture code value from the Microsoft .NET Framework CultureInfo class. For example, da-DK for Danish or ja-JP for Japanese. For more information, see CultureInfo Class.
| Type: | CultureInfo |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019, Security & Compliance |
-Name
This parameter is reserved for internal Microsoft use.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019, Security & Compliance |
-PublicFolderLocation
This parameter is available only in the cloud-based service.
The PublicFolderLocation parameter specifies that you want to include all public folders in the search. You use the value All for this parameter.
| Type: | String[] |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Security & Compliance |
-RefinerNames
This parameter is available only in the cloud-based service.
This parameter is reserved for internal Microsoft use.
| Type: | String[] |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Security & Compliance |
-RemoveExchangeLocation
The RemoveExchangeLocation parameter specifies the mailboxes to remove from the list of included mailboxes when you aren't using the value All for the ExchangeLocation parameter. Valid values are:
- A mailbox
- A distribution group or mail-enabled security group
To specify a mailbox or distribution group, use the email address. You can specify multiple values separated by commas.
| Type: | String[] |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019, Security & Compliance |
-RemoveExchangeLocationExclusion
This parameter is functional only in on-premises Exchange.
This parameter specifies the mailboxes to remove from the list of excluded mailboxes when you use the value All for the ExchangeLocation parameter. Valid values are:
- A mailbox
- A distribution group or mail-enabled security group
To specify a mailbox or distribution group, use the email address. You can specify multiple values separated by commas.
| Type: | String[] |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019, Security & Compliance |
-RemovePublicFolderLocation
This parameter is available only in the cloud-based service.
This parameter is reserved for internal Microsoft use.
| Type: | String[] |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Security & Compliance |
-RemoveSharePointLocation
This parameter is available only in the cloud-based service.
The RemoveSharePointLocation parameter specifies the SharePoint Online sites to remove from the list of included sites when you aren't using the value All for the SharePointLocation parameter. You identify the site by its URL value.
You can enter multiple values separated by commas. If the values contain spaces or otherwise require quotation marks, use the following syntax: "Value1","Value2",..."ValueN".
| Type: | String[] |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Security & Compliance |
-RemoveSharePointLocationExclusion
This parameter is available only in the cloud-based service.
This parameter is reserved for internal Microsoft use.
| Type: | String[] |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Security & Compliance |
-SharePointLocation
This parameter is available only in the cloud-based service.
The SharePointLocation parameter specifies the SharePoint Online sites to include. You identify the site by its URL value, or you can use the value All to include all sites.
You can enter multiple values separated by commas. If the values contain spaces or otherwise require quotation marks, use the following syntax: "Value1","Value2",..."ValueN".
| Type: | String[] |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Security & Compliance |
-SharePointLocationExclusion
This parameter is available only in the cloud-based service.
This parameter is reserved for internal Microsoft use.
| Type: | String[] |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Security & Compliance |
-WhatIf
The WhatIf switch doesn't work in Security & Compliance PowerShell.
The WhatIf switch simulates the actions of the command. You can use this switch to view the changes that would occur without actually applying those changes. You don't need to specify a value with this switch.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Aliases: | wi |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019, Security & Compliance |