Some PowerShell cmdlet or parameter combinations are unsuccessful in Exchange Server
Original KB number: 4295103
Symptoms
Consider this scenario:
- You have a Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 or 2016 environment that contains two or more mailbox servers.
- Your Active Directory Forest contains two or more domains.
- Your Exchange Servers and user objects are located in different Active Directory domains.
- You manage your recipients through Exchange Management Shell (EMS) by setting
Set-ADServerSettings -ViewEntireForest $true
.
In this scenario, when you run a PowerShell cmdlet or parameter combination, the cmdlet is unsuccessful, you receive this error message:
Error on proxy command 'Set-Mailbox -Identity:'user@contoso.com' -LitigationHoldEnabled:$False' to server
Ex01.corp.contoso.com:
Server version 15.0x.xxxx.xx, Proxy method RPS:
The operation couldn't be performed because object 'Ex02.corp @contoso.com' couldn't be found on
'Ex02.corp.munich.contoso.com'..
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Set-Mailbox], CmdletProxyException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.CmdletProxyException,Microsoft.Exchange.
Here are some cmdlet or parameter combinations that may be affected:
- Get-CASMailbox -ActiveSyncDebugLogging
- Set-CASMailbox -ActiveSyncDebugLogging
- Set-CASMailbox -ResetAutoBlockedDevices
- Set-Mailbox -RetentionHoldEnabled
- Set-Mailbox -RetentionComment
- Set-Mailbox -RetentionUrl
- Set-SiteMailbox
- Set-UserPhoto
- Get-UserPhoto
- Set-Mailbox -LitigationHoldEnabled $false
Cause
This behavior is by design when the specified mailbox is located on a different server than the server that EMS is connected to.
Workaround
To work around this behavior, specify the -DomainController
parameter with the cmdlet. For example, specify a Domain Controller from the Active Directory domain where the associated user object is located, such as the following:
Set-Mailbox -Identity:'user@contoso.com' -LitigationHoldEnabled:$False -DomainController dc1.sub.corp.contoso.com
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