'Search-Mailbox'-Cmdlet not available despite being in 'Organization Management'

Question

After connecting to Exchange Online via PowerShell I cannot use the Search-Mailbox-Cmdlt despite being an Admin and member of the 'Organization Management' Role Group. What else could be missing or has the command been removed from Exchange Online?

Answer 1

Organization Management does NOT contain all possible roles/cmdlets. To find out which role(s) contain a given cmdlet, use the following syntax:

Get-ManagementRole -Cmdlet Search-Mailbox  

In this case, you will see that the cmdlet is part of the "Discovery Management" role, in the default configuration that is. Of course, having access to Organizational Management gives you sufficient permissions to make role changes, so you can either add yourself to "Discovery Management" or add a role assignment for the Search-Mailbox cmdlet to the Organizational Management role group.

Answer 2

Hi @WurstCase , Agree with @Vasil Michev ,you could find the required permissions with the cmdlet, and find the corresponding role group in the documentation: Permissions in Exchange Online

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