Exchange Online PowerShell output format has changed?

Question

Simple one line queries such as Get-Mailbox ******@domain.com now output a full table instead of truncated simple outputs as before. Also running a Get-MessageTrace outputs tables instead of a clean formatted list . I know i can change the output formatting to make it appear like before ( "|Ft ) but this was never needed before. What changed?

Answer 1

okay i updated my module to 3.1.0 and it solved it. Thanks

Hi @geezbill ,

Great to know that it worked after updating the module and thanks for sharing the solution so that others experiencing the same thing can easily reference this!

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[Exchange Online PowerShell output format has changed?]

Issue Symptom:

Simple one line queries such as Get-Mailbox ******@domain.com now output a full table instead of truncated simple outputs as before. Also running a Get-MessageTrace outputs tables instead of a clean formatted list .

Resolution:

"i updated my module to 3.1.0 and it solved it"

Reference: Update the Exchange Online PowerShell module

Answer 2

Hi @geezbill ,

 

Simple one line queries such as Get-Mailbox ******@domain.com now output a full table instead of truncated simple outputs as before

Just kindly want to know what exactly is the output you get so far, can you share a screenshot? (Please note to erase private information)

 

As far as I know, there's a lot more information that's associated with an Exchange Online mailbox than just the four properties returned by the Get-Mailbox cmdlet. In order to obtain specific information, more parameters are required in Exchange online powershell.

Please refer to: Use Exchange Online PowerShell to display mailbox information in Exchange Online | Microsoft Learn

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Answer 3

It's not just get-mailbox. any exchange query will return full results and this is not desired. If i wanted full results i would add the necessary switches and operators. This behavior started a few weeks back.