Get-EntraContact

Gets a contact from Microsoft Entra ID.

Syntax

Get-EntraContact
   [-Filter <String>]
   [-All]
   [-Top <Int32>]
   [-Property <String[]>]
   [<CommonParameters>]
Get-EntraContact
   -OrgContactId <String>
   [-All]
   [-Property <String[]>]
   [<CommonParameters>]

Description

The Get-EntraContact cmdlet gets a contact from Microsoft Entra ID.

Examples

Example 1: Retrieve all contact objects in the directory

Connect-Entra -Scopes 'OrgContact.Read.All'
Get-EntraContact

DisplayName          Id                                   Mail                         MailNickname
-----------          --                                   ----                         ------------
Contoso Contact     aaaaaaaa-0000-1111-2222-bbbbbbbbbbbb contact@contoso.com         Contoso Contact
Contoso Contact1    bbbbbbbb-1111-2222-3333-cccccccccccc contact1@contoso.com        Contoso Contact 1
Contoso Contact2    cccccccc-2222-3333-4444-dddddddddddd contact2@contoso.com        Contoso Contact 2
Contoso Contact3    dddddddd-3333-4444-5555-eeeeeeeeeeee contact3@contoso.com        Contoso Contact 3

This example retrieves all contact objects in the directory.

Example 2: Retrieve specific contact object in the directory

Connect-Entra -Scopes 'OrgContact.Read.All'
Get-EntraContact -OrgContactId 'aaaaaaaa-0000-1111-2222-bbbbbbbbbbbb'

DisplayName          Id                                   Mail                         MailNickname
-----------          --                                   ----                         ------------
Contoso Contact     aaaaaaaa-0000-1111-2222-bbbbbbbbbbbb contact@contoso.com         Contoso Contact

This example retrieves specified contact in the directory.

  • -OrgContactId parameter specifies the contact Id.

Example 3: Retrieve all contacts objects in the directory

Connect-Entra -Scopes 'OrgContact.Read.All'
Get-EntraContact -All

DisplayName          Id                                   Mail                         MailNickname
-----------          --                                   ----                         ------------
Contoso Contact     aaaaaaaa-0000-1111-2222-bbbbbbbbbbbb contact@contoso.com         Contoso Contact
Contoso Contact1    bbbbbbbb-1111-2222-3333-cccccccccccc contact1@contoso.com        Contoso Contact 1
Contoso Contact2    cccccccc-2222-3333-4444-dddddddddddd contact2@contoso.com        Contoso Contact 2
Contoso Contact3    dddddddd-3333-4444-5555-eeeeeeeeeeee contact3@contoso.com        Contoso Contact 3

This example retrieves all the contacts in the directory.

Example 4: Retrieve top two contacts objects in the directory

Connect-Entra -Scopes 'OrgContact.Read.All'
Get-EntraContact -Top 2

DisplayName          Id                                   Mail                         MailNickname
-----------          --                                   ----                         ------------
Contoso Contact     aaaaaaaa-0000-1111-2222-bbbbbbbbbbbb contact@contoso.com         Contoso Contact
Contoso Contact1    bbbbbbbb-1111-2222-3333-cccccccccccc contact1@contoso.com        Contoso Contact 1

This example retrieves top two contacts in the directory.

Example 5: Retrieve all contacts objects in the directory filter by DisplayName

Connect-Entra -Scopes 'OrgContact.Read.All'
Get-EntraContact -Filter "DisplayName eq 'Contoso Contact'"

DisplayName          Id                                   Mail                         MailNickname
-----------          --                                   ----                         ------------
Contoso Contact     aaaaaaaa-0000-1111-2222-bbbbbbbbbbbb contact@contoso.com         Contoso Contact
Contoso Contact1    bbbbbbbb-1111-2222-3333-cccccccccccc contact1@contoso.com        Contoso Contact 1
Contoso Contact2    cccccccc-2222-3333-4444-dddddddddddd contact2@contoso.com        Contoso Contact 2
Contoso Contact3    dddddddd-3333-4444-5555-eeeeeeeeeeee contact3@contoso.com        Contoso Contact 3

This example retrieves contacts having the specified display name.

Parameters

-All

List all pages.

Type:System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter
Position:Named
Default value:False
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-Filter

Specifies an OData v4.0 filter statement. This parameter controls which objects are returned.

Type:System.String
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:True
Accept wildcard characters:False

-OrgContactId

Specifies the ID of a contact in Microsoft Entra ID.

Type:System.String
Aliases:ObjectId
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:True
Accept pipeline input:True
Accept wildcard characters:False

-Property

Specifies properties to be returned.

Type:System.String[]
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-Top

Specifies the maximum number of records to return.

Type:System.Int32
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:True
Accept wildcard characters:False