Remove-PublicFolderMigrationRequest

This cmdlet is available only in on-premises Exchange.

Use the Remove-PublicFolderMigrationRequest cmdlet to cancel or complete serial public folder migration requests (requests created by the New-PublicFolderMigrationRequest cmdlet). You need to use this cmdlet to remove an existing serial public folder migration request before you can create another one.

Note: Support for serial migration of public folders ended in Exchange 2013 Cumulative Update 8 (CU8), and the cmdlets are no longer available in Exchange Online. Instead, use the corresponding *-MigrationBatch and *-PublicFolderMailboxMigration* cmdlets.

For information about the parameter sets in the Syntax section below, see Exchange cmdlet syntax.

Syntax

Remove-PublicFolderMigrationRequest
      [-Identity] <PublicFolderMigrationRequestIdParameter>
      [-Confirm]
      [-DomainController <Fqdn>]
      [-Force]
      [-WhatIf]
      [<CommonParameters>]
Remove-PublicFolderMigrationRequest
      -RequestGuid <Guid>
      -RequestQueue <DatabaseIdParameter>
      [-Confirm]
      [-DomainController <Fqdn>]
      [-WhatIf]
      [<CommonParameters>]

Description

The RequestQueue and RequestGuid parameters are for debugging purposes only.

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.

Examples

Example 1

Get-PublicFolderMigrationRequest | Remove-PublicFolderMigrationRequest

This example cancels any public folder migration request that's actively running.

Example 2

Remove-PublicFolderMigrationRequest -RequestQueue MBXDB01 -RequestGuid 25e0eaf2-6cc2-4353-b83e-5cb7b72d441f

This example cancels a migration request by using the RequestGuid parameter for a mailbox on MBXDB01.

The RequestGuid and RequestQueue parameters are for debugging purposes only.

Parameters

-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 2013, Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019

-DomainController

The DomainController parameter specifies the domain controller that's used by this cmdlet to read data from or write data to Active Directory. You identify the domain controller by its fully qualified domain name (FQDN). For example, dc01.contoso.com.

Type:Fqdn
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False
Applies to:Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019

-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

-Identity

The Identity parameter specifies the migration request that you want to remove. You can use the following values:

  • Name
  • RequestGUID

You can't use this parameter with the RequestGuid or RequestQueue parameters.

Type:PublicFolderMigrationRequestIdParameter
Position:1
Default value:None
Required:True
Accept pipeline input:True
Accept wildcard characters:False
Applies to:Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019

-RequestGuid

The RequestGuid parameter identifies the migration request to remove by its RequestGUID value. This parameter also requires the RequestQueue parameter.

You can't use this parameter with the Identity parameter.

Type:Guid
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:True
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False
Applies to:Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019

-RequestQueue

The RequestQueue parameter identifies the migration request by the mailbox database where the request is being run. You can use any value that uniquely identifies the database. For example:

  • Name
  • Distinguished name (DN)
  • GUID

You need to use this parameter with the RequestGuid parameter.

You can't use this parameter with the Identity parameter.

Type:DatabaseIdParameter
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:True
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False
Applies to:Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019

-WhatIf

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 2013, Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019

Inputs

Input types

To see the input types that this cmdlet accepts, see Cmdlet Input and Output Types. If the Input Type field for a cmdlet is blank, the cmdlet doesn't accept input data.

Outputs

Output types

To see the return types, which are also known as output types, that this cmdlet accepts, see Cmdlet Input and Output Types. If the Output Type field is blank, the cmdlet doesn't return data.