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Russell Meyer
Brass Contributor
Sep 16, 2020

User based forwarding detection

We all know that there is backend stuff in 365 that we can do to enable forwarding of a users mailbox to another individual/DL, and via powershell we can view/report on it. But what if the user enables it inside their own mailbox, how can we see that? or change it if need be? I dont see those setting in get-mailbox or get-inboxrule

 

My team often is tasked with doing this config however users of late are doing it themselves, fortunately we have safeguards to prevent auto-forwarding to external parties

 

so is this data visible via powershell?

  • How exactly is forwarding enabled by the end user? If he enables it via OWA settings, it's visible via Get-Mailbox properties. If he enables it via rules, it's visible via Get-InboxRules. Any other methods dont count as "native" and are not covered by the management tools, not much you can do there. 

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