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Deleting malicious emails from all O365 mailboxes
"By default, Search-Mailbox is available only in the Mailbox Search or Mailbox Import Export roles, and these roles aren't assigned to *any* role groups. To use this cmdlet, you need to add one or both of the roles to a role group (for example, the Organization Management role group). Only the Mailbox Import Export role gives you access to the DeleteContent parameter."
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/exchange/search-mailbox?view=exchange-ps
example below -
PS C:\get-mailbox -ResultSize Unlimited -RecipientTypeDetails UserMailbox | Search-Mailbox -SearchQuery 'subject:"JOB REFERRAL" -DeleteContent -force
'Search-Mailbox : The term 'Search-Mailbox' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, oroperable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and tryagain.At line:1 char:71+ ... Unlimited -RecipientTypeDetails UserMailbox | Search-Mailbox -Search ...+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Search-Mailbox:String) [], CommandNotFoundException+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException@stevemorgan
How are you connecting to Exchange Online? I just connected via V2 Module and it ran. Do you have the appropriate roles assigned? Did you reconnect after assigning to reload the appropriate cmdlets?
i am connecting using the microsoft exchange online powershell module and i am a global admin in our tenant
