Any Office365 powershell experts?

[PotNoodleTech]

Hey I'm trying to delete an email from all my users. I've stumbled across many sites describing possibly how to do this using powershell but I can't get it to work.

 

This is what I am using.

 

Get-Mailbox -ResultSize unlimited | Search-Mailbox -SearchQuery 'Subject:"this is the subject I want deleted"' –DeleteContent

 

Now the bit of that that doesn't seem to be working is the -DeleteContent

 

If I do a get and a search and dump the info into my own mailbox it works it tells me all of the users who have that email. As soon as I try and use the -DeleteContent it gives:

 

A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name 'DeleteContent'.

+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: ( [search-Mailbox], ParameterBindingException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : NamedParameterNotFound,Search-Mailbox

+ PSComputerName : outlook.office365.com

 

Can't get past this and cant find anything telling me to use any other command or do it any other way.

 

I know Office 365 has had problems today and it's been up and down.

 

Help will earn you my xmas thanks and a drink if we ever meet up at something like BETT.

[Steve21]

DeleteContent needs epic super permissions added to an account to work

 

Admin Role isn't powerful enough Irony hey?

 

https://community.office365.com/en-us/f/148/t/251241

 

That's what I followed before for it

 

Steve

[halbaradkenafin]

Get-Help Search-Mailbox will tell you what parameters are available. I don't have access to an O365 instance right now to check but Get-Help is where I usually start.

[pleach85]

You have to be assigned the Mailbox Import Export management role to use the DeleteContent switch. See https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd638205(v=exchg.160).aspx for details.

[PotNoodleTech]

Awesome guys - I had assigned the roles but I had not realised you need to come out of powershell and go back in again!

 

Cheers - don't forget to cash in the beers!