Hi everybody,

Is there any way to get all Inbox Rules from my users in my tenant?

For example, I try to run the cmdlet "Get-Mailbox user@domain.com | Get-InboxRule" but it fails with the below error message:

 + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Get-InboxRule], ManagementObjectNotFoundException
 + FullyQualifiedErrorId : [Server=BL2PR04MB036,RequestId=b26f89c7-f38a-4265-822d-9f8b9da48e98,TimeStamp=17/09/2013
 02:04:05 p.m.] D4CD8C92,Microsoft.Exchange.Management.RecipientTasks.GetInboxRule
 + PSComputerName        : pod51041psh.outlook.com

But if I use the cmdlet "Get-InboxRule -Mailbox user@domain.com" I got the expected result.

Thanks in advance,

Hi,

This is happening because piping Get-Mailbox to Get-InboxRule isn't sending the right input object. Get-InboxRule expects input of type InboxRuleIdParameter, not Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Directory.Management.Mailbox.

See this for more information:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd351062%28v=exchg.141%29.aspx

Any reason you can't just use -Mailbox parameter on Get-InboxRule?

Get-Mailbox "name" | Foreach-Object {Get-Inboxrule $_}

Maybe something like this will do? ( I can't test it out now unfortunately)

I may have to backpedal a bit on my previous post. I don't have O365, but I do have Exchange 2010 (same idea). Get-Mailbox username | Get-InboxRule worked just fine for me.

Hi Mike,

Thanks for your quick response. Im not using the -Mailbox parameter because I need the Get-InboxRule for all the users hosted on my tenant.

Regards,

Hi Thom,

I try it on PS and got the below error message:

PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-Mailbox "User A" | Foreach-Object {Get-Inboxrule $_}
Cannot process argument transformation on parameter 'Identity'. Cannot convert value "Martin de los Santos" to type
"Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.InboxRuleIdParameter". Error: "Cannot convert hashtable to an object of the
following type: Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.InboxRuleIdParameter. Hashtable-to-Object conversion is not
supported in restricted language mode or a Data section."
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidData: (:) [Get-InboxRule], ParameterBindin...mationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentTransformationError,Get-InboxRule
    + PSComputerName        : pod51041psh.outlook.com

Any suggestion?

Get-Mailbox | % { Get-InboxRule $_ } returns good data for me, but the output will need to be adjusted (which mailbox the rules are applied to is not shown). Does this work for you?

Hi Mike,

Same error message:

Cannot process argument transformation on parameter 'Identity'. Cannot convert value "User A" to type
"Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.InboxRuleIdParameter". Error: "Cannot convert hashtable to an object of the
following type: Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.InboxRuleIdParameter. Hashtable-to-Object conversion is not
supported in restricted language mode or a Data section."
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidData: (:) [Get-InboxRule], ParameterBindin...mationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentTransformationError,Get-InboxRule
    + PSComputerName        : pod51041psh.outlook.com

Hmm, Office 365 apparently works differently than Exchange 2010. Take a look at the suggestion in this thread, apparently it helped this other person looking to do the same thing you are:

http://community.office365.com/en-us/forums/148/t/77289.aspx

You may also want to post a question over there if this doesn't work for you, since this issue seems to be Office 365 specific.

Hi Mike,

I found an answer in the other thread :) The cmdlet is:

$mbox = Get-Mailbox; $mbox | Foreach { Get-InboxRule -Mailbox $_.DistinguishedName }

Have a nice day!

• Marked as answer by Lucas Martin Pohl 14 hours 44 minutes ago

Cheers, I'm very glad it worked out.

Hi Mike,

I found an answer in the other thread :) The cmdlet is:

$mbox = Get-Mailbox; $mbox | Foreach { Get-InboxRule -Mailbox $_.DistinguishedName }

Have a nice day!

• Marked as answer by Lucas Martin Pohl Wednesday, September 18, 2013 7:46 PM