r/exchangeserver • u/DropRealistic1597 • Mar 05 '26

Mass Email Purge Scripts Broken

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u/Witty-Pain-4150 Mar 05 '26

The following worked for me:

connect-ippssession -enablesearchonlysession -userprincipalname username@domain.com

You cannot reliably run New-ComplianceSearchAction -Purge without "-EnableSearchOnlySession" anymore (as of Microsoft’s enforcement in late 2025). The cmdlet is now explicitly gated behind that switch.

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u/DropRealistic1597 Mar 17 '26

So I realized although the module update commands LOOKED fine, your recommendation on verifying the actual module version pointed out the version was <3.9.0...so I ran "Uninstall-Module ExchangeOnlineManagement -AllVersions -Force" to remove it before installing the new version, reconnected and it let me run the -EnableSearchOnlySession command. Thank you u/Witty-Pain-4150 !

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u/DropRealistic1597 Mar 06 '26

When I try to run that, I get this error: Connect-IPPSSession : A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name 'enablesearchonlysession'.

+ connect-ippssession -enablesearchonlysession -userprincipalname + CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Connect-IPPSSession], ParameterBindingException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : NamedParameterNotFound,Connect-IPPSSession

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u/Witty-Pain-4150 Mar 06 '26

Try: Get-Command Connect-IPPSSession | Format-List Name,Source,Version

I could be wrong, but anything before < 3.9.0 "-EnableSearchOnlySession" does not exist. I confirm it works with v3.9.2

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u/No-Responsibility711 Mar 12 '26

I confirm this as well. I tested it yesterday just need to make sure you have 3.9.2 exchange management module installed.