It’s easy to change the mailbox type in Office 365 with Powershell.
Using the Set-mailbox cmdlet there are four possible types of mailbox that you can set:
- Regular
- Room
- Equipment
- Shared
Examples to change the type of a mailbox:
- Convert to Shared Mailbox:
Set-Mailbox -Identity TestMailbox@tachytelic.net -Type:Shared
- Convert to Regular Mailbox:
Set-Mailbox -Identity TestMailbox@tachytelic.net -Type:Regular
- Convert to Equipment Mailbox:
Set-Mailbox -Identity TestMailbox@tachytelic.net -Type:Equipment
- Convert to Room Mailbox:
Set-Mailbox -Identity TestMailbox@tachytelic.net -Type:Room
PowerShell to change a mailbox type in Office 365
Use the form below to generate the PowerShell Required to change the mailbox type:
- Fill in the identity value of the mailbox that you want to convert
- Select the mailbox type that you want to convert it to.
- Copy and paste the generated code to a PowerShell window.
Remember to set your PowerShell execution policy, otherwise the script will not run. Set the PowerShell execution policy to at least RemoteSigned.
If you are converting to a “Regular” mailbox, ensure that you assign a license after you have run the conversion.
If successful, you should get output like this:
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