<# ============================================================================================= Name: Remove email forwarding in Office 365 Version: 1.0 Website: m365scripts.com Script Highlights: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1.The script uses modern authentication to connect to Exchange Online.  2.The script can be executed with MFA enabled account too.  3.Exports the report result to a CSV file.  4.Removes email forwarding configurations as well as disables the inbox rule with email forwarding. 5.Removes forwarding from a specific user. 6.Disables email forwarding for a list of users through input CSV. 7.Automatically installs the EXO V2 module (if not installed already) upon your confirmation. 8.Credentials are passed as parameters (scheduler-friendly). For detailed script execution: https://m365scripts.com/exchange-online/remove-email-forwarding-in-office-365-using-powershell/ ============================================================================================ #> Param ( [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)] [string]$UserName = $NULL, [string]$Password = $NULL, [string]$Name = $NULL, [string]$CSV = $NULL ) function WriteToLogFile ($message) { $message >> $logfile } Function Connect_Exo { #Check for EXO v2 module inatallation $Module = Get-Module ExchangeOnlineManagement -ListAvailable if ($Module.count -eq 0) { Write-Host "Exchange Online PowerShell V2 module is not available" -ForegroundColor yellow $Confirm = Read-Host "Are you sure you want to install module? [Y] Yes [N] No" if ($Confirm -match "[yY]") { Write-host "Installing Exchange Online PowerShell module" Install-Module ExchangeOnlineManagement -Repository PSGallery -AllowClobber -Force } else { Write-Host "EXO V2 module is required to connect Exchange Online.Please install module using Install-Module ExchangeOnlineManagement cmdlet." Exit } } Write-Host "Connecting to Exchange Online..." #Storing credential in script for scheduling purpose/ Passing credential as parameter - Authentication using non-MFA account if (($UserName -ne "") -and ($Password -ne "")) { $SecuredPassword = ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText $Password -Force $Credential = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential $UserName, $SecuredPassword Connect-ExchangeOnline -Credential $Credential } else { Connect-ExchangeOnline } } Function GetMailboxForwardingInfoAndRemoveForwarding { $MailboxInfo = Get-Mailbox $Name | Where-Object { $_.ForwardingSMTPAddress -ne $Empty -or $_.ForwardingAddress -ne $Empty } if ($MailboxInfo.count -ne 0) { $MailboxOwner = $MailboxInfo.Name Write-Progress -Activity "Processing Mailbox Forwarding for the User: $MailboxOwner" " " $global:ReportSize1 = $global:ReportSize1 + 1 $DeliverToMailbox = $MailboxInfo.DeliverToMailboxandForward if ($null -eq $MailboxInfo.ForwardingSMTPAddress) { $ForwardingSMTPAddress = "-" } else{ $ForwardingSMTPAddress = (($MailboxInfo.ForwardingSMTPAddress).split(":") | Select -Index 1) } if ($null -eq $MailboxInfo.ForwardingAddress) { $ForwardTo = "-" } else{ $ForwardTo = $MailboxInfo.ForwardingAddress } #ExportResults $ExportResult = @{'Mailbox Name' = $MailboxOwner; 'Forwarding SMTP Address' = $ForwardingSMTPAddress; 'Forward To' = $ForwardTo; 'Deliver To Mailbox and Forward' = $DeliverToMailbox } $ExportResults = New-Object PSObject -Property $ExportResult $ExportResults | Select-object 'Mailbox Name', 'Forwarding SMTP Address', 'Forward To', 'Deliver To Mailbox and Forward' | Export-csv -path $global:ExportCSVFileName1 -NoType -Append -Force #Remove Forwarding try { Set-Mailbox $Name -ForwardingAddress $NULL -ForwardingSmtpAddress $NULL -ErrorAction Stop -WarningAction SilentlyContinue if (($ForwardingSMTPAddress -ne "-")) { if (($ForwardTo -ne "-")) { WriteToLogFile "Email forwarding successfully removed from $MailboxOwner - ForwardTo: $ForwardTo ForwardingSMTPAddress:$ForwardingSMTPAddress." } else { WriteToLogFile "Email forwarding successfully removed from $MailboxOwner - ForwardingSMTPAddress:$ForwardingSMTPAddress." } } else { WriteToLogFile "Email forwarding successfully removed from $MailboxOwner - ForwardTo: $ForwardTo." } } catch { WriteToLogFile "Error occured while removing email forwarding configuration from $MailboxOwner." } } } Function GetInboxRulesInfoAndDisableForwarding { Get-InboxRule -Mailbox $Name | Where-Object { $_.ForwardAsAttachmentTo -ne $Empty -or $_.ForwardTo -ne $Empty -or $_.RedirectTo -ne $Empty } | ForEach-Object { Write-Progress "Processing the Inbox Rule for the User: $($_.MailboxOwnerId)" $InboxRuleInfo = $_ $MailboxOwner = $InboxRuleInfo.MailboxOwnerId $RuleName = $InboxRuleInfo.Name $Enable = $InboxRuleInfo.Enabled $RedirectTo = @() if ($null -ne $InboxRuleInfo.RedirectTo) { foreach($Temp in $InboxRuleInfo.RedirectTo){ $RedirectTo = $RedirectTo + ((($Temp.split("[")) | Select-Object -Index 0)).Replace('"', '').Trim() } } else { $RedirectTo = "-" } $ForwardAsAttachment = @() if ($null -ne $InboxRuleInfo.ForwardAsAttachmentTo) { foreach($Temp in $InboxRuleInfo.ForwardAsAttachmentTo){ $ForwardAsAttachment = $ForwardAsAttachment + ((($Temp.split("[")) | Select-Object -Index 0)).Replace('"', '').Trim() } } else { $ForwardAsAttachment = "-" } $ForwardTo = @() if ($null -ne $InboxRuleInfo.ForwardTo) { foreach($Temp in $InboxRuleInfo.ForwardTo){ $ForwardTo = $ForwardTo + ((($Temp.split("[")) | Select-Object -Index 0)).Replace('"', '').Trim() } } $global:ReportSize2 = $global:ReportSize2 + 1 $ExportResult = @{'Mailbox Name' = $MailboxOwner; 'Inbox Rule' = $RuleName; 'Forward As Attachment To' = $ForwardAsAttachment -join(","); 'Forward To' = $ForwardTo -join(","); 'Redirect To' = $RedirectTo -join(",") } $ExportResults = New-Object PSObject -Property $ExportResult $ExportResults | Select-object 'Mailbox Name', 'Inbox Rule', 'Forward To', 'Redirect To', 'Forward As Attachment To' | Export-csv -path $global:ExportCSVFileName2 -NoType -Append -Force #Disable Inbox Rule if ($Enable -eq 'True') { try { Disable-InboxRule -Identity $RuleName WriteToLogFile "The Inbox rule ($RuleName) present in $MailboxOwner mailbox is disabled." } catch { WriteToLogFile "Error occured, while processing the Inbox rule ($RuleName) present in $MailboxOwner" } } } } Connect_Exo $global:logfile = "RemoveForwardingLogFile_" + ((Get-Date -format "MMM-dd hh-mm-ss tt").ToString()) + ".txt" $global:ExportCSVFileName1 = "EmailForwardingConfigurationReport_" + ((Get-Date -format "MMM-dd hh-mm-ss tt").ToString()) + ".csv" $global:ExportCSVFileName2 = "InboxRulesWithForwarding_" + ((Get-Date -format "MMM-dd hh-mm-ss tt").ToString()) + ".csv" $global:ReportSize1 = 0 $global:ReportSize2 = 0 if (($Name -ne "")) { GetMailboxForwardingInfoAndRemoveForwarding GetInboxRulesInfoAndDisableForwarding } elseif (($CSV -ne "")) { Import-Csv $CSV | ForEach-Object { $Name = $_.Name GetMailboxForwardingInfoAndRemoveForwarding GetInboxRulesInfoAndDisableForwarding } } else { [string]$Name = Read-Host "Enter the user Name" GetMailboxForwardingInfoAndRemoveForwarding GetInboxRulesInfoAndDisableForwarding } if (((Test-Path -Path $global:ExportCSVFileName1) -ne "True") -and ((Test-Path -Path $global:ExportCSVFileName2) -ne "True") ) { Write-Host "The given user mail is not forwarded to anyone." -ForegroundColor Green } else { if ((Test-Path -Path $global:ExportCSVFileName1) -eq "True") { if ((Test-Path -Path $global:ExportCSVFileName2) -eq "True") { Write-Host `n "Following output files are generated and avaialble in the current directory:" -NoNewline -ForegroundColor Yellow; Write-Host "$OutputCsv2"`n Write-Host "$global:ExportCSVFileName1 , $global:ExportCSVFileName2" -ForegroundColor Cyan Write-Host "The log file available in $global:logfile" -ForegroundColor Green $prompt = New-Object -ComObject wscript.shell $userInput = $prompt.popup("Do you want to open output files?", 0, "Open Output File", 4) if ($userInput -eq 6) { Invoke-Item "$global:ExportCSVFileName1" Invoke-Item "$global:ExportCSVFileName2" Invoke-Item "$global:logfile" } } else { Write-Host `n "The Output file available in: " -NoNewline -ForegroundColor Yellow; Write-Host "$global:ExportCSVFileName1" Write-Host `n "The log file available in: " -NoNewline -ForegroundColor Yellow; Write-Host "$global:logfile" $prompt = New-Object -ComObject wscript.shell $userInput = $prompt.popup("Do you want to open output files?", 0, "Open Output File", 4) if ($userInput -eq 6) { Invoke-Item "$global:ExportCSVFileName1" Invoke-Item "$global:logfile" } Write-Host `n~~ Script prepared by AdminDroid Community ~~`n -ForegroundColor Green Write-Host "~~ Check out " -NoNewline -ForegroundColor Green; Write-Host "admindroid.com" -ForegroundColor Yellow -NoNewline; Write-Host " to get access to 1800+ Microsoft 365 reports. ~~" -ForegroundColor Green `n`n } } else { Write-Host `n "The output file $global:ExportCSVFileName2 is available in the current directory:" -NoNewline -ForegroundColor Yellow; Write-Host "$OutputCsv2"`n if ((Test-Path -Path $global:logfile) -eq "True") { Write-Host "The log file available in $global:logfile" -ForegroundColor Green $prompt = New-Object -ComObject wscript.shell $userInput = $prompt.popup("Do you want to open output files?", 0, "Open Output File", 4) if ($userInput -eq 6) { Invoke-Item "$global:ExportCSVFileName2" Invoke-Item "$global:logfile" } } else { $prompt = New-Object -ComObject wscript.shell $userInput = $prompt.popup("Do you want to open output files?", 0, "Open Output File", 4) if ($userInput -eq 6) { Invoke-Item "$global:ExportCSVFileName2" } Write-Host `n~~ Script prepared by AdminDroid Community ~~`n -ForegroundColor Green Write-Host "~~ Check out " -NoNewline -ForegroundColor Green; Write-Host "admindroid.com" -ForegroundColor Yellow -NoNewline; Write-Host " to get access to 1800+ Microsoft 365 reports. ~~" -ForegroundColor Green `n`n } } }