Applies to: Exchange Server 2010 SP3, Exchange Server 2010 SP2

Topic Last Modified: 2011-03-19

The ability to change the priority of a cmdlet extension agent in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 is useful when you want a certain agent to be called by a cmdlet before another agent. This is especially useful if you create a custom script that's run in the Scripting Agent, and you want that script to take precedence over a built-in agent. For more information about the Scripting Agent, see Understanding the Scripting Agent.

Caution:
Changing the priority or replacing the functionality of a built-in agent is an advanced operation. Be sure that you completely understand the changes you're making.

Looking for other management tasks related to managing cmdlet extension agents? Check out Managing Cmdlet Extension Agents.

Use the Shell to change the priority of a cmdlet extension agent

You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure. To see what permissions you need, see the "Cmdlet extension agents" entry in the Exchange and Shell Infrastructure Permissions topic.

Note:
You can't use the EMC to change the priority of a cmdlet extension agent.

Agents are ordered from 0 to the maximum number of agents. The closer to zero the agent is, the higher the priority of the agent. Agents with a higher priority are called first. For more information about agent priorities, see Understanding Cmdlet Extension Agents.

This example changes the priority of a cmdlet extension agent by using the Set-CmdletExtensionAgent cmdlet. In this example, the priority of the Scripting Agent is changed to 3.

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Set-CmdletExtensionAgent "Scripting Agent" -Priority 3

For detailed syntax and parameter information, see Set-CmdletExtensionAgent.

Other Tasks

After you change the priority of a cmdlet extension agent, you may also want to: