• Estimated time to complete each procedure: less than 5 minutes
  
  
• You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure or procedures. To see what permissions you need, see the "Remote Shell" entry in the Exchange and Shell Infrastructure Permissions topic.
  
  
• To use remote Shell, users must be a member of a management role group or be directly assigned a management role that enables the user to run Exchange cmdlets. For more information about role groups and management roles, see Permissions.
  
  
• You must use the Shell to perform these procedures.
  
  
• For information about keyboard shortcuts that may apply to the procedures in this topic, see Keyboard Shortcuts in the Exchange Admin Center.
  
  

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Enable remote Shell for a user

To enable remote Shell for a user, set the RemotePowerShellEnabled parameter to $True on the Set-User cmdlet. This example enables remote Shell for the user David.

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Set-User David -RemotePowerShellEnabled $True

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

After you enable remote Shell for a user, you may also want to:

• Manage Role Group Members
  
  
• Open the Shell
  
  

Disable remote Shell for a user

To disable remote Shell for a user, set the RemotePowerShellEnabled parameter to $False on the Set-User cmdlet. This example disables remote Shell for the user David.

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Set-User David -RemotePowerShellEnabled $False

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