Applies to: Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Online

Topic Last Modified: 2013-01-11

Use the Get-MailboxRegionalConfiguration cmdlet to retrieve regional settings such as time zone, time format, date, and language settings for a specified mailbox.

For information about the parameter sets in the Syntax section below, see Syntax.

Syntax


`Get-MailboxRegionalConfiguration -Identity <MailboxIdParameter> [-DomainController <Fqdn>] [-VerifyDefaultFolderNameLanguage <SwitchParameter>]`

Examples

EXAMPLE 1

This example retrieves regional settings for Tony's mailbox.

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Get-MailboxRegionalConfiguration -Identity tony

EXAMPLE 2

This example retrieves regional settings for Tony's mailbox, requesting information from the domain controller closest to Tony's mailbox.

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Get-MailboxRegionalConfiguration -Identity tony -DomainController "DC1"

EXAMPLE 3

This example, in addition to returning regional settings for Tony's mailbox, indicates whether the default folder names of the mailbox are localized in the locale selected for the mailbox.

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Get-MailboxRegionalConfiguration -Identity tony -VerifyDefaultFolderNameLanguage $true

Detailed Description

You need to be assigned permissions before you can run this cmdlet. Although all parameters for this cmdlet are listed in this topic, you may not have access to some parameters if they're not included in the permissions assigned to you. To see what permissions you need, see the "Message configuration" entry in the Recipients Permissions topic.

Parameters

Parameter Required Type Description

Parameter	Required	Type	Description
Identity	Required	Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.MailboxIdParameter	The Identity parameter identifies the mailbox. You can use one of the following values: GUID Distinguished name (DN) Domain\Account User principal name (UPN) LegacyExchangeDN SmtpAddress Alias
DomainController	Optional	Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Fqdn	The DomainController parameter specifies the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the domain controller that retrieves data from Active Directory.
VerifyDefaultFolderNameLanguage	Optional	System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter	If the VerifyDefaultFolderNameLanguage parameter is set to `$true`, the DefaultFolderNameMatchingUserLanguage property returned by the task indicates whether the mailbox default folder names are localized with the language specified for the mailbox. If this parameter isn't specified, the property isn't returned by the task. This parameter can only be used by the mailbox owner. If a non-mailbox owner tries to run the command on the mailbox with this parameter, an error is reported. The default value is `$false`.

Identity

Required

Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.MailboxIdParameter

The Identity parameter identifies the mailbox. You can use one of the following values:

GUID
Distinguished name (DN)
Domain\Account
User principal name (UPN)
LegacyExchangeDN
SmtpAddress
Alias

DomainController

Optional

Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Fqdn

The DomainController parameter specifies the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the domain controller that retrieves data from Active Directory.

VerifyDefaultFolderNameLanguage

Optional

System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter

If the VerifyDefaultFolderNameLanguage parameter is set to $true, the DefaultFolderNameMatchingUserLanguage property returned by the task indicates whether the mailbox default folder names are localized with the language specified for the mailbox. If this parameter isn't specified, the property isn't returned by the task. This parameter can only be used by the mailbox owner. If a non-mailbox owner tries to run the command on the mailbox with this parameter, an error is reported. The default value is $false.

Input Types

To see the input types that this cmdlet accepts, see Cmdlet Input and Output Types. If the Input Type field for a cmdlet is blank, the cmdlet doesn’t accept input data.

Return Types

To see the return types, which are also known as output types, that this cmdlet accepts, see Cmdlet Input and Output Types. If the Output Type field is blank, the cmdlet doesn’t return data.