Applies to: Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Online

Topic Last Modified: 2012-06-25

Use the Get-ManagementScope cmdlet to return a list of management scopes.

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

Syntax


`Get-ManagementScope [-Identity <ManagementScopeIdParameter>] [-DomainController <Fqdn>] [-Exclusive <$true \| $false>] [-Organization <OrganizationIdParameter>] [-Orphan <SwitchParameter>]`

Examples

EXAMPLE 1

This example retrieves all the management scopes that start with the string Redmond.

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Get-ManagementScope Redmond*

EXAMPLE 2

This example retrieves the Redmond Servers Scope using the Get-ManagementScope cmdlet and pipes the output to the Format-List cmdlet. For more information about the Format-List cmdlet, see Working with Command Output.

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Get-ManagementScope "Redmond Servers Scope" \| Format-List

EXAMPLE 3

This example retrieves a list of management scopes that aren't associated with any role assignments.

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Get-ManagementScope -Orphan

EXAMPLE 4

This example retrieves a list of exclusive scopes.

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Get-ManagementScope -Exclusive $True

Detailed Description

You can retrieve one scope or many, retrieve only scopes that aren't associated with management role assignments, or retrieve scopes that are exclusive or regular scopes.

For more information about regular and exclusive scopes, see Understanding Management Role Scopes.

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 "Management scopes" entry in the Role Management Permissions topic.

Parameters

Parameter	Required	Type	Description
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.
Exclusive	Optional	System.Boolean	The Exclusive parameter specifies whether exclusive scopes should be returned. If the Exclusive parameter isn't specified, regular scopes and exclusive scopes are returned. If the Exclusive parameter is set to `$True`, only exclusive scopes are returned. If the Exclusive parameter is set to `$False`, only regular scopes are returned. The valid values are `$True` and `$False`.
Identity	Optional	Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.ManagementScopeIdParameter	The Identity parameter specifies the name of the management scope to return. If the management scope name contains spaces, enclose it in quotation marks (").
Organization	Optional	Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.OrganizationIdParameter	The Organization parameter is reserved for internal Microsoft use.
Orphan	Optional	System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter	The Orphan parameter returns only the management scopes that aren't associated with role assignments.

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.