I've tried these two variations of the New-MailboxSearch command, but create a prompt I can't seem to suppress.

Try1:

New-365MailboxSearch-Name$iphName-SourceMailboxes$DisabledMailbox.PrimarySMTPAddress -InPlaceHoldEnabled$true-ItemHoldPeriodUnlimited-EstimateOnly-Confirm:$false

Try2:

New-365MailboxSearch -Name $iphName -SourceMailboxes $DisabledMailbox.PrimarySMTPAddress -InPlaceHoldEnabled $true -ItemHoldPeriod Unlimited -EstimateOnly -Confirm: $false -Force

Error:

An empty search will return all items in the source mailbox. If you don't want to copy all the items from the source mailbox, specify additional parameters to narrow the search.

Any thoughts?

• Moved by Jason Johnston [MSFT]Microsoft employee Monday, June 08, 2015 3:05 PM Not a development question.

Hi,

Please post the entire script for us to help you.

And try to use the following command to specific value of Name and SourceMailboxes parameter.

New-MailboxSearch Name Test SourceMailboxes User@domain.com InPlaceHoldEnabled $true ItemHoldPeriod Unlimited EstimateOnly -Confirm:$false

Best Regards.

Thanks for the reply, but it's not the name that's the problem.  When I try to put a mailbox into In Place Hold with no search parameters, I can't suppress the prompt that says:

"An empty search will return all items in the source mailbox. If you don't want to copy all the items from the source mailbox, specify additional parameters to narrow the search."

I get this with -confirm:$false and -force making it not possible to automate as the prompt requires human intervention.

You're trying to put this in a script?  Have you tried putting a "Y" by itself on the next line?