Use Powershell script to disable mailboxes

Why do it the hard way instead of the easy way,  imagine you’ve got several mailboxes which you would like to disable and you’ve got them listed in a CSV file. Why shouldn’t you use Powershell to do this.

Save the script below in the Exchange 2007 scripts directory:

dismb.ps1

Param(
  
[string] $CSVFile
  
)
  
Import-CSV $CSVFile | ForEach-Object -Process {disable-Mailbox $_.Name}

Execute it via Powershell by typing the following .\dismbps1 “c:\csvfile.csv”

The script will open the CSV you will give as a parameter when executing the command and will take read the column Name.

A warning will be displayed which asks you to confirm the changes you want. When acknowleding the alarm the mailboxes will be disabled.