Exchange 2010 - Check if Mailbox Exists using C# and Remote PowerShell
The following is an example on how to use C# to check if exchange mailboxes exist in Exchange 2010 using remote PowerShell.
Imports, not all are used in the example function below:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.DirectoryServices;
using System.EnterpriseServices;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Security;
using System.Management.Automation;
using System.Management.Automation.Runspaces;
using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
using ActiveDs;
using System.Net;
using System.Security.Principal;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
using System.Security.AccessControl;
/// <summary>
// Returns true or false if a mailbox is found to be associated with the given system (domain) account.
// </summary>
/// <param name="system">The domain of the account</param>
/// <param name="userid">The account name (samAccountName)</param>
/// <param name="exchangeRemoteServer">The URL for exchange powershell: https://exchange.subdomain.domain.org/powershell</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public bool GetMailboxExists(string system, string userid, string exchangeRemoteServer)
{
bool mailboxExists = false;
try
{
// Assumes the process will run with proper priviledges to create mailboxes through powershell.
WSManConnectionInfo connectionInfo = new WSManConnectionInfo(
new Uri(exchangeRemoteServer),
"http://schemas.microsoft.com/powershell/Microsoft.Exchange", // This shouldn't change
PSCredential.Empty
);
// Skip Certificate Verification
connectionInfo.SkipCACheck = true;
connectionInfo.SkipCNCheck = true;
connectionInfo.SkipRevocationCheck = true;
connectionInfo.AuthenticationMechanism = AuthenticationMechanism.NegotiateWithImplicitCredential;
using (Runspace runspace = RunspaceFactory.CreateRunspace(connectionInfo))
{
using (PowerShell powershell = PowerShell.Create())
{
StringBuilder psScript = new StringBuilder("");
psScript.AppendLine("Set-ADServerSettings -ViewEntireForest $true");
psScript.AppendLine("[bool](Get-Mailbox -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -Identity \"{0}\\{1}\" )");
powershell.AddScript(string.Format(psScript.ToString(), system, userid));
runspace.Open();
powershell.Runspace = runspace;
Collection<PSObject> results = powershell.Invoke();
if (results != null)
{
if (results.Count > 0)
{
mailboxExists = (bool)results[0].BaseObject;
}
else
{
mailboxExists = false;
}
}
}
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
// Log your errors!
}
return mailboxExists;
}