Wiping active Sync devices

Question

I am trying to create a custom command that will wipe the users phones. The it seems the power shell is not taking the Variable %username%. Please see below

Import-Module Adaxes
Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.Exchange.Management.PowerShell.E2010
Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.Exchange.Management.Powershell.Support
$Target = %username%
Get-ActiveSyncDeviceStatistics -Mailbox $Target | foreach { Clear-ActiveSyncDevice $_.Identity -Confirm }

IS there and way to get it to take "$Target" in ther Get command?

Answer 1

Hello, you need to enclose the %username% value reference in double quotes. Also, there's no need to import the Adaxes PowerShell module since you are not using any of its cmdlets.

Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.Exchange.Management.PowerShell.E2010
Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.Exchange.Management.Powershell.Support
$Target = "%username%"
Get-ActiveSyncDeviceStatistics -Mailbox $Target | foreach { Clear-ActiveSyncDevice $_.Identity }

Comments

Ok that seems to work with the "" Thank you . Now i am getting this error, "Cannot invoke this function because the current host does not implement it." Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

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The issue is in the -Confirm parameter. It forces the Clear-ActiveSyncDevice cmdlet to show a confirmation before wiping ActiVeSync devices, however Adaxes Custom Commands, Business Rules and Scheduled Tasks do not support prompting for confirmation from PowerShell scripts. Removing this switch will resolve the issue (see the updated script in the post above).