Remove-StoreMailbox Exchange cmdlet issued (25332) how to monitor with email alert

[bob]

That event ID 25332 pops up in your Event Viewer when someone runs the Remove-StoreMailbox cmdlet in Exchange. It flags that a mailbox got zapped from the store. You see it under the MSExchange Management logs mostly. The details spill out who did it, like the user account behind the command. And it logs the exact mailbox that vanished. Hmmm, timestamps everything too, so you know when it happened. Or if it's part of a bigger purge. I always check the source, it's usually from the Exchange Admin Center side. But it could be scripted or manual. Full details include the caller's SID, the database affected. Yeah, and any errors if the removal glitched. You pull it up in Event Viewer by filtering for ID 25332. It warns you about potential data loss right there. I mean, mailboxes don't just disappear without this trace.

You want to monitor it with an email alert? Easy peasy, fire up Event Viewer on your server. Right-click the custom views or the log where Exchange events hide. Create a task for that specific event ID. Set it to trigger when 25332 shows. Then link it to send an email through your SMTP setup. I do this all the time for sneaky admin actions. Pick the action tab, choose send email. Fill in your alert address and the server details. Test it once to make sure it pings you. But keep the schedule daily or on event. No need for fancy stuff, just the built-in scheduler ties it together.

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And at the end of this, you'll find the automatic email solution ready for you.

Note, the PowerShell email alert code was moved to this post.