Using PowerShell for Configuration Tasks

For administrators who prefer to do all their configuration tasks through PowerShell, Lync Server 2010 supports the capability to read and modify the archive policy and archive configuration through cmdlets:

Get-CsArchivingConfiguration
Identity                   :Global
EnableArchiving            :ImAndWebConf
EnablePurging        :True
PurgeExportedArchivesOnly:False
BlockOnArchiveFailure      :True
KeepArchivingDataForDays   :14

These cmdlets can be modified through Set-CsArchivingConfiguration. For example, the following cmdlet updates the archive retention period to 15 days.

Set-CsArchivingConfiguration –Identity Global –KeepArchivingDataForDays 15

For the policy, use Get-CsArchivingPolicy:

Identity                   :Global
Description          :
ArchiveInternal            :True
ArchiveExternal            :True

This cmdlet returns the same set of information for each policy that has been defined.

To modify a policy, use Set-CsArchivingPolicy as shown in the following example:

Set-CsArchivingPolicy –Identity Global –ArchiveExternal:$False