Using the help system
The Exchange Management Shell includes over 600 cmdlets, each with a set of multiple parameters. For instance, the New-Mailbox cmdlet accepts up to 50 parameters, and the Set-Mailbox cmdlet has over 120 available parameters. It's safe to say that even the most experienced PowerShell expert would be at a disadvantage without a good help system. In this recipe, we'll take a look at how to get help in the Exchange Management Shell.
How to do it...
To get help information for a cmdlet, type Get-Help, followed by the cmdlet name. For example, to get help information about the Get-Mailbox cmdlet, run the following command:
Get-Help Get-Mailbox -full
How it works...
When running Get-Help for a cmdlet, a synopsis and description for ...
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