Get-VETPost

Short Description

Returns Microsoft Teams team channel posts.

Applies to

Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365

Product Edition: Community, Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, Veeam Universal License

Syntax

This cmdlet provides parameter sets that allow you to:

Get posts from a channel.

Get-VETPost -Channel <VETChannel> [-Query <string>] [-Recurse] [<CommonParameters>]

Get posts under the specified parent post.

Get-VETPost -ParentPost <VETPost> [-Query <string>] [-Recurse] [<CommonParameters>]

Get posts from an organization.

Get-VETPost -Organization <VETOrganization[]> [-Query <string>] [<CommonParameters>]

Get posts from a team.

Get-VETPost -Team <VETTeam> [-Query <string>] [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet returns posts published in Microsoft Teams team channels. You can get parent and child posts from the following backed-up sources:

Microsoft 365 organization
Microsoft Teams team
Microsoft Teams channel

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Type	Required	Position	Accept Pipeline Input
Channel	Specifies a Microsoft Teams team channel. The cmdlet will return posts from this channel.	Accepts the VETChannel object. To get this object, run the Get-VETChannel cmdlet.	True	Named	True (ByValue)
ParentPost	Specifies a parent post. The cmdlet will return child posts of this parent post.	Accepts the VETPost object. To get this object, run the Get-VETPost cmdlet.	True	Named	True (ByValue)
Organization	Specifies an organization. The cmdlet will return posts from this organization.	Accepts the VETOrganization[] object. To get this object, run the Get-VETOrganization cmdlet.	True	Named	True (ByValue)
Team	Specifies a Microsoft Teams team. This cmdlet will return posts from this team.	Accepts the VETTeam object. To get this object, run the Get-VETTeam cmdlet.	True	Named	True (ByValue)
Query	Specifies a query string for post search. The cmdlet will return posts that match the search query from the specified organization, team, channel or parent post.	String	False	Named	False
Recurse	Defines that the cmdlet will return the specified parent post and all of its child posts.	SwitchParameter	False	Named	False

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information on common parameters, see the About CommonParameters section of Microsoft Docs.

Output Object

The cmdlet returns the VETPost object that contains Microsoft Teams posts.

Examples

Get-VETPost Example 1. Getting Posts from Channel

This example shows how to get all posts from the General channel.

$session = Get-VBOTeamsItemRestoreSession

$org = Get-VETOrganization -Session $session -Name "ABC*"

$team = Get-VETTeam -Organization $org -DisplayName "IT"

$channel = Get-VETChannel -Team $team -DisplayName "General"

Get-VETPost -Channel $channel

Perform the following steps:

Get the channel:

Run the Get-VBOTeamsItemRestoreSession cmdlet. Save the result to the $session variable.
Run the Get-VETOrganization cmdlet. Set the $session variable as the Session parameter value. Specify the Name parameter value. Use the * wildcard character to substitute the timestamp. Save the result to the $org variable.
Run the Get-VETTeam cmdlet. Set the $org variable as the Organization parameter value. Specify the DisplayName parameter value. Save the result to the $team variable.
Run the Get-VETChannel cmdlet. Set the $team variable as the Team parameter value. Specify the DisplayName parameter value. Save the result to the $channel variable.

Run the Get-VETPost cmdlet. Set the $channel variable as the Channel parameter value.

Get-VETPost Example 2. Getting Posts from Parent Post

This example shows how to get channel posts under the Announcement parent post.

$session = Get-VBOTeamsItemRestoreSession

$org = Get-VETOrganization -Session $session -Name "ABC*"

$post = Get-VETPost -Organization $org -Query "subject: announcement"

Get-VETPost -ParentPost $post

Perform the following steps:

Get the parent post:

Run the Get-VBOTeamsItemRestoreSession cmdlet. Save the result to the $session variable.
Run the Get-VETOrganization cmdlet. Set the $session variable as the Session parameter value. Specify the Name parameter value. Use the * wildcard character to substitute the timestamp. Save the result to the $org variable.
Run the Get-VETPost cmdlet. Set the $org variable as the Organization parameter value. Specify the Query parameter value. Save the result to the $post variable.

Run the Get-VETPost cmdlet. Set the $post variable as the ParentPost parameter value.

Get-VETPost Example 3 Getting Posts from Organization

This example shows how to get channel posts from the ABC organization.

$session = Get-VBOTeamsItemRestoreSession

$org = Get-VETOrganization -Session $session -Name "ABC*"

Get-VETPost -Organization $org

Perform the following steps:

Get the organization:

Run the Get-VBOTeamsItemRestoreSession cmdlet. Save the result to the $session variable.
Run the Get-VETOrganization cmdlet. Set the $session variable as the Session parameter value. Specify the Name parameter value. Use the * wildcard character to substitute the timestamp. Save the result to the $org variable.

Run the Get-VETPost cmdlet. Set the $org variable as the Organization parameter value.

Get-VETPost Example 4. Getting Posts from Team

This example shows how to get channel posts from the IT team.

$session = Get-VBOTeamsItemRestoreSession

$org = Get-VETOrganization -Session $session -Name "ABC*"

$team = Get-VETTeam -Organization $org -DisplayName "IT"

Get-VETPost -Team $team

Perform the following steps:

Get the team:

Run the Get-VBOTeamsItemRestoreSession cmdlet. Save the result to the $session variable.
Run the Get-VETOrganization cmdlet. Set the $session variable as the Session parameter value. Specify the Name parameter value. Use the * wildcard character to substitute the timestamp. Save the result to the $org variable.
Run the Get-VETTeam cmdlet. Set the $org variable as the Organization parameter value. Specify the DisplayName parameter value. Save the result to the $team variable.

Run the Get-VETPost cmdlet. Set the $team variable as the Team parameter value.

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