while((get-moverequest -MoveStatus InProgress) -ne $null) {get-moverequest -MoveStatus InProgress | Get-MoveRequestStatistics; start-sleep -s 5}
But I thought it would be cool to have a GUI progress bar so I did a little Googling and found two articles that combined provided me with what I needed and I used my free time to build a cool script that my client can use for their migrations.
Using the code from the first article created the window and progress bar just fine but it wouldn't update. The second article provided the key to getting it working properly using a Timer. Without further ado, here is the final code to pop up a progress bar for an Exchange mailbox move. Although it does lock up the Powershell window while it's running, and you have to launch it from an Exchange Powershell, you can't just right click and say Open With Powershell. Maybe I'll update this in the future.
[CmdletBinding()]
param(
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string]$Username
)
Add-Type -assembly System.Windows.Forms
$mb = Get-MoveRequest $Username
$Title = "Mailbox Move Progress: $($mb.DisplayName)"
$height=100
$width=400
$color = "White"
$form1 = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Form
$form1.Text = $title
$form1.Height = $height
$form1.Width = $width
$form1.BackColor = $color
$form1.FormBorderStyle = [System.Windows.Forms.FormBorderStyle]::FixedSingle
$form1.StartPosition = [System.Windows.Forms.FormStartPosition]::CenterScreen
$label1 = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.Label
$label1.Text = "not started"
$label1.Left=5
$label1.Top= 10
$label1.Width= $width - 20
$label1.Height=15
$label1.Font= "Verdana"
$form1.controls.add($label1)
$progressBar1 = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.ProgressBar
$progressBar1.Name = 'progressBar1'
$progressBar1.Value = 0
$progressBar1.Style="Continuous"
$System_Drawing_Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size
$System_Drawing_Size.Width = $width - 40
$System_Drawing_Size.Height = 20
$progressBar1.Size = $System_Drawing_Size
$progressBar1.Left = 5
$progressBar1.Top = 40
$form1.Controls.Add($progressBar1)
$label1.text="Preparing to analyze $($mb.DisplayName)"
$form1.Refresh()
start-sleep -Seconds 1
Function GetPct {
if((Get-MoveRequest -Identity $Username).Status -eq "InProgress") {
[int]$pct = (Get-MoveRequestStatistics $Username).PercentComplete
$progressbar1.Value = $pct
$label1.text="$($mb.DisplayName) Progress: $pct %"
#Write-Host $pct
$form1.Refresh()
} else {
$timer.enabled = $false
Write-Host "Move complete, please close window when ready."
}
}
$timer = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Timer
$timer.Interval = 5000
$timer.add_Tick({
GetPct
})
if((Get-MoveRequest -Identity $Username).Status -eq "InProgress") {
$timer.Enabled = $true
$timer.Start()
$form1.Add_Shown({$form1.Activate()})
$form1.ShowDialog()
} else {
Write-Host "Move is $($mb.Status) for $($mb.DisplayName)"
}
