Changes configuration settings for classification.
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Last verified: 2026-10-26
Microsoft FileServerResourceManager reference: Changes configuration settings for classification. The syntax and selected example below are adapted from the pinned Windows Server 2025 reference. Module availability, target configuration and delegated permissions determine whether it can run in your environment. Documentation and parameter text: Microsoft, CC BY 4.0; formatting adapted by Cmdlet World. No execution testing is claimed.
Use an account with the target resource permissions documented for Set-FsrmClassification. Modifying administrative cmdlets may require elevation or delegated administration. This catalog does not assert that ordinary users can execute the command.
Supported environments
Windows / FileServerResourceManager · Windows Server 2025 documentation; feature/module prerequisites apply
Parameters
-AsJob
Runs the cmdlet as a background job. Use this parameter to run commands that take a long time to complete. The cmdlet immediately returns an object that represents the job and then displays the command prompt. You can continue to work in the session while the job completes. To manage the job, use the *-Job cmdlets. To get the job results, use the Receive-Job cmdlet. For more information about Windows PowerShell background jobs, see about_Jobs.
-CimSession
Runs the cmdlet in a remote session or on a remote computer. Enter a computer name or a session object, such as the output of a New-CimSession or Get-CimSession cmdlet. The default is the current session on the local computer.
-Confirm
Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.
-Continuous
Indicates that the server continuously applies classification to files in the background.
-ContinuousLog
Indicates that the server maintains a log of continuous classification activities. You must specify the *Continuous* parameter to log classification activities.
-ContinuousLogSize
Specifies the maximum size of the log that contains continuous classification activity. You must specify the *Continuous* parameter to log classification activities.
-ExcludeNamespace
Specifies an array of strings that contain the list of folders to not include in classification (scheduled or continuous). You can include \[AllVolumes\] in each folder at the start of a path to indicate that the namespace is excluded on all volumes. You can append the string /s to each namespace to exclude all folders and files in that namespace. If /s is not appended to the namespace, only the files in the specified folder are excluded. If one string is \[Default\], the server adds the default values to the exclude namespaces. The boot volume is always excluded regardless of this value.
-InputObject
Specifies the input to this cmdlet. You can use this parameter, or you can pipe the input to this cmdlet.
-PassThru
Returns an object representing the item with which you are working. By default, this cmdlet does not generate any output.
-Schedule
Specifies a File Server Resource Manager (FSRM) scheduled task object that describes the schedule for performing the continuous classification. Use the New-FsrmScheduledTask cmdlet to create a scheduled task object.
-ThrottleLimit
Specifies the maximum number of concurrent operations that can be established to run the cmdlet. If this parameter is omitted or a value of 0 is entered, then Windows PowerShell® calculates an optimum throttle limit for the cmdlet based on the number of CIM cmdlets that are running on the computer. The throttle limit applies only to the current cmdlet, not to the session or to the computer.
-WhatIf
Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.
Prerequisites
Windows with the FileServerResourceManager module and the Windows feature or management tools that provide it. Confirm target connectivity and version compatibility using the linked Microsoft reference.
Security considerations
This cmdlet changes system state. Review every target and parameter in the official reference, test outside production, and prepare an appropriate backup or rollback. Do not execute the example automatically.
Examples
Example 1: Set classification to run continuously
Set-FsrmClassification -Continuous -ContinuousLog
This command sets classification to run continuously and enables the continuous classification log. If you have not previously created a classification schedule, the command results in an error. Source: Microsoft, CC BY 4.0; transcript prompt/output removed. This example was not executed.