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Set-MsmqQueueManager

Configures the queue manager.

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Last verified: 2026-10-26

Microsoft MSMQ reference: Configures the queue manager. 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.

Set-MsmqQueueManager [-RenewEncryptionKey] [-MsgStore <String>] [-MsgLogStore <String>]
 [-TransactionLogStore <String>] [-MessageQuota <Int64>] [-JournalQuota <Int64>] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm]
 [<CommonParameters>]

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Required permissions

Use an account with the target resource permissions documented for Set-MsmqQueueManager. Modifying administrative cmdlets may require elevation or delegated administration. This catalog does not assert that ordinary users can execute the command.

Supported environments

Windows / MSMQ · Windows Server 2025 documentation; feature/module prerequisites apply

Parameters

-Confirm: Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.
-Connect: Indicates that this cmdlet connects the computer to the network and to the directory service. If you specify this parameter, you cannot specify the *Disconnect* parameter.
-Disconnect: Indicates that this cmdlet disconnects the computer from the network and from the directory service. If you specify this parameter, you cannot specify the *Connect* parameter.
-JournalQuota: Specifies the total Journal Message Storage quota for Message Queuing.
-MessageQuota: Specifies the total Message Storage quota for Message Queuing.
-MsgLogStore: Indicates that this cmdlet changes the message logger storage location and moves over all the message logger files to the new location.
-MsgStore: Specifies a new message storage location. The cmdlet moves all the message files to the new location.
-RenewEncryptionKey: Indicates that this cmdlet renews the public encryption key.
-TransactionLogStore: Specifies a new transaction logger storage location. This cmdlet moves all the transaction logger files to the new location.
-WhatIf: Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.

Prerequisites

Windows with the MSMQ 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: Configure the queue manager

Set-MsmqQueueManager -MessageQuota 2048576 -MsgStore "C:\MSMQ\MessageFiles" -TransactionLogStore "C:\MSMQ\TransactionLogs"

This command configures properties of the Message Queuing queue manager. Source: Microsoft, CC BY 4.0; transcript prompt/output removed. This example was not executed.

Sources

https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/windows-powershell-docs/blob/b7645dd8c687139b28e845119da30ec670526507/docset/winserver2025-ps/MSMQ/Set-MsmqQueueManager.md

https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/msmq/set-msmqqueuemanager?view=windowsserver2025-ps

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