Import-CSAnnouncementFile

Import-CSAnnouncementFile
    [-Parent] <String>
    -FileName <String>
    -Content <Byte[]>
    [-Force]
    [-WhatIf]
    [-Confirm]
    [<CommonParameters>]

This cmdlet imports an audio file as a byte array to the Announcement service audio library. This makes the file available for playback as an announcement for unassigned numbers.

Running this cmdlet imports the audio file to the library. After the file has been imported, the file can be used in an announcement by calling the New-CsAnnouncement cmdlet or the Set-CsAnnouncement cmdlet and passing the file name and associated service as parameters. At that point the New-CsUnassignedNumber or Set-CsUnassignedNumber cmdlet can be called to assign the announcement to a specific range of numbers.

Imported files must be WAV or WMA files.

$a = [System.IO.File]::ReadAllBytes('.\GreetingFile.wav')

Import-CsAnnouncementFile -Parent ApplicationServer:redmond.litwareinc.com -FileName "WelcomeMessage.wav" -Content $a

These commands import an audio file into the Announcement service File Store. Because audio files must be imported as byte arrays, we first need to retrieve the audio file as an array of individual bytes. We assign that array to the variable $a.

In the second line we call the Import-CsAnnouncementFile cmdlet to actually import the file. We pass the service Identity ApplicationServer:redmond.litwareinc.com to the Parent parameter, then we pass a name to the FileName parameter (WelcomeMessage.wav). This can be any valid Windows operating system file name, but it should end with a .wav or .wma extension. Finally, we pass the variable $a as the value to the Content parameter to read in our byte array.

Import-CsAnnouncementFile -Parent ApplicationServer:redmond.litwareinc.com -FileName "WelcomeMessage.wav" -Content ([System.IO.File]::ReadAllBytes('.\GreetingFile.wav'))

Example 2 is identical to Example 1 except that we included the command inside parentheses as a value to the Content parameter rather than calling that command on its own and assigning it to a variable.

[System.IO.File]::ReadAllBytes('.\GreetingFile.wav') | Import-CsAnnouncementFile -Parent ApplicationServer:redmond.litwareinc.com -FileName "WelcomeMessage.wav"

Example 3 is yet another variation of Example 1. The difference in this example is that rather than use the Content parameter, we first call the command to read the file, then pipe the results to Import-CsAnnouncementFile. This is the most reliable way of importing an announcement file from a remote session.

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutBuffer, -OutVariable, -PipelineVariable, -ProgressAction, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

Accepts a byte array from an audio file. Byte array must be piped as a single record. See Example 3.

This cmdlet does not return a value.