Call Exchange Powershell Commands from C# using minimal module definitions only

ExchangePowershellQuery.cs

static readonly SerializationTypeConverter Converter = new SerializationTypeConverter();
static readonly Command SelectSerializationDataCommand = new Command("Select-Object") { Parameters = { { "Property", "SerializationData" } } };
static IEnumerable<T> ExchangeSerializerCastTo<T>(IEnumerable<object> results) => results.Where(x => Converter.CanConvertFrom(x, typeof(T)))
                    .Select(x => Converter.ConvertFrom(x, typeof(T), CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, false))
                    .OfType<T>();
void Main()
{
    var state = InitialSessionState.CreateDefault2();

    //Exchange2010SP3.psm1 was created using `Export-PSSession -OutputModule Exchange2010SP3 -CommandName *` command
    //Of course you can use it with any exchange version (provided you have compatible module definition or export another one)
    //We only need this bit to able to call commands like Get-Mailbox from the session
    state.ImportPSModule(new[] { Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(typeof(Mailbox).Assembly.Location), "Exchange2010SP3.psm1") });

    using (var runspace = RunspaceFactory.CreateRunspace(state))
    {
        try
        {
            runspace.Open();

            //Voodoo to pull error from powershell instance - otherwise things will die quietly without a trace
            var errors = (runspace.SessionStateProxy.PSVariable.Get("Error").Value as ArrayList)
                            .OfType<ErrorRecord>()
                            .Select(x => x.Exception)
                            .ToArray();

            if (errors.Length > 0)
                errors.Dump("Errors while loading module", 1);

            using (var pipeline = runspace.CreatePipeline())
            {
                //If we wanted to pull entire exchange mailbox db, you'd leave parameters empty like in powershell - not recommended of course!
                pipeline.Commands.Add(new Command("Get-MailBox") { Parameters = { { "Identity", "[email protected]" } } });
                pipeline.Commands.Add(SelectSerializationDataCommand);

                var results = pipeline.Invoke();

                if (pipeline.HadErrors)
                {
                    pipeline.Error.ReadToEnd()
                        .OfType<PSObject>()
                        .Select(x => x.BaseObject)
                        .OfType<ErrorRecord>()
                        .Select(x => x.Exception)
                        .Dump("Errors during last invoke", 1);
                    return;
                }

                ExchangeSerializerCastTo<Mailbox>(results).Dump(2);
            }
        }
        //We *must* close the runspace no matter what else happens otherwise we're going to run out
        //of runspace handles on remote server and get stuck
        finally { runspace.Close(); }
    }
}

Linqpad References & Nugets.xml

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<Query Kind="Program">
  <Reference Relative="ExchangeModuleLibs\Exchange2010SP3.psm1">D:\ExchangeModuleLibs\Exchange2010SP3.psm1</Reference>
  <Reference Relative="ExchangeModuleLibs\Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Directory.dll">D:\ExchangeModuleLibs\Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Directory.dll</Reference>
  <Reference Relative="ExchangeModuleLibs\Microsoft.Exchange.Data.dll">D:\ExchangeModuleLibs\Microsoft.Exchange.Data.dll</Reference>
  <GACReference>System.Management.Automation, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35</GACReference>
  <Namespace>Microsoft.Exchange.Data</Namespace>
  <Namespace>Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Directory.Management</Namespace>
  <Namespace>System.Globalization</Namespace>
  <Namespace>System.Management.Automation</Namespace>
  <Namespace>System.Management.Automation.Runspaces</Namespace>
</Query>

thank you!