I have to create some DDG's in Exchange 2007 SP1 and I am looking for tips on how to construct the RecipientFilter portion of the New-DynamicDistributionGroup command. DDG should have all of the the first 4 items and then either of the Office locations. RecipientType -eq UserMailbox Company -like '*Technology*' DisplayName -notlike 'zz*' Description -notlike '*vendor*' Office -like 'NY*' -or Office -like 'NJ*'

You can go thru below article to get some idea about How to create OPTAH Syntax. Need help converting your LDAP filters to OPATH: http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2007/03/12/436983.aspx OPATH recipient filtering for Exchange Server 2007 : http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2007/01/10/432143.aspx Anil

On Fri, 4 Mar 2011 20:06:25 +0000, davrion wrote: > > >I have to create some DDG's in Exchange 2007 SP1 and I am looking for tips on how to construct the RecipientFilter portion of the New-DynamicDistributionGroup command. > > > >DDG should have all of the the first 4 items and then either of the Office locations. > > With the exception of the "Description", the syntax should look soething like this: RecipientType -eq UserMailbox -and Company -like '*Technology*' -and DisplayName -notlike 'zz*' -and (Office -like 'NY*' -or Office -like 'NJ*') "Description" is not a filterable property. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb738155(EXCHG.80).aspx --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP

Do I need more parentheses within the RecipientFilter string? I am getting the error below: "New-DynamicDistributionGroup : Cannot bind parameter 'RecipientFilter' to the target. Exception setting "RecipientFilter": "Invalid filter syntax." –RecipientFilter {RecipientType -eq UserMailbox -and Company -like '*Technology*' -and DisplayName -notlike 'zz*' -and (Office -like 'NY*' -or Office -like 'NJ*')}

On Mon, 7 Mar 2011 20:39:10 +0000, davrion wrote: >Do I need more parentheses within the RecipientFilter string? I am getting the error below: No, you just need to put quotes around "UserMailbox". --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP

That did the trick! Rich and Anil, thank you for the help!