Dist groups not showing up on 2013 after import of AD dist group from 2003 to 2008 r2
Did a recent migration to 2013 exchange server, the distribution groups are not showing up though. Old ad was 2003 and new one is 2008 r2. Is there something i need to run on exchange server so the AD dist groups start showing up on the exchange server. The users are showing up fine, but not the dist. groups. thanks
June 2nd, 2013 1:22pm

I wanted to update, that if i create new dist group in exchange it shows up fine in the AD, but if i create new dist group in ad its not showing up in exchange. I thought it was supposed to be both ways ? Also a users member of is not showing up in Exchange but is in AD.
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June 2nd, 2013 2:04pm

Hi, You didn't mention how you imported the groups, but what you need to do is to mailenable them. Make sure they are of type "Universal" and then you can run Enable-Distributiongroup in Exchange Management Shell (EMS) Example: Enable-DistributionGroup -Id "Group Name" Martina Miskovic
June 2nd, 2013 2:41pm

using LDIFDE tool , and nope i have not run that command will give it a try. And the old and new dist groups are all universal type.
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June 2nd, 2013 3:23pm

thanks man that worked, but why do I have to enable the groups each time I create them via AD ? should dist groups be created via exchange only ? Because even the new groups I make in AD do not show up in dist. list. on exchange.
June 2nd, 2013 3:28pm

Creating a group in AD, doesn't give it the attributes needed to become a recipient in Exchange, so Yes you need to do that with Exchange Tools (EAC or EMS).Martina Miskovic
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June 2nd, 2013 3:36pm

Interesting we have ad 2003 and 2007 exchange and if i recall correctly had to create dist group on either side, so if we created dist group in AD it still showed up in exchange i think (not too sure i still have old servers up so will give that a go to see if hat it was the case before 2013) thanks go started my mailbox imports now. So hopefully it will all be good tomorrow.
June 2nd, 2013 4:00pm

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