We are creating multiple mailboxes from existing users and I just noticed the first batch of 40 users are wrong. The SMTP address is exactly as it should be the email address policy creates the new smtp %råa%räa%röo%rÅa%rÄa%rÖo%g.%s@domain.com and that's just as it should be. But the alias still has scandinavian charachters in it and the alias is GivennameSurname no . between them. Where can I change this before I run the next batch.MCITP Server Administrator Blog: http://www.nixadmins.net

Hi, what do you want the alias to be? I ran some of the same today with scandinavian letters. I wanted to use the username as the alias and smtp and that worked out fine for me. you can see it here what I did: Get-User -OrganizationalUnit "ou=users,dc=domain,dc=local" | ForEach {Enable-Mailbox -identity $_.SamAccountName -Alias $_.samaccountname} /Martin Exchange is a passion not just a collaboration software.

Shouldn't the Alias be the same as the beginging of the smtp address? To make simple an example, say the users name is Dagbert Dönick, our e-mail address policy creates the SMTP:dagbert.donick@domain.com but looking in the EMC under Recipient Configuration - Mailbox he is listed Display name | Alias | Organiz. Unit | Recepient typ | Primary SMTP address Dagbert Dönick | DagbertDönick | Domain.com/OU | User Mailbox | dagbert.donick@domain.com I would like the alias to be dagbert.donick also.MCITP Server Administrator Blog: http://www.nixadmins.net

The alias doesn't have to be the same, but it can be. The standard for Exchange is to take firstname+lastname and make that the alias. /MartinExchange is a passion not just a collaboration software.

I'd like it to be the same since the Alias is used when logging in to the IMAP account. And I'm using ImapSync to move the users from the old linux server to exchange. And the script uses the firstname.lastname for both servers when logging in. I just don't have an idea where in my policy I should edit to get this fixed when our help desk opens multiple accounts in a batch from the EMC. This isn't a problem when you create one box because you can define the Alias when you do, but when opening multiple mailboxes everything goes automatic.MCITP Server Administrator Blog: http://www.nixadmins.net

I fixed it using PowerShell, with Set-Mailbox. And the next batch I'll have the support teams send in as CSV so I can controll the creation of boxes. Using GUI for multiple boxes isn't really effective.MCITP Server Administrator Blog: http://www.nixadmins.net