When we originally imported mail contacts from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007 the alias changed from "first name initial last name" to "first name last name" EX: JSmith to JohnSmith Is there a powershell command that I can run to change all Mail Contacts alias's to first name initial last name? EX: jsmith I have no clue how to do anything in power shell so please provide the actual command that I can run to change all Mail Contact alias's (not mailbox users) to "first name initial lastname" that would be great. Thank you!

It would be better for you to learn PowerShell because few of us are willing to compose a script or command and hand it to you without testing and without feeling confident that you would know what to do with it.-- Ed Crowley MVP"There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral problems.". "TechInMD" wrote in message news:de48ca40-7150-457a-bbe2-eec2d265f287... When we originally imported mail contacts from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007 the alias changed from "first name initial last name" to "first name last name" EX: JSmith to JohnSmith Is there a powershell command that I can run to change all Mail Contacts alias's to first name initial last name? EX: jsmith I have no clue how to do anything in power shell so please provide the actual command that I can run to change all Mail Contact alias's (not mailbox users) to "first name initial lastname" that would be great. Thank you! Ed Crowley MVP "There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral problems."

Hi, For your reference: create a csv file, eg: c:\contact.csv Name, NewAlias John Smith, JSmith . , . . , . Run the cmdlet Import-csv "c:\contact.csv" | foreach {Get-MailContact - Identity $_.Name | Set-MailContact -Alias $_.NewAlias} Frank Wang

Ed, Interesting comment?!? Not the response I was expecting from a MS support forum. I will try to fit that into my training schedule. After 15 years in IT and certifications in Cisco, Microsoft, VMWare, and using them all on a daily basis I think it fits within my intellectual capacity to verify a script. Plus, I would test it in a development environment first. Thank goodness for virtualization. I am posting a question I have seen stated differently in many other forums. Do me a favor...please don't reply to my posts anymore. TechinMD

Thank you Frank! Worked like a charm!