Hi,

I have tried to get a recipient policy going for Exchange 2013 based on database.  Here is the command and error I get"

New-EmailAddressPolicy -Name 'Students' -EnabledPrimarySMTPAddressTemplates "SMTP:%g.%s@students.olin.edu" -Priority '1' -IncludedRecipients MailboxUsers -RecipientFilter { (Database -eq "CN=Students,CN=Databases,CN=Exchange Administrative Group(FYDIBOHF23SPDLT),CN=AdministrativeGroups,CN=OLIN,CN=Microsoft Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=ADroot,DC=local") }

Parameter set cannot be resolved using the specified named parameters.
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [New-EmailAddressPolicy], ParameterBindingException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : AmbiguousParameterSet,New-EmailAddressPolicy
    + PSComputerName        : ex03.olin.edu

I have tried numerous things and looked around but have yet to determine what is wrong in the syntax above.  Any ideas?

Thanks,

Kurt

According to the documentation:

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124517%28v=exchg.150%29.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396

You can't combine IncludedRecipients and RecipientFilter.  Drop the IncludedRecipients since it's moot, anything with a database is a MailboxUser anyway.

Ed,

I took that out and still get the same error:

[PS] C:\Users\milkyway_adm\Desktop>New-EmailAddressPolicy -Name 'Students' -EnabledPrimarySMTPAddressTemplates "SMTP:%g.%s@students.olin.edu" -Priority '1' -RecipientFilt
er { (Database -eq "CN=Students,CN=Databases,CN=Exchange Administrative Group(FYDIBOHF23SPDLT),CN=AdministrativeGroups,CN=OLIN,CN=Microsoft Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Config
uration,DC=ADroot,DC=local") }
Parameter set cannot be resolved using the specified named parameters.
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [New-EmailAddressPolicy], ParameterBindingException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : AmbiguousParameterSet,New-EmailAddressPolicy
    + PSComputerName        : ex03.olin.edu

Thanks,

Kurt

The syntax looks right.  Are you sure you have the DN correct?  You might try this:

$DN = (Get-MailboxDatabase -Identity Students).DistinguishedName
New-EmailAddressPolicy -Name 'Students' -EnabledPrimarySMTPAddressTemplates "SMTP:%g.%s@students.olin.edu" -Priority '1' -RecipientFilter {(Database -eq $DN)}

Good idea.  However I just tried that and still get the same error.  Would either of these two things be affecting this?  We are running a DAG and we are in co-existence with Exchange 2007.

Thanks, Kurt

New-EmailAddressPolicy -Name 'Students' -EnabledPrimarySMTPAddressTemplates "SMTP:%g.%s@students.olin.edu" -Priority '1' -RecipientFilter {(Database -eq $DN)}
Parameter set cannot be resolved using the specified named parameters.
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [New-EmailAddressPolicy], ParameterBindingException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : AmbiguousParameterSet,New-EmailAddressPolicy
    + PSComputerName        : ex03.olin.edu

Also, if this is supposed to work and the syntax is correct, we need to figure out if this is an issue with a Powershell bug or an actual issue in our environment that is causing this.  I don't suppose someone could run this in a test to verify that it works as intended?  Maybe using the -whatif flag so it doesn't harm anything in your environment.

• Edited by k2009 16 hours 12 minutes ago

The DAG wouldn't make any difference, nor would I think that coexistence would.  Is the domain you're applying an accepted domain?

Looks like there was a syntax error.  -EnabledPrimarySMTPAddressTemplates should not have has the "s" at the end.  That fixed it.

However, although I do see the policy listed in the GUI now, when I go to a mailbox I previously migrated into that database (that got an additional address due to the default recipient policy in Exchange 2013), the recipient policy is not applied.  I have also unchecked the option to apply the email address policy, and then gone back in and reactivated it, and it still inherits the old address.  Is there anything I need to further do to make the policy active? (I did click on Activate in the GUI).

Thanks,

Kurt

You mean e-mail address policy, not recipient policy.  You're showing your age!  Have you run Update-EmailAddressPolicy?

Yes, I have been doing this for awhile :).

If clicking apply with an email address policy highlighted in the GUI is the same thing as Update-EmailAddressPolicy then yes.  I also just tried it from the shell.

And there's no e-mail address policy with a higher priority that matches?