Esteemed experts, As a forcibly migrated Domino Admin, I confess I have little love for MS powershell. However I am obliged to use it, so hope you can offer guidance ? All I want is a ‘Set-DistributionGroup’ type of cmdlet that will allow me to add a custom address that Exchange 2007 EMC allows perfectly. In the EMC, I can select properties of a distribution group, go to the E-Mail addresses tab and add a custom addesss, for example an x400 address. However the EMC is a bit useless for making the required change in a 1000+ groups. I've tried a variety of permutations for 'Set-DistributionGroup.... " without a hint of success. I’ve seen mention of an ‘Add-Address… ” command, but for me it fails every time, every permutation I’ve tried… All I think I need is a cmdlet, rather than several lines of script. It must be possible ? Appreciate your time and patience…

Hi, This example adds the user adam@contoso.com to the distribution group Marketing Managers Add-DistributionGroupMember -Identity "Marketing Managers" -Member adam@contoso.com for more information go to: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa995970.aspx Hope that helpBest Regards Don't forget to mark it as answer if it helps

On Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:21:38 +0000, SidSnott wrote: > > >Esteemed experts, As a forcibly migrated Domino Admin, I confess I have little love for MS powershell. However I am obliged to use it, so hope you can offer guidance ? All I want is a ?Set-DistributionGroup? type of cmdlet that will allow me to add a custom address that Exchange 2007 EMC allows perfectly. In the EMC, I can select properties of a distribution group, go to the E-Mail addresses tab and add a custom addesss, for example an x400 address. > >However the EMC is a bit useless for making the required change in a 1000+ groups. > >I've tried a variety of permutations for 'Set-DistributionGroup.... " without a hint of success. > >I?ve seen mention of an ?Add-Address? ? command, but for me it fails every time, every permutation I?ve tried? > >All I think I need is a cmdlet, rather than several lines of script. It must be possible ? Actually, you need a small script if you want to add, rather than replace, the e-mail addresses. $dl = get-distribitiongroup <name> $dl.emailaddresses += "a@b.c" $dl | set-distributiongroup --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP

Rich, Maher, Evan thankyou all for the timely response. I had hoped for a 'one liner' cmdlet as some while ago, a Microsoft trainer said to me 'anything you can do with the EMC, you can do with a cmdlet. This seems to be the inevitable exception and I will use your recommended script. kind regards, Sidkind regards, Sid Snott

On Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:02:04 +0000, SidSnott wrote: > > >Rich, Maher, Evan > > > >thankyou all for the timely response. > > > >I had hoped for a 'one liner' cmdlet as some while ago, a Microsoft trainer said to me 'anything you can do with the EMC, you can do with a cmdlet. If you prefer something more obscure, try this: (get-distribitiongroup <name>).emailaddresses += "a@b.c" >This seems to be the inevitable exception and I will use your recommended script. Not at all. The example demonstrated how it works. As with Perl (and pretty much every other language, TMTOWTDI. --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP

Haven't done much programming since my mainframe days a decade or two ago, when I used and abused COBOL and very crude versions of BASIC :) Have a great weekend ! Sidkind regards, Sid Snott

On Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:16:29 +0000, SidSnott wrote: >Haven't done much programming since my mainframe days a decade or two ago, when I used and abused COBOL and very crude versions of BASIC :) Have a great weekend ! BTDT. I started using that in 1969. Haven't used COBOL since 1977, though. BASIC? Used it on timesharing machines in the 70's and on my first real personal computer, an Altair MITS, in, what, 1975 or 1976? Thank goodness we don't have to build serial I/O boards from kits any more! --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP