You can't specify the recipient container because legacy servers are detected
Hello, I have fully upgraded to Exchange 2010 SP1 from Exchange 2007 SP2 (the latter having been upgraded from Exchange 2003 a few years back). The organization currently only has the 'Default Policy' EAP. My EAPs are in 0.1 (8.0.535.0) version and when I try to upgrade them to the latest version, using the Set-EmailAddressPolicy "Default Policy" -IncludedRecipients AllRecipients the command, I get back the "The operation can't be performed on the default e-mail address policy" error message. I want to create a new EAP for Employees (Users) and a new EAP for Contacts. When trying to create the first EAP using the command below: new-EmailAddressPolicy -Name 'External E-mail for MyOrg Personnel' -RecipientContainer 'int.myorg.com/MyOrg Personnel' -IncludedRecipients 'MailboxUsers, Resources, MailGroups' -Priority 'Lowest' -EnabledEmailAddressTemplates 'SMTP:%m@myorg.com' I get back the error message: VERBOSE: [12:21:55.387 GMT] New-EmailAddressPolicy : Active Directory session settings for 'New-EmailAddressPolicy' are: View Entire Forest: 'False', Default Scope: 'int.impact.gr', Configuration Domain Controller: 'mydc.int.myorg.com', Preferred Global Catalog: 'mydc.int.myorg.com', Preferred Domain Controllers: '{ mydc.int.myorg.com }' VERBOSE: [12:21:55.387 GMT] New-EmailAddressPolicy : Runspace context: Executing user: int.myorg.com/Users/Administrator, Executing user organization: , Current organization: , RBAC-enabled: Enabled. VERBOSE: [12:21:55.387 GMT] New-EmailAddressPolicy : Beginning processing & VERBOSE: [12:21:55.387 GMT] New-EmailAddressPolicy : Instantiating handler with index 0 for cmdlet extension agent "Rus Agent". VERBOSE: [12:21:55.387 GMT] New-EmailAddressPolicy : Instantiating handler with index 1 for cmdlet extension agent "Admin Audit Log Agent". VERBOSE: [12:21:55.402 GMT] New-EmailAddressPolicy : Current ScopeSet is: { Recipient Read Scope: {{, }}, Recipient Write Scopes: {{, }}, Configuration Read Scope: {{, }}, Configuration Write Scope(s): {{, }, }, Exclusive Recipient Scope(s): {}, Exclusive Configuration Scope(s): {} } VERBOSE: [12:21:55.433 GMT] New-EmailAddressPolicy : Admin Audit Log: Entered Handler:OnComplete. You can't specify the recipient container because legacy servers are detected. + CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (External E-mail for MyOrg Personnel:ADObjectId) [New-EmailAddressPoli cy], InvalidOperationException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : 6F40D023,Microsoft.Exchange.Management.SystemConfigurationTasks.NewEmailAddressPolicy I have a single Exchange 2010 SP1 server (i.e. no legacy servers are available). What do you suggest?
September 6th, 2010 3:24pm

Please check if “CN=Servers” object still exists under the path below via ADSI Editor. If yes, please take a system backup and then remove the object. After that, wait for AD replication Configuration > Services > Microsoft Exchange > Org > Administrative Group > First Administrative Group Now, see if you still can’t create new e-mail address policyJames Luo TechNet Subscriber Support (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/ms788697.aspx) If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.com
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September 7th, 2010 6:12am

Thanks for the reply James. I actually have two Administrative Groups under Configuration > Services > Microsoft Exchange > Org > Administrative Groups: CN=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT), which has a “CN=Servers” object under which there are, correctly two servers listed: our CA,M,H Exchange 2010 SP1 Server and our EDGE Exchange 2007 SP2 server CN=First Administrative Group, *without* any “CN=Servers” objects Do you think the existence of the EDGE server is causing this issue? Should I delete the “CN=Servers” object of the "CN=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)" administrative group? Thanks in advance, Yannis
September 7th, 2010 10:15am

After further research, I found that the symptom will happen when you have exchange 2003 or 2007 in the environment. OU based EAP (Email Address Policy) can only be created in a pure exchange 2010 organization The workaround is to use “RecipientFilter” instead of “RecipientContainer” before you decommissioned exchange 2007 server Resources: Email Address Policy and OPATH filters Filterable Properties for the -RecipientFilter Parameter in Exchange 2007 RTMJames Luo TechNet Subscriber Support (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/ms788697.aspx) If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.com
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September 8th, 2010 5:16am

Hi James, thank you for your response; still I do not understand if you propose a specific action out of it. I have already decommissioned Exchange 2007. See a sample of the configuration of the 'All Users' Address List, which uses RecipientFilter. Name : All Users RecipientFilter : RecipientType -eq 'UserMailbox' LdapRecipientFilter : (&(objectClass=user)(objectCategory=person)(mailNickname=*)(msExchHomeServerName=*)) LastUpdatedRecipientFilter : RecipientType -eq 'UserMailbox' RecipientFilterApplied : True RecipientFilterType : Precanned ExchangeVersion : 0.1 (8.0.535.0) Do you propose any further steps in order to upgrade the Exchange objects to 2010 and create OU-based EAPs? Thanks in advance, Yannis
September 8th, 2010 12:08pm

So, there's no exchange 2007 server in the environment? If that's true, please remove the exchange 2007 edge server trace via ADSI Editor, and then see if the OU based EAP can be createdJames Luo TechNet Subscriber Support (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/ms788697.aspx) If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.com
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September 9th, 2010 8:58am

Hello, since there is an EDGE 2007SP2 server, will "upgrading" it to 2010SP1 solve this issue?
September 9th, 2010 1:51pm

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