I was hoping to use the ADUC to get the members of a dynamic distribution group. Running a custom search - (&(objectClass=user)(memberOf=cn=USEveryone,ou=groups,ou=test,ou=na,dc=domain,dc=local)) getting no results- is it even possible to get with dynamic groups? thank you

Dynamic distribution groups have no members. -- Ed Crowley MVP "There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral problems." . "totalnet32" wrote in message news:58d5afe4-4dc3-4f54-9487-96196f93eebc... I was hoping to use the ADUC to get the members of a dynamic distribution group. Running a custom search - (&(objectClass=user)(memberOf=cn=USEveryone,ou=groups,ou=test,ou=na,dc=domain,dc=local)) getting no results- is it even possible to get with dynamic groups? thank you Ed Crowley MVP "There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral problems."

Right they are created on the fly when a message is sent. You could just query the same query you used to make the distribution group. Mark Morowczynski|MCT| MCSE 2003:Messaging, Security|MCITP:EMA 2K7,EDA Win 7,ES,SA,EA|MCTS:Windows Mobile Admin|Security+|http://almostdailytech.com

I was hoping to use the ADUC to get the members of a dynamic distribution group. Running a custom search - (&(objectClass=user)(memberOf=cn=USEveryone,ou=groups,ou=test,ou=na,dc=domain,dc=local)) getting no results- is it even possible to get with dynamic groups? thank you You can check in EMC. Right click the DDL and then goto Properties->Conditions->Preview. Or you can run following command to check what members will this DDL contain when a message is sent to it: $DDL = get-dynamicDistributionGroup "YourDDLName" get-recipient -RecipientPreviewFilter $DDL.RecipientFilter Regards,Laeeq Qazi|Team Lead(Exchange + Sharepoint + BES + DynamicsCRM) www.HostingController.com

Thank you I need to give the output to a user for review. GOt this error: [PS] C:\Documents and Settings\ME>$DDL = get-dynamicDistributionGroup "Media" Get-DynamicDistributionGroup : The operation could not be performed because object 'Media' could not be found on domain controller 'dc01.you.LOCAL'. At line:1 char:36 + $DDL = get-dynamicDistributionGroup <<<< "Media" [PS] C:\Documents and Settings\me>

Thank you I need to give the output to a user for review. GOt this error: [PS] C:\Documents and Settings\ME>$DDL = get-dynamicDistributionGroup "Media" Get-DynamicDistributionGroup : The operation could not be performed because object 'Media' could not be found on domain controller 'dc01.you.LOCAL'. At line:1 char:36 + $DDL = get-dynamicDistributionGroup <<<< "Media" [PS] C:\Documents and Settings\me> Ok. Try to 1- use the email address of the DDL in command like this $DDL = get-dynamicDistributionGroup "DDL@domain.com" Or 2. You might have more than 1 domain controllers, so try to give -DomainController like this $DDL = get-dynamicDistributionGroup "Media" -DomainController "YourDC" Regards, Laeeq Qazi|Team Lead(Exchange + Sharepoint + BES + DynamicsCRM) www.HostingController.com

getting closer if i ran this: [PS]$DDL = get-dynamicDistributionGroup "media" -DomainController "dc01" [PS]get-recipient -RecipientPreviewFilter $DDL.RecipientFilter the output looks like all recipients for the GAL, not just the Dynamic group thanks

getting closer if i ran this: [PS]$DDL = get-dynamicDistributionGroup "media" -DomainController "dc01" [PS]get-recipient -RecipientPreviewFilter $DDL.RecipientFilter the output looks like all recipients for the GAL, not just the Dynamic group thanks May be your DDL filter is same like Default GAL :) Output will show the recipient based on the filter. Regards,Laeeq Qazi|Team Lead(Exchange + Sharepoint + BES + DynamicsCRM) www.HostingController.com

Please use: Get-Recipient -RecipientPreviewFilter $ DDL.RecipientFilter -OrganizationalUnit $DDL.RecipientContainer Instead of: get-recipient -RecipientPreviewFilter $DDL.RecipientFilter Reference: How to View Members of a Dynamic Distribution GroupJames 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