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Microsoft Exchange 2010 PowerShell Cookbook
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Microsoft Exchange 2010 PowerShell Cookbook

by Mike Pfeiffer
July 2011
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
480 pages
11h 54m
English
Packt Publishing
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Managing distribution groups

In many Exchange environments, distribution groups are relied upon heavily and require frequent changes. This recipe will cover the creation of distribution groups and how to add members to groups, which might be useful when performing these tasks interactively in the shell or through automated scripts.

How to do it...

  1. To create a distribution group use the New-DistributionGroup cmdlet:
    New-DistributionGroup -Name Sales
  2. Once the group has been created, adding multiple members can be done easily using a one-liner:
    Get-Mailbox -OrganizationalUnit Sales | 
      Add-DistributionGroupMember -Identity Sales
  3. We can also create distribution groups whose memberships are set dynamically:
    New-DynamicDistributionGroup -Name Accounting ` -Alias ...
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