Professional Windows® PowerShell for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

Chapter 15: User, Group, and Public Folder Administration

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else

{

$thiserror = $errorString + “Distribution Group based on

Department `’$($user.department)`’ could not be found”

out-file $logfile -append -inputobject $blankline, `

$thiserror, $blankline

$noErrors = $false

$errorTotal += 1

}

if ($dgoff = (Get-DistributionGroup | where {$_.name -like `

“*$($user.office)*”}))

{

Add-DistributionGroupMember -Identity:$dgoff `

-Member:$user.name -ErrorVariable err

If ($err -ne $null)

{

$thiserror = $errorString + “addition to Distribution Group

$($dgoff.name) failed with error:”

out-file $logfile -append -inputobject $blankline, `

$thiserror, $err[0], $blankline

$noErrors = $false

$errorTotal += 1

}

}

else

{

$thiserror = $errorString + “Distribution group based on Office

`’$($user.office)`’ could not be found”

out-file $logfile -append -inputobject $blankline, `

$thiserror, $blankline

$noErrors = $false

$errorTotal += 1

}

if ($noErrors)

{

$outstring = “[SUCCESS]: Creation of mailbox enabled account

for user $($user.name) succeeded, with mailbox on database: $($user.database)”

out-file $logfile -inputobject $outstring -append

}

}

}

$total = $total + 1

write-progress -activity “Processed User: $($user.name)” -status “Progress:” `

-percentcomplete ($total/$users.count*100)

}

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